Parisien Collage

Andrew Moore, Golden Valley Norwegian Lutheran Church, Perkins County, South Dakota, 2013

The Maxx, 1995

Thomas Müller (German, b. 1959), Untitled, 2020. Ballpoint pen on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm.

Emilio Tadini (Italian, 1927-2002), L'uomo dell'organizzazione [Company Man], 1968. Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 80.6 cm.

by Robert C. Ellis, 1973

The Werkgruppe Graz with its members Eugen Gross, Friedrich Groß-Rannsbach, Hermann Pichler and Werner Hollomey had a major impact on the architecture of Austria and the federal state of Styria in particular. In a very participative and scientific approach they realized a number of landmark buildings, among them the St. Peter terrace house in Graz and the students’ dormitory on Graz’s Leechgasse. The present monograph “Werkgruppe Graz 1959-1989. Architecture at the Turn of Late Modernism”, edited by Eva Guttmann & Gabriele Kaiser and published by Park Books in 2013, offers a dense insight into the group’s history: after an interview of the editors with the group’s members two additional essays put the Werkgruppe into their international context, examine their relevance for today’s architectural practice and in detail analyze the participatory dimension of the group’s work. But the major part of the book is dedicated to a selection of the Werkgruppe’s projects, more than 20 in total, that are covered in texts, models and photos. The latter are mostly contemporary and show that most of the Werkgruppe’s buildings are in pretty good condition. Beyond that the book also includes a complete work catalogue, an overview of the works realized by the group’s members after its dissolution and biographies of each member. One really shouldn’t judge this book by its cover because behind its unassuming surface a complex and very intelligent architectural cosmos unfolds.

Martin Watsfeldt (Swedish b.1970), Return of the Sun, 2026, Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas , 150 x 100 cm.

Vance Kirkland, Five Red-Orange Suns In Space, 1971

Jean-Claude Götting, Montmartre Nocturne, 2019, XIV, Rue Juste Métivier, Acrylic inks and black pencil on paper

Administration of the company Bacardi (1957-61) near Mexico City, Mexico, by Mies van der Rohe. Photo by Balthazar Korab.