4.0 out of 5 stars
Copiously illustrated review of 45 major works, October 1, 2008
This review is from: Günter Behnisch (Studio Paperback) (Paperback)
This is a concise and copiously illustrated paperback survey on only 206 pages of all major buildings and projects from 1959 to 2000 published under ISBN: 3764360461 by Birkhäuser (Basel...) in English and German. Following 17 pages with the architect's biography and analysis of his development and style, each of the presented 45 of a total of 119 works is headed by a description from as little as just a few lines to less than a half page long followed by illustrations from one to several depending on the work's scope. All of over 200 only B&W illustrations - many of them technical (plans, sections, sketches, elevations, etc.) in addition to B&W photos of a good quality - are well balanced, superbly crisp and perfectly legible. On several pages at the end, there are: biographies of partners, selected project credits, list of works, selective bibliography, etc. Like all from the Studio Paperback series, this book is solid among architectural monographs even of a bigger size.
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