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The Materials Book
Isbn 9783944074405
Publisher Ruby Press
Idea code 20045
€ 40.85
To achieve truly climate-friendly architecture means not just switching to sources of renewable power, but building with materials that produce zero carbon emissions, use no fossil fuels, and create no waste. This publication contains essays, case studies, and a catalogue of building materials compiled by more than 60 architects, engineers, and scientists from around the world that deal with the environmentally mindful and socially responsible use of materials and resources. Ideas range from centuries-old traditions to newly developed biomaterials, from low-tech, artisanal methods to advanced digital technologies, and from incremental shifts to massive, top-down changes.
400 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English
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Upcycling. Reuse As A Design Principle In Architecture
Isbn 9783038630463
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 20055
€ 39.20
New approaches in architecture reveal a trend towards “upcycling”. Yet the history of building has also always been a history of recycled and upcycled building materials and components, as well as of building knowledge and styles. Comprehending buildings as part of a process of social change poses a challenge to our modern concept of unambiguity, seclusion, and authorship in architecture. This volume explores the potential of historical concepts of upcycling, and confronts them with new developments in architectural and building practice. Rather than a matter of idealism, recycling and upcycling present an argument for economy and the quality of structure and design.
204 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, German/English
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Aires Mateus Architectural Guide: Built Projects
Isbn 9789895440139
Publisher A+A Books
Idea code 19627
€ 36.50
Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus are adamant when they say it is very interesting to work outside their home country of Portugal, but it is especially stimulating to return. In interviews, however, they have often pointed to the problems they are faced with when working in Portugal: lack of planning, overly restrictive regulations, very limited market for experimenting with new materials and systems, and vanishing craftsmanship. Yet they are positive that these challenges contribute to architecture’s continued improvement. This guidebook is both a reference to the numerous built works in Portugal by Aires Mateus and an itinerary spanning 21 cities, from north to south.
240 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 18 cm, pb, Portuguese/English
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A+U 592 20:01 Supernormal Architecture In The Netherlands 2010-2020
Isbn 9784900212466
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 20012
€ 23.90
This instalment examines the past decade of architectural discourse in the Netherlands. Following the global financial crisis in 2008, the construction industry faced a slowdown; what was then considered “typically” Dutch has since faded, replaced with a new, more modest attitude in the Dutch architecture scene. Across three themes, guest editor Kirsten Hannema introduces nineteen projects that are perceived as combining broader social issues, and which in turn have taken on a new form of cultural momentum, despite going relatively unnoticed in comparison with the “SuperDutch” generation. With work by NL Architects, Superuse Studios, Mecanoo, more.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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MacGuffin 08: The Desk
Isbn 24058203
Publisher Macguffin
Idea code 20002
€ 22.35
Time to get serious in 2020 with MacGuffin Nº 8, an issue devoted to that most studious of objects: the desk. MacGuffin pulls open desk drawers and points up desk plants, surveying a succession of clean desks and messy desks, radical desks and resolute desks, makeshift desks and talk show desks, not to mention the fine art of office pranking and presidential doodling. Featuring Francois Dallegret, Egon Eiermann, Enzo Mari, Saint Jerome, Superstudio, Jan Švankmajer and many, many more.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Yearbook Landscape Architecture And Urban Design In The Netherlands 2019
Isbn 9789492474278
Publisher Blauwdruk
Idea code 20008
€ 27.75
This 2019 yearbook includes 21 projects that showcase the range of urban and landscape design in the Netherlands. Found among its pages are the best park designs, alterations to heritage assets, innovative projects dealing with the effects of climate measures, plans for future-proofing peatlands, and designs that harness collective public wisdom. The editors of ‘Blauwe Kamer’ magazine compiled the yearbook from selections by an independent committee. It features works by West 8, Flux Landscape Architecture, Buro Lubbers, EventArchitectuur with Paul Kuipers, Studio Elmo Vermijs, and many more, plus an interview with chief government architect Floris Alkemade.
186 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Dutch/English
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Narrative Architecture: A Kynical Manifesto
Isbn 9789462085244
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 20033
€ 36.90
'Narrative Architecture' reveals a stream of remarkable architectural and urban visions in the twentieth century that culminated in the construction of one of the most powerful, misunderstood and underutilized weapons of architectural and urban critique, thinking and representation. This historical genealogy in three parts weaves inseparable modern architecture and narrative critique through never before seen images of half a century of utopian, heroic, commercial, ironic and critical projects by Le Corbusier, Team 10, Constant, Victor Gruen, Yona Friedman, Archizoom, Superstudio, and Rem Koolhaas.
