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El Croquis 203: Harquitectes (2010-2020) Learning to Live in a Different Way
Isbn 9788412003451
Publisher El Croquis
Idea code 20096
€ 73.00
Based in Barcelona, Harquitectes was established in 2000 and has since become internationally acclaimed. This issue looks at the Catalonian firm’s past decade of work and features detailed profiles of no less than 20 projects, plus an extensive conversation with the architects and an essay by Philip Ursprung. Many houses are included among the selection of recent projects, along with a student residence at the Vallès School of Architecture, Mas Geli Winery, New Barcelona Central Archives, ICTA-ICP Research Centre at UAB, social housing in Gavá, and the La Lleialtat Santsenca Civic Centre, plus renovation projects that include private homes and a theatre rehabilitation.
336 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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AV Monographs 221: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Isbn 9788409177943
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 20085
€ 34.10
Since the turn of the 21st century, Diller Scofidio + Renfro has undergone a process of formidable growth. Based in New York, the firm recently completed the last stretch of the High Line, the impressive centre The Shed, and a large extension to the Museum of Modern Art. Their practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, digital media, installation art, and multimedia performance, often focusing on civic and cultural projects on various scales. This instalment surveys the past two decades of prolific work by the design studio, divided across three main themes: Revised Landscapes, Shared Knowledge, and Accessible Culture. Includes an essay by Edwin Heathcote.
112 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Francisco Mangado
Isbn 9788409153879
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 20057
€ 45.45
From the key project of the Pamplona Baluarte to the office building for Metrovacesa in Madrid, via the Archaeological Museum of Vitoria, the Fine Arts Museum of Oviedo, the Congress Center in Palma, or the Norvento headquarters in Lugo, the fast-paced production rhythm of Francisco Mangado has not undermined his didactic vocation. This book gathers fifteen of the key works developed by the studio between 2000 and 2020. The architect himself introduces each work, explaining the concepts that are the driving force behind them: context, material, topography, economy, technique, space, program, process, representation, nature, heritage, urbanity, industrialization, energy, and identity.
210 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 25 cm, hb, Spanish/English
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Designing Lightness - Structures For Saving Energy
Isbn 9789462085466
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 20097
€ 39.95
This book is an appeal to start designing minimum weight applications to seriously save energy. It also offers practical advice for doing so. 'Designing Lightness' entertains the reader with its free associations, creating unexpected crosslinks between the world of composite materials and structural solutions. It therefore precedes the conventional approach to sustainability, which focuses on symptoms rather than causes of environmental overload. The book is of interest to all designing disciplines, combining packaging, vehicles, skyscrapers, and nanoscale phenomena. This is the extended and improved sequel to the book ‘Lightness’, which appeared in 1998.
320 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English
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A+U 593 20:02 Toshiko Mori
Isbn 9784900212473
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 20082
€ 27.65
The first monographic issue dedicated to Toshiko Mori, a Japanese architect based in New York. Since founding her practice in 1981, Mori has become recognised for her unique design approach, keen eye for detail, and works that reflect a sensitive integration of design, materials, and technology with the site. For Mori, teaching goes in parallel with practice, and her essay in this issue illustrates several initiatives she introduced as a faculty member over the years. Featuring eighteen works built since 2000, including the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Peter Freeman Gallery, 277 Mott Street, and the Watson Institute at Brown University, as well as nine private residences.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Arquitectura Viva 220: Ted'a Arquitectes
Isbn 02141256
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 20032
€ 18.20
Upon completing their studies at the Vallès School of Architecture in Barcelona, Jaume Mayol and Irene Pérez established TEd’A arquitectes in Palma de Mallorca, where they have also done the majority of their projects. Their buildings are characterised by careful attention to context and tradition, use of warm materials, reinterpretation of vernacular structures and systems, and exploration of typologies. The magazine’s main feature takes a closer look at three of the firm’s recently completed projects: a school in Orsonnes, Switzerland, and a single-family courtyard house and the refurbishment of some holiday apartments, both on the island of Majorca.
