Out of the real : Tham & Videgård Arkitekter /
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
edited and with an essay by Johan Linton ; photographs by Åke E:son Lindman.
- Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser, c2011.
- 207 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 35 cm.
Introduction : Out of the real: the making of architecture -- Works : Archipelago House ; Tellus Nursery School ; Kalmar Museum of Art ; Atrium House ; Söderöra ; Moderna Museet Malmö ; Garden House ; Humlegården Apartment ; Tree Hotel ; Double Houses ; Ordos 100 ; Vertical Village ; Karlsson House ; Circuit House Naturum Laponia ; Brick House ; Electron Microscope ; House K ; Botanic Garden House ; Åhlén Department Store ; Stockholm Concert Hall ; Simrishamn Apartments ; Vållingby Parkstad ; Double House ; Cloud Chamber ; Våstra Kajen ; Bergman Center ; School of Architecture KTH -- Epilogue : Architecture and the reality of learning: an ongoing project.
In their designs, Tham and Videgård take as their starting points the Nordic tradition - closeness to nature and economy of means - as well as the concrete parameters of the project on which they are working - the result, however, is buildings with surprising and fascinating forms.