Finding Buildings
Chalk Drawings by Marianne Burkhalter
Distributed for Verlag Scheidegger and Spiess
The work of designing a building—even the largest and most technically advanced structures—begins with the most basic of elements: a sketch. This beautifully produced volume reproduces more than one hundred of such initial sketches, drawn in chalk, by renowned Swiss architect Marianne Burkhalter. A cofounder of Burkhalter Sumi Architects, she has designed a wide range of acclaimed public and private buildings, including hotels, offices, and private homes, as well as large-scale urban redevelopment projects.
Each of these chalk drawings reveals the germ of an idea, their blurred lines and simplicity rendering them more intimate and immediate than technical draftsmanship—closer in feel to the decision-making process of a solitary artist choosing among many options and sorting out problems. In their beauty and tension, they bring the work of architectural design to stunning life.
Essay
Astrid Staufer: «Finding and Inventing»
Building up the city
Hard Tower, Zürich, 2007
Giesshübel Site, Zürich, 2008-2011
Haus der Deutschen Seereederei, Hamburg, 2005
Eiche Office Tower, Lucerne, 2008
Tourism
Hotel and Restaurant Rigiblick, Zürich, 2006
Hotel in the Tourist Resort of Andermatt, 2008-2012
Drafts for corporations
Hoffman-La Roche, Buonas, 1999
Novartis Campus, Basel, 2003
Audi, Frankfurt, 2005
Projects for China
Headquarters of Pharma Asia, Hangzhou, China, 2006
Redevelopment of Jining, China, 2006
Housing
Schipfplateau Redevelopment, Herrliberg, 2009
Fluh Redevelopment, Rapperswil, 2009-2011
Villa Gubelstein, Jona, 2006
Sunnige Hof Redevelopment, Zürich, 2009-2011
Scenography
Onoma Pavilion for Expo.02, Yverdon, 2002
Sales Outlets for Marc Shoes in Berlin, Mainz, Budapest, Cracow, Poznan, 2007-2008
Scenography for «Robots», Zürich, 2009
Appendix
Biographies
Index
Architecture: Architecture--Criticism
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