Valerio Olgiati
Architect,
Kenzō Tange Visiting Professor, Harvard GSD
September 9 2009
Website: http://www.olgiati.net/
Books
Breitschmid, Markus, 1966- Die Bedeutung der Idee in der Architektur von Valerio Olgiati = the significance of the idea in the architecture of Valerio Olgiati / Markus Breitschmid. Sulgen: Niggli, c2008.
Loeb Design | NA1353.O441 B74 2008
Three architects in Switzerland: Beat Consoni, Morger & Degelo, Valerio Olgiati / editor & texts: Markus Breitschmid. Luzern: Quart, c2008.
Loeb Design | NA1352 .T74 2008
Valerio Olgiati /editor: Laurent Stalder.] Köln: König, 2008.
Loeb Design | NA1353.O441 A4 2008
Valerio Olgiati: conversation with students / edited by Markus Breitschmid. Blacksburg, Va.: Virginia Tech Architecture Publications, c2007.
Loeb Design | NA1353.O44 A35 2007
Inventioneering architecture: Switzerland, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera. Zurich: gta Verlag, c2005.
Loeb Design | NA2227 .I68 2005
Valerio Olgiati: plan 1:100 / [text by Valerio Olgiati ; English translations by Fiona Elliott]. Zürich: Edition Dino Simonett, 2004.
Loeb Design | Oversize | NA1353.O441 A4 2004
14 Studentenprojekte bei Valerio Olgiati, 1998-2000 = 14 student projects with Valerio Olgiati,1998-2000 = 14 progetti di studenti con Valerio Olgiati, 1998-2000 / [Herausgeber: Heinz Wirz ; Texte: Valerio Olgiati, Heinz Wirz ; Übersetzung englisch: Maureen Oberli-Turner ; Übersetzung italienisch: Franca Comalini]. Luzern : Quart, c2000.
Loeb Design | Oversize | NA2310.S9 A22 2000
Valerio Olgiati: das Gelbe Haus / [Herausgeber: Kunsthaus Bregenz, archiv kunst architektur, Edelbert Köb. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2000.
Loeb Design | NA1353.O441 V34 2000
Valerio Olgiati: das Gelbe Haus Flims, Umbau 1950-1999 / Institutsleitung, Werner Oechslin, Vittorio Magnano Lampugnani ; mit einem Beitrag von Martin Tschanz. Zurich: gta Verlag, c1999.
Loeb Design | NA1353.O441 A4 1999
Selected Articles (1999 – 2009)
Architekturbüro in Flims = Atelier in Flims. In: Detail, 2009, v.49, n.1-2, p.46-51, photographs, sections, details, plans, site plans.
Summary: Next to his private house, architect Valerio Olgiati has built a new studio for his architecture office.
Atelier in Flims. In: Detail (English ed.), 2009 Mar.-Apr., v.2, p.142-147,216, photographs, sections, details, plans, site plans. Summary: Next to his private house, architect Valerio Olgiati has built a new studio for his architecture office.[Valerio Olgiati: studio per Linard
Bardill, Svizzera = Valerio Olgiati: studio for Linard Bardill, Switzerland] / Patrick Maisano. In: Abitare, 2008 Apr., n.481, p.305-310, photographs, portraits, illustrations.
The quest for ornament / Oliver Domeisen. In: Detail (English ed.), 2008 Nov.-Dec., v.6, p.574-582, photographs, drawings, elevations, sections.
Summary: New methods of digital manufacturing have made ornament a widely spoken language in international architecture. Features two projects.
House and studio, Scharans: Valerio Olgiati / Simon, Axel. In: A10: new European architecture, 2008 Jan.-Feb., n.19, p.47-48, photographs, sections, plans.
Valerio Olgiati: Atelier Bardill, Scharans, Switerland 2007. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2008 May, n.5(452), p.[54]-[61], photographs, elevations, sections, plans, site plans.
Switzerland: two new village houses by Valerio Olgiati and Martino Pedrozzi / Jonathan Woolf. In: Architecture today, 2008 Mar., n.186, p.20-22,25-26, photographs, models, sections, plans, site plans.
