{"product_id":"diener-diener-architects-housing","title":"Diener \u0026 Diener Architects – Housing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiener \u0026amp; Diener Architects – Housing\u003c\/em\u003e is the first systematic account of 40 years of residential work by one of Switzerland's most rigorous practices, presented through 30 projects and the typological thinking that produced them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Diener \u0026amp; Diener, housing is architecture's first and most beautiful task—and for the Basel and Berlin practice that carries his name it has been a genuine \u003cem\u003erecherche patiente\u003c\/em\u003e. The roots run deeper than the firm itself: Marcus Diener founded the earlier studio in 1942, and his son joined in 1976 before taking it over entirely in 1980. This book gathers that long arc into a single argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than presenting the buildings as discrete objects, the authors read them through the typological process that underpins each one. Diener \u0026amp; Diener work with a small repertoire of fundamental types, updating and adapting them to the requirements and restraints of each new task. The consistency of that method—not stylistic signature—is what gives the work its standing in contemporary housing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 realised designs and unbuilt proposals in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e82 colour and 120 black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewly taken photography alongside floor and site plans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreviously unpublished material drawn from the practice's own archive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe earlier studio of Marcus Diener, 1942–1980, documented here for the first time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraws on Roger Diener's collected lectures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a small set of housing typologies can be adapted to widely varying urban conditions without losing coherence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe way Diener \u0026amp; Diener treat urban context as the generator of built form rather than its backdrop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy restraint in pattern, typology and material has proved more durable than formal invention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a practice sustains a single line of research across four decades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandre Aviolat is an architect and teaching assistant in the Theory and History of Architecture Laboratory 2 at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Bruno Marchand is professor of architectural theory in the same laboratory. The volume also carries contributions from Martin Steinmann, professor emeritus of architecture and architectural theory at EPFL, and a conversation with Roger Diener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Softcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 23 × 29 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 176\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9783038601852\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Park Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Date: 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchitects and students working on residential and multi-residential projects, readers following contemporary Swiss architecture, and anyone interested in typology as a working design method rather than a historical category.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48859696660705,"sku":"9783038601852","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9783038601852_300dpi.jpg?v=1785968151","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/diener-diener-architects-housing","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}