Peter Steiger (architect)
Peter Steiger (born November 27, 1928 in Zurich ) is a Swiss architect and university professor .
Live and act
Peter Steiger was the son of the architect couple Flora Steiger-Crawford and Rudolf Steiger . He dealt early with questions of urban and landscape planning. He worked in the Zurich working group for urban development (ZAS). In the 1970s he increasingly turned to the topics of energy, ecology and sustainability in architecture.
In addition to his work in his own offices, Peter Steiger held various teaching positions in Berkeley (California) and at the ETH Zurich and from 1973–1992 a professorship for design and structural engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt .
Fonts (selection)
- Plenary. Planning, energy, architecture. Niggli, Niederteufen 1975, ISBN 3-7212-00780 .
- Opportunities and resistance on the way to sustainable planning and building. gta Verlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-85676-242-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Steiger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Vorlass Peter Steiger at the gta archive
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiger, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |