a 50 year old holiday refuge that feels still contemporary & mallorquin too. built out of the cheapest possible material on the island: sand stone blocks. four separate pavilions linked together by walls and courtyards. the absence of a village community, a plaza, a shop or a restaurant makes you dependent on the car, unfortunately.
1971
after a long odyssey over the oceans the last book to the family arrived from the middle kingdom. proposals for a buddhist monastery on niushou mountain. 🙏 @kwongvonglinow@mulansun@mitsunorisano@wunounou for the reviews.
orders via seu university press nanjing
an architect's hottest dream came true. giza is of different scale compared to everything i have ever seen. just think about the context of construction in it's time.
i approve an absolute world wonder.
Book talk at Domushaus EG, Wednesday 27 May, 7pm Pflugleingässlein 3 Basel
«Seoul Mini-Mountains»
With author, architect and researcher Géraldine Borio, graphic designers Ludovic Balland and Annina Schepping, in conversation with sociologist Christian Schmid and Benjamin Krüger.
Event held in English
Seoul is the only megacity where over 25% of its territory is formed by forested hills woven directly into the urban landscape. In «Seoul Mini-Mountains», Swiss architect Géraldine Borio examines 24 of these overlooked sites, uncovering how they have shaped the city’s history, planning, and daily life. Using historical maps, aerial photography, and fieldwork, Borio interprets these hills as meaningful “voids” within Seoul’s dense fabric - transitional zones rich with memory, identity, and resilience. Published alongside an exhibition at the Seoul Museum of History (2024–2025), the book is designed as an experimental French-fold art object, blending research with visual exploration.
@domushaus_eg@geraldineborio@ludovic_balland@anninaschepping@ahngraphics@benjaminmkrueger
european watersheds 🇨🇭💦🏰
1 pass dal lunghin - triple watershed
black sea - mediterranean sea - north sea
2 passo del bernina - double watershed
black sea - mediterranean sea
Buchvernissage im Domushaus EG,
Donnerstag, 23. April, 18:30 Uhr, Pfluggässlein 3, Basel
Suche nach dem Unbestimmten: Gottfried Böhm und die Wallfahrtskirche Maria, Königin des Friedens
Autor Steffen Kunkel im Gespräch mit Benjamin Krüger
Veranstaltung in deutscher Sprache
Die Wallfahrtskirche Maria, Königin des Friedens gilt weithin als Hauptwerk Gottfried Böhms und als epochales Beispiel der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Dabei blieb der bisherigen Rezeption weitgehend verborgen, dass die Kirche als integraler Bestandteil eines gesamten Wallfahrtsbezirks konzipiert wurde, den Böhm als städtebauliche Intervention entwarf – mit Kindergarten, Pilgerhaus, Herberge und weiteren Einrichtungen, die sich entlang eines kaskadenförmigen Pilgerwegs zur Kirche hin entwickeln. Die Publikation untersucht dieses Gesamtwerk erstmals in seinem räumlichen, städtebaulichen und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhang. Basierend auf bislang teilweise unbeachtetem Archivmaterial, Interviews mit Böhm und seinen Mitarbeitern sowie einer über mehrere Jahre entstandenen Fotoserie eröffnet sie neue Einblicke in das Werk und ermöglicht eine zeitgemäße Neubewertung von Gottfried Böhms Beitrag zur Architektur.
Die Publikation wurde u. a. gefördert durch die Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, die Vitra Design Stiftung und den Verein Ausstellungshaus für christliche Kunst. Sie ist 2026 bei Spector Books erschienen. Der Verlag veröffentlicht experimentelle Kunst-, Architektur- und Designpublikationen (Sächsischer Verlagspreis 2018, Deutscher Verlagspreis 2019 & 2022, Gutenberg‑Preis der Stadt Leipzig 2023).
Steffen Kunkel ist Professor für Architekturtheorie und Gebäudelehre und lehrt an der Hochschule Mainz. Er ist Teil des Architekturkollektivs noûs-arc. 2020 promovierte er über das Wallfahrtsensemble Maria, Königin des Friedens. Von 2004 bis 2013 studierte er Visuelle Kommunikation an der Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main sowie Architektur und Städtebau an der Technischen Universität Darmstadt.
#concrete #brutalism #architecture #bookstagram #books
a contemporary maritime museum for today.
thoughtfully integrated within a historic cloister, recently enhanced through an extension and renovation. i am particularly fascinated by the multilayered, built-in framework within the former church, which combines the old with new qualities of space.
circulation offers multiple routes—through underground passages and passerelles linking the historic fabric with the new addition—supporting varied and non-linear movement through the building.
Book launch at Domushaus EG,
Thursday, 23 April 18:30Pfluggässlein 3, Basel
Search for the Indefinite Gottfried Böhm and the Pilgrimage Church Mary, Queen of Peace
Author Steffen Kunkel in conversation with Benjamin Krüger
Event held in German
The pilgrimage church Mary, Queen of Peace is widely regarded as Gottfried Böhm’s magnum opus and as an epochal work of twentieth‑century architecture. Yet it has largely escaped previous reception that the church was conceived as an integral part of a broader pilgrimage district, designed by Böhm as an urban intervention—with a kindergarten, pilgrim house, hostel, and other facilities unfolding along a cascading path leading up to the church. The publication is the first to examine Böhm’s architectural œuvre in its spatial, urban, and social coherence. Drawing on previously overlooked archival materials, interviews with Böhm and his collaborators, and a series of photographs taken over several years, it offers new insights into the project and a timely reassessment of Böhm’s contribution to architectural modernism.
The publication was supported, among others, by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the Vitra Design Stiftung, and the Verein Ausstellungshaus für christliche Kunst. The work appeared in 2026 at Spector Books. The publisher issues experimental art, architecture, and design publications (Saxon Publishing Prize 2018, German Publishing Prize 2019 & 2022, Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig 2023).
Steffen Kunkel is a professor of architectural theory, building typology, and design, and teaches at Mainz University of Applied Sciences. He is part of the architectural collective noûs-arc. In 2020, he was awarded a PhD for his research on the pilgrimage complex Mary, Queen of Peace. From 2004 to 2013, he studied visual arts at the University of Art and Design in Offenbach, as well as architecture and urban planning at the Technical University in Darmstadt.
#brutalism #architecture #books #church #concrete
😡 by #maxtaut
i am quite in love with the well integrated bat dormers.
just neighboring asta nielsen's sommerfrische named 'karusel' by taut as well.
1924
