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AMAG 32 Atl Ordinaire | EGR | JC Quinton + AMAG PT 03 (special limited offer pack)
Isbn 9789895390588
Publisher AMAG Publisher
Idea code 23636
€ 53.65
Receive a free copy of the third issue of ‘AMag PT’, a new series exclusively dedicated to Portuguese architecture, together with the purchase of ‘AMag’ 32. Issue 32 features eighteen works by three French studios located in three cities – two collectives and one singular office – which have both essentially and formally different approaches, intervention contexts, and languages. Atelier Ordinaire develops its small-scale projects using vernacular knowledge and mainly natural, local materials. Atelier EGR focuses on large-scale projects that often entail social impact and collective use. Paris-based architect Jean-Christophe Quinton primarily seeks opportunities to make a qualitative contribution through his work. Depending on the context, scale, and function, this can shift between an individual or a collective point of view. Issue 03 PT features João Mendes Ribeiro, an architecture practice based in Coimbra (PT).
320 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Portuguese/Spanish/English
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Together: Towards Collaborative Living
Isbn 9789462087859
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 23668
€ 34.00
Collaborative living is experiencing a revival in The Netherlands.In the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis, more and more people trun to collective self-organisation to provide housing that is community-oriented, environmentally sustainable, and affordable. 'Together' presents a collection of essays, interviews, and cases from The Netherlands and other European countries that build on a knowledge programme developed in 2022 by Project Together!.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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In/formal Marketplaces - Experiments with Urban Reconfiguration
Isbn 9789462088092
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 23692
€ 39.95
Informality is on the rise like never before: Its transformative power can be seen in the new ways we produce, consume and live. From nomadic labour to online services and from street food kitchens to pop-up shops, commerce plays a crucial role in these changes. But nowhere is the tension between the formal and the informal more evident than in the struggles of contested marketplaces. This book provides a deeper understanding of the formal-informal linkages that have given shape to some of the world’s largest and unique open-air marketplaces. Its rich and engaging visual analyses of markets in cities such as Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Dubai and New York reveal the hidden connections between informal trade, neoliberal governance and urban development.
448 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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The City as a System – Metabolic Design for New Urban Forms and Functions
Isbn 9789493246140
Publisher Valiz
Idea code 23718
€ 27.50
Complex problems do not always require far-fetched solutions, but in order to arrive at a solution a change of perspective may be needed. Making such a change in the study of the urban environment is what ‘The City as a System’ advocates. Designers who want to improve the functioning of the city and solve tricky urban problems cannot afford to focus on its spatial manifestation alone, but should research the underlying system – the operation, use, and performance of the urban fabric. The metabolism of the city should be viewed as that of a living organism, where much of our resource use culminates. This has a crucial role in transitioning to a more sustainable living environment.
256 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 21 cm, pb, English
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The Real Deal. Post Fossil Construction for Game Changers
Isbn 9783944074504
Publisher Ruby Press
Idea code 23691
€ 25.80
Roughly half of the raw materials we extract go into the world’s built environment. Construction creates an estimated one-third of the globe’s overall waste and at least 40 per cent of carbon emissions. These are devastating figures, but they also mean that the construction sector has the power to make a relevant contribution to reversing the climate emergency. In several short essays, this book develops a global perspective on economic, social, and ecological changes in the industry, highlights the experiences of various market players in interviews, presents best practice examples, and dispels the most common prejudices regarding sustainable construction.
200 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Shaping Revolutionary Memory: The Production of Monuments in Socialist Yugoslavia
Isbn 9783948212605
Publisher Archive Books
Idea code 23773
€ 30.65
Shaping Revolutionary Memory presents a comprehensive overview of the vast production of monuments in socialist Yugoslavia (1945–91) dedicated to the antifascist People’s Liberation Struggle in the Second World War and the socialist revolution. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, these monuments have been subject to various fates, from neglect and physical destruction to global fame generated by the high-modernist visual appeal of a number of them. But the full scope, wide-ranging diversity, and complex context of Yugoslav monument making, including its various contradictions, have remained largely unexplored. The book offers a thorough and interdisciplinary exploration of this phenomenon and a rich visual material to examine its key characteristics and specificities.
