Archive Hatje Cantz Verlag | Wolfgang Pehnt

Architecture Is Chock Full Of Rules, And Without Them, This Ambitious Variety Of Human Activity Would Not Function. There Are Also Conventions, However, That Warrant Some Critical Inquiry: Why Do We Continue To Waste Our Resources, Even Though We Know Better? Why Do We Wax Nostalgia In Designs For Arbitrary, New Reconstructions Rather Than Salvage Existing Building Stock Worthy Of Being Protected? The Essays By Wolfgang Pehnt (*1931 In Kassel) Take Aim At Architecture From A Number Of Different Viewpoints; They Are Devoted To Investigating Thematic Contexts, Contemporary Tasks, And Historical Phenomena From Which We Can Frequently Draw Lessons. The Various Individual Aspects Of This Book Unite To Form A Picture Of Past And Present-Day Architecture As Pehnt Sees It—As Well As A History Of Architecture Related In Illuminating Episodes.



Exhibition Schedule: Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt/Main, August 20–September 25, 2011