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Small Homes - The Making Of Bouwexpo Tiny Housing In Almere
Isbn 9789068687835
Publisher Thoth
Idea code 19426
€ 21.50
Are small homes going to be the new norm? By mid-century, a large number of people will be living by themselves, meaning it is time the building industry gave small homes more attention. In the Dutch city of Almere, BouwEXPO Tiny Housing launched an open ideas competition in 2016. The winners built sixteen permanent and greatly varied houses at one location in the city, all of which are actually lived in today. The houses naturally serve as inspiration for small dwellings elsewhere, whether on vacant lots, as infill, on a roof, or in completely new neighbourhoods. This book offers an in-depth reportage on the entire design, funding, and building process of the awarded small homes.
320 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 22 cm, pb, Dutch/English
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Architecture Of Appropriation. On Squatting As Spatial Practice.
Isbn 9789083015200
Publisher Het Nieuwe Instituut
Idea code 19393
€ 25.00
The squatting movement in the Netherlands has played a major role in the design of both the urban fabric and domestic interior, and continues to offer alternatives to the dominant, market-oriented housing policies. This book acknowledges squatting as an architectural practice, analysing six locations through drawings, interviews, and archival material to create a record of past and current struggles, spaces, and oral histories, thereby forming the basis for a new governmental acquisition policy. It brings together the expertise of the squatting movement with architects, archivists, scholars, and lawyers in order to discuss approaches to what are often criminalised spatial practices.
396 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Kristin Jarmund Architects - In Service Of Undiscovered Life
Isbn 9789187543067
Publisher Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
Idea code 19191
€ 46.20
Characterised by her aesthetic understanding and admirable detailing, workmanship and expressiveness, the works of Kristin Jarmund Architects relate to functionalism but with a reinterpretation and refinement of this idiom. This monograph explores the rich history of one Norway's finest firms tracing back to Fyrstikkterrassen, a multipurpose commercial building in Oslo, which put Jarmund on the map as rising star in Norwegian architecture. Since then, Kristin Jarmund Architects have designed a plethora of important and iconic buildings of varying sizes and purposes including Nydalen Metro Station, award-winning Gulskogen School and the Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 24 cm, hb, English
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Shared Cities Atlas
Isbn 9789462085213
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 19418
€ 49.95
The 'Shared Cities Atlas' applies the new, global "sharing paradigm" in architecture and public sphere to a site-specific situation in seven cities in Central Europe. Mapping current practices of sharing and new fields of action in case studies, it contextualizes the phenomenon in research papers, data, and photography. The ideas of a ‘right to the city’, of common resources, or ‘the urban commons’ all of which are in vogue in contemporary architectural discourse illustrate the paradigm shift towards a sharing perspective. In ‘sharing cities’ the emphasis lies in the right to remake the cities as a form of urban social contract with a specific creative or critical agenda.
352 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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The Grand Projet - Understanding The Making And Impact Of Urban Mega Projects
Isbn 9789462084803
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 19414
€ 59.95
Urban Megaprojects – here referred to as Grands Projets – are increasing in number all over the world. They have become major drivers for urban intensification and manifestations of the larger economic and political agenda of their city. As such, Grands Projets offer a productive moment to investigate current urban trends in a globally connected form of concentrated urbanisation. This book looks into the adaptive and inclusive capacities that urban megaprojects can offer to shape the future of our cities. Featuring eight unique case studies: Marunouchi Tokyo, Lujiazui Shanghai, West Kowloon Hong Kong, Marina Bay Singapore, HafenCity Hamburg, La Défense Paris, 22@ Barcelona and King’s Cross London.
480 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English
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Towers Of Choices - Hong Kong Housing Beyond Uniformity
Isbn 9789462083745
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 19377
€ 34.00
How can Hong Kong’s housing development escape its unrelenting uniformity? How might architects and developers bypass strict planning and building regulations? How might they add more value by creative design? How might they realize innovative and attractive housing towers, towers that would radically change Hong Kong? Hong Kong’s notoriously strict building regulations impose an relentless uniformity on the city. This book aims to propose new indicators to achieve a proper balance between population density and quality of life.
352 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Spectre Numero 2: Vegetal Trauma
Isbn 9782955701096
Publisher Cosa Mentale
Idea code 19380
€ 40.85
Plants feel the pressures, constraints, and violence of the world around them. Our irresponsible behaviour towards plants only increases the trauma they suffer. Being rooted and deeply sedentary beings, plants have no choice but to endure and adapt. Their lives are made up of successive aggressions which they remember, the violence of which they have to overcome in one way or another. Plants bear the traces and stigmas of the trauma that comes from a living environment from which they cannot escape. This unedited issue of ‘Spectre’ invites more than 30 contemporary artists to share interpretations of vegetal trauma, from pruning, graffiti, or neglect, to wildfires, wind, or ice.
216 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 31 cm, pb, French/English
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C3 402: (Un)familiar Places
Isbn 20925190
Publisher C3 Publishing
Idea code 19381
€ 2.00
New architecture in the Arab world is the leading feature of this instalment, which focuses on preeminent projects such as the National Museum of Qatar by Jean Nouvel, OMA’s Qatar National Library, and the Apple Dubai Mall by Foster + Partners. Another feature, entitled “Houses, the Art of Landing”, looks at four dwellings that show how architects use compositional, material, and technological innovations to perfect a building’s connection to its site. Included are designs by Atelier Branco Arquitectura, Marià Castelló, Pavol Mikolajcak, and Elemental. Finally, the magazine explores the meaning behind projects that deliver non-routine experiences in “(Un)familiar Places”.
