Schatzalp Davos - Constant Transformation

Constant Transformation
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4764-3
Verlag: Hirmer Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 250 mm x 290 mm

A place that made architectural and literary history – the building that inspired Thomas Mann’s

The art of the book at its finest: a historical, cultural and architectural journey to a breathtaking location in the heart of the Swiss Alps. This extraordinary Art Nouveau hotel opened in 1900 as a pioneering facili ty for patients from across Europe. The publication traces its transformation from luxury sanatorium to hotel, both architecturally and historically, looks at Davos as a setting and offers insight into a legendary corner of Switzerland – past, present and future.

This lavishly illustrated volume presents an exclusive look behind the scenes, illuminating the history and continuing story of this historic building on Davos’s “Magic Mountain”. It includes work from research, practice and teaching that combines questions of architectural history and heritage conservation with innovative concepts, sustainability and cutting-edge technology. A unique building with an extraordinary past that serves as a model for a forward-looking approach to the built environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kastner, Fabian

Langenberg, Silke

Miller, Quintus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie

Über Autor(innen)

Miller, Quintus
The art of the book at its finest: a historical, cultural
and architectural journey to a breathtaking location
in the heart of the Swiss Alps. This extraordinary Art
Nouveau hotel opened in 1900 as a pioneering facili
ty for patients from across Europe. The publication
traces its transformation from luxury sanatorium to
hotel, both architecturally and historically, looks at
Davos as a setting and offers insight into a legend
ary corner of Switzerland – past, present and future.
This lavishly illustrated volume presents an exclusive
look behind the scenes, illuminating the history and
continuing story of this historic building on Davos’s
“Magic Mountain”. It includes work from research,
practice and teaching that combines questions of
architectural history and heritage conservation with
innovative concepts, sustainability and cutting-edge
technology. A unique building with an extraordinary
past that serves as a model for a forward-looking
approach to the built environment.

Kastner, Fabian
Fabian Kastner is a lecturer at ETH Zürich. The Hotel Schatzalp was a case study in his doctoral thesis on the resource-efficient development of existing building stock