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Introduces a <strong>new</strong> approach in architectural<br />
thinking<br />
Offers a foundation for conceiving architecture<br />
in a world largely free of ideologies and<br />
references<br />
Highlights the general importance and framework<br />
of architecture today<br />
Valerio Olgiati is one of Switzerland’s most<br />
renowned contemporary architects whose<br />
writings and lectures are received widely<br />
around the world<br />
Valerio Olgiati and Markus<br />
Breitschmid’s manifesto for<br />
a <strong>new</strong> architecture in a world<br />
free of ideologies and,<br />
therefore, references<br />
More than ever, architecture is in need of provocation, a <strong>new</strong> path beyond the traditional<br />
notion that buildings must serve as vessels, or symbols of something outside<br />
themselves.<br />
Non-Referential Architecture is nothing less than a manifesto for a <strong>new</strong> architecture.<br />
It brings together two leading thinkers, architect Valerio Olgiati and theorist Markus<br />
Breitschmid, who have grappled with this problem since their first encounter in <strong>20</strong>05.<br />
In a world that itself increasingly rejects ideologies of any kind, Olgiati and Breitschmid<br />
offer Non-Referential Architecture as a radical, <strong>new</strong> approach free from rigid ideologies.<br />
Non-referential buildings, they argue, are entities that are themselves meaningful outside<br />
a vocabulary of fixed symbols and images and their historical connotations.<br />
For more than a decade, Olgiati and Breitschmid’s thinking has placed them at the<br />
forefront of architectural theory. Indispensable for understanding what the future<br />
might hold for architecture, Non-Referential Architecture has become a <strong>new</strong> classic.<br />
Valerio Olgiati runs his studio in Flims, Switzerland,<br />
working on projects for public and private<br />
clients in various countries. He is also a professor<br />
at Accademia di architettura, Università<br />
della Svizzera italiana in Mendrisio.<br />
Markus Breitschmid is professor of architecture<br />
theory at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State<br />
University.<br />
Non-Referential Architecture<br />
Ideated by Valerio Olgiati—Written by Markus<br />
Breitschmid<br />
Hardback<br />
144 pages, 1 b/w illustration<br />
11.5 × 18 cm (4½ × 7 in)<br />
978-3-03860-142-5 English<br />
978-3-03860-141-8 German<br />
978-3-03860-143-2 Italian<br />
sFr. 25.00 | € 25.00 | £ <strong>20</strong>.00 | $ 25.00<br />
Available<br />
EN GE IT<br />
ISBN 978-3-03860-142-5 ISBN 978-3-03860-141-8 ISBN 978-3-03860-143-2<br />
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