L'abbaye d'Einsiedeln fait partie des plus importants sites monastiques baroques. À l'emplacement de la cellule de l'ermite Meinrad un monastère bénédictin a été construit au haut Moyen Âge. Au fil du temps, un pèlerinage s'est développé, tout d'abord vers la chapelle construite à l'emplacement de la cellule de Meinrad, consacrée par le Seigneur (Dédicace Angélique), puis vers la …
Nel 1848 gli ultimi monaci lasciarono la Certosa di Ittingen. Gli edifici, costruiti nel corso di molti secoli, diventarono proprietà del Canton Turgovia e successivamente in mano a proprietari privati, che li utilizzarono come residenza signorile e fattoria esemplare. Dal 1977 la Stiftung Kartause Ittingen gestisce il complesso come centro culturale e d'incontro, ospitando anche due musei can…
Contribución a la reflexión crítica sobre el futuro de nuestras ciudades, en particular, la Ciudad de México, a partir de sus centros y barrios históricos. El contexto son las recientes transformaciones urbanas realizadas bajo una lógica que privilegia el lucro.
Les derniers moines ont quitté la Chartreuse d'Ittingen en 1848. Les bâtiments, construits au fil des siècles, sont passés en possession du canton de Thurgovie, puis de propriétaires privés, qui les ont utilisés comme résidence seigneuriale et ferme modèle. Depuis 1977, la Fondation de la Chartreuse d›Ittingen exploite le complexe en tant que centre culturel et de rencontre, qui abri…
The last monks left Ittingen Charterhouse in 1848. The buildings, which had been built over centuries, passed into the possession of the Canton of Thurgau and later private owners, who used them as a stately residence and model farm. Since 1977, the Ittingen Charterhouse Foundation has operated the complex as a cultural and meeting centre, which also houses two cantonal museums. The excellently…
1848 verliessen die letzten Mönche die Kartause Ittingen. Die über Jahrhunderte hinweg entstandenen Gebäude gingen in den Besitz des Kantons Thurgau und und später an private Eigentümer über, die sie als herrschaftlichen Wohnsitz und Musterbauernhof nutzten. Seit 1977 betreibt die Stiftung Kartause Ittingen die Anlage als Kultur- und Begegnungszentrum, das auch zwei kantonale Museen beher…
A uniquely personal biographical account of Louchheim’s life and work that takes readers inside the rarified world of architecture media Aline B. Louchheim (1914–1972) was an art critic on assignment for the New York Times in 1953 when she first met the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. She would become his wife and the driving force behind his rise to critical prominence. …
Bracket [at Extremes] includes critical articles and unpublished design projects that investigate architecture, infrastructure and technology as they operate in conditions of imbalance, negotiate tipping points and test limit states. We are conditioned, as designers of the built environment, towards the organization of people, programs and movement. Indeed the history of modern urbanism, archit…
A timely study, erudite and exciting, about the ordinary—and oftentimes unseen—lives of memorials Memorials are commonly studied as part of the commemorative infrastructure of modern society. Just as often, they are understood as sites of political contestation, where people battle over the meaning of events. But most of the time, they are neither. Instead, they take their rest as ordinary…
Schinkel 'in Athens': Meta-Narratives of 19th-Century City Planning proposes a fresh appraisal of Karl Friedrich Schinkel's urban design legacy and his involvement in the design of modern Athens in the 1830s. From the 1830s onwards, the incompatibility between Schinkel's position as a civil servant and his vocation as a scholar inspired by Fichte led him along a transcendental path of life. Tra…