The Swiss architect Peter Markli is best known for La Congiunta, the gallery in the canton of Ticino that houses the reliefs of the sculptor Hans Josephson. He has also designed many
residential projects in Switzerland. His unconventional approach, combined with his understanding of materials and color, make him a unique figure in contemporary European architecture.
Approximations focuses on Markli's work from 1982 to the present. It traces the professional and political impact on Markli's early work of Hans Josephson and the architect Rudolph
Olgiati. It also shows how the elemental, almost "archaic" quality of Markli's work is influenced by a wide variety of sources, including Greek antiquity, the Renaissance, the simple farmhouses
of the Po Valley, African and Mexican art, and Matisse's paintings. The book contains an essay by Mohsen Mostafavi and an extensive conversation between Markli and Marcel Meili.
