Architecture and sculpture have often inspired each other, particularly in the 20th century. Modern sculpture offers numerous examples of the use of architectural language - the dissolution of volume in Constructivism, for example, or the focus on elementary geometric forms in Cubism. At the same time, recent modern architecture has forged increasingly close links with art. Indeed, the digital, biomorphic projects of such blob- masters as Greg Lynn and NOX raise the question of whether contemporary architecture is not actually a form of sculpture realized in buildings. Featuring more than 350 illustrations, this richly illustrated book examines a phenomenon that has previously attracted little attention: the dialogue between these two fields of aesthetics, described in nine chapters presenting astonishing juxtapositions of original sculptures by outstanding artists and models of corresponding architectures from different periods. (English edition available ISBN 3-7757-1491-X) The architects: Etienne-Louis Boullée, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Frank Gehry, Friedrich Gilly, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Arato Isozaki, Le Corbusier, Greg Lynn, Friedrich Kiesler, Adolf Loos, Erich Mendelsohn, Herzog & de Meuron, Jean Nouvel, Phidias, Renzo Piano, Mies van der Rohe, Rudolf Steiner, Bruno Taut, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Frank Lloyd Wright, Peter Zumthor, and others The artists: Carl Andre, Rudolf Belling, Max Bill, Constantin Brancusi, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Laurens, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Jacques Lipchitz, Aristide Maillol, Henri Matisse, Gordon Matta-Clark, Gerhard Merz, Henry Moore, Hermann Obrist, Antoine Pevsner, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Thomas Schütte, Fritz Wotruba, and others Exhibition schedule: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, October 3, 2004-January 30, 2005 · Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, October 11, 2005-February 28, 2006