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a+t 61 Frugality Series: Resources and Finesse
Isbn 9788409684779
Publisher a + t architecture publishers
Idea code 250111
€ 28.20
This issue explores the intersection of available resources and creative finesse in architecture as a critical response to environmental demands. Ten international architecture firms, including Lütjens Padmanabhan, Raamwerk, and Vivas Arquitectos, demonstrate how stripping away unnecessary layers yields powerful results and imparts identity to the final outcome. Their projects showcase simple constructions that transform industrialized assembly into personalized architectural patterns.
108 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Towards a Nude Architecture. A Visual Compendium of Japanese Hot Springs
Isbn 9789462088801
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 250129
€ 34.00
As one of the most volcanically active geographies in the world, the islands of Japan hold nearly 30,000 naturally occurring hot springs of varying mineral compositions, colours, and temperatures. Historically, these ‘onsen’ form a vital part of the national identity. ‘Towards a Nude Architecture’ explores this narrative through an architectural lens, chronicling centuries of steam and soaking through the eyes of an architect. In three chapters examining past, present, and future, the book plunges into the spiritual roots of bathing, the diverse contemporary structures built around it, and the lasting influence of this poetic mingling between architecture, nature, and the naked body.
204 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, hb, English
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Arab Modern - Architecture and the Project of Independence
Isbn 9783856764661
Publisher Gta Verlag
Idea code 250146
€ 30.65
Despite growing calls for global architectural histories, the historiography of modern architecture remains depicted predominantly by Western figures, narratives, and experiences. This publication takes a different approach by uncovering previously overlooked histories and contributions that shaped the Arab world’s modern built environment. It considers projects from the Arabian Gulf, the Levant, and North Africa during a critical moment when several Arab countries were entering a new phases of post-colonial nation-building. From both within and outside the architectural profession, a multifaceted exchange of ideas informed architectural thinking in the wake of independence.
210 p, ills bw, 15 x 23 cm, pb, English
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Kenzo Tange – Kengo Kuma: Architects of the Tokyo Games 1964|2020
Isbn 9784887064126
Publisher Toto
Idea code 250053
€ 33.60
With the Olympic Games held in Tokyo in 1964 and 2020 at its centre, this exhibition catalogue compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between architects Kenzo Tange (1913–2005) and Kengo Kuma, their work for the Tokyo Games, and their involvement with the city of Paris. In addition, it explores the appeal of their architecture, offering an interpretation of their respective design philosophies through essays by Kuma and architectural historian Saikaku Toyokawa and an extensive selection of photographs by Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Mikiya Takimoto. The book appears in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition at the Maison de la Culture de Japon à Paris.
116 p, ills bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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The Architecture of Ageing
Isbn 9789090385143
Publisher de Architekten Cie.
Idea code 250149
€ 28.00
Exponential population ageing is changing how we coexist in urban spaces. Improving discourse on “care” is high on the agenda in our globally ageing world. The task of densifying cities with hundreds of apartments in single buildings reminds us that we are responsible for incredibly sophisticated social structures. In designing these projects, de Architekten Cie. has accumulated significant experience, understanding the challenges on both architectural and urban scales, as well as their societal and emotional dimensions. ‘The Architecture of Ageing’ shares the experiences of their long-term collaborative project on housing, ageing, and care in the city.
188 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Weather in the City (Revised Edition)
Isbn 9789462089143
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 250150
€ 34.00
The revised edition of Weather in the City draws on current examples in demonstrating how the comfort of the urban environment can be enhanced using modern techniques and new methods. How we experience the urban climate depends on various physical and psychological factors. Landscape architect and urban designer Sanda Lenzholzer shows how basic climatic processes work in an urban environment, and how they can be influenced by spatial planning and urban design.The book is both a reference work and a source of inspiration for all those engaged in creating a liveable city, be they clients, policymakers, professionals or students involved in urban design, landscape architecture and planning.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Kloge Huse / Ingenious Houses: Communicating Sustainability at the Open Air Museum
Isbn 9788792700537
Publisher The Architectural Publisher B
Idea code 250136
€ 33.00
How can we inspire today’s museum visitors to build more sustainably and lead more environmentally aware lives, drawing inspiration from past ways of building and living? In ‘Kloge Huse’, Nicolai Bo Andersen, Tilde Stranbygaard, Victor Boye Julebæk, and Anette Elisabeth Warring explore communicating sustainability issues, focusing on site-specific architecture, biogenic materials, building methods, handicrafts, and craftsmanship. The historic houses and farmsteads at the Open Air Museum in Lyngby, Denmark, form the basis for the examples and perspectives discussed in the book. With contributions by Anne Eriksen, Simon Kirk, David Leatherbarrow, and Connie Svabo.
