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AMAG 31 Taillieu + AMAG PT 02 Barbas (special limited offer pack)
Isbn 9789895390632
Publisher Amag Publisher
Idea code 23399
€ 53.65
Receive a free copy of the second issue of ‘AMag PT’, a new series exclusively dedicated to Portuguese architecture, together with the purchase of ‘AMag’ 31 on Jo Taillieu, Jan Vermeulen and Graux & Baeyens. This second portuguese special features Barbas Lopes Architects. AMAG 31 features three Belgian firms that possess the same outstanding sense of awareness, a deep respect for the locale, and an extensive rigour in their pursuit of the best solution for each project. Jo Taillieu frequently explores the relationship between architecture and nature, fusing principles drawn from modernism with organic elements. Jan Vermeulen presents simple, clear, and rational geometrical forms in his work, as well as a carefully considered use of silent materials, light, and transparency throughout all spaces. Graux & Baeyens responds to the context, striking a balance between traditional and contemporary principles.
320 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Portuguese/English/Spanish
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a+t 58 Generosity Series. The Challenge of Privacy in Collective Housing
Isbn 9788409511761
Publisher a+t Architecture Publishers
Idea code 23448
€ 28.20
The construction of domestic privacy has been a gradual process which has transformed the physical space. Perceptions of self and our relationship with the exterior have also shifted. The house is a protected environment which facilitates tranquillity, privacy, withdrawal, and concentration, away from the public realm. Finding thresholds to develop communication in the intermediate space, not entirely public but in fact a shared place of social encounters, remains a key issue for architects today. With contributions by Stephen Bates, Javier Mozas, and Aurora Fernández, this volume dedicates itself to examining strategies in how privacy can be built in the collective housing environment.
120 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Archives Universum 02: De Vylder Vinck
Isbn 9788412659122
Publisher C2C Editorial
Idea code 23316
€ 18.40
The second issue of ‘Universum’ gets up close and personal with the Belgian architects Jan De Vylder and Inge Vinck, who until 2019 comprised two-thirds of the acclaimed Ghent-based studio de vylder vinck taillieu, examining their daily routines and private universe. Through 170 previously unpublished photographs by Juan Rodríguez, 135 sketches, paintings, and technical drawings, and a text by Carlos Quintáns (in fact, a descriptive tour of the spaces where De Vylder and Vinck are currently working), the reader gains an intimate familiarity with the architects and their distinctive worldview.
156 p, ills colour, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Tham & Videgård, On: Architecture
Isbn 9789198672114
Publisher Art and Theory Publishing
Idea code 23361
€ 52.00
Swedish architects Tham & Videgård are internationally recognised for creating buildings on a variety of scales. This book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at ArkDes in Stockholm, features a broad selection of projects from the studio’s practice over more than two decades. It sets out from the architects’ desire to spark a conversation on aspects of architecture which yet remain in the shadows, highlighting elements of their work to shed light on other fundamental aspects of architecture. It is also the first time the studio’s work is being presented in its entirety, involving models, new images and photography, as well as film for a full-scale architectural experience
444 p, ills colour & bw, 27 x 27 cm, pb, English
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Peter Märkli – Dessins, disegni
Isbn 9782493283139
Publisher Caryatide
Idea code 23373
€ 51.60
Leading Swiss architect Peter Märkli is renowned for his contemporary designs that emphasise materials, proportions, and cultural context. With a diverse portfolio spanning over 40 years, his work showcases an attention to detail and a commitment to creating harmonious spaces. Providing an in-depth study of Märkli’s work through an extensive body of 700 drawings by the architect himself, this book also includes eight essays in French and Italian. Märkli studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. During this time he met his mentor, architect Rudolf Olgiati, and famed sculptor Hans Josephsohn. He then established Studio Märkli, in 1978.
768 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, Italian/French
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AV Monographs 252: Grafton Architects In the 21st Century
Isbn 9788412604542
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 23313
€ 43.20
The work of Irish architects Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell, together Grafton Architects, is capable of merging structural strength with the brutalism of their formative years, all in an ethical context demonstrated by their attention to the collective and urban realm. With a wealth of both educational and civic buildings in their repertoire, they recognise the vital importance of interweaving building and living landscape in their work: light and air are essential materials. This issue presents sixteen projects from the past two decades, including the New Campus for UTEC in Lima, the Toulouse School of Economics, the President’s House in Limerick, and Dublin City Library.
