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Systematically structured and prepared with the student in mind, the book conveys in one volume the necessary basic technical building construction knowledge to enable readers to implement a wide range of designs. For this reason, over the last 14 years, it has developed into an indispensable information and reference handbook, not only for students and teachers, but also for architects. The 4th edition of this standard work for building construction has again been revised in terms of content and illustrations. References to standards, thermal insulation standards, and some project examples have been updated; they are now comprehensively and systematically documented, explaining the design process from start to finish.

Catching the very first instant of nascent space, Making Architecture shows how very young architects formed at the ETH Zurich are developing their relation to the substance of architecture and unfold it gracefully, concentrating on the embedded, the implicit filigrane or massive potential contained in materials. The publication unveils scaleless creations, fragile architectures, subtle objects, reopening a field thought to be fully explored. Echoing with the works of the Bauhaus, Prof. Andrea Deplazes’ Chair of Architecture and Technology investigated the fundament of architecture anew, contributing with innovative powerful projection tools and unlocking poïêsis, the poetry unclosed in materiality, offering a new stone in the mine called inspiration. Indem sie den allerersten Augenblick von entstehendem Raum dokumentiert, zeigt die Publikation, wie junge Studierende am Lehrstuhl für Architektur und Konstruktion der ETH Zürich, Prof. Andrea Deplazes, sich Architektur aneignen. Dabei konzentrieren sie sich auf das im Material angelegte massive oder filigrane Gestaltungsspektrum. Präsentiert werden massstabslose Kreationen, subtile Objekte, fragile Architekturen, welche die Grundlagen der Architektur aufs Neue und in äusserst inspirierender Weise erforschen.

This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its third, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities. Organized into chapters on „Raw Materials / Building Materials (Modules),“ „Elements“ (Building Components), „Structures“ (Building Methods), and „Buildings“ (Examples), the book now includes a new section on „Elevators“ in the chapter „Building Components“ and on „Shell construction - expansion - core and shell construction“ in the chapter „Structures.“ The chapter on „Buildings“ now includes information about the typologies of „courtyard house vs. veranda house.“ In addition, the examples section has been expanded to cover three new projects whose design processes are documented comprehensively and systematically step by step. Experience with the preceding edition has shown that the book has become an indispensable handbook for reference and reading not only for students and teachers but also for architects.