220 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 25 cm, pb, Danish with English summary
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A Moratorium on New Construction
Isbn 9781915609007
Publisher Sternberg Press
Idea code 250124
€ 17.40
To pause new construction—even if momentarily, creates a radical thinking framework for alternatives to the current regime of space production and its suspect growth imperative. Engaging with unsettling questions, A Moratorium on New Construction envisions a massive value shift for our existing stock. From housing redistribution to reinviting value generation, from anti-extractive measures to profound structural changes, from curricula reforms to purging the exploitative culture of the office, an entire rewiring of design processes and construction lays ahead. Somewhere between a thought experiment and a call for action, A Moratorium on New Construction is a leap of faith to envision a less extractive future, made of what we have: Not demolishing, not building new, but building less, building with what exists, inhabiting it differently, and caring for it.
240 p, ills colour & bw, 10 x 16 cm, pb, English
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Dixit 05: About Conditions – Truwant + Rodet + Mio Tsuneyama + Fuminori Nousaku
Isbn 9782493283276
Publisher Caryatide
Idea code 250115
€ 19.35
The fifth issue of Dixit, the architectural criticism journal, explores conditions through a dialogue between architects Charlotte Truwant + Dries Rodet and Mio Tsuneyama + Fuminori Nousaku. What defines architectural practice today? Are conditions of use and society self-imposed or externally dictated? If challenges like global warming seem universal, are they truly so? This issue questions whether conditions are absolute or shaped by social, economic, political, and cultural frameworks - and whether accepting them is a choice. Caryatide Editions continues the tradition of critical architectural discourse, engaging with contemporary issues through a socially and politically informed lens. Published three times a year, Dixit invites two contributors per issue to reflect on a new theme. Truwant + Rodet +, founded in 2015 in Basel, explores architecture critically, while Tokyo-based architects Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama focus on contemporary cities and ecosystems.
64 p, ills bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, French/English
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City Living: Neometro Residents and Works
Isbn 9781922601308
Publisher Uro Publications
Idea code 250113
€ 70.20
Founded in 1985, Neometro has established itself as Melbourne’s most long-standing design-focused and socially led development group, with numerous projects that enhance everyday urban living. Here, the residents of some of these buildings open their doors to share their stories of life in high-density surroundings. Featuring detailed photography of each home, it offers an intimate insight into a mode of dwelling that, handled thoughtfully, is rapidly gaining popularity in Australia. Through personal anecdotes and a visual tour of these private worlds, ‘City Living’ illustrates how good architecture and design can help to create liveable and enduring urban communities.
324 p, ills colour & bw, 19 x 27 cm, hb, English
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C3 434: Max Nuñez Renovation From Monastery
Isbn 20925190
Publisher ArchBan
Idea code 250112
€ 28.80
For architects, designing adaptive reuse projects for buildings originally constructed for religious purposes is a challenging task. Different approaches to transforming historic structures often spark intense debate. The three projects examined in this issue’s special feature on the future of preservation illustrate different interpretations of the principles set forth in the Charter of Krakow (2000), a document aimed at establishing common ground. In addition, the magazine zooms in on Max Núñez Arquitectos through an interview with the architect and selected projects, including the Hogar Alemán Elderly Care Home and MUSEAT Atacama Regional Museum, both in Chile.
232 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Korean/English
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C3 433: One-aftr + Density Boosts City and Life
Isbn 20925190
Publisher C3 Publishing
Idea code 24679
€ 28.60
This issue investigates the ancient and continuing urban phenomenon of density through two new projects that are far from formulaic but have a strong signature form and vibrant facades. The first is One Ashley Road by Alison Brooks Architects, a flagship project of the Tottenham Hale regeneration in London. The second is Highnote, a residential tower in Almere designed by Studioninedots and geared towards young urban homebuyers. Also in this issue, a look at what to expect from the new generation of Korean architects through a feature on the firm One-aftr, co-founded by Joon Ma and Ryu Ahn, plus new projects by Atelier Marc Barani, 5468796 Architecture, and others.
232 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, Korean/English
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a+u 653 25:02 Nordic Waterscapes
Isbn 9784900213135
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 250094
€ 23.90
The magazine takes a moment to reflect on the point of connection between water, architecture, and people. Spanning six Nordic countries, the nineteen projects featured in this issue explore diverse pursuits, from the rehabilitation of industrial ports into lively urban centres, to questions of accessibility and the extension of habitable space onto and into bodies of water. Examples such as Lonna Sauna in Helsinki by OOPEAA and Bademaschinen in Oslo by ACT! and Borhaven Arkitekter continue the region’s historical wellness practices, while urban-scale developments like Copenhagen’s Nordhavn by Cobe tackle the challenge of designing for a future marked by climate change.