424 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English
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DOMa Issue 09: Souto de Moura, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Davidson Rafailidis, Hiboux
Isbn 26542064
Publisher DOMa Magazine
Idea code 23681
€ 25.55
In DOMa 09, Eduardo Souto de Moura shares sketches and construction photographs of the ‘Casa das Histórias — Paula Rêgo Museum’. Pezo von Ellrichshausen present ‘Luna House’, switching between architectural representation and painting. Lacol + La Boqueria highlight the collective effort behind ‘La Balma Cooperative Housing’, documenting everyday life. Davidson Rafailidis transform an old Chinese restaurant into ‘Space for Something’ after a devastating fire. Hiboux explore the landscape of ‘Meganisi’, looking curiously at every stone and tree.
164 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Greek/English
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Pleasant Place 4: Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. Scolymus)
Isbn 9789083284330
Publisher Pleasant Place
Idea code 23758
€ 12.00
'Pleasant Place' is a growing collection of publications about the art of gardening, offering both practical and in-depth information on everyday garden tasks and garden design. The fourth issue is all about the Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. Scolymus), a monumental perennial thistle that deserves a place in both gardens and kitchens alike. This issue includes a botanical introduction, an overview of artichokes in art history, six artists interpretation of artichoke finials, a visual essay on cultivating artichokes in Niscemi (IT) and international artichoke recipes. As always, a set of garden miniatures can be found in the centerfold.
44 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 24 cm, pb, English
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The Thinking Foot – A Pedestrian Study of Paving
Isbn 9789493329010
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Idea code 23780
€ 39.95
"The Foot" is the undisputed authority on matters of surface. 'The Thinking Foot' is an inquiry into theundervalued qualities of "Surface" – in particular both the quantity and quality of the surface of our cities – demonstrated by a history of paving and the multiple consequences of hard surfaces. It is the last part of the tetralogy - with each volume centred on the relationship of architecture to one of the four classical elements: The Skyward Trend of Thought: Metaphysics of the American Skyscraper (Air), The Springboard in the Pond: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool (Water) and The Magic Stove: Barry, Soyer and The Reform Club (Fire and the present volume (Earth).
248 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 28 cm, hb, English
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Unfinished and Far Far Away, The Architecture of Irving Smith Architects
Isbn 9788412622249
Publisher Altrim Publishers
Idea code 23751
€ 36.55
Irving Smith Architects builds with the land, not on it. The practice’s projects open up, condense, focus, and interpret both the natural and human-made settings of their home base of New Zealand, a land far, far away. Edited by Aaron Betsky, the volume traces the architects’ approach of participating with existing landscapes before generating new contexts. Ten projects across a range of scales, typologies, and landscapes show how they articulate wood an other local materials in their work. Ten essays by architects, critics, and educators further a discussion on global peripheries and how architecture benefits from the continued study and interpretation of contexts.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 25 cm, hb, English
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BIO27 Super Vernaculars - Design for a Regenerative Future
Isbn 9789616669870
Publisher Museum Architecture And Design
Idea code 23740
€ 43.00
The BIO27 Super Vernaculars catalogue, edited by Jane Withers and Ajda Bračič, serves as a handbook and a platform that defines, examines and presents the so called Super Vernaculars approach, as well as inspire and inform the wider design community as well as others interested in creativity and regenerative practices. Super Vernaculars reveals how designers and architects are revisiting vernacular traditions and value systems largely ignored in the modern era to create imaginative responses to contemporary challenges such as water scarcity, waste and declining biodiversity.
