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Training Center of Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (1980-83) in Murten, Switzerland, by Fritz Haller, Alfons Barth & Hans Zaugg

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Haus Dr. Süess Starrkirch-Wil - Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland; 1964-65

Hans Zaugg, H. Puschmann

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via "Bauen + Wohnen" 20 (1966)

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Waiting for the real Hans Kossmann or the deceptive calm before the storm

Waiting for the real Hans Kossmann or the deceptive calm before the storm

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Hans Kossmann doesn’t have to change much at the SCB, as he says himself. Image: KEYSTONE

Eismeister Zaugg Waiting for the real Hans Kossmann or the deceptive calm before the storm

The new trainer Hans Kossmann has taken over SC Bern. But it is as if Kari Jalonen was still there and only left briefly to get a beer. An on-site appointment at the Stadtberner Hockey Temple.

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Scheibenschachten School House (1961-63) in Aarau, Switzerland, by Barth & Zaugg

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Architect's own house in Olten Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland; 1954-56

Hans Zaugg as architect, Ernst Schild as engineer (photography by Peter Disch, Max Widmer)

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via "Bauen + Wohnen" 10 (1956) / "Das Werk" 43 (1956)

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House (1954-56) built for himself in Olten, Switzerland, by Hans Zaugg

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Atrium House (1963) near Olten, Switzerland, by Hans Zaugg with Helmuth Puschmann

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Urn Hall (1972) at Meisenhard Cemetery in Olten, Switzerland, by Barth & Zaugg

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Within the rich Swiss postwar architectural history the Solothurn School, indelibly marked by the architects Fritz Haller, Franz Füeg, Max Schlup, Alfons Barth and Hans Zaugg, takes on a somewhat unusual role: rather than following the example of Le Corbusier and taking on a sculptural, brutalist idiom the architects leaned towards the glass and steel architecture of Mies van der Rohe. Among the five protagonists Max Schlup (1917-2013), based in the city of Biel, stands out as the most poetic yet daring architect whose major works include Miesian buildings like the Strandboden secondary school or the Mother-Child-Facility in Biel just as well as the Biel Congress Center with its large concrete surfaces and a scooped roof construction. The latter likely is a result of Schlup's excursion to Brasilia where he admired the immense construction activities and the spirited architecture of Oscar Niemeyer. In 2013 the Architekturforum Biel published the monograph "Max Schlup - Architekt/architecte" with Niggli, a beautifully designed homage to the city's most significant postwar architect. The book focuses on a selection of ten buildings, including the previously mentioned school and congress center, each of them presented in old and new photographs, plans and brief texts. This somewhat narrow focus is a bit disappointing since the work catalogue included in the back of the book counts about 100 projects. Accordingly the reader only receives a partial impression of Max Schlup's work that nonetheless manages to bring across the poetry and charme of his buildings that through extensive glazing frame the surroundings in a beautiful way. Beyond that four essays by Jürg Graser (THE expert on the Solothurn School), Martin Tschanz, Christian Penzel & Christoph Schläppi each discuss one building, shed light on their construction, materiality and try to uncover inspirational sources, a speculative dimension of Schlup's work that also a long interview with the architect cannot dissolve.

The little flaws notwithstanding "Max Schlup - Architekt/Architecte" is a beautiful and necessary book about a key Swiss architect that really is a feast for the eye.