112 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Woods go Urban - Three Landscape Laboratories in Scandinavia
Isbn 9789492474650
Publisher Blauwdruk
Idea code 23390
€ 39.50
With the first living laboratory created on Alnarp Campus in the 1980s, ‘Woods go urban’ delves into the three innovative landscape laboratories in Sweden. Explaining the hands-on design approach of integrating natural landscapes into urban environments, this book includes photographs, and illustrations, as well as detailed insights and knowledge from fourteen landscape architects and urban planners who were involved in these projects. Combined with creative management, interactive education, research, and citizen participation, discover new urban planning practices and a transdisciplinary model for healthier and more harmonious urban living environments.
384 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Pleasant Place 3: Compost
Isbn 9789083284323
Publisher Pleasant Place
Idea code 23391
€ 11.00
Hold your breath and take a deep dive into compost in this issue of ‘Pleasant Place’. First and foremost, compost is about doing: about getting your hands dirty, experimenting with ingredients, and being creative in finding the method that works for you and your garden. Learn what, why, and how to compost, find out why worms are so great, consider how organic waste is handled at a city zoo, and get wired with digital composting in Minecraft. ‘Pleasant Place’ is a growing collection of publications about the art of gardening that aims to inform and inspire by offering both practical and in-depth information as well as unexpected approaches to everyday garden tasks and garden design.
32 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 24 cm, pb, English
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African Water Cities
Isbn 9789462087767
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 23430
€ 34.95
On the African continent, the impact of climate change is now the day-to-day reality. Coastal and waterfront cities in particular experience loss and damage due to significant increases in sea level rise, rainfall, and flooding. At the same time, Africa is the second most rapidly urbanising continent, after Asia. The intersections between water and cities are therefore critical for understanding the future of urban and rural developments in Africa. 'African Water Cities' presents research how African cities by waterfronts deal with this impact.
272 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 25 cm, pb, English
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DOMa issue 08: Label architecture, Mary Duggan Architects, RAUM, Dyvik Kahlen Architects, Interboro Partners
Isbn 26542064
Publisher DOMa Magazine
Idea code 23343
€ 25.55
In DOMa 08, Label architecture generate a new sports hall, ‘Love PT. II’, via the operations: copy, paste, mirror. Mary Duggan Architects explore issues of materiality in their project ‘For the love of Materials; A Pavilion made of gypsum, then stone & wood’. RAUM present ‘Alice Guy Public School’, with an introductory statement on their work. Dyvik Kahlen Architects narrate the ongoing process of their residential project ‘Klingelbeek’, as a series of different events in space and time. Interboro Partners install a temporary outdoor cooling centre, ‘The Refreshing Waters’, triggering interaction in the neighbourhood of the Bronx, NY.
164 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Greek/English
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Volume 62
Isbn 9789077966006
Publisher Archis
Idea code 23444
€ 21.90
What started as an easy solution – trawling through the magazine’s archives in search of interviews and conversations to bundle and reprint – turned into a complex analysis of “datedness”. Blind spots were revealed, old trends came to light, instances of amnesia emerged, and sometimes it seemed like nothing had changed. The editors decided to give the original interviewees and writers a chance to reflect, perhaps redeem themselves, even decades later. Some were unable and others were no longer reachable. So they asked respected colleagues and experts to comment or give their own context instead. The result is illuminating, a truly layered celebration of the space in between.
68 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, pb, English
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Flowcharting From Abstractionism to Algorithmics in Art and Architecture
Isbn 9783856764456
Publisher Gta Verlag
Idea code 23395
€ 20.45
By the time the computer entered the architectural scene, its place had been prepared by decades of avant-gardist experimentation. The modernist programme of rationalising creative practice took a decidedly bureaucratic turn between the 1930s and 1960s. While attempting to crack the code of artistic genius in hopes of democratising the creation of better environments, a repertoire of algorithmic techniques emerged. Matthew Allen shows how, by reformulating their disciplines in terms of flowcharting procedures developed for scientific management, artists and architects enacted a paradigm shift, replacing composition with organisation as the basis for design.
