Jose Rafael Moneo Knihy

In this completely revised and up-to-date edition, the world's most accomplished architects -- Gehry, Pei, Meier, Nouvel, Piano, and 37 more-express their views on creativity, inspiration, and legacy in this visually stunning, one-of-a-kind collection. The Pritzker Prize is the most prestigious international prize for architecture. Architect includes all 42 recipients of the Pritzker Prize, and captures in pictures and their own words their awe-inspiring achievements. Organized in reverse chronological order by laureate each chapter features four to six of the architect's major works, including museums, libraries, hotels, places of worship, and more. The text, culled from notebooks, interviews, articles, and speeches illuminates the architects' influences and inspirations, personal philosophy, and aspirations for his own work and the future of architecture. The book includes More than 1000 stunning photographs, blueprints, sketches, and CAD drawings. Architect offers an unprecedented view into the minds of some of the most creative thinkers, dreamers, and builders of the last three decades and reveals that buildings are political, emotional, and spiritual.

A prominent architect explores his contemporaries—James Stirling, Robert Venturi, Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman, Alvaro Siza, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, and Herzog & De Meuron—in a richly illustrated series of profiles. Rafael Moneo, known for his courageous designs, including the Houston Museum of Fine Art and the Potzdammer Platz Hotel, also emerges as a daring critic. In this work, he examines the theoretical positions, technical innovations, and design contributions of these eight internationally renowned architects. Moneo's engaging, colloquial tone resembles a series of lectures on modern architecture, revealing his deeply held convictions rather than dispassionate academic analysis. Accompanied by over 500 illustrations, he provides introductory profiles that highlight each architect's intentions, theoretical concerns, and construction methods, followed by detailed critical analyses of their significant works. The images, akin to rapid-fire slides in a lecture, enhance his insights, presenting lively encounters among architectural equals rather than the "tacit treatises" typically found in academic settings. Moneo's unique perspective offers an informed understanding of contemporary architecture through these compelling profiles.

Rafael Moneo, der weltberühmte spanische Architekt (*1937), hat vor kurzem beim Potsdamerplatz in Berlin ein Hotelgebäude vollendet, das durch seine mediterrane Heiterkeit und zugleich klassische Strenge besticht. Für die kongeniale Innenraumgestaltung und Möblierung zeichnet der Schweizer Designer Hannes Wettstein (*1958, Professor an der Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe) verantwortlich. Ein ehrgeiziges Kunstprogramm mit zeitgenössischen Arbeiten vervollständigt den Eindruck und macht den Bau zu einem gelungenen Gesamtkunstwerk. Diese Gebäudemonografie bietet (in Weiterführung der Birkhäuser-Titel: Renzo Piano - Fondation Beyeler und Zaha Hadid, LF one) anhand von weitgehend unpublizierten Skizzen, Plänen, Fotos und Texten eine umfassende Dokumentation.