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Ludwig Leo – Ausschnitt

Five Projects from 1960s West Berlin

Architectural Association
36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES
Front Members' Room
2/5/2015 - 6/6/2015
Monday to Friday 10:00–19:00, Saturday 10:00–15:00


'Ludwig Leo: a most unusual architect' is how Peter Cook, inspired by seeing the recently completed pink and blue Umlauftank and the triangular DLRG headquarters in Berlin, entitled his 1975 article about Ludwig Leo. "The buildings are so original and so expertly achieved," he said, "that in the long run, they MUST be exposed, they MUST be talked about, for there is so much crap around."

This never happened. Leo never built another building and he did not wish to talk about his past achievements. Forty years after Cook's text, this exhibition is the first dedicated to this legendary West Berlin architect of the 1960s, who died in 2012. Presented, through Leo's remarkable drawings, are five projects: the Umlauftank, the DLRG headquarters, a brutalist sports hall and two unbuilt experimental schools. The film 'DLRG' animates Leo's drawings and shows how this unique lifeguard and boathouse building was originally used.

Curated by Antje Buchholz, Jack Burnett-Stuart, Gregor Harbusch, Michael von Matuschka and Jürgen Patzak-Poor.

This exhibition was first shown in 2013 in Berlin (read review in ARCH+) and is co-produced by the Wüstenrot Stiftung, the German foundation which is currently renovating the Umlauftank.

 

Publication
Ludwig Leo Ausschnitt

Edited by Antje Buchholz, Jack Burnett-Stuart, Gregor Harbusch, Michael von Matuschka and Jürgen Patzak-Poor

This book examines five projects by the Berlin architect Ludwig Leo (1924–2012), including the famous DLRG boathouse (1967–73) and the extraordinary pink and blue Umlauftank (1967–74). Appearing in conjunction with an Architectural Association / Wüstenrot Stiftung exhibition of the same name, the book is the first to be published in English about the work of this enigmatic architect. Illustrated with numerous drawings from the Ludwig Leo archive, texts and conversations about Leo’s work and legacy, and with a foreword by Peter Cook.

May 2015
152 pp, col & b/w illustrations
332 × 240 mm, paperback
978-1-907896-72-9
£25