Marte.Marte Architects (Springer-Verlag 2008) documents the work of the Austrian architectural duo Bernhard and Stefan Marte, showcasing their distinctive, monolithic approach to architecture through essays, analyses, and extensive photographic material. Contributions by Otto Kapfinger, Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, Emmanuel Caille, and Andrea Maria Dusl.
The Score
A book about architecture, organised, not by buildings but created from essays rich in imagery in five acts – People / Outside / Inside / Ideas / Protagonists;
as an interlude between plans and texts, reflections in writing by five authors:
The buildings each appear in all acts, their separated images link cross-references across the pages to a virtual whole:
in the first act, the gallery of the clients, portrayed in, in front of, next to their buildings;
in the second act the projects appear seen from the outside, complemented with insights into the plans;
in the third act the eye wanders through the inner worlds, strongly contrasted with bird view images;
a fourth act shows unrealised ideas, work in progress, depicted by competition boards and models;
the epilogue – a portfolio of the architects and their team.
– Marte.Marte Architects (Springer-Verlag, 2008)
The text is in English, German, and partly also in French. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings.
Our copy is in good condition. The pages are clean; no markings. The binding is fine. The black, delicate covers show only some small traces of shelf wear and use.
