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Oswald Matthias Ungers, Haus Belvederestraße 60, Köln-Müngersdorf
Overview
For the Cologne architect Oswald Mathias Ungers (1926-2007), owner of a famous collection of books on architecture, who also repeatedly addressed the theoretical aspects of building, the construction of his own house, in 1958/59, was more than a private adventure. For him it meant a chance to gain spatial experience and explore what was possible. It was a laboratory, a little universe , a piece of world . Three decades later, Ungers expanded the cataract of forms of his first home by adding a geometrically strict cube, intended to house his library. The shock aesthetics of the early work had evolved into the rigorous abstractness of his late work.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9783932565809
- ISBN-10: 3932565800
- Publisher: Axel Menges
- Publish Date: June 2016
- Dimensions: 12 x 11.2 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
- Page Count: 63
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