Architektur Forum Ostschweiz, Elias Baumgarten (eds.)
Die Gemeinschaft spricht Architektur
Anthologie zur Baukultur
Book design: Nadia Bendinelli
German, ca. 240 pages, ca. 280 images, 20 × 25 cm, softcover with flaps
Euro [D] 39.–, Euro [A] 40.10
Pre-order: Release date: May 2026
ISBN
978-3-03863-106-4
• Contributions on questions regarding the handling of our architectural heritage discussed by example of Eastern Switzerland
• Lavish visual documentation of all featured buildings
• Lavish visual documentation of all featured buildings
• Reasoned perspectives on current questions of building by cantonal construction engineers, architects, leaders of housing cooperatives
In the series of articles “Good Building in Eastern Switzerland”, members of the Architektur Forum Ostschweiz discuss regional building for a wide readership. This anthology assembles 32 selected contributions from the past five years.
The featured construction projects, landscape designs and spatial planning projects prompt discussions about the correct handling of existing architecture and about future forms of housing. And they raise various questions: how can circular construction be successful? Can architecture unite people in a society that is drifting apart?
Four group interviews with protagonists from the field of architecture, politics and association culture, but also the construction industry and research add further depth to these topics regarding future developments.
With contributions by:
Katharina Marchal, Jenny Keller, Theresa Mörtl, Corinne Riedener, Rahel Lämmler, Daniela Meyer, Stefanie Haunschild, Ulrike Hark, Nele Rickmann
Katharina Marchal, Jenny Keller, Theresa Mörtl, Corinne Riedener, Rahel Lämmler, Daniela Meyer, Stefanie Haunschild, Ulrike Hark, Nele Rickmann
Interviews with
Erol Doguoglu (Cantonal architect of St.Gallen), Yves Schihin, (Architect) Roland Hofer und Lukas Somm, (Executive Committee Genossenschaft Legeno), Andrea Wittwer Joss (Cantonal architect Glarus), Lukas Imhof (Architect), Daniel Cavelti (Architect), Lilitt Bollinger (Co-Chair BSA), Fadri Ratti (Priest), Sören Davy (Architect), Armando Ruinelli (Architect), Eva Lingg (Soziologist), Harry Gugger (Architect), Katharina Lehmann (Timber construction entrepreneur), Ronan Crippa (Architect), Peter Dransfeld (Former president SIA)
Erol Doguoglu (Cantonal architect of St.Gallen), Yves Schihin, (Architect) Roland Hofer und Lukas Somm, (Executive Committee Genossenschaft Legeno), Andrea Wittwer Joss (Cantonal architect Glarus), Lukas Imhof (Architect), Daniel Cavelti (Architect), Lilitt Bollinger (Co-Chair BSA), Fadri Ratti (Priest), Sören Davy (Architect), Armando Ruinelli (Architect), Eva Lingg (Soziologist), Harry Gugger (Architect), Katharina Lehmann (Timber construction entrepreneur), Ronan Crippa (Architect), Peter Dransfeld (Former president SIA)
About the editors
Founded in 1996 as a merger of the specialist associations BSA, BSLA, FSAI, SIA and STV, Architektur Forum Ostschweiz (AFO) aims to offer an expert opinion on construction topics of public interest and to engage in dialogue with the interested public. The AFO sees its role as a regional platform for information and exchange on architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and building culture.
Architektur Forum Ostschweiz, a-f-o.ch
Elias Baumgarten studied Architecture at the University of Innsbruck and History of Architecture at ETH Zurich. He was a researcher at the Institute of Architectural Theory in Innsbruck and was a member of the editorial department of the architectural journal archithese from 2015 to 2019. Since 2019 he has been editor-in-chief of the online architectural magazines Swiss-Architects and Austria-Architects. Additionally, he assumed the role of editor-in-chief of German-Architects in 2024.
