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TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten have been successfully active on the national and international market for decades. Created together with EINSATEAM, this monograph offers insight into the working methods of the firm based in Hamburg, Berlin, and Dresden. The scope of the projects studied ranges from the Rhein-Waal college ensemble in Kleve to the Federation Complex in Moscow city and the modernization of the magnificent regional courthouse in Halle (Saale). Project essays, focus stories, and themed features vibrantly present various building typologies and their main purposes, such as residential, education, or commercial buildings. The publication thus also asks what a monograph on architecture can offer today. Through studies instead of lists, and journalistic contributions and discussions instead of standard commentaries, it presents an authentic portrait of a firm told by Tim Berge, Christina Gräwe, Jasmin Jouhar, and Luise Rellensmann. Also available in German: ISBN: 978-3-86859-592-5

"Never before have so many buildings been constructed as today, and never has architecture had so many technological and design possibilities at its disposal. And yet there is a sense of unease about contemporary architecture. In their book, Sergei Tchoban and Vladimir Sedov show how in modern times we have lost the balance between outstanding works of architecture and the background structures that surround them, with every building striving to assert itself in relation to all the others - to drown them out if it can. Yet the modern age is certainly capable of developing a harmony of contrasts - it has everything it needs at its disposal. After taking the reader on a foray through 2,500 years of architectural history, the authors arrive at the anomaly of modernism. They show what contemporary architecture must take into account if it is to achieve a satisfactory overall architectural impression that is harmonious in an entirely new way"--Back cover.

New visions and ideas are always taking shape in the head of the architect Sergei Tchoban. He reaches for a pencil or an ink brush, allowing us to participate in the creative process. His veduta are not merely created for their own sake, but rather serve, too, as spatial innovations for real buildings. Trained in the Classicism of his native city of St. Petersburg, the architect builds in a frank, modern style, whilst still enjoying the study of architectural ideas from previous centuries. This book follows Tchoban’s trains of thought from the rivers Neva to Spree, using illustrations of his pictures and buildings, which were created in the studio of nps tchoban voss. The book shows how timeless principles for designing architectural space can flow from architectural history into contemporary architecture. Also available in German : 978-3-936314-75-5