Archigraphy Lettering on Buildings

Description

• Lettering on buildings and in space: more than pure signage
• A user manual by practicing and teaching designers
• With a detailed technical part, reference projects and a glossary of specialist terms

Lettering on buildings and in the public realm affects our environment. The core of this manual is formed by archigraphy projects that represent a strategy of how architecture can be enriched by graphic elements. The structural, material or visual methods can thus be used as inspiration for the reader’s own designs. A compilation of lettering techniques, advice on project management, make this manual a tool for architects and graphic designers.

CONTENTS

PART I

• LEARNING FROM HISTORY A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARCHIGRAPHY
• SELF- AND THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING. THE CASE FOR A DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH
• ORIENTATION THROUGH DESIGN. SIGNALETICS
• SEEING OR READING? THE RECEPTION OF ARCHITECTURE AND SCRIPT

PART 2

• NEW BUILDING KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL BASEL CH / 2016
• STÜCKI SHOPPING CENTER BASEL CH / 2009
• NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING. NEW YORK USA / 2007
• PARKING GARAGE SANTA MONICA PLACE. SANTA MONICA USA / 1980
• EXTENSION WALLRAF-RICHARTZ-MUSEUM & FONDATION CORBOUD COLOGNE DE / 2015
• E,D,E,N PAVILION HOTEL EDEN RHEINFELDEN CH / 1987
• RAIFFEISENBANK NÄFELS CH / 2012
• HOTEL LOUIS MUNICH DE / 2009
• MUNICIPAL POOLS POVOAÇÃO PT / 2008
• MASJID AL-IRSYAD KOTA BARU PARAHYANGAN PADALARANG ID / 2010
• THE LYON HOUSEMUSEUM MELBOURNE AU / 2009
• HOTEL CITY GARDEN ZUG CH / 2009
• TONI-AREAL ZURICH CH / 2014
• ROAD TRANSPORT HALL, MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT LUCERNE CH / 2009
• GAS RECEIVING STATION DINTELOORD NL / 2013
• CORPORATE DESIGN FOR SMALL BUILDINGS ZURICH CH / 2004
• RAKETE BASEL CH / 2012
• BUCHWIESEN SCHOOL ZURICH CH / 2004
• DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BUILDING DIETIKON CH / 2010
• PRIMARY SCHOOL WITH PUBLIC LIBRARY DIETLIKON CH / 2013
• RBC DESIGN CENTER MONTPELLIER FR / 2012
• GALERIES LAFAYETTE BERLIN DE / 1996
• HACKNEY EMPIRE THEATRE LONDON GB / 2004
• USTER WORK CENTER USTER CH / 2009
• COTTBUS LIBRARY COTTBUS DE / 2004
• BEST ANTI-SIGN BUILDING RICHMOND USA / 1978
• THE NEW SCHOOL NEW YORK USA / 2014
• DORFLINDE NURSING HOME ZURICH CH / 2011

PART 3

• FROM INSCRIPTION TO INTERFACE THE CHANGE IN SIGNAGE TYPES
• ANATOMY OF LETTERING
• BUILDING SIGNAGE TECHNIQUES
• PROCESSES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, PICTURE CREDIT

168 pages, 90 black & white illustrations, 180 colour illustrations / 22 x 28 cm / English