Architecture library

The Architecture Library is an online dictionary of Swiss architecture from 1920 to the present day. The architecture library has been published by the Institute for Architecture at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences since 2019 . The basics are worked out by students in the fields of architecture and interior design, and the contributions are then revised and published by a scientific editorial team.

The aim is to present the Swiss modern building culture and its successors in a low-threshold and attractive way: Photographs provide an initial overview. The further guidance leads through filters and georeferences.

Construction selection

The architecture library comprises around one building for every 2,000 inhabitants and thus depicts the city and the country equally. The selection is made in coordination with local and regional experts and can be supplemented. The focus is on (semi) public buildings: sacred buildings , schools, commercial buildings, commercial buildings and larger housing estates.

In the first stage, buildings from central Switzerland, the cantons of Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Uri and Zug, were processed and a total of 335 buildings were published. In 2019, the students traveled to the cantons of Glarus, Bern and Zurich. The aim is to add the first buildings in Ticino and western Switzerland in the respective national language in 2020.

photography

All contributions to the architecture library are illustrated with five to ten photographs. The photographs are freely available and qualified, i. H. Downloadable in high resolution and provided with information about the building, the architect and the photographer.

Architects

At the same time, a directory of all participating architects and offices is created. This takes into account the practice of teamwork in changing constellations since the end of the 20th century: For the first time, the designation of the offices at the time of construction can be precisely specified.

Web links

Architekturbibliothek.ch - online dictionary of Swiss architecture from 1920 to the present day

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Leuenberger: Currently: architekturbibliothek.ch . In: Society for Swiss Art History (ed.): Art + Architecture (k + a) . No. 1 . Bern 2019, p. 74 .
^ Robert Bösinger: We are building a lexicon . In: Bachmann Medien (Ed.): Echt . No. 4 . Basel 2019, p. 4 .
^ Stefan Eiholzer: Architectural Library . Interview with Marion Sauter and students at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences . In: Radio SRF (Ed.): Echo der Zeit . April 7, 2019.

[1] Michael Leuenberger: Currently: architekturbibliothek.ch . In: Society for Swiss Art History (ed.): Art + Architecture (k + a) . No. 1 . Bern 2019, p. 74 .

[2] Robert Bösinger: We are building a lexicon . In: Bachmann Medien (Ed.): Echt . No. 4 . Basel 2019, p. 4 .

[3] Stefan Eiholzer: Architectural Library . Interview with Marion Sauter and students at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences . In: Radio SRF (Ed.): Echo der Zeit . April 7, 2019.