250 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English
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Ensemble Chauderon - AAA
Isbn 9783039690251
Publisher Christoph Merian
Idea code 23696
€ 40.85
Built between 1969 and 1974 as an administrative centre, the complex known as Immeubles Chauderon is regarded in Switzerland as one of the most remarkable buildings of its day. The prominent location, the intricate traffic and pedestrian routing system, the glittering aluminium facades developed together with Jean Prouvé, and the central car-free square make the work designed by Atelier des Architectes Associés (AAA) an icon of 1970s-era urban planning. In illustrating how the ensemble is integrated into the city’s texture, this book by Christina Haas and Harald R. Stülinger also provides a comprehensive overview, with historical plans, drawings, and photographs.
136 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, hb, French/English
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What if - Unbuilt Architecture in Switzerland
Isbn 9783856169978
Publisher Christoph Merian
Idea code 23697
€ 52.70
When it comes to matters related to architecture and urban planning, few other countries grant their population such a far-reaching democratic right of co-determination as Switzerland. The strategy facilitates both a societal acceptance of architecture and the constant prevention of projects, among which are some rather notable examples. Such projects, often painstakingly developed but ultimately not implemented, are part and parcel of the everyday life of Swiss architectural firms. Whether lost, rejected, stalled, or altered, a host of architectural designs exist that are still spoken about today, despite the fact that nothing ever came of them. This is a representative selection.
344 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 28 cm, pb, German/English
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'Compliments to our brave architect!' The Netherlands' First Women Architects
Isbn 9789462088153
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 23693
€ 34.95
'Compliments to our brave architect!' contributes to the inclusiveness of architecture history by providing a comprehensive overview of the first female architects in the Netherlands. Margaret Staal-Kropholler (1891-1966), known as the first female architect in the Netherlands, completed her first project in 1917, without ever finishing her studies. In the same year, Grada Wolffensperger (1887-1965) became the first woman to obtain a university degree in architecture. After Wolffensperger, 20 other women graduated in architecture before 1945. Why and how did these women become architects at a time when women were expected to take care of the family and the home? What was their training like, and what was it like to work in a male-dominated world?
248 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 26 cm, hb, English
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LB 14 ANGELO CANDALEPAS The Castle
Isbn 9789895390656
Publisher AMAG Publisher
Idea code 23637
€ 32.25
Located a block from Hyde Park in Sydney, Australia, is a 37-storey tower designed by Angelo Candalepas and completed in 2022. Besides a hotel, the building contains retail and residential functions. Its uppermost levels have stepped gardens. Known as The Castle, the building with its facade of apses and arches facing the city rises from a tall podium next to the historic Porter House, a 142-year-old heritage-protected building that served as inspiration for The Castle’s design. Angelo Candalepas Associates, founded in 1999 in Sydney, is recognised as one of the foremost practices in Australia today. This edition examines the tower and its many carefully conceived aspects.
64 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 29 cm, pb, English
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LB 15 PAUL MURDOCH ARCHITECTS Flight 93 National Memorial
Isbn 9789895390663
Publisher AMAG Publisher
Idea code 23638
€ 32.25
This edition takes an in-depth look at the Flight 93 National Memorial, which commemorates the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, one of four aircraft hijacked during the attacks on 11 September 2001. Located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, it honours the passengers and crew of Flight 93, who stopped the terrorists from reaching their target. The memorial was designed by Paul Murdoch Architects, a firm based in Los Angeles. Through an interest in the spiritual dimensions of space explored through the relationship of architecture and landscape, the architects design for a regenerative future that is socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative.
84 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 29 cm, pb, English
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PB 05 PAULO DAVID The Lesson of the continuity
Isbn 9789895390670
Publisher AMAG Publisher
Idea code 23639
€ 21.50
This book offers a brief introduction to the principles underpinning the work of Madeira-based architect Paulo David in the areas of architecture and landscape. Straddling the thin line between land and sea, in dialogue with nature and his own personal tension towards an architecture imbued with meaning and place, it becomes clear that David’s contribution to culture and architectural construction is an ode to continuity, method, and objective in every design gesture.
