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Product Identifiers
PublisherHatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co KG
ISBN-103775710043
ISBN-139783775710046
eBay Product ID (ePID)1908498
Product Key Features
Book TitleValerio Olgiati : the Yellow House
Number of Pages80 Pages
LanguageEng,Ger
Publication Year2001
TopicIndividual Architects & Firms / General, History / General
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture
AuthorHeinrich Helfenstein, Edelbert Kob
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal727.6/000949473
SynopsisIn 1995, the father of Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati left a portion of his cultural assets to the community of Flims. This legacy was provided under the condition that a certain Yellow House--an empty shell of no historical significance--was to be preserved and refurbished according to his taste, and, above all, ''to be painted white from top to bottom.'' These conditions were carried out by his son in a most radical fashion: the younger Olgiati altogether redesigned the classicist-inspired Yellow House at Flims so that today it stands out at the very center of the community as an erratic white cube, debunking romanticized notions about quaint alpine villages. For Olgiati's remodeling of the house the layers of the old unworked stone walls were laid bare, and the rough stone was reworked with the hammer to give the walls a sculptural, archaic texture. The stripped, ruin-like house was then repainted with chalk whiting. With the sweeping changes he realized, Valerio Olgiati completely reversed the original appearance of the building--while at the same time creating numerous references to its original core.