Valerio Olgiati, Films [sic], Switerland. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2007 Mar., n.3(438), p.[74]-77, photographs, plans.
Summary: Includes interview with the architect.
Valerio Olgiati / Author(s): Lucan, Jacques, 1947-; Zuber, Raphael; Puente, Moisés; Flammer, Pascal; Zumstein, David; Gartmann, Patrick; Olgiati, Valerio, 1958-. In: 2G: revista international de arquitectura = International architectre review, 2006, n.37, entire issue (137 p.), photographs, aerial photographs, portraits, drawings, models, illustrations, elevations, sections, details, maps, plans, site plans, diagrams, computer drawings, axonometric drawings.
Valerio Olgiati: House K + N, Zurich, Switzerland 2004 / Jacques Lucan. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2006 Feb., n.2(425), p.7277, photographs, sections, details, plans, site plans.
Valerio Olgiati: Peak Gornergrat in Zermatt, Zermatt, Switzerland, 2004-. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2004 Nov., n.11(410), p.[18]-21.photographs, aerial photographs, models, elevations, sections, plans
Summary: Space to show the progression of a year at the Matterhorn panorama.
Valerio Olgiati: the New University for Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland 2003-. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2004 Nov., n.11(410), p.[22]-25. photographs, models, sections, plans, site
House in the West on the Isle of Corsica, Corsica, France 2000-. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.48-51, photographs, models, elevations, sections, plans
Office building in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 2001. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.44-[47], photographs, models, elevations, site plans
Olgiati's almost nothing / Kenneth Frampton. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.64-68
Restaurant and bar project on the shore of Lake Cauma, Flims, Switzerland, 1998-
In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.[22]-[26], photographs, illustrations, elevations, sections, plans, site plans
School in Paspels, Paspels, Switzerland 1996-1998. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.[32]-43, photographs, models, elevations, sections, details, plans, site plans.
The Yellow House in Flims, Flims, Switzerland 1999. In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.[52]-63, photographs, elevations, sections, details, plans.
Three condominiums in Chur, Chur, Switzerland 1999- In: A & U: architecture & urbanism, 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.28-31, models, plans, site plans.
Bianco monolite: cultural centre in Flims / Cardani, Elena. In: Arca, 2001 Jan., n.155, p.48-51, photographs, sections, details, plans.
Schulhaus in Paspels = School building in Paspels = Edificio scolastico a Paspels = Ecole à Paspels = Escuela en Paspels. In: Detail, 2001 Jan.-Feb., v.41, n.1,p.64-69, photographs, elevations, sections, details, plans, site plans.
Brut de blanc: centre culturel, Flims, Suisse = Raw white: cultural centre, Flims, Switzerland / Magrou, Rafaël. In: Techniques et architecture, 2000 Aug.-Sept., n.449, p.60-63, photographs, sections
Summary: Conversion of a former mansion into a cultural center, with very rough-hewn white facade added. Built: 1998/99.
Casa amarilla, Flims (Suiza) = Yellow House, Flims (Switzerland). In: AV monografías = AV monographs, 2000 May-June, n.83, p.102-103, photographs, sections, details, plans
Valerio Olgiati Architecture: Paspels schoolhouse [Switzerland] In: Architecture, 2000 July, v.89, n.7, p.[122]-[127], photographs, sections, details, plans.
Valerio Olgiati: una provocación a la memoria y a los sentidos = Provoking both the mind and the senses / Tschanz, Martin. In: A & t, 2000, n.16, p.72-79. photographs, models, elevations, sections, details, plans.
Summary: The Yellow House, a cultural center in Flims. Project dates: 1995-1998.
Valerio Olgiati: works / Tschanz, Martin. In: AA files, 2000 Autumn, n.42, p.48-60. photographs, aerial photographs, drawings, models, elevations, sections, details, plans, site plans.
Summary: Includes projects and built works from 1991 to 2000.
V. Olgiati: école à Paspels, Suisse. In: Architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1999 July, n.323, p.76-[79], photographs, sections, plans.