124 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 22 cm, pb, Italian/English
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PB 04 – DOING GOOD FAZER BEM DOING WELL
Isbn 9789895390649
Publisher AMAG Publisher
Idea code 23640
€ 21.50
Learn the story behind the first project of Fazer Bem, a European Union-funded programme created by Terrafoundation in 2022 to promote female empowerment through educational processes stemming from the areas of design and craftsmanship. The publication weaves together the stories of eight women and examines the introduction of contemporary design and creativity as a vector for innovation. The project, which focuses on the use of natural and sustainable materials, stimulates the creation of products through the participants’ own identity and cultural values. With texts by journalist and author Susana Moreira Marques and photographs by Renate Graf.
152 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 22 cm, pb, Portuguese/English
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LB 07 David Adjaye – Winter Park Library & Events Center
Isbn 9789895333080
Publisher AMAG Publisher
Idea code 23641
€ 32.25
Sited on the northwest corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, this Winter Park Library & Events Center embodies the values of the park’s namesake and is envisioned as a space for community empowerment and edification. As part of an extensive revitalization of the park, the new hub is in harmony with the unique tropical ecology of the site and is conceived as a micro-village of three pavilions, each of different scale and function but which share a common formal language. The village is comprised of a new two-story library, an event center with rooftop terrace, as well as a new welcome portico that ushers users from the street and unifies the three structures. Guided by biophilic design principles, all three pavilions–composed of rose-pigmented concrete– rest on a raised belvedere that provides idyllic views onto Lake Mendsen, increasing connectivity to the park’s wellness offerings and supporting a new network of exterior green community spaces that run between the three structures.
68 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 29 cm, pb, English
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[un]finished - Atlas Of Athens' Incomplete Buildings
Isbn 9789492852267
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Idea code 23655
€ 30.00
‘[Un]finished’ presents the phenomenon of a particular kind of pending architecture, mutely present all over Athens. The concrete skeletons of ‘polykatoikia’ – multistorey apartment buildings – are emblematic of the development of modern Greece throughout the second half of the 20th century. This book deals with the politics of urban space by treating these unfinished buildings as study objects and tracing their individual histories. Through stories from current owners and photographs, archival documents, and found artefacts, a different chronicle of the development of modern Athens takes shape.
288 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 28 cm, hb, Greek/English
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MONU 36: New Social Urbanism
Isbn 18603211
Publisher Board Publishers
Idea code 23695
€ 23.10
How is “New Social Urbanism” possible if the Western paradigm of spatial production revolves around the antisocial principle of the individualisation of every aspect of life? Maria Reitano’s question thus sets the stage for this edition of ‘MONU’. According to Mark Gottdiener, we have entered a new phase of global destabilisation, amplifying social deficits after neoliberalism’s dismantling of social institutions critically injured societal structures, leading to aggravated and extreme social issues. With interviews with Sharon Zukin and Izaskun Chinchilla, photographs by Bharat Sikka, and contributions by Valentina Rizzi, Maxime Matthys, Brian Holland, Mingming Zhao, and more.
132 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, pb, English
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The Flexible City - Solutions for a Circular and Climate Adaptive Europe (3rd ed)
Isbn 9789462088320
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 23766
€ 34.00
All over Europe, cities struggle with an accumulation of environmental crises like global warming, the depletion of natural recourses, pollution and the extinction of species. If we want to keep our cities liveable, we have to make them circular and climate adaptive. This book presents a toolbox with which circularity and climate adaptation can be implemented successfully. Based on existing local qualities, the proactivity of users and a step-by-step approach, a method is presented in this book that is tailored to the European situation, with its democratic tradition, the ways heritage is acknowledged, and how it moves along with the unpredictability of economic tides. With the help of a network of local reporters, authors Tom Bergevoet and Maarten van Tuijl compare European cities, identify similarities and trends and describe tools and successful examples in detail.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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