Trix + Robert Haussmann

The first book to gather the theoretical writing of Trix and Robert Haussmann, the Swiss husband-and-wife team of architects and designers.

The Haussmanns married in 1967 and set up their joint office, Allgemeine Entwurfsanstalt, the same year. Over their career they realised around 650 projects. Their Zurich work includes the Da-Capo-Bar, the Kronenhallenbar, the Weinberg boutique and the city's new main station. Alongside the built work they produced a substantial body of theory, and they helped loosen the grip of classical modernism on Swiss architecture.

The book opens the STUDIOLO / Edition Patrick Frey series, a joint undertaking of the publisher and STUDIOLO, the Zurich exhibition space of Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, who also edited the volume. It grew out of The Log-O-Rhythmic Slide Rule, the show they devoted to the couple in spring 2012. Illustrations sit beside essays, artists' texts and a discussion, with contributions from Liam Gillick, Karl Holmqvist and Gabrielle Schaad. Teo Schifferli designed it, and the first edition was chosen as one of The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2012.

Edition Patrick Frey, 2013. 180 pages, softcover, 17.2 x 23.4 cm. 80 colour images.