Non-Referential Architecture: Ideated by Valerio Olgiati and Written by Markus Breitschmid

by Valerio Olgiati and Markus Breitschmid

Book Overview

More than ever, architecture is in need of provocation, a new path beyond the traditional notion that buildings must serve as vessels, or symbols of something outside themselves.

Non-Referential Architecture is nothing less than a manifesto for a new architecture. It brings together two leading thinkers, architect Valerio Olgiati and theorist Markus Breitschmid, who have grappled with this problem since meeting in 2005. In a world that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303860142X
• ISBN13: 9783038601425
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.6" x 7.3"