Kari Jormakka

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Kari Juhani Jormakka (* 1959 in Helsinki ; † January 13, 2013 in Vienna ) was a Finnish architect , architectural theorist, historian and university professor .

Jormakka studied at Helsinki University of Technology and Tampere University of Technology . He was a professor of architectural theory at the Vienna University of Technology . He has also taught at the Bauhaus University Weimar , the University of Illinois in Chicago and the Ohio State University .

Publications

  • Eyes that do not see. Perspectives on functionalist architectural theory , Weimar: Verl. Der Bauhaus-Universität 2011
  • Design Methods , Basel: Birkhäuser 2007
  • The Art of the City - from Camillo Sitte to Today , Datutop 27, Tampere 2006
  • The Art of Urban Development - New Perspectives on Camillo Sitte , Vienna: Böhlau 2005 (edited with Klaus Semsroth and Bernhard Langer)
  • Genius locomotionis , Vienna: Edition Selene 2005
  • History of Architectural Theory , Vienna: Edition Selene 2003
  • Building power. Architecture, power, gender , Vienna: Edition Selene 2003 (ed. With Dörte Kuhlmann and Sonja Hnilica)
  • Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture , Basel: Birkhäuser 2002
  • Building Gender. Architecture and Gender , Vienna: Edition Selene 2002 (ed. With Dörte Kuhlmann)
  • The use and abuse of paper: Essays on Alvar Aalto , Datutop 20, Tampere 1999
  • Form & Detail - Henry van de Veldes Bauhaus , Weimar: Publ. Of the Bauhaus University 1998 (ed.)
  • Heimlich Maneuvers - Ritual in Architectural Form , Weimar: Publ. Of the Bauhaus University 1995
  • Constructing Architecture , Dautop 15, Tampere 1991

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in: Der Architekt: http://derarchitektbda.de/kari-jormakka-1959-2013/ accessed on May 30, 2013
  2. ^ Obituary by Kari Jormakka. (Segment in English of the page The Vienna University of Technology mourns the loss of Kari Jormakka, director of the Institute for Architectural Sciences, who died on January 13, 2013. ) . Vienna University of Technology . January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  3. Obituary of the Bauhaus University Weimar: http://www.uni-weimar.de/de/architektur/aktuell/aktuell/titel/trauer-um-prof-dr-phil-kari-juhani-jormakka/ accessed on 30. May 2013