232 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Korean/English
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A+U 587 19:08 Arabic Context And Culture - 3 Projects By Jean Nouvel
Isbn 4910019730897
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 19379
€ 23.90
This issue’s main feature are three commissions that Ateliers Jean Nouvel has completed over the past three decades for Arab clients in Paris and the Gulf States: National Museum of Qatar, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and Institut du Monde Arabe. The projects embody the skill with which the office gives a fresh spin on traditional themes while creating a sense of place that enhances the site, and are notable for their abstraction of themes in Islamic architecture in creating a fusion of new and old, indigenous and Western. The issue also profiles several recent buildings by Valerio Olgiati, Frank Gehry, Smiljan Radić, BIG, Peter Märkli, Peter Zumthor, and Eduardo Souto de Moura.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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A+U 588 19:09 Heinz Bienefeld - Drawing Collection
Isbn 4910019730996
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 19424
€ 23.90
Architect Heinz Bienefeld is the focus of this issue, which is guest edited by Wilfried Wang. As director of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Wang curated an exhibition dedicated to the German architect in 1999. Bienefeld’s work is mostly limited to small houses and churches, and his practice to the suburbs of Cologne. This issue presents five buildings – two churches and three houses – selected from amongst his 180 projects, and also includes 164 drawings, together with extensive descriptions by Wang that assist in the understanding of Bienefeld’s working method. With essays by Norbert Heinze and Hansjörg Göritz, plus a chronological list of projects by Bienefeld.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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GA Document 152
Isbn 9784871402477
Publisher Ada Edita
Idea code 19428
€ 29.45
GA Document presents the finest in international design, focusing on architecture that expresses our time and striving to record the history of contemporary architecture. International scholars and critics provide insightful texts to further inform the reader of the most up-to-date ideas and events in the profession. Issue 152 features Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar and Ycone Tower, SANAA's Hitachi City Hall, Japan Women's Library by Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa's Jining Art Museum, the Menil Drawing Institute by Johnston Marklee, and Junya Ishigami's Serpentine Pavilion 2019 as well as L'Arbre Blanc, Ishigami's housing project in Montpelier in cooperation with Nicolas Laisné, Dimitri Roussel and Oxo Architectes.
152 p, ills colour & bw, 26 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Mind-Building - Exhibition At The Pavilion Of Finland 16th Biennale Venezia
Isbn 9789529404087
Publisher Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
Idea code 19433
€ 27.50
‘Mind-Building’ tells the story of public libraries and library architecture in Finland. Featuring seventeen buildings from different periods, grouped under specific themes and curated by architectural critic and scholar Anni Vartola, it presents texts, drawings, and photographs of each, plus extracts from various sources such as newspapers, competition briefs, and architectural reviews. The oldest library is the Rikhardinkatu Library in Helsinki (1881), the first in the Nordic region built specifically for the public. Also included are Viipuri Library (1935) by Alvar Aalto, Tampere Main Library Metso (1986) by Raili and Reima Pietiläknown, and Turku Main Library (2007) by JKMM Architects.
248 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Drone - Unmanned, Architecture And Security Series
Isbn 9788494487347
Publisher Dpr-barcelona
Idea code 19401
€ 15.30
The first volume of the ‘Unmanned: Architecture and Security Series’ brings together researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds whose work seeks to understand and represent the nature and extent of drone operations. It investigates the relationship between drone technology, cultural production, and forms of surveillance and violence, while in the process analysing and speculating on how these technological developments impact life in cities. The series will further explore the consequences of civilian appropriation of military technologies, setting an agenda for design professionals to engage on a technological, cultural, and political level by promoting forms of resistance.
140 p, ills bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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Valentine Schlegel - Je Dors, Je Travaille
Isbn 9782956007807
Publisher Future
Idea code 19404
€ 37.65
Now in its third edition, this catalogue offers a unique insight into the life and work of the French artist, sculptor, and ceramist Valentine Schlegel. It features a large iconography, archives, and texts by sculptor and Schlegel specialist Hélène Bertin. Originally published in 2017 on the occasion of an exhibition at CAC Brétigny, it forms a fitting tribute to Schlegel, who can be considered one of the most important ceramists of 1950s. She conceived her works as sculptures inspired by nature, primitive but sophisticated at the same time. An extensive look at her sculpted interiors and architectural elements in plaster, especially the numerous fireplaces she created, is also featured.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 19 x 28 cm, pb, French
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Plug, Play & Fun In Seoul
Isbn 9791188529070
Publisher Nemo Factory
Idea code 19398
€ 43.75
This book is published by Union of Architecture University in Seoul (UAUS), in conjunction with its seventh group exhibition, themed “Seoul Forest, Plants Play”. It is essentially a showcase of designs and strategies to provide people pleasure through architecture. It presents various designs for pavilions and outdoor interventions that anyone can enjoy, with the goal of encouraging people to approach their everyday lives as a framework for play. One example is Seoul Forest, ostensibly a typical garden that includes four unique spaces to increase active public participation. Another is the “Draw-wing” pavilion, which incorporates paper into a game that also maintains a record of visitors.
326 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Korean/English
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Social Design Cookbook - Recipes For Social Cooperation
Isbn 9786150051918
Publisher Kitchen Budapest
Idea code 19422
€ 50.00
The ‘Social Design Cookbook’ uncovers what it takes to organise successful and sustainable social initiatives. It features comprehensive case studies of a broad international selection of social cooperative formats that have been effective in their local communities and were also successfully replicated in other locations and contexts. By examining an array of such practices, the authors have developed the “Social Design Canvas”, which can be used to analyse and design new forms of social collaboration and cooperation. Edited by Attila Bujdosó, the book includes eighteen case studies: Wikidata, Fab Lab, Subjective Atlas, OpenStreetMap, PechaKucha Night, and more.
366 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, hb, English
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