Die Baumgartnerhauser: Basel 1926-1938

The Baumgartner Houses in Basel, built between 1926 and 1938 by Baumgartner & Hindermann, are known for their high quality of living and natural urban integration. This comprehensive documentation proves that entrepreneurial motives and rationalization of design and construction processes can lead to good architecture. The houses are still exemplary today, achieving an advanced expression of urbanity and quality.

Format: Hardback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 30 January 2023
Publisher: Birkhauser

Between 1926 and 1938, the construction development company Baumgartner & Hindermann built around 300 apartment buildings in Basel, grouped in five quarters that form a ring around the city center. They are still known in Basel today as the "Baumgartner Houses." People appreciate their natural urban integration and the high quality of living provided by their well proportioned, polyvalent rooms and solid building materials.

This detailed documentation proves that entrepreneurial motives and rationalization of the design and construction processes are not inimical to good architecture. This series of apartment blocks is still exemplary by today's standards; though it consciously pursued "mediocrity," it ultimately achieved an advanced expression of urbanity and quality.

The only comprehensive monograph on the Baumgartner houses in Basel is now republished in its third edition: historical documentation of a series of successful apartment buildings. Still setting standards today in terms of residential quality and urbanity.

Weight: 771g
Dimension: 220 x 240 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783035626933