Decosterd & Rahm: A Selective Bibliography

Compiled by Aileen Smith, April 2005

This bibliography consists of a selective list of books and articles relating to
Decosterd & Rahm. Those books held within the AA Library are indicated with a
shelfmark.

Books (Alphabetically by title)

Decosterd & Rahm: distortions : architecture 2000-2005 / Philippe Rahm
Orleans: Editions HYX, 2005 ISBN 291038540X
AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(44):92DES RAH

Decosterd & Rahm: physiological architecture = architecture physiologique /

issued by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture
Basel: Birkhauser, 2003
ISBN 3764369442
AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(494):92DEC SWI

Decosterd & Rahm: Ghost flat / Marie Darrieussecq

2004 ISBN 4901387294

Tokyo: CCA Kitakyushu,

AA SHELFMARK: 728.3(52T):7 DAR

Journal Articles (Chronologically by year and month)

2005
Archi-Meteo: Decosterd & Rahm
in
Beaux Arts Magazine no. 249 March 2005 / p.131
2004
Decosterd & Rahm: hormonal architecture: interview with Philippe Rahm / article
by Hans Ulrich Obrist
in
Flash Art (International Edition) vol.37 May/June 2004 /
p.124-126
Didier Fiuza Faustino, Decosterd & Rahm: les demeures dHybert a Chateau
Guibert = Home away: Fabrice Hybert gets a house(s) / article by Chantal Beret,
translated by C Penwarden
in
Art Press no.298 February 2004 / p.48-53

Swiss unlimited (eight projects, including Decosterd & Rahm)

in
Archithese 34 (1) January-February 2004 / p.85-97
(text in German)
2003
Decosterd & Rahm, Lausanne/Paris (in their role as avant-garde architectural
artists, work based on architecture, science and art)
in Werk, Bauen + Wohnen no.9 September 2003 / p.32-35, 53-54
(text in German, summaries in English and French)
Decosterd & Rahm: Le Musee de lhomme imaginaire = The museum of the
imaginary man / article by Nikola Jankovic (examines the Swiss Pavilion at the
eighth Venice Architecture Biennale, designed by Decosterd & Rahm)
in Art Press no.286 January 2003 / p.46-50
2001
A vueltas con la casa: 25 casos y un diagnostico = Roaming about the house: 25
images and one diagnosis / article by Cristina Diaz Moreno and Efren Garcia
Grinda (includes house by Decosterd & Rahm)
in A V Monografias (90) July-August 2001 / p.104-113 (text in
Spanish+English)
2000
Linguaggi e ricerca [Idioms and research] / article by Maurizio Vitta and others
includes Skin habitat nomadic artists homes / Decosterd & Rahm, article by
Elena Cardani)
in Arca no.153 November 2000 / p.8-11 (text in Italian+English)
Decosterd et Rahm: bio-organiques sale de sport, Neuchatel (Suisse) = Bioorganics sports hall, Neuchatel (Switzerland)
in Techniques et Architecture (450) October-November 2000 /
p.32-33 (text in French+English)
Website
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Compiled by Aileen Smith, Deputy Librarian
April 2005