The Pavillion: Pleasure and Polemics in Architecture

by Barry Bergdoll

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The Pavilion examines both the history and the contemporary state of pavilion architecture, something of a niche genre in the field, but with a long history of masterpieces. It consists of two parts: first, the examination of a group of twentieth-century pavilions, and second, a collection of essays that survey historical and more recent examples. This outstanding analysis was produced by students of architecture at Frankfurt's St delschule. In the theoretical section, well-known authors discuss the materials used in pavilions, starting with influences from the Orient, India and Asia, and moving on to significant twentieth-century pavilions and recent temporary buildings that seem to occupy a space between art and architecture. In addition, the book documents the research and development of a summer pavilion for the garden at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt produced by the offices of Barkow Leibinger and Werner Sobek.
  • ISBN10 377572494X
  • ISBN13 9783775724944
  • Publish Date 25 August 2009
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 17 January 2012
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Hatje Cantz
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 160
  • Language English