80 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo - Adaptation
Isbn 9784887063839
Publisher Toto
Idea code 20081
€ 34.90
The first monograph by young architect duo Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo, who founded their practice in Tokyo in 2007, features ten projects completed since 2014. ‘Adaptation’ conveys their continuing endeavours to explore “what is truly necessary” by simultaneously expanding perspectives far beyond the subject in question and carefully observing details. In three chapters the book conveys how architecture mediates between place and its surroundings, starts to influence the overall environment, and becomes more powerful through adaptation. Exclusive photographs by Anna Nagai capture the distinct characters of the featured places, objects, and buildings.
176 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 25 cm, hb, Japanese/English
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The Map Of Abandonment - Artists' Guides 1: Tuscany
Isbn 9788870385496
Publisher Centro Di
Idea code 20068
€ 30.65
The first volume in the series takes its name from Giacomo Zaganelli’s project in Tuscany. Between 2010 and 2018 he worked to stimulate increased awareness about an issue that is highly relevant today: abandoned heritage as a resource. In addition to mapping forgotten places in the region, his research aims to focus on historical memory, land consumption, and reuse strategies. The book translates Zaganelli’s digital project into an artists’ guide structured on two levels. Firstly, six itineraries through roughly 40 interesting locations; and secondly, pages which represent the artist’s notebook, with superimposed personal annotations and sketches to complement the text.
192 p, ills bw, 12 x 22 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Qu3#19 Iranian Cities. An Emerging Urban Agenda At A Time Of Drastic Alterations
Isbn 9788822904553
Publisher Quodlibet
Idea code 20080
€ 17.20
In the last 50 years a set of crucial political and economic transformations has had a direct and significant impact on every aspect of Iranian urbanisation. Shifts in the nation’s urban agenda have occurred simultaneously with changes in the behaviour of individuals, enterprises, and civil society. Such changes have contributed to shaping a new field of tensions that urban scholars are just starting to grasp and address. This publication presents case studies and dialogues that touch upon the contemporary urban condition in Iran, from the reality of New Towns and the rise of participative practices, to the role of gender and new forms of politicisation in the urban space.
106 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Productive Amsterdam - Space For New Economy
Isbn 9789068687743
Publisher Thoth
Idea code 20063
€ 22.50
This book gives a detailed overview of the winning submissions to Europan 14, a biannual international architectural design competition. The central concepts, strategies, and aims of these and other noteworthy projects are examined, as well as the ability of European cities to create workplaces for multiplying and increasingly diverse populations. The locations selected for the competition are situated outside the historic centre of Amsterdam and represent a wide range of current social, economic, and spatial factors. They can potentially redefine multifaceted urban life in a new and revitalised manner, once more bringing together production, recreation, and living.
112 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, English
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Log 47: Overcoming Carbon Form
Isbn 9780999237359
Publisher Anyone Corporation
Idea code 20044
€ 20.05
As architecture comes to grips with its role in climate change – or at least the role of its primary product, buildings – trees have appeared as a kind of new mediator: either “greening” new developments or as engineered material in new “responsible” or “carbon sink” construction. Guest edited by Elisa Iturbe, critic at the Yale School of Architecture, this special issue addresses climate change and the critical importance of architecture’s role in overcoming obstacles to rethinking and re-forming our world. The message is that trees may be a short-term solution, but they are not an architectural solution. With contributions from Rania Ghosn, Daniel A. Barber, Ingrid Halland, and more.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English
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My Residence 2020 Scandinavian Interiors From Residence Magazine
Isbn 9789198533521
Publisher Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
Idea code 20015
€ 23.75
'My Residence' is an annual publication in English, covering the best of Scandinavian interiors, design, and architecture presented by 'Residence Magazine' throughout a year. This fifth issue features the homes of a wide variety of creatives in the Nordic region, highlights new Scandinavian design, and handpicks the names and places to watch - a definitive guide to anyone interested in the Scandinavian lifestyle.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Design Dedication: Adaptive Mentalities in Design Education
Isbn 9789492095732
Publisher Valiz
Idea code 20071
€ 19.90
This book makes a plea for adaptive mentalities within design pedagogy through a non-normative approach to design practices. It investigates an attitude in and towards design education that is socially engaged, politically aware, generous in approach, lyrical in tone, experimental in form, and collaborative in practice. Additionally, it explores the kinds of work being developed and how an institute can be responsible in supporting an securing these modes of practice. The book is geared towards design students and educators worldwide, and includes a selection of works developed in the context of the Design Department of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.
240 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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