168 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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a+u 652 25:01 Renzo Piano Building Shop 2010–2025
Isbn 9784900213128
Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 250015
€ 25.50
No. 652 of a+u showcases 25 projects by Renzo Piano Building Workshop from 2010–2025, revealing how RPBW’s Genoa and Paris offices adapt to diverse urban contexts. Whether working in historic cities like London and Istanbul or creating new landmarks, RPBW emphasizes human experience through structural lightness and environmental integration. The solarpunk spirit that has distinguished RPBW over the years comes through in humanist projects like Uganda's Children's Surgical Hospital, combining rammed-earth construction with solar technology. Monumental institutions such as the cliff-like Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens demonstrate an analytical approach to site-specific challenges.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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a+u 650 24:11 DnA Renewing the Chinese Countryside
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Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 24767
€ 23.90
This issue features DnA, the Beijing-based firm led by architect Xu Tiantian. Since 2004, DnA has been designing public buildings that bridge culture, industry, and infrastructure in rural China. Prior to launching her own office, Xu worked for several design firms in the United States and the Netherlands, including OMA. The magazine features 25 works by DnA, organised into four clusters located near China’s south-eastern coast: repurposing abandoned quarries in Jinyun County, revitalising Fujian ‘tulou’ (rural dwellings unique to the Hakka Chinese subgroup), public facilities in Songyang County, and the creation of a cultural museum to showcase local traditions on Meizhou Island.
168 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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AV Proyectos 126: Ultima Abstraccion
Isbn 1697493X
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 250012
€ 13.65
The magazine returns to the terrain of architectural language in this issue, presenting projects associated with abstraction. In the field of architecture, figuration and abstraction have been opposite poles of a debate highlighting the tension between tradition and modernity. And while the divide between expressive and geometric abstraction is obvious, in architecture the distinction is more complex. This issue examines several exemplary works, including a house in Portugal by Aires Mateus, NEAC Visitor Centre in the Netherlands by KAAN Architecten, and the control building for a solar plant in Turkey. Also in this issue, a visual essay by Iñaki Bergera on bunkers in the Pyrenees.
80 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Arquitectura Viva 270: NP2F
Isbn 02141256
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 250011
€ 22.75
NP2F are architects of Cartesian method, their projects stemming from a deductive process grounded on the drawing, which helps them take on the complexities of the context and turn these into works of great clarity and boldness. With offices in Paris and Nice, since its founding in 2009 the practice has worked on varied themes, among which a special interest in spaces for sports and athletics stands out. The subject of this issue’s special feature, NP2F is known for bringing restrained but intense gestures into play. Highlighted works include the IMVT Headquarters in Marseille, UCPA Sport Station in Bordeaux, and IMAL Centre of Digital Culture in Brussels.
80 p, ils colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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MANGARCHITECTURE Absence of an Architect – Yasutaka Yoshimura
Isbn 9784887064157
Publisher Toto
Idea code 250052
€ 28.00
An architecture book in a radical new format, ‘MANGARCHITECTURE’ comprises seven short manga stories by seven artists, each based on a different project by Tokyo-based architect Yasutaka Yoshimura. The manga creators use Yoshimura’s work as a springboard for wildly imaginative interpretations that simultaneously hint at new possibilities for architecture. In addition to the manga stories, the book presents building drawings, designs, and data, as well as commentary on each project by Yoshimura. Completing the volume is an essay by the architect and a thought-provoking dual chronology of the history of manga and architecture in Japan.
216 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 23 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Hybrid Worklife
Isbn 9788774077800
Publisher The Danish Architectural Press
Idea code 250130
€ 52.25
How do you get people back to the office? What's the role of leadership in times of transition? What does the new people-centric, forward-thinking workplace look like? How can the actual state offer socially relevant and people-centric spaces? These are some of the questions that the new book Hybrid Worklife explores. Written by Gitte Andersen, founder and former CEO of SIGNAL Architects and Global Head of Workplace Management and Design at SIGNAL/ISS, the book offers insights into strategies that align top management's success criteria with effective and people-centric workplaces.
320 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Doppler Effect / Reverse Perspective
Isbn 9789492574268
Publisher Grafische Cel
Idea code 250134
€ 20.80
How can we position ourselves at the opposite ends of perspective? And how do we involve personal space, meaning, context, aspects of identity, the unknown, and more? We start from references. Something speaks, depth invites, elements unfold… This research effort by Sarah M. Whiting (Harvard Graduate School of Design), Wim Goes (University of Leuven, Faculty of Architecture), Volkmar Mühleis (LUCA School of Arts, Ghent), and Ron Witte (Harvard GSD) results in an intermedium workpiece using the unframed elements of reverse perspective. From this intermedium, we are able to question how it could relate to an architectural context or landscape.
176 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Shinkenchiku April 2024 Special Issue: WeavingTime | The Legacy Designs of Takenaka Corporation
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Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 24770
€ 40.95
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the Takenaka Corporation engaged in projects involving early-modern Western-style architecture, refining its expertise in the period before World War II. This style came to be widely appreciated as a valuable historical asset expressing the history and culture of Japan. ‘Weaving Time’ focuses on projects Takenaka has completed since 2000 and presents its method for passing on historical architecture to future generations. It provides insights into how the architecture of our own time can be cherished and used for generations to come, expand the possibilities of design, create diverse values, and contribute to a sustainable society.
176 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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