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El Croquis 224: Christian Kerez (2015–2024) Ultimate Spaces
Isbn 9788412532395
Publisher El Croquis
Idea code 24079
€ 83.55
This monographic issue examines a decade of recent work by acclaimed Swiss architect Christian Kerez. Presented are eighteen projects distributed around the globe, including the China Academy of Arts, Office Building Lyon Confluence, Textile Museum St. Gallen, high-rises in the areas of Nantes, EuroRennes, and Bahnhof Zoo, and various other works such as car parks in Bahrain, a footbridge in China, and smaller-scale residential designs. The examination of the Zurich-based architect’s recent portfolio is complemented by two conversations: one between Kerez and architect Smiljan Radić, and the other with Kerez and architectural theorist and professor Stephan Trüby.
306 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Urban Wild Ecology
Isbn 9784887064072
Publisher Toto
Idea code 24078
€ 40.50
Following the calamitous events of 2011 in Japan, Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama began to look at the link between materials and energy related to daily life, such as household goods, homes, food, and waste. They sought ways to reinvent how we live, from dependence on infrastructure and industry to another relationship: off-grid homes that generate solar power, gardens that harness the power of microbes in the soil, shared homes in vacant buildings, and construction using discarded materials. The wildness that survives the city enjoys fluctuation and overcomes inconvenience. This book introduces the collectives involved in these activities along with practices and resources.
204 p, ills colour & bw, 19 x 27 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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a+t 59: Generosity Series. Housing Design Strategies.
The Interaction within the Living Space
Isbn 9788409579846
Publisher a+t Architecture Publishers
Idea code 24039
€ 28.20
With imaginative and hopeful methods to navigate counter to the mainstream, community architecture is an alternative built with basic means. It is appearing in numerous cities stressed by a turbulent market, where people are finding it increasingly difficult to access housing. How do we interact with others within habitable space, and how do we work towards a more sustainable and equitable future? This final issue of the series, dedicated to collective housing, tackles these questions and more. It includes twelve cooperative housing projects which respond to the four conditions that contribute to a design based on generosity: indeterminacy, exteriority, privacy, and interactivity.
120 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Simple Architecture – The Villa Baizeau in Carthage By Le Corbusier and Jeanneret
Isbn 9782960253078
Publisher Accattone
Idea code 24065
€ 59.15
The social, economic, constructional, environmental and climatic issues that, at the start of the twenty-first century, have called into question the foundations of the architectural project make up the theoretical background to the book devoted to the villa that Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret built in Carthage for Lucien Baizeau, Blanche Thiéblin and their family.The book is organized around two complementary analytical perspectives. The first is devoted to the history of Villa Baizeau, providing a full understanding of its reasons and meanings, its genesis, its theoretical importance, the role of the client and the joy provided by the house to the family, with the aim also of gathering the knowledge necessary for its restoration as a fundamental architecture of the twentieth century. The second is open to some of the greatest protagonists of architecture today and is in line with the cultural strategy of Le Corbusier, who was always able to reconsider his works in the light of contemporary phenomena, even through graphic manipulations, inverted plans and reversed photographs, in order to discover their unexpected potential.
456 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, English
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HOUSING. 50 Works in Spain
Isbn 9788412796834
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 24087
€ 68.55
Perpetually at the centre of the architectural debate, the residential project has experienced a significant transformation over the past two decades in response to very different scenarios – from the real estate boom to the financial crisis – and new challenges, such as the need to improve the quality of domestic spaces which arose during the pandemic lockdowns and adopting more sustainable approaches to face climate change. This volume presents 50 housing projects built in Spain since the year 2000, an itinerary that traces current circumstances, takes stock of today’s challenges, and offers a portrait of the economic and social evolution of the country in the 21st century.
