Name: Raimund Abraham [UN]BUILT
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ISBN: 9783990437155

The Austrian architect Raimund Abraham, born 1933 in Tyrol, Austria, lived, worked and taught in the USA from 1964 to 2010. In march 2010 he died in a car-crash. The book is an updated edition and contains the complete work of the architect Raimund Abraham. It has a three-part structure: 1) imaginary architecture, 2) projects, 3) realizations. Texts are by Raimund Abraham, Kenneth Frampton, John Hejduk, Wieland Schmied and Lebbeus Woods. With an introductory essay by Norbert Miller. The drawing of architecture occupies a central position in the evolution of his work but challenges the predominant notion of built architecture. Drawing demands an autonomous reality, manifestation of his architectural concept. The book also contains his latest realized projects as there are his own house in Mexico and the House for Musicians at the Museumsinsel Hombroich (Germany), which will be completed in 2011.

Updated and revised, this volume presents the complete work of architect Raimund Abraham. Topics include imaginary architecture, and Abraham's projects and realizations.

"Nach dem tragischen Tod von Raimund Abraham vor genau einem Jahr und angesichts der Tatsache, das kein Buch über ein sein Werk am Markt war, wurde von Brigitte Griohofer diese zweite, erweiterte Ausgabe in Angriff genommen, die nun das Gesamtwerk des Architekten abbildet. In drei Hauptblöcken werden die imaginären Arbeiten, die Projekte und die Realisationen gezeigt. Die Textbeiträge stammen u.a. von Raimund Abraham, Kenneth Frampton, Lebeus Woods, Eric Owen Moss, Wolf D. Prix und Carlos Brillembourg." Der Plan, Nr. 20, April 2011
"Gut für Nachwelt, dass sich Brigitte Groihofer die Mühe antat, die von ihr 1996 herausgegebene und bereits vergriffene Werksmonografie nicht nur neu aufzulegen, sondern auch zu erweitern." [...] Ergänzt mit Texten von Freunden aus seinem Umfeld, liegt nun ein wichtiger Überblick über Raimund Abrahams Gesamtwerk in Buchform vor." Andrea Nussbaum, Architektur & Bau Forum, Nr. 13, 25.07.2011
"There are books that seem to don't have a certain time. You can read them again and again, smell them, browse through their pages and always find a new detail that makes them essential. This is one of these books." domusweb.it, September 2011
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Concept Architecture; Cultural Institute New York; Raimund Abraham; Drawings; Experimental Architecture

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Raimund Abraham [UN]BUILT

Mag. Brigitte Groihofer studied history of art in Vienna. She worked as a curator at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna and in Krems at the Kunstkhalle. She is also spezaliced in marketing and works currently as a journalist for Plan.

Updated and revised, this volume presents the complete work of architect Raimund Abraham. Topics include imaginary architecture, and Abraham

Raimund Abraham [UN]BUILT

Edited by: Brigitte Groihofer