Form Follows Love
Building by Intuition – From Bangladesh to Europe and Beyond
Birkhäuser · Print & ebook · September 1, 2024
According to Anna Heringer, "Beauty has nothing to do with money or finance, but everything to do with creativity and love".
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- Who it’s for
- Anna Heringer discusses her career, clay architecture, and building with local resources across regions.
- Themes
- Clay architecture, Ecological building, Architecture’s social impact
- Genres
- Architect Monographs, Sustainable & Green Design, Materials & Methods
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According to Anna Heringer, "Beauty has nothing to do with money or finance, but everything to do with creativity and love". With statements like this she clearly has her finger on the pulse of our time, judging by the packed lecture halls, international awards such as the 2007 Aga Kahn Award or the 2020 OBEL Award, and exhibitions at MoMA, MAM Sao Paulo, and the Venice Biennale.
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In Form Follows Love, Anna Heringer talks to author Dominique Gauzin-Müller about her career as an architect, her studies, her experiences during a workshop by Martin Rauch, her practice in the Global South, and current projects in the Global North. She shares with us the insight that clay is not only an environmentally friendly material, but in the best cases it can even trigger socially beneficial processes. - Essential text describing the work of Anna Heringer, an architect specialized in clay - How architecture can have a positive impact on the environment and society - Building with local resources to maintain ecological balance
Clay and Local Resources
Anna Heringer discusses her career, clay architecture, and building with local resources across regions.
Come here for
- Heringer’s career, studies, and architectural practice across the Global South and North
- Clay as an environmentally friendly material with potential social benefits
Expect
- Conversations about her studies and a workshop with Martin Rauch
- Current projects in the Global North
Where it sits
| Sustainable & Green Design | 72% |
|---|---|
| Materials & Methods | 64% |
| Architect Monographs | 58% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Architects & Firms
- Architectural Essays
- Materials & Methods
- Sustainable & Green Design
- Authors
- Anna Heringer, Dominique Gauzin-Müller
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Published
- September 1, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Clay architecture · Ecological building · Architecture’s social impact
- Reading lane
- Architects & Firms