Helmut Jahn : Process. Progress

Albrecht Bangert

ISBN 10: 3038214248 / ISBN 13: 9783038214243

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin Dez 2012, 2012

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Neuware - Comprehensive monograph Helmut Jahn is world-famous for buildings like Frankfurter Messeturm (1985-1991), Sony Center with the Bahntower, Berlin (1993-2000), airport Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi (1995-2005) and the Veer Towers, Las Vegas (2006-2010). In a luxury edition this book shows in large scale and high-quality photos by the well-known photographer Rainer Viertlböck the increasing international reach of Helmut Jahn's oeuvre, starting in Chicago and the United States in the 1980s and expanding initially to South Africa, then to Europe, with the focus on Germany, and from there via the Middle East to China, Singapore, Japan and Korea.The photos are combined with a comprehensive collection of Helmut Jahn's impressive design sketches. They provide inspiring insights into the development of the buildings and the underlying design process. The drawings present the buildings in their overall context of urban surroundings, the structural features, the proportions and ideas on the materials, not to forget just as clearly outlines of the engineering required for the facade technology and construction work.An essay by architecture historian Franz Schultz explains the meaning of Jahn's oeuvre within the contemporary architecture. An text by Helmut Jahn himself comments the philosophy behind his buildings. Luxury editionSketches by the architect give insight into the design processLarge scale, informative photographs ; Umfassende Werkmonographie Helmut Jahn ist weltweit beachtet für Bauten wie den Frankfurter Messeturm (1985-1991), das Sony Center in Berlin (1993-2000), den Flughafen in Bangkok (1995-2005) und die Veer Towers in Las Vegas (2006-2010).Die hochwertige Luxusausgabe präsentiert in großartigen Aufnahmen des renommierten Fotografen Rainer Viertlböck das Oeuvre von Helmut Jahn, das sich mittlerweile über den ganzen Globus erstreckt. Jahn begann in den frühen 80er Jahren in den USA zu bauen, vornehmlich in Chicago; er expandierte dann nach Südafrika und wenig später nach Europa, mit dem Schwerpunkt Deutschland. Von hier aus begann er sein Schaffen schließlich auf den Mittleren Osten, China, Singapur, Japan und Korea zu erweitern.Die Fotografi en werden mit einer umfangreichen Sammlung von Helmut Jahns eindrucksvollen Skizzen ergänzt. Sie vermitteln einen inspirierenden Einblick in die Entwicklung des Entwurfsprozesses und zeigen die Gebäude in ihrem städtebaulichen Kontext. Dazu kommen Informationen über Strukturmerkmale, Proportionen und die Materialität der Gebäude und nicht zuletzt zur Fassadentechnologie und zur Konstruktion.Ein Essay des Architekturhistorikers Franz Schultz erläutert die Bedeutung von Jahns Werk innerhalb der zeitgenössischen Architektur, und in einem persönlichen Text gibt Helmut Jahn Auskunft über die Philosophie hinter seinen Bauten. LuxusausgabeHandskizzen des Architekten zum EntwurfsprozessGlanzvolle Fotografien.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Helmut Jahn : Process. Progress
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin Dez 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038214248
• ISBN 13: 9783038214243
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 357W x 266H x 40D millimeters 357 millimeters width by 266 millimeters height by 40 millimeters depth
• Weight: 3469 grams

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Comprehensive monograph

Helmut Jahn is world-famous for buildings like Frankfurter Messeturm (1985-1991), Sony Center with the Bahntower, Berlin (1993-2000), airport Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi (1995-2005) and the Veer Towers, Las Vegas (2006-2010). In a luxury edition this book shows in large scale and high-quality photos by the well-known photographer Rainer Viertlböck the increasing international reach of Helmut Jahn’s oeuvre, starting in Chicago and the United States in the 1980s and expanding initially to South Africa, then to Europe, with the focus on Germany, and from there via the Middle East to China, Singapore, Japan and Korea.
The photos are combined with a comprehensive collection of Helmut Jahn’s impressive design sketches. They provide inspiring insights into the development of the buildings and the underlying design process. The drawings present the buildings in their overall context of urban surroundings, the structural features, the proportions and ideas on the materials, not to forget just as clearly outlines of the engineering required for the facade technology and construction work.
An essay by architecture historian Franz Schultz explains the meaning of Jahn’s oeuvre within the contemporary architecture. An text by Helmut Jahn himself comments the philosophy behind his buildings.

• Luxury edition
• Sketches by the architect give insight into the design process
• Large scale, informative photographs