Werner Sobek is one of the leading engineers and designers of our time. His work has received numerous awards and enjoys an excellent reputation worldwide.
Each project is distinguished by a high degree of elegance and innovation—in terms of both materials and structural design. In this way, they exemplify Werner Sobek’s primary objective: the ability to create delicate, almost dematerialized structures with flawless detailing—structures that exist in perfect harmony with their form and function. This book presents key examples of his work across the fields of design, materials, surfaces, and structural engineering.
How do you make a building look almost weightless? In Werner Sobek: Light Works, Frank Heinlein and Maren Sostmann explore how the German structural engineer achieves that effect through his choice of materials and the detailing of façades and load-bearing structures.
This illustrated book brings together a selection of Sobek’s projects and shows how the decisions that make a structure stand up also shape the way we see it. It will appeal to anyone curious about where architecture and engineering meet.
Published by avedition. Hardback with text in English and German.
