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Feuerstein has found analogies between buildings and human beings and buildings and animals in the work of famous architects.

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Gunther Feuerstein, who was a professor at the Hochschule fur Gestaltung in Linz and also a lecturer at the Akademie der bildenden Kunste and at the Technische Universitat in Vienna, must be considered the catalyst in the Viennese post-war architectural scene, as almost all architectural avant-garde groups of the town have come from his circle. As an author, Feuerstein addresses areas where art history and sociology intersect with architecture. Feuerstein is one of the earliest critics of functionalism and pleads for an "expanded architecture".

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  • PublisherEdition Axel Menges
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 3930698870
  • ISBN 13 9783930698875
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages208

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