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El Croquis John Pawson (1995-2022) HB
Isbn 9788412333190
Publisher El Croquis
Idea code 22353
€ 105.75
British architect and designer John Pawson started his independent practice in 1981 and quickly grew his reputation through a minimalist aesthetic and projects that span a wide range of scales and building typologies. Including essays by Pawson, Deyan Sudjic, Julie V. Iovine, and Juhani Pallasmaa, this monograph focuses on his diverse projects between 1995 and 2022. More than 30 works are presented, from high-profile designs like the Sackler Crossing at Kew Gardens, the Jaffa Hotel and Residences, and the St Moritz Church in Ausburg, to houses, commercial works, and even yacht interiors. An essential guide to almost three decades of Pawson’s prolific practice.
528 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, hb, Spanish/English
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a+t 56: GENEROSITY. HOUSING DESIGN STRATEGIES. - The Indeterminacy of the Floor Plan
Isbn 9788409411498
Publisher a+t architecture publishers
Idea code 22344
€ 28.20
The magazine launces a new series, ‘Generosity: Housing Design Strategies’, in which architectural projects identifying with specific design strategies are grouped into four sections: indeterminacy, exteriority, privacy, and interactivity. At the core of the series is the concept of generosity, an essential quality for the design of collective housing. Generosity transforms the condition of the built volume and makes it habitable, generating comfort, well-being, and much more. This first issue in the series focuses on the indeterminacy of the floor plan and features work by Fala Atelier, Esch Sintzel, FAR frohn&rojas, Lacol & La Boqueria, Peris+Toral, and others.
136 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Archives 8: Marusa Zorec
Isbn 9788412162561
Publisher C2C Editorial
Idea code 22342
€ 28.60
Slovenian architect Maruša Zorec has worked independently since 1992. Perhaps best known for her renovations of historical buildings, which she subtly transforms with bold new additions, her activities range from urban interventions to set designs, and from researching Slovenian architecture of the 1960s and ’70s to writing. She strives to discover different layers of space, but her highest admiration is reserved for voids and nature. This edition features nine works situated between 2004 and 2019, including the Ravne Library, a musical school and museum in Ormož, the college for catering and tourism in Maribor, Švicarija Art Centre in Ljubljana, and Castle Grad.
300 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Densification of Urban Landscapes
Isbn 9783038630739
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 22349
€ 39.20
Across Europe, post-war residential developments make up the majority of housing stock but are under pressure to develop further. Most are in need of renovation and, due to their urban composition, accompanied by large open spaces that seem to offer easily developable structures. Yet they are also valuable historic heritage. Through extensively documented case studies, this book offers a complete guide for urban planners, historic preservationists, administrators, and others in possibilities for these post-war developments slated for densification. The analysis also considers aspects of landscape planning, socio-political issues, and the conservation of historic parks.
244 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 19 cm, pb, 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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Beyond Concrete: Strategies For A Post-Fossil Baukultur
Isbn 9783038630722
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 22350
€ 39.20
This publication presents contributions from the symposium ‘Constructive Futures – Beyond Concrete’, which marked the start of the academic year 2021/2022 at the School of Architecture of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. Its aim is to explore constructive and future-oriented solutions beyond our professional comfort zones and provide the opportunity to reflect on where the construction and planning industry currently stands. Why does a fundamental change seem inevitable? With an eye towards our limited resources, we must also rethink approaches and nurture a design culture that finds new ways to deal with building materials.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 24 cm, pb, German/English
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Aires Mateus by Juan Rodríguez
Isbn 9788412162554
Publisher C2C Editorial
Idea code 22341
€ 24.50
Architectural photographer Juan Rodríguez brings his keen eye and perceptive sense of form, mass, and light to this extensive and beautifully shot series of photographs featuring the architecture of Manuel Aires Mateus. In documenting work by this famed Portuguese architect, which has a strongly sculptural nature, Rodríguez has opted for the stark contrasts and dramatic lighting effects of black-and-white film. The buildings with their geometric shapes are usually white, possessing characteristic clean lines and bold volumes that stand out dramatically in their respective contexts, whether a natural landscape or urban setting. This is a new paperback edition of the book published in 2019.
176 p, ills bw, 17 x 22 cm, pb, English
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ETH - Fiberglass
Isbn 9782954817941
Publisher Bruther
Idea code 22363
€ 30.65
The fiberglass pavilion is a project led by Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot at ETH Zurich. In an echo of their conception of teaching, it is part of a wider confrontation with glass as a performative material. This real-life test is more than a sample, because even if this phase is free of site and programme constraints, even if its design is deliberately refined, it raises questions about implementation and assembly. Texts and behind-the-scenes images reveal how the process of this prototype’s conception and fabrication, an iterative research which allowed experimentation with curves, textures, and densities, enabled them to question the material itself – and also shaped them in return.