132 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 31 cm, pb, English
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Retronesia - The Years Of Building Dangerously
Isbn 9781643704388
Publisher Kabar Media
Idea code 20025
€ 55.55
Tariq Khalil dives into the world of 1950s and ’60s Indonesian architecture with this one-of-a-kind style guide. Documented in numerous photographs are the once-prestigious places that signified the modern Indonesian lifestyle in the early years following its independence. ‘Retronesia’ features countless buildings by the maverick architects who dared to design differently, talented visionaries whose creations are virtually unknown outside the archipelago today. Whether it is an eccentric townhouse, public building, religious edifice, hotel, or mountain villa, these unconventional structures are now revived in all their retro glory as true treasures of mid-century Indonesian modernism.
190 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 24 cm, pb, English
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The Amsterdam Agenda - 12 Good Ideas For The Future Of Cities
Isbn 9789462085428
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 20043
€ 19.95
From climate change to migration, all across the world cities have to come to terms with contemporary challenges for which there are few easy answers. 'The Amsterdam Agenda' invites 12 urban thinkers to share their knowledge, insights, and vision for the future of cities in the light of today’s ongoing transformations. Be it the repercussions of over-tourism, alternative forms of civic engagement, or incorporating new technologies into existing infrastructure, these are urgent issues with global impact. This publication brings together the views of today’s brightest names from the fields of architecture, planning, activism, and more.
168 p, ills colour & bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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C3 405: Major Offices
Isbn 20925190
Publisher C3 Publishing
Idea code 20037
€ 29.00
With the theme “Major Offices”, this instalment first tackles new positions in sustainability when it comes to building new headquarters. Featured projects include the Olympic House by 3XN, Adidas World of Sports Arena by Behnisch Architekten, and Mindspace’s Titan Integrity Campus in Bangalore. The second theme, “Adaptive Reuse” dives into the subject with historical value as its foremost priority. Exemplary projects are LocHal Library in Tilburg by Civic Architects, the Halle Girard Building Renovation in Lyon by Vurpas Architectes, and Perkins and Will’s Unilever North American Headquarters. Lastly, the magazine raises the question of universities as common space.
204 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Korean/English
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GA Houses 168
Isbn 9784871402200
Publisher Ada Edita
Idea code 20039
€ 26.25
GA Houses’ documents outstanding new residential architecture from all over the world. Issue 168 features Brazil projects by spbr arquitetos, Brasil Arquitetura, Grupo SP, Terra e Tuma, Marcos Acayaba, MMBB Arquitetos + Carolina Bueno and Nitsche, as well as two projects in Japan by Ryue Nishizawa and Taichi Mitsua and one in Zurich by gus wüstemann arquitects.
168 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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GA Document 153
Isbn 9784871402484
Publisher Ada Edita
Idea code 20004
€ 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 153 features projects by Steven Holl, Kengo Kuma, Selgascano, Smiljan Radic, Bjarke Ingels Group, and Wang Shu + Lu Wenyu / Amateur Architecture Studio.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 26 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Real - The Story Of Dr. Bucky Lab
Isbn 9789462084681
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 20019
€ 36.90
'REAL' is a new series of publications that investigates technology and material development to provide architects and designers with concrete ideas for their designs. This first edition is based on an interview by Ulrich Knaack with Marcel Bilow, aka Dr. Bucky Lab. In the Bucky Lab and the Bucky Lab Seminars the combination of architecture and building technology is brought to a higher level. Architecture students develop and build prototypes of their projects and do research on how to design an innovative sustainable building. The design’s materials and structural performance are both virtually and physically tested. The results are used as feedback to optimise the design.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Mini House
Isbn 9791188529087
Publisher Nemo Factory
Idea code 20018
€ 90.65
An anthology of diminutive dwellings from Japan and around the world that together form a new vernacular dependent on the constraints of site and context, ‘Mini House’ presents fascinatingly innovative solutions in both the urban and natural environments. Whether the house expresses social or user needs, or acts as a model and experiment in material or sustainable practices, each of these highly compact residences (ranging from 15 to 93 square metres in size) represents an original design solution. Featuring work by Alphaville, OFIS Arhitekti, Proctor & Shaw, Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier, Meguro Architecture Laboratory, Urban Agency, and many more.
340 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, hb, Korean/English
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Small House - Country
Isbn 9791188529094
Publisher Nemo Factory
Idea code 20017
€ 5.00
An anthology of small country houses, many in Japan but also including examples from the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, and elsewhere around the world, that creates a portrait of how architects harmonise the human scale with the environmental scale. Each demonstrates interesting material and contextual solutions based on the site and the client’s wishes, as well as with respect to the natural surroundings. Forests, rocky coastlines, sloping topography, and suburban country estates are just some of the locations where these houses (ranging from 94 to 252 square metres) are found. With work by Kenta Eto Architects, Takeru Shoji, YH2, and more.
