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Archives 11: Aires Mateus
Isbn 9788412659160
Publisher C2C Editorial
Idea code 24840
€ 28.60
The eleventh instalment of ‘Archives’ offers an analysis of twelve works from the past 25 years by Aires Mateus, the Portuguese architecture studio headed by the brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, all located in Spain and Italy and selected by the brothers especially for this publication. It includes an article about the their work with the internationally recognised Portuguese artist Fernanda Fragateiro as well as photographs by Juan Rodríguez.
ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Spanish/Portuguese/English
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Barragán by Souto de Moura & Juan Rodríguez
Isbn 9788412659177
Publisher C2C Editorial
Idea code 24844
€ 30.65
A black-and-white photographic journey through the work of Mexican engineer and architect Luis Barragán (1902–1988), who was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1980. Barragán’s approach emphasised the importance of native culture and its intersection with elegant modernist design. His lasting influence can be seen in the work of many of Mexico’s contemporary architects. Despite the colourless photographs, the book still manages to introduce Barragán’s hues in an abstract way in its cover and binding. It also includes a text by architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, where he justifies the importance of the spatial aspect of Barragán’s work over his remarkable use of colour.
96 p, ills bw, 22 x 28 cm, pb, English
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The Images of Luis Barragán
Isbn 9789464460711
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 24681
€ 24.30
This book presents a selection of the images collected by Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902–1988) as part of a reference archive that he displayed on a lectern in the living room of his home. In an ever-changing arrangement of pictures, Barragán’s thinking was made visual. Because it was a personal archive from which the architect simply added or removed images over time, the 170 currently registered pictures are all that can provide us today with a kaleidoscopic insight into Barragán’s mind, itself a myriad network of personal relationships, professional influences, and formal obsessions. The publication is the manifestation of a project by Roger Willems and Mark Manders.
80 p, ills colour, 21 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Shigenori Uoya Architecture Works – Layering Time in the City
Isbn 9784887064096
Publisher Toto
Idea code 24235
€ 48.95
A collection of architect Shigenori Uoya's works. Uoya conducts surveys and research on the transformation and current status of the structures of streets and city blocks in historical cities in Japan and abroad, focusing on Kyoto. He approaches architecture based on a temporal axis that extends from the past to the future, including the renovation of machiya and the reconstruction of cities. The book introduces Uoya's numerous works, including the Kakkyoyama Common Center for Gion Festival, which won the AIJ Prize in 2023, through photographs, drawings, essays, and diagrams, offering insights into the essence of his architecture.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 19 x 25 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Universal Design in Architecture
Isbn 9788774077909
Publisher The Danish Architectural Press
Idea code 24819
€ 41.80
Universal design offers a paradigm shift in how we understand and perceive human beings and the diversity of abilities within architecture and urban planning. The concept introduces a new approach to core aspects of architecture: sensory experiences, social sustainability, and architectural qualities and meaning. In 'Universal Design - On Enabling and Empowering a Diverse Population', Camilla Ryhl engages in dialogue with ten architects about their practices and understanding of universal design. The book introduces a model for applying universal design at three differing levels, providing a practical framework for creating inclusive and accessible spaces. It is an essential read for architects, designers, and anyone interested in creating spaces that harmonize with the varied abilities and experiences of all individuals.
158 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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The City Is Ours #6: Involuntary Sculptures
Isbn 9789526528632
Publisher Other Editions
Idea code 24792
€ 22.00
Inspired by the ideas of Marcel Duchamp and Akasegawa Genpei, this final issue explores the concept of “involuntary sculptures.” These are objects and structures in our cities, not created by artists, but emerging from everyday interactions and casual arrangements. By recognizing and appreciating these unnoticed objects, we can transform our perception, finding unexpected beauty and meaning in the most familiar urban landscapes. What hidden masterpieces will you discover today?
80 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 22 cm, pb, English
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Against an Architecture of Neoliberal Technocracy: Lessons from (the Dissolution of) the Architecture of the Welfare State in Britain
Isbn 9788090843363
Publisher Vi Per Gallery
Idea code 24607
€ 25.55
As another history of the present, 'Against an Architecture of Neoliberal Technocracy: Lessons from (the Dissolution of) the Architecture of the Welfare State in Britain' problematises the contemporary disappearance of the architectures of social welfare. It addresses the dismantling of the welfare state in Britain and the transition to a state of neoliberal technocracy. The book argues that it was through the proliferation of specific technocratic operations in the production of the built environment that these changes became possible and the deployment of neoliberal forms of governance were facilitated as actions at a distance that direct our behaviours. It aims to be a critique, and a call, to re-define the role of architecture as a mechanism of social governance where the use value of architecture is prioritised against its subjective exchange value.
