Books published by Quart Publishers

Featuring the drawings that accompany the work of Swiss architect Peter Markli.

2006 gründete Laurent de Wurstemberger mit zwei Partnern das Atelier ar-ter in Carouge sowie 2011 zusammen mit dem Materialwissenschaftler Rodrigo Fernandez die Firma Terrabloc, die Aushubmaterial von Baustellen zu verdichteten Lehmblocksteinen verarbeitet. 2018 eröffnete er sein Architekturbüro in Genf und realisiert seitdem eine Reihe kleinerer, raffinierter Projekte, unter anderem die Sanierung eines Bauernhofes in Choully.In 2006, Laurent de Wurstemberger founded the Atelier ar-ter in Carouge with two partners, and in 2011, along with the material scientist Rodrigo Fernandez, the company Terrabloc, which turns excavated material from construction sites into compacted clay blocks. In 2018, he opened his architectural practice in Geneva and has since completed a number of smaller, more sophisticated projects, including the renovation of a farm in Choully.

In 2003, the Sion-born architect Alain Wolff founded his architectural office in Lausanne. Since then, a number of remarkable buildings have been produced. Text in English and German.

Each building is a little gem, where every detail reflects the architecture. For instance the Vita Family Center in Roscommon assumes the volume and appearance of the surrounding traditional buildings, while varying the details in an astute and subtle way. Text in English and German.

Martin and Sven Froehlich have passionately pursued the permanence and longevity of forms, images and narratives in architecture since 2000. Text in English and German.

The two Biel architects have been developing their impressive oeuvre for 30 years. Examples of such tasks include precisely integrated additions to the Schnyder Areal in Biel and numerous housing developments as powerful figures inserted into the urban fabric. Text in English and German.

This volume marks the conclusion of the many years of teaching and research by Dieter Geissbuhler, investigating the significance of construction in architecture. The various articles are compiled in a collage-like structure and shed light on stances that have above all been communicated in teaching. Text in German.

Energy issues, dealing with urban rural areas or working with models are featured. In addition to content-related topics, the focus is on methods and approaches. Text in German.

Their conversions and housing have their own hallmark, an outstanding sense of exciting interior spaces and a high degree of precision in formulating details. Their designs are characterised by particular elegance and dignity. Text in English and German.

Following his studies at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio and various internships, Andreas Heierle founded his Atelier fur Architektur in Lucerne in 2012. Text in English and German.

The new agricultural school in Salez, in the St. Gallen Rhine valley region, has a slender, airy and light appearance. It is an extremely intelligently conceived low-tech construction made of timber. Text in English and German.

The Zurich architects became renowned in 2006 with their container tower for the FREITAG bag and fashion label in Zurich. It represents 'architecture without architects' while also being a nonchalant solution for a common architectural programme during an inhospitable residual zone. Text in German and English.

Since 2000, the Zurich architects have won around 20 competitions, out of which they have developed housing and renovated school facilities with intelligence and an exceptional sense of architectural qualities. Text in English and German.

This volume presents five school buildings and facilities with a high architectural quality, as well as several outstanding residential and administrative buildings. Text in English and German.

The book documents the original 1951 building using historical plans and photographs, provides insight into the building-historical analysis before the renovation. Text in English and German.

A young architectural scene is developing in Milan, including onsitestudio with its protagonists Giancarlo Floridi and Angelo Lunati. Text in English and German.

The collection presents physiological phenomena, architectural parallels and prominent examples in architectural history. Text in German.

Two brothers, Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz, present their impressive works: powerful, sculptural figures with precise urban planning placement that are integrated coherently into the continuum of the context through their materials, type, form and expression. Text in English and German

Two Locarno architects Matteo Inches and Nastasja Geleta have designed a number of exquisite buildings, each developed entirely out of the atmosphere of the location and the nearby surroundings. Text in English and German

The two Lausanne architects produced an exceptional school facility in Chermignon, Lower Valais. Like a Greek temple, it has the power to combine the landscape, topography, urban morphology and building type. Text in English and German.

Projects by Stefano Tibiletti and Catherine Glaeser-Tibiletti are clear architectural responses to the location and its urban morphology, translated into forms of typology and construction. Text in English and German.

Zurich architects Roger Weber and Boris Brunner have produced an impressive oeuvre, including residential developments, schools and public buildings, which are always well-considered, voluminous, spatially orientated solutions designed with a powerful architectural instinct. Text in English and German.

The farmhouse gained a contemporary freshness while respecting existing elements and using only a few external measures. Text in English and German.

The building on Oberwiesenstrasse draws upon a rich vein of traditional building methods, but these references are subtly interpreted. Text in English and German.

This book project, curated by the architecture historian Prof. Philip Ursprung, sheds light on different aspects of the architectural approach of Niklaus Graber and Christoph Steiger.