340 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, hb, Korean/English
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Small House - City
Isbn 9791188529100
Publisher Nemo Factory
Idea code 20016
€ 5.00
An anthology of small city houses, a typology for which Japan is famous, but examples can be found in metropolises throughout the world. The compact dwellings (ranging from 94 to 180 square metres) featured here reflect the design challenges faced by architects when working with limited urban sites in combination with the requirements of the client. While experimenting with climate, light, materials, efficiency, and privacy, designers are often forced to be creative when it comes to small houses in the city. With projects by ALTS Design Office, Yoshichika Takagi, People’s Architecture Office, Fujiwaramuro Architects, Sanden+Hodnekvam Architects, Extrastudio, and many more.
340 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, hb, Korean/English
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Seoul Marke-T 21
Isbn 9791188529117
Publisher Nemo Factory
Idea code
€ 46.95
The theme of UAUS’s 8th exhibition [Seoul Marke-t 21] is “Market”, a term it employs to reflect the city of 'Seoul' culture as well as denoting it as a platform where people interact with each other. This exhibition showcases 21 architectural pavilions in the Ttukseom Park. The 21 architectural pavilions are the result of architecture students reinterpreting their social, cultural and economic activities in the market into architectural designs. The different zones, which have different characteristics include hobbies, lifestyles, fashion and food; and they all come together to create a new urban marketplace in Ttukseom.
326 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Korean/English
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Moniek Driesse - This Morning I Caught You In A Drop On My Finger
Isbn 9789090322810
Publisher Moniek Driesse
Idea code 19687
€ 19.45
Memories carried by water drench our biographies and shared history. In this book, edited and curated by Moniek Driesse, the past, present, and future imaginaries that govern our relationship with water are permitted to draw maps that can serve as tools for urban administrators, researchers, and citizens who live the reality determined by them. With this approach, long-term memories carried by the urban landscape reflect into possible narratives of hope for the future. The focus is on Mexico City, where rivers have turned into highways and subterranean basins are drying out, presenting new dangers to the city. With contributions from a variety of experts and scholars in the field.
184 p, ills bw, 16 x 22 cm, pb, English/Spanish
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Fables & Constructions - Six Takes On Future Architecture
Isbn 9788412039016
Publisher Dpr-barcelona
Idea code 20035
€ 15.30
Writer Lucie Kohoutová and art promotor and theoretician Martina Freitagová, both based in Prague, teamed up for this audacious experiment consisting of different forms of writing based on their unique brand of “archi-fiction” and six innovative projects. Inspired by filmmakers Bêka & Lemoine, postmodern classics, and comic books, the book invites readers to experience the projects through the non-traditional, non-expert lens of their potential end users or parts. In doing so, it deliberately plays with multiple genres and perspectives to help diffuse creative architectural ideas beyond the professional field. Winner of the first dpr-barcelona writing grant 2019 for Future Architecture.
158 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Gestures In Time - Architecture Yearbook Graz Styria 2019
Isbn 9788412039023
Publisher Dpr-barcelona
Idea code 20036
€ 35.75
British architectural critic and curator Phineas Harper selected six projects from the 19th Architecture Prize of the Land Steiermark, including the winning design, for the fifth volume of this yearbook series. The projects celebrate reparation, long-term relationships between architects and their clients, slow and collective efforts in configuring space, and the architecture of many small gestures in time. These range from a new residential building with innovative material science by Nussmüller Architekten and a modest extension to a Benedictine abbey by Reitmayr Architectekten, to PENTAPLAN’s spacious apartment block and an eye-catching river monitoring station by miniform.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, pb, German/English
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The Thermal Garden
Isbn 9788498038446
Publisher Dpr-barcelona
Idea code 20034
€ 18.40
This book promotes a new model of public space for the 21st century based on an investigation into thermal gardens on the urban periphery. The process involves a new approach that uses thermal waters for irrigation, empowering the community and allowing the collective management of resources and the physical space for vegetable gardens and their infrastructures. The project proposes the reuse of surplus thermal water from spas and explores recycling organic material for food production through a circular urban metabolism. Located in Caldes de Montbui, part of the Barcelona metropolitan area, the project was awarded the European Prize for Urban Public Space in 2016.
166 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, Catalan/English
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The Patterned Mind - Creative Methods In Surface Design
Isbn 9789526087603
Publisher Aalto University
Idea code 20006
€ 43.95
Designer and art educator Laura Isoniemi offers new perspectives and current methods for surface design in ‘The Patterned Mind’. The book introduces creative patterning methods and describes inspiring approaches for design work, and also discusses the latest technical applications that can be used as surface design tools, which can in turn be applied to various fields of art and design. Understanding with your hands and the presence of play in design lie at the heart of the book’s message, and its methods for inventing can serve anyone who wishes to get in touch with their own creative side, whether for their professional goals or as a hobby. With a preface by Martti Raevaara.
208 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 24 cm, pb, English
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