120 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 18 cm, pb, English
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Owned by Others: A Map to Possession Island
Isbn 9783947858392
Publisher K. Verlag
Idea code 24843
€ 36.55
'Owned by Others: A Map to Possession Island' treads the interstices of the institutionally mummified city center that is Museum Island in Berlin. An embodied interrogation of colonial looting and nationalist chauvinism, this book maps alternative orientations for decolonization, restitution, repair, and empowering movement. OBO also considers how the alleged “revitalization” of the museologized city center continues to exploit the lived experiences of diasporic artists and looks to other practices of inhabitation and transformation to challenge these legacies of oppression.
240 p, ills colour, 14 x 21 cm, pb, German/English
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MONU 37: Conflict-Driven Urbanism
Isbn 9783986120986
Publisher Board Publishers
Idea code 24719
€ 23.10
Urbanism is inherently conflict-driven, as Eve Blau points out in an interview in this issue of ‘MONU’. According to her, because cities are places of power, representation, and contestation, processes of urbanisation involve a certain amount of violence and destruction, which is both positive and negative. Various authors and perspectives go on to explore this notion in depth. Topics range from the Syrian refugee crisis, where people reshape their places and identities while navigating the complex structures of belonging, to sprawl and emptiness as a chief tool of protection in Australian capital cities and how the youth of Kyiv are returning to life as usual the Ukrainian capital.
132 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, pb, English
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a+u 649 24:10 adamo-faiden Selective Memory
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Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 24670
€ 23.90
This issue highlights the work of adama-faiden, founded in Buenos Aires in 2005 by Sebastián Adamo and Marcelo Faiden. Nearly two decades of work is traced through 34 projects in chronological order. From small residential projects in their early years, the studio has transitioned into an increasingly diverse practice, including a high-rise in central Buenos Aires and social housing in Europe. Regardless of scale, what remains consistent in their work is a considered approach to urban environments and a sensitivity to airflow. Their designs often feature permeable facades and cohabitating plants, creating a soft, fluid connection between interior and exterior.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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5 Architecture Fables
Isbn 9788412878004
Publisher Altrim Publishers
Idea code 24811
€ 30.10
Why are fables so appealing to children and adults alike? For the child, it can be a refuge in the imagination; for the adult, an escape from the mundane. Fables intentionally expand the imagination of children as they distort time and space, as well as logic, scale, and proportion. Which are things architects sometimes do unintentionally. ‘Five Architecture Fables’ takes a long and serious look at the discipline of architecture, in the process seeking to subvert the status quo by exploring the possibilities for change. The fables address aspects that span the entire discipline – architectural practice, education, conservation and building, and the future – for the child in us all.
148 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 21 cm, pb, English
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PALADS
Isbn 9788797381137
Publisher Marrow Press
Idea code 24793
€ 32.25
With its vibrant facade, the Palads has been a feature of Copenhagen’s cityscape since the work was unveiled in September 1989. Palads is one of the most famous works by Poul Gernes (1925–1996), as well as one of the most discussed public artworks in Denmark. This book, rather than offering a conventional art historical review, is an experiment in art communication. Three artistic contributions activate the decoration, in line with Gernes’s belief that art should not be a static, museum-bound object, but a communal matter that energises people upon encountering it. Texts by Anders Kold, Kristian Vistrup Madsen, and Natalie Körner shed light on the work’s relevance today.
272 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Danish/English
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Negotiating Ungers 3
Isbn 9780988290655
Publisher Common Books
Idea code 24782
€ 18.00
In 1972, German architect Oswald Mathias Ungers and his students at Cornell University developed a prototype for a Self-Help Housing System (S-HHS). Around the same time, Ungers and his wife Liselotte published a study titled Communes in the New World 1740–1972, examining utopian communities in the U.S. Ungers’ 1972 architectural approach fused typological research, modern urban planning, and utopianism in a novel way. The S-HHS concept aimed to integrate community-driven initiatives with broader political, social, and economic frameworks. Together, the projects highlighted alternative forms of communal organization and emphasized the dynamic, collaborative nature of architectural production. This third publication, initiated through a 2021 summer school at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, explores systematic and inventive architectural strategies through essays, interviews, and artistic research.
240 p, ills bw, 12 x 16 cm, pb, English
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Arquitectura Viva 268: Vector Architects
Isbn 02141256
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 24702
€ 22.75
In the arena between traditionalism and imported architecture, Gong Dong had the wisdom to find virtue in the middle way, and by combining his local training with a fruitful sojourn in America he has managed to tie contemporary ideas and forms to eternal values of his country. The issue’s dossier presents refurbishments carried out to adapt pieces of industrial heritage for cultural purposes: the Kunstsilo Museum in Kristiansand (Norway), by the trio of Barcelona practices comprising Mestres Wåge, Mendoza Partida, and BAX Studio; the Automatic Mills Silo in Pardubice (Czech Republic), by Prokš Přikryl architekti; and Atelier LUMA in Arles, by Assemble and BC Architects & Studies.
