Abstract
Selected unrealized projects by Michael Balz, mostly in collaboration with Heinz Isler as advisor for construction and engineering, are described and related to development of the built shells and competition entries. Projects include proposals for a leisure pool roof at the Tropicana, Lucerne (1979), an atelier and office building for Willi Bösiger AG Langenthal, Switzerland (1986) and Shell of Peace, at the Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt (2016).
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Chilton, J. (2023). Unrealized Shell Projects. In: Michael Balz. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19264-7_6
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