Towers in the City: Berlin Alexanderplatz
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Towers in the City: Berlin Alexanderplatz
By (Author) Hans Kollhoff
Edited by Kyle Dugdale
Actar Publishers
Actar Publishers
10th August 2021
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Architecture
History of architecture
Physical Properties
Paperback
156
Width 168mm, Height 260mm
Description
The book examines the tower as the architectural expression of a long-term commitment to the city. The conclusion is that development must be driven not only by property value and architectural ingenuity but also by respect for collective memory and common humanity.
The book argues that these public commitments find architectural expression in a radically different tectonic to that of contemporary patterns of development. The volume presents a series of prompts, provocations, and projects to address the challenge of designing a tower that can be understood as a monolithic whole, even if assembled from discrete parts.
Author Bio
Hans Kollhoff founded his Berlin-based practice in 1978 after completing studies at Cornell under Colin Rowe and Oswald Mathias Ungers. He taught for many years at the ETH in Zurich and continues to practice with Helga Timmermann. Kyle Dugdale is a critic at Yale School of Architecture, where he has taught since 2009. He holds a degree in classics from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, a professional degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and a doctorate from Yale.