320 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 31 cm, hb, Spanish/English
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Rage in Harlem - June Jordan and Architecture
Isbn 9783956796296
Publisher Sternberg Press
Idea code 24100
€ 14.00
In the tense days leading up to the 2020 American elections, then-candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate Nikil Saval addresses a virtual audience at the Harvard GSD to tell a story about Black feminist writer June Jordan and a little-known project that resulted from the aftermath of the 1964 Harlem riot. The events of police brutality and community grieving made a lasting impression on Jordan, who, while known for her work as a poet, playwright, and activist, responded with a proposal for a multiple-tower housing design. hrough an unlikely partnership with R. Buckminster Fuller, Jordan’s “Skyrise for Harlem” project offered a Futuristic vision for Harlem that argued for environmental redesign: “. . . it is architecture, conceived of in its fullest meaning as the creation of environment, which may actually determine the pace, pattern, and quality of living experience.”
96 p, ills colour, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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Arquitectura Viva 259: Tras el terror
Isbn 02141256
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 24025
€ 22.75
In the wake of 7 October 2023, the history of Israel and Palestine was forever altered. The geopolitical segregation also spills over into architecture, as Arab and Israeli architects and critics remain reluctant to contribute to a joint coverage of the entire region. Here, a single example from each side is examined: the Edmond and Lily Safra Centre for Brain Sciences by Norman Foster in Jerusalem, and the Palestinian National Museum by Heneghan Peng in the West Bank town of Birzeit. With an eye to the future and respect for the past, each embodies mutual and indispensable values, showing how both sides can communicate in the common language of architecture.
80 p, ils colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Agonistic Assemblies - On the Spatial Politics of Horizontality
Isbn 9781915609144
Publisher Sternberg Press
Idea code 24099
€ 23.95
Miessen’s ongoing research trajectory Cultures of Assembly was initially kicked off during a Harvard GSD fellowship in collaboration with Joseph Grima, in which the two architects investigated the sociopolitical dimension of (urban) spatial design. This anthology presents work on cultures of assembly. It stresses the relevance of small-scale and decentralized spatial formats of local knowledge production to community building and embedded political decision-making in the context of the socio-ecological transition. It reinforces the role of both individual and collective action while proposing distributed assembly and proximity as core attributes in the production of the contemporary and future city.
336 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 23 cm, pb, English
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a+u 641 24:02 Tatiana Bilbao Estudio - Platforms for Life
Isbn 9784900213005
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 24098
€ 22.70
The Mexican firm Tatiana Bilbao Estudio takes centre stage in this issue, with projects that are representative of values developed over nearly two decades of practice. The studio prioritises the communities for whom it builds while also seeking to understand the socio-environmental frameworks. Evident from the studio’s portfolio is a playful approach to scale, geometry, and materiality. Projects range from large-scale master planning and building design to residences and precise interventions that serve an existing community, such as reconstruction following a disaster. Further, a selection of key exhibitions captures the breadth of the studio’s research into private and public space.
168 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Archithese Reader: Critical Positions In Search Of Postmodernity, 1971–1976
Isbn 9783038630593
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 24080
€ 68.30
This publication offers a selection of contributions that originally appeared in the journal ‘archithese’, accompanied by critical essays by contemporary authors. Themes range from historicism, realism, urbanism, and user-oriented approaches, to interest in informal and spontaneous building. Arranged in five chapters, the articles illustrate an examination of the evolving postmodernism and, due to their multifaceted nature, point far beyond a pure concept of style. The contributors include Irina Davidovici, Samia Henni, Torsten Lange, and others, representing positions that are exemplary of the pluralist approach and thematic openness characteristic of the journal in its founding phase.
528 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 22 cm, pb, German/French/English
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Dream of Landscape – Takano Landscape Planning
Isbn 9784863586536
Publisher Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha
Idea code 24092
€ 39.95
Landscape design gives shape to people’s “dreams” by connecting beautiful and soothing scenery with a place’s culture, history, and ecosystem. It is a world that encompasses a diversity of lives. Presented by Takano Landscape Planning Co., Ltd., this book compiles the processes and emotions involved in realising dreams shared by many people. Through numerous case studies highlighting various projects, it explores the legacy of acclaimed landscape architect Takano Fumiaki (1943–2021) by sharing the personal stories and experiences of the people involved, as well as connections with nature and care for the environment.
