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El Croquis 204: Xaveer De Geyter (2006-2020)
Isbn 9788412003468
Publisher El Croquis
Idea code 20300
€ 64.50
Belgian architect Xaveer De Geyter is the focus of this issue, which features a selection of projects from the past fifteen years. He began his career working with Rem Koolhaas at OMA, and started his own firm in the early 1990s. De Geyter believes architecture is about opening up possibilities: the potential of a site, the hidden opportunity of a particular situation, of a programmatic conflict. Among the featured projects are Hasselt’s Z33 Museum, Sint-Lucas School of Fine Arts in Ghent, a learning and innovation centre in Brussels, and a design for the International Olympic Committee Headquarters. Includes an interview with the architect by Sarah Whiting and essay by Philip Ursprung.
256 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Kengo Kuma - Furniture That Blends Into The Surroundings
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Publisher Time & Style
Idea code 20302
€ 68.00
In contrast to the Western world, furniture does not have much of a presence within traditional Japanese architecture. Kengo Kuma believes that this unique stance towards furniture is not due solely to the practice of sitting on tatami matting on the floor, but rather also stems from the transparent nature of this architecture. Bringing large furniture with a strong presence into transparent spaces such as these would ruin the carefully crafted aesthetic. Over the centuries, Japanese designers have sought sophisticated designs that minimise scale and create delicate pieces. In this book, Kuma explores how to design modern furniture as an extension of these innovations.
264 p, ills colour, 22 x 28 cm, hb, English
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Holz Bau - Timber Architecture In The Early Modern Period Of Germany
Isbn 9784991145605
Publisher Gaden Books
Idea code 20293
€ 72.50
‘Holz Bau’ is a study conducted by a small architectural office in Tokyo on German timber architecture. It began with a hunch, a feeling of disconnection between conventional timber construction and traditional methods when designing timber buildings in Japan. The first part features a reissue of a pre-war architectural magazine that served as source material and inspiration to explore further. The second contains photographs of researched buildings, with plans and sections newly created for this book. Lastly, essays about the technical history and potential of timber engineering, plus conversations with architect Go Hasegawa and German architect Jan Theissen of AMUNT.
360 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 30 cm, hb, Japanese/English
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Vico Magistretti - Stories Of Objects
Isbn 9783038630494
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 20268
€ 25.10
Milanese architect Vico Magistretti started his work as an industrial designer in the 1960s, going on to create more than 300 products and furniture objects. Yet only 70 of these design classics are still in production today. Author Anniina Koivu researched the Magistretti archive and specialist journals to discover more about his work and the manufacturing history of his products. Her interviews with furniture brands and in-house product designers revealed some surprising findings, and twelve of Magistretti’s iconic creations are given in-depth analysis in this book, along with essays on the use of photography in marketing design products and media coverage of furniture over the years.
272 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Vico Magistretti - Storie Di Oggetti
Isbn 9783038630500
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code
€ 25.10
Milanese architect Vico Magistretti started his work as an industrial designer in the 1960s, going on to create more than 300 products and furniture objects. Yet only 70 of these design classics are still in production today. Author Anniina Koivu researched the Magistretti archive and specialist journals to discover more about his work and the manufacturing history of his products. Her interviews with furniture brands and in-house product designers revealed some surprising findings, and twelve of Magistretti’s iconic creations are given in-depth analysis in this book, along with essays on the use of photography in marketing design products and media coverage of furniture over the years.
272 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, Italian
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A+U 598 20:07 Architecture In The 70s "it Was The Best Of Time, It Was The Worst Of Times..."
Isbn 4910019730705
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 20259
€ 23.90
Guest editor Yasuhiro Teramatsu turns this issue’s focus on the turbulent 1970s. Precluded by the May Revolution of 1968 – a turning point for post-war society that encompassed many social and cultural reforms – the following decade’s sense of crisis and uncertainty nevertheless played out alongside a period of new thinking and experimentation in the architectural field. Historian of architectural theory Harry F. Mallgrave offers an analysis of the discourses that were particularly important and their connections to architecture, while taking into account the zeitgeist of this transformative period. Featuring numerous exemplary works, the result is a vital cross-section of the decade.
152 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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C3 408: Defending Density In The Year Of Social Distancing
Isbn 20925190
Publisher C3 Publishing
Idea code 20237
€ 28.80
In this issue, sociologist Richard Ingersoll defends density in times of social distancing from an architectural standpoint. Featured projects include an S-shaped residential building in Milan, loft apartments on a quay in Rotterdam, new homes at a former brewery site in Brooklyn, and more. A second feature on recent kindergarten design that expresses both flexibility and safety presents work by Tezuka Architects, sam Architecture with Querkraft, MUMA, and others. Also, water’s comforting qualities are central in projects such as Borden Natural Swimming Pool by gh3* architecture, Water Park Aqualagon by Ferrier Marchetti Studio, and Termalija Family Wellness by ENOTA.
248 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Korean/English
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C3 407: Grafton Architecs, Learning Encounter Complexes, Transformative Art Spaces
Isbn 20925190
Publisher C3 Publishing
Idea code 20211
€ 28.80
A special profile of two projects by Dublin-based Grafton Architects is foremost in this instalment, with a detailed look at the Toulouse School of Economics and the Town House at Kingston University, London. Ana Souto surveys new educational complexes, presenting works by Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Barclay & Crousse Architecture, and more. Recently completed art spaces are also featured, such as the Polygon Gallery in Vancouver by Patkau Architects and BIG’s first project in Norway, The Twist. Also in this issue, projects that mark a new tradition in Chinese architecture: Changjiang Art Museum, Xie Zilong Photography Museum, Aranya Art Centre, and more.
204 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Korean/English
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Ja 117: Kunio Maekawa
Isbn 4910051330505
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 20255
€ 27.65
JA 117 features Kunio Maekawa (1905–1986), a leading figure in Japanese modernist architecture, who has worked for both Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond. Guest editor Hera van Sande, a Belgian architect, introduces her unique vision on Maekawa from both a Western perspective and an architect's perspective. Kunio Maekawa's work has established a Japanese architectural identity within the context of modernism. His work is therefore intricately intertwined with both modernism and Japaneseness. Based on this idea, this issue approaches Kunio Maekawa's work from these two main aspects.
184 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Ruins In The Netherlands Xix - Xxi
Isbn 9789059730922
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Idea code
€ 18.95
In this guide, a building is considered to have become a ruin when its windows or doors are no longer intact or when walls or roofs have holes. When this happens, the building is exposed to the weather, to wind and rain or to wildlife and vegetation. The building is no longer protected from exterior elements, nature invades setting off a process of the merging of building and nature. A building in ruins also displays the materials it was built from, its construction method, so that it reminds of what it must have been like when it was being built, when the place was still a building site.
208 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 18 cm, pb, Dutch/English
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