140 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 17 cm, pb, English
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Smooth City
Isbn 9789493246201
Publisher Valiz
Idea code 23406
€ 22.50
In cities around the world a new urban condition is spreading rapidly: an ever-increasing push for ‘perfection’, efficiency, and control and the active eradication of any aberration, friction, or alternative. The smooth city with its sanitized spaces and new technologies compresses urban life into a seamless experience. While the demand for safe, clean, and well-functioning urban environments is understandable, the rise of the smooth city undermines the democratic nature and emancipatory potential of cities, while leaving almost no space for anything that is experimental, non-normative, transgressive, or otherwise out of tune. 'Smooth City' provides a coherent framework to effectively criticize the enormous and in many ways problematic impact of 'smoothness' on cities everywhere.
320 p, ills colour, 11 x 19 cm, pb, English
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Critical Coast
Isbn 9788774074885
Publisher The Danish Architectural Press
Idea code 23422
€ 52.25
'Critical Coast' is a cross-disciplinary reader that explores the ecologies and spaces of coastal landscapes, the urgencies of contemporary coastlands, and diachronic ideas about coastal futures. In continuation of the exhibition 'Coastal Imaginaries' curated by Josephine Michau in the Danish Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura di Venezia 2023, the book presents a series of artistic representations, essays, poetry, found material, visual suites, fairy tales, and empirical conversations with numerous international voices such as Dipesh Chakrabarty, Emanuele Coccia, Rebecca Solnit, Susannah Drake, Inuuteq Storch, Amitav Ghosh, Jane da Mosto, Katherine Richardson, Superflex, Bathsheba Demuth, Hans Christian Andersen, Amalie Smith, Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild, Kim Stanley Robinson and many others. Critical Coast comes in the format of a handbook made in a durable hardcover that readers can bring along into the field.
512 p, ills colour & bw, 19 x 21 cm, hb, Danish/English
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Aires Mateus - MUDAC Photo Elysée
Isbn 9788412659115
Publisher C2C Editorial
Idea code 23315
€ 40.85
A large-format photography monograph dedicated to the new building for MUDAC Photo Elysée in Lausanne, designed by Portuguese architects Aires Mateus. Situated on a former railway site, the building, with its monolithic character interrupted by a seemingly hovering upper volume, merges three museums and their collections under one roof for the first time. As Bernard Zurbuchen writes in the accompanying text, “It is perhaps this lucid and meticulous control between rational spaces and spatial emotions that produces the complexity and richness of this work. We enter and, thanks to the complex and rich spatiality, we find ourselves ready to observe.”
112 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 32 cm, hb, French/English
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Arquitectura Viva 253: David Chipperfield Architects
Isbn 02141256
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 23264
€ 22.75
Almost unanimously, the 2023 Pritzker laureate’s most admired forte is the sensitivity with which he operates on existing buildings, where he enhances the patina of time while applying his refined grammar, always knowing exactly when to express it energetically and when, on the contrary, to keep it silent. Arquitectura Viva joins the celebrations by presenting some of David Chipperfield’s latest European achievements in the area of refurbishment, from the canonical Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and the historical Procuratie in Venice to the brand new proposal for the enlargement of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
80 p, ils colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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C3 425: The Observatory as Vision Machine
Isbn 20925190
Publisher C3 Publishing
Idea code 23280
€ 28.80
The 425th issue of ‘C3’ explores various architectural concepts with expert contributors from around the world. The concept of architecture as a vision machine is explored in ‘The Observatory’, emphasising how it influences our perspectives. In ‘Truly at Home in the Landscape’, houses are discussed as entities that interact with the land they occupy. Demonstrating respect towards the land is crucial, as it provides a sanctuary for humanity. ‘Contextualising the Community Library’ highlights the importance of local libraries fitting in with their surroundings. Architects can achieve this by considering the existing built environment, street plan, topology, or landscape.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Korean/English
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Spain-Korea Best Architecture
Isbn 9788997775118
Publisher C3 Publishing
Idea code 23441
€ 50.00
Appearing with the exhibition co-hosted by the Architectural Design Institute of Korea (ADIK) and the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM), this volume serves to establish a framework for the discussion of architectural themes, approaches, and practices between two apparently very different contexts: South Korea and Spain. The selected projects are split into basic functional categories such as housing, commercial, education, cultural, and others, which in turn offers a basis for comparison. An underlying question is whether local meaning and interpretations can be identified in the works, despite globalisation and the shared challenges facing societies worldwide.