80 p, ils colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Ugo La Pietra - Infinite Shelf
Isbn 9791281790162
Publisher Viaindustriae
Idea code 24794
€ 15.30
This overview of Ugo La Pietra’s publishing legacy begins with a lengthy correspondence between the artist and his peers: Vico Magistretti, Adolfo Natalini, Franco Vaccari, Enzo Mari, and others. From 1965 to the present day, ‘Infinite Shelf’ goes on to present catalogues of early radical exhibitions, art and design research and experimentation in the 1970s, physical and telematic journeys into new territories of living, and more. Additional volumes address various themes by gathering experiences. Other works are based on inhabiting places by using random and disruptive actions. The book concludes by examining La Pietra’s involvement in magazines and collaborations.
240 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 21 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Graduation Catalogue 2024 Design Academy Eindhoven
Isbn 9789491400513
Publisher Design Academy Eindhoven
Idea code 24763
€ 34.00
The understanding of design as an expressive medium is not static; it is constantly transforming, shaped by the broader world around it. Design emerges not in isolation but from the lived experiences of its creators, influenced by their interactions and reflecting the dreams and fears of the time. In this graduation catalogue, this evolving notion of design is also profoundly shaped by the character and passions of each student, not to mention by their encounters with peers, tutors, and department heads, and the physical spaces of their training. The latter become a crucible where tradition and new ideas meet, creating a blend of continuity and change.
474 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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The New Era Magazine 5
Isbn 9789189270909
Publisher The New Era Magazine
Idea code 24687
€ 25.00
The New Era Magazine brings together interiors, architecture, design and craft in a elegantly designed bi annual publication. In every issue readers meet some of the most interesting spaces, people and topics of this moment in time. ISSUE 05 pays tribute to the Nordic design heritage, with visits to some of the most iconic homes in the region, including those of masters such as Yrjö Kukkapuro and Bruno Mathsson. We also get to sit down with interior designer Beata Heuman in her eclectic London home, and spend time with the master Jonas Bohlin in his combined home and atelier. Elsewhere in the issue highlights on some of the new artists and galleries paving the way right now.
216 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 30 cm, pb, English
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Ferréol Babin - Enigmatic Refractions
Isbn 9788822922946
Publisher Quodlibet
Idea code 24727
€ 19.35
Consciously functional but also emotionally poetic, the objects Ferréol Babin creates are ambivalent, an original typological category between the archaic artefact and the ultra-contemporary product. They seek an intersection and a balance between controlling the material’s transformation and the need to allow the material itself to suggest its own modification. Produced as one-offs or small series and marked by refined purity of form, they are experiments inspired by craftsmanship. The French designer seems to set out to discover – or perhaps conserve – a deeply human dimension and a relationship of essential connection with nature, its materials, and its life cycles.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Designerly ways of knowing: a working inventory of things a designer should know
Isbn 9789083449883
Publisher Set Margins'
Idea code 24837
€ 11.55
Design thinking has created divisions in the discipline: either designers are too theory driven or simply practitioners. Those feeling lost can easily turn to a language meant to inspire creative production in easy to pitch ways. Led by Antonio Gramsci’s advice that knowing thyself requires compiling an inventory, design critic, educator, and researcher Danah Abdulla pays tribute to the late architect, activist, and critic Michael Sorkin, whose original list 'Two Hundred and Fifty Things an Architect Should Know' inspired this updated version targeted at designers. The iterative list is not meant to be a definitive how to guide, but to spark conversations, to prompt critical thinking and to help designers reconfigure their discipline.
64 p, no ills, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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CHD-Chandigarh, Architectural Travel Guide (2nd Edition)
Isbn 9788494234293
Publisher Altrim Publishers
Idea code 24810
€ 30.10
Besides being among the newest cities in India, built in the 20th century and characterised by the sweeping architectural vision of Le Corbusier, Chandigarh is a unique city marked by the work of many Indian modernist architects. This insightful guide offers eleven itineraries and specifies 185 buildings and other places to visit, and also includes an index of architects and practical tips for getting around the city. The India & Southeast Asia Architectural Travel Guides Collection introduces ancient, modern, and contemporary heritage and architects in a useful pocket guide format. All projects are presented with maps, photographs, plans, and a descriptive text.
260 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 18 cm, pb, English
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