Turn of the Century: A Reader about Architecture within Europe 1990-2020

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Reflections on 30 years of European architecture. Following the pair of monographic "Sauerbruch Hutton Archives" (Archive, 2006; Archive 2, 2016) Lars Muller Publishers presents a reader edited by the architects. Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton have asked a diverse group of authors to reflect on the various conditions that have shaped the conception, production and dissemination of architecture in Europe over the course of the last three decades, and of the architecture that has resulted. The essays generally include observations on one or more of Sauerbruch Hutton' s buildings, but these do not necessarily form the focus of the respective texts. The authors include critics who have written on the work of the practice in the past, architectural colleagues and writers whose opinions and observations are respected by the editors as well as a handful of people who either live or work in one of their buildings and so have experienced Sauerbruch Hutton' s architecture firsthand. Further, a photographic essay by the Finnish artist Ola Kolehmainen will augment the twenty-five essays with works created between 1990 and 2020. Analogous to the written pieces, these are images in their own right and of their own subjects that have been triggered by the presence of one of Sauerbruch Hutton' s buildings. AUTHORS: Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch are founding partners of Sauerbruch Hutton, which is now based in Berlin and operates internationally. They are leading architects of their generation. Matthias Sauerbruch has taught at the AA, London, the TU Berlin, and the ABK Stuttgart as well as Harvard GSD and the University of Virginia. He has contributed to juries and conferences worldwide. A founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council, and Director of Architecture at the Akademie der Kunste, Sauerbruch is also an Honorary Fellow of the AIA. Louisa Hutton has taught at the AA, London, Harvard GSD and the University of Virginia, and has lectured, chaired and participated in juries and contributed to conferences worldwide. She is an Honorary Fellow of the AIA and a Royal Academician of Arts (London) where she is currently Chair of the Architecture Committee. SELLING POINTS: With texts by Barry Bergdoll, Jean-Louis Cohen, Gerhard Matzig, Philip Ursprung, Mark Wigley and others On the occasion of the exhibition draw, love, build on the work of Sauerbruch Hutton in the M9 Museum, Mestre, Italy (9/2021 1/2022) 20 illustrations