Architekt und Architekturhistoriker
In discussions about architecture, individual qualities are often elevated to the status of ultimate criteria. One generation celebrates structural expression, another sustainability. Some architects prioritise flexibility, others beauty, economy, material honesty, social inclusion, or energy performance. Each of these concerns is legitimate. Yet architecture rarely succeeds because it excels in only one of them.Watching major …
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Football and architecture are rarely discussed together. Yet one of the most influential ideas in the history of football offers an unexpected lesson for architects. When Rinus Michels developed Total Football and Johan Cruyff transformed it into a broader philosophy, they were not merely rethinking tactics. They were rethinking space.At its core, Total Football is …
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A few days ago, I came across a 1998 interview with the Munich architect Alexander von Branca. Known for projects such as the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and numerous religious buildings, von Branca reflected on architecture, the city, community, and the responsibilities of the architect. Around the same time, I learned about the exhibition Too …
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Die Diskussion um die Zukunft des Blaubeurer Tors in Ulm berührt eine der zentralen Fragen der Denkmalpflege: Wie gehen wir mit historischen Verlusten um? Sollen sie sichtbar bleiben oder durch bauliche Ergänzungen überwunden werden? Und bedeutet die Wiedergewinnung einer verlorenen Gestalt tatsächlich auch einen Gewinn an Authentizität?Die aktuelle Debatte ist bemerkenswert, weil sie sich nicht …
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Few sculptures demonstrate the importance of genius loci more clearly than David in Florence.The original statue today stands inside the Galleria dell'Accademia, protected, isolated, and illuminated as a museum masterpiece. There, one studies the perfection of the marble, the anatomical precision, the extraordinary technical achievement. The sculpture becomes an object of contemplation.Yet the replica standing …
This essay argues that artificial intelligence represents a structural rupture rather than merely another technological revolution. Unlike previous waves of mechanization, AI increasingly threatens not only physical labor but also cognitive middle-class professions, thereby undermining the industrial assumption that work guarantees income, dignity, and social participation. The resulting crisis is interpreted less as a technological …
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There is a line of thought—most clearly articulated by Kenneth Frampton—that should be stated as precisely as possible: construction is not merely the technical basis of architecture; it is its language. What architecture communicates emerges through how it is made—through material, joint, assembly, and the specific conditions of its time. This is the tectonic argument …
Die Großcomburg bei Schwäbisch Hall ist kein Werk im klassischen Sinne, sondern ein über Jahrhunderte gewachsenes Ensemble. Gerade in dieser langen Dauer liegt ihre architektonische Qualität. Im frühen 18. Jahrhundert tritt mit Joseph Greissing eine Figur auf den Plan, die diesen Bestand nicht ersetzt, sondern transformiert und neu ordnet.Greissing, aus dem Vorarlberger Baumeistermilieu hervorgegangen und …
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Abendvortrag Fritz Leonhardt und die Stuttgarter Schule des Leichtbaus Christiane Weber, Institut für Architekturgeschichte der Universität Stuttgart (ifag) 9. Juni 2026, 19.00 Uhr, Hällisch-Fränkisches Museum (Medienraum), Schwäbisch Hall. Der Eintritt ist frei. Die Kammergruppe Schwäbisch Hall lädt im Hällisch-Fränkischen-Museum zu einem Vortrag mit dem Titel Fritz Leonhardt und die Stuttgarter Schule des Leichtbaus ein. Der …
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In recent decades architecture has increasingly been described as a service. The language of the discipline has shifted accordingly: efficiency, performance indicators, delivery models, stakeholder management. Architects are often asked to demonstrate that their work behaves like other professional services—predictable, measurable, and optimized.This description is not entirely wrong. Architecture certainly contains service elements. Buildings must …
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Luigi Monzo 