Analogous Old-New Architecture: Monograph, Hardcover

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- Miroslav Sik's theory and teaching have formed an important pillar of Swiss and international architectural history since the 1990s- A detailed and illustrated monograph on an important architect, pioneer of the compact movement The terms "analogous architecture" and "old-new architecture" are key aspects of the teaching of Miroslav Sik at the ETH Zurich. During his first period there (1983-1991), Sik worked as Senior Assistant at the Chair of Fabio Reinhart and was in effect the spokesman of an architectural movement that became renowned far beyond the borders of Switzerland and is still influential today. In 1986/1991, the compact movement presented itself to the public with a touring exhibition and an accompanying large-scale "Swiss Box," including chalk perspective drawings of its projects. Miroslav Sik worked as a Full Professor at the ETH Zurich between 1999 and 2018 during his second period there. Since the 1990s, Sik's theory and teaching have formed an important pillar of Swiss and international architectural history.