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- Title
Concrete Constructs.
- Authors
Moravánszky, Ákos
- Abstract
The article explores the elements of Rationalism present in contemporary Swiss architecture. Information is presented on the disagreement between architectural critics Sigfried Giedion and Peter Meyer over Rationalist architecture. An overview of the steps in the process of transformation of the Rationalism promoted by architect Aldo Rossi is provided. It describes the influence of Rossi's reduction on the Oberrealta chapel by Christian Kerez and Rudolf Fontana.
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; RATIONALISM (20th century architecture); SWISS architecture; ARCHITECTS; ROSSI, Aldo, 1931-1997; ARCHITECTURAL critics; MEYER, Peter; GIEDION, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968
- Publication
Architectural Design, 2007, Vol 77, Issue 5, p30
- ISSN
0003-8504
- Publication type
Article