256 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Theodor Cron - Stanze italiane / Italian Rooms
Isbn 9788822921697
Publisher Quodlibet
Idea code 24020
€ 19.35
«There was something else about these rooms that I had never considered before and which I now want to explain.» Recently discovered in the archives of the architect Theodor Cron, Italian Rooms is a highly original text on the conception of architectural space and its continuous redefinition. Written in 1947, it is the result of a trip to Southern Italy in which the author observed anonymous Saracen rooms and compared their architectural qualities with the canons of architecture practiced in Northern Europe. “Here, one dwells on the floor, while we live between four walls:” this is the paradigmatic statement that allows Cron to continue with a series of original observations, according to a conception of space genuinely different from the spatial paradigms of the Modern Movement. The essay, even more than its historical character, is therefore characterized by a theoretical contribution which, in this sense, has a timeless value and makes the text a sort of revelation in the contemporary panorama.
80 p, ills bw, 14 x 22 cm, hb, Italian/English
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LB 17 SO-IL Amant
Isbn 9789893530412
Publisher AMAG Publisher
Idea code 24017
€ 32.25
SO–IL is an architecture firm born in New York in 2008. Diverse in origin, their team of collaborators speaks a dozen languages and is informed by global narratives and perspectives. Both locally-rooted and nationless, they explore how the creation of environments and objects inspires lasting positive intellectual and societal engagement. Amant is an arts campus spread across three blocks in rapidly changing, industrial North Brooklyn. This cultural incubator functions both privately, and publicly, with artist studios, galleries, offices, storage, and a cafe. Rather than an inward-looking space isolated from its urban context, the collection of distributed volumes weaves itself into the fabric of the city. The mini-campus is a part of, benefits from, and contributes to the local community. Pockets of outdoor spaces, multiple entries, and openings cohabit the ground with other members of the neighbourhood.
76 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, English
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Toyo Ito | Taichung Opera House
Isbn 9784863585133
Publisher Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha
Idea code 24093
€ 33.65
Conceived by photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, this tribute to Toyo Ito’s design for the Taichung Opera House in Taiwan offers an eye-opening look at an extraordinary building, its urban context, and daily use. Completed in 2014, the curving structure with its cut-out voids and sectioned facade has proved to be a magnet, not just for audiences but also for people who come to enjoy its rooftop landscape, water elements, and cave-like interior spaces. Besides the many photographs by Hatakeyama, the publication includes an illuminating dialogue between Ito and architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori.
156 p, ills colour, 21 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Lived Space The Architecture of the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura 1951–2016
Isbn 9784863583894
Publisher Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha
Idea code 24108
€ 25.25
Junzo Sakakura (1901–1969) spent seven years working in Le Corbusier’s atelier in Paris in the 1930s. Upon his return to Japan, he established his own practice and became an important proponent of the modernist movement. Sakakura later won a limited entry competition for the design of the Museum of Modern Art in Kamakura. The building comprises a second-storey white box supported on thin steel supports. For his design, the architect particularly took into consideration aspects such as the site, function, composition, and air circulation and humidity control. This book combines original drawings with present-day photography to paint a portrait of this remarkable building.
64 p, ills colour & bw, 30 x 21 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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GA Document 164
Isbn 9784871404648
Publisher Ada Edita
Idea code 23709
€ 29.80
GA Document presents the finest in international design, focusing on architecture that expresses our time and striving to record the history of contemporary architecture. International scholars and critics provide insightful texts to further inform the reader of the most up-to-date ideas and events in the profession. This issue features projects by Morphosis, Eric Owen Moss, Jean Nouvel, onishimaki + hyakudayuki srchitects + SANKO SEKKEI, SANAA, Ruy Ohtake, Sou Fujimoto, and Brasil Arquitetura.
ills colour & bw, 26 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Imperial Hotel (reprint)
Isbn 9784874608142
Publisher Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha
Idea code 04396
€ 48.90
When Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was demolished in 1967, a team of students led by Professor Shindo Akashi at Waseda University spent six months researching and preserving valuable records of the building. Their project was published as ‘Empirical Research on Former Imperial Hotel’ in 1972, but due to its limited circulation and high price, the book is now very difficult to obtain. With this new edition, the original contents have been re-edited for wider research. Because Wright made numerous modifications to his original drawings during the hotel’s construction, the materials included in this revised volume are only those which reflect what was actually built.
172 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, Japanese/English preface
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