130 p, ills bw, 24 x 33 cm, pb, English
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Building Climate. An Encyclopaedia on Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning on the Way to Net Zero
Isbn 9783909928774
Publisher Hochparterre
Idea code 22346
€ 27.50
Buildings cause around a third of carbon emissions in Switzerland, while internationally the amount can be even more. ‘Building Climate’ shows how to plan and build in a climate-friendly way, from spatial planning to architecture and landscape design. With more than 60 clear and concrete tips, it offers tools for architects seeking to achieve net zero. The texts are concise and written in such a way that everyone can learn something new, regardless of whether they are professionals or not. The book is intended to explain, arouse curiosity, reveal solutions, and remove the perceived hurdles on the way to net zero – a reminder of the importance of building for the future of our planet.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 11 x 15 cm, hb, English
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a+u 621 22:06 Christian Kerez
Isbn 9784900212787
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 22340
€ 23.90
Projects are never linear in architect Christian Kerez’s work, but rather take the form of research and experimentations. This issue is dedicated to Kerez’s ‘Incidental Space’ series, which follows his attempts to gauge the potential of ornamental space as a generative device. He elaborates on concepts such as narrative space, fluid space, and atomised space in one essay, while another text reflects on his experiences in Francesco Borromini’s canonical Baroque buildings. The issue also features six projects by Kerez, both built and unbuilt. Born in Venezuela, Kerez trained at the ETH Zürich before opening his own architectural office in 1993. Since 2021 he operates a second office in Milan.
ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Vesper 6: Magic
Isbn 9788822908179
Publisher Quodlibet
Idea code 22301
€ 19.35
The real world lives and coexists with the oneiric, the surreal, with dreams, symbols, myths, fairy tales, magic. If that which is concrete can appear clear, measurable, objective, and rational, there is something, however, that sometimes escapes us. A vast bibliography and an immensity of works have for centuries been chasing that fleeting something, that trail, that intangible element that can alter reality. Rites of crossing space; mysteries that yield inalienable temporal depths to scenes; architectures tattooed with symbols or based on figures and forms capable of building connections; cities whose meaning and significance are not limited to the realm of objectivity: magic is the impalpable connection between reality and something other, it is the search for a possibility in the existing.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 29 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Unity Architecture - 3 Projects, 3 Exhibitions, 18 Objects
Isbn 9784903348551
Publisher Adp
Idea code 22305
€ 11.35
This publication records the different manifestations of an exhibition as it travels from Tokyo to Helsinki, Berlin, and Weimar, a presentation that serves to rediscover a design style that both Finland and Japan can share, and to promote a response to future design in both countries. Identical objects representing parts of contemporary Japanese architecture are introduced within different contexts according to the locality of the four venues in three countries, placing them in one scenario and thereby producing a layered and complex exploration of their operation. The book includes critiques by local experts, a summary of each exhibition, and the relationship between each.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Vitruvius Without Text - The Biography Of A Book
Isbn 9783856764227
Publisher gta Verlag
Idea code 22348
€ 26.55
‘De architectura’, written by Vitruvius in the first century BCE, is revered as the first treatise on architectural theory. Since its Renaissance resurrection, the enigmatic text has been adapted, refined, and redefined in subsequent iterations. ‘Vitruvius Without Text’ bypasses critical interpretations to focus on the material history of the printed editions that appeared throughout Europe. It surveys over 100 editions from 1486 to the present, tracing the power of the printed page in establishing the Roman author as an authority. By focusing on the impact of the physical objects of the Vitruvian canon, it highlights how the history of printing and architecture intersect to form a symbiotic relationship.
250 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 17 cm, pb, English
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GA Houses 181: Project 2022
Isbn 9784871406109
Publisher Ada Edita
Idea code 22355
€ 26.25
The special issue ‘Project 2022’ features more than 50 ongoing residential works from around the globe. Filled with drawings, models, concepts, and detailed profiles of some of the most innovative and challenging residential architecture currently being imagined by a diverse group of architects and design studios, it includes projects by Ryue Nishizawa, Studio TonTon, Max Núñez, Aires Mateus, Christian Kerez, Kengo Kuma, SPBR Arquitectos, Erika Nakagawa, Tom Wiscombe, Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Sean Godsell, Cecilia Puga + Paula Velasco, and many more.
204 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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(w)Ego - Dream Homes in Density
Isbn 9789462085305
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 22364
€ 34.95
With '(W)EGO: Tailor-Made Housing', The Why Factory investigates participatory processes applied to housing design. These processes establish a negotiation among the desires of each of the residents of a housing slab and help determine the design of their apartments. To achieve this, Wegocity manifests a particular interest in the development of a gaming process. This game leverages the specificities of each resident and transforms them into spatial needs. This way, unexpected housing typologies emerge within a truly human-driven residential building.
356 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Paden door de Jungle – Architectuurkritiek van Hans van Dijk
Isbn 9789077966945
Publisher Archis
Idea code
€ 24.30
De selectie artikelen van Hans van Dijk in WonenTABK/ARCHIS, NRC Handelsblad, Forum, Jaarboek Architectuur, etc. geven zowel een portret van zijn werk als ‘journalist’, criticus en hoofdredacteur (van Archis), als van een invloedrijke generatie architecten en het toenmalig debat over structuralisme, stadsvernieuwing, (post)modernisme, en de legitimiteit van architectuur. Een goed begrip voor het werk van Hans van Dijk kan helpen in het huidige, globale landschap van architectuurpublicaties nieuwe mogelijkheden voor kritiek te vinden, in de context van de mondiale klimaat- en ongelijkheidscrisis. Door het aanreiken van noties en achtergronden kan een lezer zelf tot een oordeel komen. Met die aanpak wist hij keer op keer een bodem in de oordeelsvorming te leggen
256 p, ills colour & bw, pb, Dutch
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