Why Do Architects Wear Black? [Paperback]

Cordula Rau (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 21, 2008

An industry manager who left his white-blue, silver-shimmering world of car bodywork and dove into the pitch-black, mysterious world of architecture for the first time during a competition asked me one day: "Ms Rau, why do architects actually wear black?" Although I was wearing black and I am an architect I didn t have a spontaneous answer, so I responded: "Ask the other architects!" That was in 2001, and it is why this small book came to be. I have asked the question at an international level and whenever it seems appropriate ever since. The sometimes amusing and other times programmatic or hair-splitting answers I have received over the last seven years are listed chronologically in this little black volume. Read, and please, don t ask me why architects wear black! Cordula Rau, 22. 02. 2008

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About the Author

Dipl.-Ing. Cordula Rau ist Architektin und freie Journalistin in München. Sie publiziert in zahlreichen Medien, wie DETAIL, Bauwelt, Deutsches Architektenblatt, archplus, NZZ, Architecture Preview, industrieBAU und H.O.M.E.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Springer Vienna Architecture; 1 edition (November 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3211791914
• ISBN-13: 978-3211791912
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #942,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice diversion, October 26, 2009

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Andy Bozeman (Montgomery, AL) - See all my reviews

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This was a quick read, and I enjoyed it. It wasn't at all what I was expecting, and I think that's what made it interesting. The concept is so simple that it's clever. I'm sure I'll re-read it with equal enjoyment.

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3.0 out of 5 stars fun, stocking stuffer, December 4, 2008

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do you have a friend, partner who's an upscale architect?
well this is a great book as a stocking stuffer..

serious journalism ... NOT at all !
as an upscale architect myself, i find this fun reading ..
perhaps a bit overpriced for what it is ..
but i would love for someone to give it to me for x-mas.

great graphics, nice, petite size .. add it to his/her stocking and tell them santa sent it !
i bet they"ll agree.