344 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 28 cm, pb, Korean/English
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Basel Cathedral – A Guide to the Stories behind the Stones
Isbn 9783856169930
Publisher Christoph Merian
Idea code 23339
€ 26.90
Historian Oswald Inglin gives an original and refreshing take on the Basel cathedral, inviting readers to discover the building anew. For the first time, the many figurative descriptions and surprising construction details on both the building’s interior and exterior are able to relate their own narratives in an entirely different way. Find out why there are differently coloured sandstones, what the elephants are doing around the choir, why a dragon decorates the floor, and which queen had herself memorialised on a sarcophagus. Guiding readers through the building by way of 30 “stations”, the book serves as an accessible and informative tour through Basel’s famous historical landmark.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Pamphlet 27: Terrain Vogue
Isbn 9783856764470
Publisher Gta Verlag
Idea code 23365
€ 22.45
What was once a fixed notion of landscape has long since evolved and diversified. New buzzwords continue to fuel the discussion about the past, present, and future of our environment. This primer on current concepts in landscape architecture reflects the range of approaches in theory and practice engaged in by Christophe Girot, Chair of Landscape Architecture at ETH Zurich. A collection of short texts and audio-visual contributions, it forms an intergenerational terrain in which old and new ideas have taken shape. ‘Terrain Vogue’ marks the conclusion of a 20-year publication series shaping discourse on research, teaching, and design with nature and landscape.
120 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 23 cm, pb, German/English
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AV Proyectos 116: Boltshauser Architekten
Isbn 1697493X
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 23368
€ 13.65
'AV Proyectos 116' dedicates its dossier to Boltshauser Architekten, founded and directed by Roger Boltshauser. The Swiss firm experiments with geometry and materials to reach a poetic balance between tradition and modernity. This section is followed by the competition for the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, won by the studio of the latest Pritzker laureate, David Chipperfield, whose proposal is presented along with several of the shortlisted projects. The issue also showcases the creativity of emerging studios in Madrid presenting seven temporary installations, from pavilions for trade fairs to exhibition proposals to stage designs.
80 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Modelling the Metropolis: The Architectural Model in Victorian London
Isbn 9783856764357
Publisher Gta Verlag
Idea code 23403
€ 45.95
As London grew in the 19th century, it became the global centre of finance, industrial capitalism, and the British Empire. New buildings, urban spaces, and infrastructural networks were demanded, constructed, and rebuilt. Architectural models were a crucial medium, enabling architects, politicians, and the wider public to conceive the city’s expansion. Based on extensive research in archives, museums, and period publications, this book addresses not just architectural models but also an eclectic range of images and objects – technical products, sculptures, diagrams, engravings, maps, photographs – sketching the politics and aesthetics of 19th-century architecture in London.
188 p, ills bw, 17 x 25 cm, pb, English
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Documents and Histories - Women in Architecture
Isbn 9789462087637
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 23408
€ 39.95
Documents and Histories is the first publication in the new series Women in Architecture, which highlights missing voices in architecture. This first publication is a many-faceted exploration of multivocality in architecture. Catja Edens reflects on the diverse roles of women in architecture. Lara Schrijver's essay strives for a shift from rivalry to cooperation within the design practice. Indira van 't Klooster develops a vocabulary that offers footholds for new analyses. Setareh Noorani focuses on the developments and potential of alternative ways of archiving. And Carolina Quiroga writes about the feminist and participatory architecture of Wilhelmina Jansen and Ada Kuiper-Struyk.
200 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, hb, English
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Pamphlet: Rising Waters, Shifting Lands
Isbn 9783856763138
Publisher Gta Verlag
Idea code 23423
€ 22.45
Flood protection strategies in terms of absolute protection appear to be unattainable, and a shift is needed from technological intervention alone to specific answers led by design. Water management is evolving from a purely technical domain towards a wider territorial issue embedding cultural, economic, and ecological dimensions. In this context landscape architecture is becoming a key discipline. Pamphlet 16 follows the design studio held by Christophe Girot on the city-island of Dordrecht and includes several contributions framing current challenges of flood defense in a wider territorial and interdisciplinary perspective.
80 p, ills bw, 15 x 23 cm, pb, English
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GA Houses 187: Project 2023
Isbn 9784871406246
Publisher Ada Edita
Idea code 23151
€ 28.10
The special issue ‘Project 2023’ 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 Aires Mateus, Tadao Ando, Ensamble Studio, Steven Holl, Sean Godsell, Kengo Kuma, Kazuyo Sejima, and many more.
212 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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