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ENERGY MANUAL: ALOYS F. GANGKOFNER: HERZOG &DEMEURON 1997-2001 INGO MAURER
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE GLASS AND LIGHT THE COMPLETE WORKS,VOLUME 4 DESIGNING WITH LIGHT
HEGGER, FUCHS, STARK, ZEUMER EDITED BY ILSEBILL GANGKOFNER EDITED BY GERHARD MACK EDITED BY BERNHARD DESSECKER
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Aimed at those involved in This first monograph of the late The Tate Modern in London made This book was published in late
the design and construction of influential glass designer,lighting Herzog &Meuron famous all 2008asagift to Ingo Maurer,and
buildings, the EnergyManual pioneer and educator Aloys over the world. The projects and us, byhis close friend Bernhard
presents acomprehensive Gangkofner,traces acareer of structures theyhave built since Dessecker for his 75th birthday.
look at the constructional artistic and technological integrity. then are distinguished bythe It is atour de force of his work
parameters of energyefficiency The name of AloysGangkofner is sensitive treatment of materials spanning over four decades. Ingo
and sustainability.Following the well-known to collectors of post- for which the architects are Maurerhasbeenilluminating lives
proven model of earlier manuals war glass. Born in the Bavarian renowned.Inaddition, these since 1966, when he designed his
in the series, it offers an advance Forest region, where much of Pritzker Prize–winning architects first light fixture for an installation
look at the legal regulations Germany’s finest glassworks are have developed atopographical at the Herman Miller showroom
being planned bythe EU and produced, Gangkofner taught conception of architecture that in Munich. His creation was
-asatool readyfor immediate artistic glass design at the Munich not onlylocates their designs in a entitled Bulb andfeatured a
use to architects, engineers and Academyof Fine Arts for over larger contextbut also frequently light bulb within alight bulb.
designers in their dailywork -it four decades. His experimental structures them as landscapes. In The design was so successful that
points the waytoward the efficient one-of-a-kind pieces, executed ordertorepresentthem,thelayout Maurer had to produce more to
and sustainable construction and byglass-blowers at the Lamberts of volume 4ofthe complete works match the demand. Since then,
operation of buildings. Glassworks in Waldsassen, made has been completelyredesigned. his fascination with lighting,his
Featuring sections on all aspects him famous worldwide. His deft The publication contains essays pursuit of simplicityof form, and
of the building envelope and handling of form earned him bythe architects themselves in his talents as agraphic designer
services such as heating,cooling acclaim and numerous awards. which theysituate their projects. and typographer have brought
and ventilation,the manual Thismonograph, complied by The structures presented include him to the forefront of his field.
also dedicates some pages to his wife, traces Gangkofner’s such icons of contemporary His work has been exhibited in
daylightingand artificial lighting. collaboration not onlywith architecture as the Prada store countless museums and it has
Although onlyasmall part of Lamberts Glassworks but also in TokyoAoyama and the Allianz brightened urban bridges, artistic
the book, the daylighting section with the Hesse Glassworks in Arena in Munich, where the exhibitions, retail and commercial
is interesting in its approach, Stierstadt and the work he did opening game of the 2006World spacesaswellasnumerousprivate
first explaining the amount of with lighting manufacturers Peill Cupwas played. Pathbreaking homes. Arrangedthematically,
daylighting required and then +Putzler and ERCO (including museum structures such as the this retrospective brings together
going on to discuss various some fascinating material from Schaulager near Basel, the an extensive and representative
daylighting systems including the 1960’s) -where Gangkofner Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, selection of Maurer’s lamps and
holographicopticalelements,light was the first designer.This volume and the De Young Museum in lighting systems. Contributions
shelves, louvres and heliostats. features manyof the commissions San Francisco continue the bydesign experts, including Issey
The artificial lighting information Gangkofner executed for public conversation surrounding what Miyake and Paola Antonelli,
is basic fare for the lighting spaces, of which onlyafew constitutes atrulycontemporary round out this portrait of acreative
designer but nonetheless this is an have survived. It also examines presentation of modern art. A mind who continues to push the
interesting look at sustainabilityin Gangkofner’s influential teaching worthyfourth chapter to the series, boundaries of lighting design. A
the built environment with plenty career.Afascinating reference we wait for the fifth. must for anylover of light art.
of good case studies. book.
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