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New Titles in Architecture & Landscape 8 June 2022
El Croquis 214: Pezo Von Ellrichshausen (2005-2022) From A to B

Isbn 9788412333183
Publisher El Croquis
Idea code 22314
€ 75.10

The Chilean practice of Pezo von Ellrichshausen takes centre stage in this issue. Founded in 2002 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen, the studio’s work is characterised by its focus on a combination of residential and small-scale architecture and artistic endeavours. Presented here is selection of more than 20 works spread across multiple continents, including several cultural centres and pavilions in the Americas and Europe, a visitor centre in Canberra, an innovation centre in their home base of Concepción, and a diverse array of houses. An added highlight is the contribution of two essays by Pezo and Von Ellrichshausen themselves.

334 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, pb, Spanish/English

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AV Monographs 241-242: Tadao Ando Complete Works

Isbn 9788412520200
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 22291
€ 68.25

Former boxer and a self-taught architect, Tadao Ando is considered to be one of the masters of contemporary architecture. Monumental, abstract, and essential, his extensive oeuvre – with over 300 completed buildings – is defined by the use of stringent geometries, simple materials, and scenographic lighting. This issue presents a selection of 35 works, arranged in a detailed chronological journey, which take stock of the existential serenity and connection with nature that characterises Ando’s oeuvre.

208 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English

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A.MAG 27: Deschenaux Architects | Felippi Wyssen Architects | Marazzi Reinhardt Architects

Isbn 9789895333035
Publisher Amag Publisher
Idea code 22334
€ 42.90

This issue is devoted to Swiss architecture and features three practices based in the north of the country, in Fribourg, Basel, and Winterthur; respectively, Deschenaux Architects, Felippi Wyssen, and Marazzi Reinhardt. The first was founded in 2016 and operates in an area where the identity is still very rural, making the office sensitive to the varied local topographies and constructive honesty. The second was founded in 2009 and has since developed work in a range of scales and tasks, from new buildings to urban planning. The third practice started in 2004 and, strongly characterised by a personal interest in craftsmanship, is known for carefully considered but powerful interventions.

208 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Portuguese/French/English

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Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook 2021/2022

Isbn 9789462086784
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 22329
€ 39.95

In celebrating its 35th anniversary, the seminal yearbook of architecture in the Netherlands takes the opportunity to reflect on the far-reaching changes which have been taking place in the building practice over the last few years. Construction in wood has gradually become mainstream, for instance, while clients and local governments are increasingly enlisting architecture to tackle social problems, and architects are using their craft to give meaning to the living environment. The selection of projects by editors Teun van den Ende, Uri Gilad, and Arna Mačkić covers a diverse range of function and design, closely tracking the most significant developments in the Netherlands today.

160 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Dutch/English

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Oase 111: Staging the Museum

Isbn 9789462086975
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 22310
€ 22.95

Museums facilitate encounters among visitors, objects, and stories while also facilitating the staging of these visits. In the 19th century, the transition from city to museum interior was dramatized, while in the 20th-century post-war period the “barrier-free” museum emerged in an attempt to abolish this boundary. Today, other boundaries are being rethought as well, such as opening up depots and restoration studios to the public. This edition examines how historical and contemporary buildings stage museum visits and museum activities, how permanent furnishing and temporary scenography interact, and how museums display their activities either transparently or imaginatively.

128 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Dutch/English

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Dixit 03: Still Life / Nature Morte

Isbn 9782493283023
Publisher Caryatide
Idea code 22322
€ 19.35

In the third issue of the critical review Dixit the architectural practice OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen and the Brussels artist Richard Venlet confront each other around the theme of "Still Life". The completion of the crematorium in Ostend, a collaboration between artist Richard Venlet and OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, gave them the opportunity to look back upon more than fifteen years of working together. This joint effort is based on a shared interest in abstract figures and how they populate and create spaces.

64 p, ills bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, French/English

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Provocations Against Perfectionism: The Architecture of Friis and Moltke 1950-1980

Isbn 9789492058140
Publisher The Architecture Observer
Idea code 22316
€ 37.50

Between 1950 and 1980 Danish architects Knud Friis and Elmar Moltke realised hundreds of projects. Most of their work can be found in Jutland, the majority built in and near Aarhus. Roughly 10% of the firm’s built work is presented here, in a cross section of their schools, town halls, sports complexes, housing, private houses and summerhouses, hotels, offices, factories, churches, and conference centres. The book traces the development of Friis and Moltke’s unique and friendly brutalism, which is always comfortable, casual, and, in the words of Knud Friis, a ‘provocation against perfectionism’.

260 p, ills bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English

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Arquitectura Viva 243: SANAA

Isbn 02141256
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 22234
€ 20.45

Most of the works that Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have completed outside their country have been carried out under the joint label of SANAA, a firm which has managed to export the distilled elegance and evanescent materiality that permeate the duo’s aesthetic trail across the Japanese archipelago. Arquitectura Viva presents two experiences attesting to this global reach from firm roots: the renovation of La Samaritaine department store in Paris and the new Bocconi University campus in Milan. The magazine’s dossier features four projects that reflect a shift of the agrarian sector toward technification and sustainability: two farms, one by Goldsmith in Rotterdam and the other by La Shed Architecture in Quebec; and two laboratories for agricultural research, one by Van Bergen Kolpa with META in Roeselare and the other by Mert Uslu in İzmir.

