Between 1926 and 1938, the construction development company Baumgartner & Hindermann built around 300 apartment buildings in Basel, grouped in five quarters that form a ring around the city center. They are still known in Basel today as the Baumgartner Houses. People appreciate their natural urban integration and the high quality of living provided by their well proportioned, polyvalent rooms and solid building materials.

This detailed documentation proves that entrepreneurial motives and rationalization of the design and construction processes are not inimical to good architecture. This series of apartment blocks is still exemplary by today's standards; though it consciously pursued mediocrity, it ultimately achieved an advanced expression of urbanity and quality.

The only comprehensive monograph on the Baumgartner houses in Basel
Now republished in its third edition: historical documentation of a series of successful apartment buildings
Still setting standards today in terms of residential quality and urbanity
Newer, 3rd edition available as E-book (ISBN 978-3-0356-2694-0) and Print (ISBN 978-3-0356-2693-3)

Autorentext

Rebekka Brandenberger, architect Ulrike Zophoniasson, architecture journaslist and author Marco Zünd, architect