Raimund Abraham [UN]BUILT / / ed. by Brigitte Groihofer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Brillembourg, Carlos,; Frampton, Kenneth,; Groihofer, Brigitte,; Hejduk, John,; Miller, Norbert,; Moss, Eric Owen,; Nordenson, Guy,; Prix, Wolf D.,; Schmied, Wieland,; Sitney, P. Adams,; Woods, Lebbeus,
• HerausgeberIn: Groihofer, Brigitte,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : Ambra Verlag, , [2016]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 2., nd revised and enlarged edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 p.)

The Austrian architect Raimund Abraham, born 1933 in Tyrol, Austria, lived, worked and taught in the USA from 1964 to 2010. In march 2010 he died in a car-crash. The book is an updated edition and contains the complete work of the architect Raimund Abraham. It has a three-part structure: 1) imaginary architecture, 2) projects, 3) realizations. Texts are by Raimund Abraham, Kenneth Frampton, John Hejduk, Wieland Schmied and Lebbeus Woods. With an introductory essay by Norbert Miller. The drawing of architecture occupies a central position in the evolution of his work but challenges the predominant notion of built architecture. Drawing demands an autonomous reality, manifestation of his architectural concept. The book also contains his latest realized projects as there are his own house in Mexico and the House for Musicians at the Museumsinsel Hombroich (Germany), which will be completed in 2011.

Updated and revised, this volume presents the complete work of architect Raimund Abraham. Topics include imaginary architecture, and Abraham's projects and realizations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Imagination and the Calculus of Reality -- Imaginary Architecture -- In Anticipation of Architecture -- Speechless -- The Silence of the Muses -- Monuments are not Made -- The Enigma of the Muses -- The Reality of the Unbuilt -- Elementary Architecture -- Projects -- Raimund Abraham, Architect -- Fragmentary Notes -- Nine Questions to Raimund Abraham -- Dwelling-Place and Universe -- Raimund Abraham’s Urwelt -- Utopia before One’s Very Eyes -- Section, Seriality and Structure -- The Essential Condition for Architecture -- Exile of Visions -- Anti Journey -- Introduction to Raimund Abraham’s Lecture -- The Last House -- Realizations -- Appendix