80 p, ils colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English

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AV Proyectos 110: Vector Architects

Isbn 1697493X
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 22235
€ 13.65

Issue 110 gathers the most recent projects of Vector Architects, the Beijing-based studio led by Gong Dong, showing the broad formal range of their work, their attention to natural or historic environments, and a work method that relies on hand-drawn sketches as main tool for thought. Next, two projects by Francis Kéré – 2022 Pritzker Prize laureate – for the national assemblies of Burkina Faso and Benin, which show his talent at reinterpreting limited resources and interest in involving the local population.

80 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English

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Angelo Candalepas Works and Projects

Isbn 9789895333004
Publisher Amag Publisher
Idea code 22161
€ 72.05

Angelo Candalepas and Associates is a rare company that has produced a wide array of projects with diversity in scale and typology, from religious buildings to public parks, individual houses to large multi-residential developments. This book presents a careful selection of 6 different nature projects, along with an intimacy conversation between Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt. This title presents for the first time 5 foldable triptych pages with very special hand drawing details from the projects.

136 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 28 cm, hb, English

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Better Together: (33) Documents Of Contemporary Australian Architecture & Their Associated Short Stories

Isbn 9781922601155
Publisher Uro Publications
Idea code 22132
€ 33.00

Architectural production today encompasses myriad documents that defy the traditional conventions of the profession. This book examines 33 artefacts involved in the design and construction of contemporary architecture. Its definition of architectural documents is expansive – not just working drawings, but correspondence, contracts, mock-ups and models, journalism, photos, and other formats that address the unique processes of modern architectural production. With a cross-section of work by Australian architects, including Andrew Power, Studio Bright, Sibling Architecture, Richard Stampton, and others, presented in a short story format to unravel the artefacts’ inner lives.

110 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English

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GA Houses 180

Isbn 9784871406093
Publisher Ada Edita
Idea code 22194
€ 26.25

‘GA Houses’ documents outstanding new residential architecture from all over the world. With projects by Ryue Nishizawa, Frank O. Gehry, Max Núñez, Hiroyuki Unemori, Eric Owen Moss:, Tadao Ando, Cristián Izquierdo Lehmann, and Motosuke Mandai.

160 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English

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Shinkenchiku January 2022 Special Issue The Okura Tokyo LEGACY

Isbn 9784786903243
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 22288
€ 42.55

A special issue devoted to the luxury hotel founded by Kishichiro Okura (1882–1963) and completed in 1962 in Tokyo’s central Toranomon district. The hotel complex is a total work of art defined by Japanese aesthetics and with interior design styled after a Heian sensibility that achieves a restrained elegance. Built on this legacy of refined craftsmanship, the grand hotel has since undergone expansions and redevelopment, including the lobby’s structural restoration to bring its seismic performance up to date. In facilitating a collaborative relationship with the local community through environmentally friendly technologies, the hotel is both preserved and made future-proof.

192 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English

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Beyond The Biennale. Discourses On The International Architecture Exhibition In Venice

Isbn 9783038630678
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 22246
€ 43.00

The International Architecture Biennale in Venice – La Biennale – is a platform for engaging with and discussing architecture. As a temporary and recurrent exhibition of cultural translations and a place of transnational encounters, the world’s most prominent architectural exhibition reflects contemporary architectural practice. Starting out from Venice, offshoots of this format have been established around the world over the past decades. In 2021, in view of the global pandemic, the Architecture Biennale took place in Venice under changed conditions – might this be a blueprint for the future? This book analyses the methods of exhibiting architecture today.

160 p, ills bw, 20 x 27 cm, pb, German/English

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Honeycombs and Pyramids - Works by Rasmus Fenhann 1999-2022

Isbn 9782953808179
Publisher Galerie Maria Wettergren
Idea code 22211
€ 30.65

Creating pieces with an equal focus on sculptural and functional qualities, Rasmus Fenhann works almost exclusively with wood, which he carefully selects for each project. His process combines traditional and sometimes near-forgotten craft techniques with advanced technology and tooling – including CAD sketching, visualisation and processing. Fenhann’s main source of inspiration is traditional Japanese woodwork and Danish cabinetmaking, with his works often incorporating personal interpretations of select aspects of these craft traditions. His work is also stimulated by nature and the mathematical properties of natural forms – universal forms unaffected by human control. Today he is considered one of the most important Scandinavian designers within the field of hand-crafted collectible design.

184 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 26 cm, pb, English

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Dom Van Der Laan: Works And Words (reprint pb)

Isbn 9789076863054
Publisher Architectura & Natura
Idea code 02036
€ 46.80

The architecture of Dom Hans van der Laan distinguishes itself by strong simplicity and cannot be seen separately from the historical examples in the catholic-church building policy. This book gives an original architectonic insight in his work. Reprint in paperback version, originally published in 2002.

208 p, ills colour & b/w, 22 x 28 cm, pb, English

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