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Food for Architects

Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz – Exponents of Excellent Housing

Distributed for Park Books

Food for Architects

Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz – Exponents of Excellent Housing

An unusual combination of cooking and construction by Zurich-based architecture firm Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz Partners.

The lavish five-volume set Food for Architects is dedicated to the buildings and recipes of the renowned Zurich-based firm Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz Partners. As enthusiastic housing designers, they have been searching for both the perfect floor plan and the perfect spaghetti for three decades.

Volume 1 of this first comprehensive book on the firm’s work brings together brief personal texts on the various types of rooms in a house or apartment as well as other aspects of living. Volume 2 offers insights into the evolution and design methods of Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz Partners, documenting sixty-five key buildings and projects from their portfolio. Volume 3 features floor plans of a total of 168 furnished apartments with concise comments, interspersed with recipes for twelve spaghetti dishes. In a photo essay, volume 4 introduces the inhabitants of eleven apartments from various realized buildings, who also speak about their homes in brief interviews. The dessert of this five-course menu is the concluding volume 5, featuring a conversation with the firm’s four partners—Jakob Steib, Patrick Gmür, Michael Geschwentner, and Matthias Kyburz—as they discuss topics that are key to their architectural work.
 

822 pages | 778 color plates, 360 halftones | 8.66 x 11.02 | © 2023

Architecture: European Architecture


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