Three countries

This session is a discussion of contemporary architecture in three countries, Ireland , Switzerland and Denmark , where strong economies in recent years have given way to booms in the building sector. The presentations will focus on a select few offices that represent different local approaches to the theme of the conference, the complexity of the ordinary.

Moderator: Henning Thomsen, Architects Association, Denmark .

Papers:

•  Kjeld Vindum , Royal Academy of Fine Arts ,
•  School of Architecture , Denmark : ‘
•  Unostentatiousness - Examples Of Relations To
•  The Ordinary In Modern Danish Architecture.'
•  (Download as PDF)

•  Hugh Campbell, UCD School of Architecture,
•  Ireland 'The rise and fall of context in recent Irish
•  architecture'. •  (Download as PDF)

•  Irina Davidovici, University of Cambridge , UK :
•  ‘Herzog & de Meuron and Peter Zumthor: The
•  Dilemma Of Authenticity In Recent German Swiss
•  Architecture'. •  (Download as PDF)