Sergison Bates 2004-2016 (El Croquis 187)

Currently based in London and Zürich, Sergison Bates architects has been active since 1996 and since gained international renown. This issue presents an overview of their output from the past dozen years, including private homes, urban housing, care facilities, office buildings, public libraries, and more. Among these are the Novartis Welcome Centre and Office Building in Shanghai, a university campus in London, a city library and public square in Mendrisio, a hotel in Doha, and urban residences in Vienna and Antwerp. Also published in this issue is the essay “Well into the 20th Century: The Architectures of Post-Capitalism?”, by architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo.