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El Croquis 229: Aires Mateus (2018–2025)
Isbn 9788412823448
Publisher El Croquis
Idea code 250226
€ 85.80
Led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Lisbon-based architecture studio Aires Mateus is known for its wide range of work, from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs. Grounded in collaboration, each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualised. This issue explores their philosophy, process, and commitment to architecture as a cultural and social act. Featured are key projects such as the refurbishment of Variedades Theatre, Pateos Guest Houses, House in Monzaraz, MUDAC Lausanne, and more. A conversation with the architects adds further insight.
336 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Housing, Micropolitics, and Pedagogies: Designing and Practicing Collectivity
Isbn 9783944074573
Publisher Ruby Press
Idea code 250231
€ 30.10
This book explores the global housing crisis, emphasizing adequate housing as a human right. Through essays, it exampines the commercialization of housing, the political aspects of design, and architects’ roles in promoting social and spatial justice. Using historical and contemporary projects, it highlights socially focused housing developments in Norway and Europe. It presents housing alternatives for marginalized groups and diverse family constellations. The authors advocate for innovative architectural solutions rooted in community, cooperation, and equality. They show how radical, emancipatory architectural pedagogy can foster critical thinking and collective action, urging architects, activists, educators, and students to champion social justice through design and education.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 22 cm, pb, English
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Landscape Architecture Europe #7
Isbn 9789492474674
Publisher Blauwdruk
Idea code 250238
€ 43.30
How to design European landscapes in times of profound changes on a planet profoundly shaped by humans? In this 7th edition of the triennial bookseries of 'Landscape Architecture Europe' the focus is on the architectural aesthetics of the design. This volume presents more than 40 recent projects on climate change and transformation of cultural and industrial heritage, and on projects that deal with the diversities of Europe. How can designers accommodate landscapes that mediate and foster respect, appreciation, coexistence, and engagement? The projects are selected by an international and independent jury. Introductions, essays and portraits deepen the selection.
336 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English
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AV Monographs 271-272: Spain 2025
Isbn 9788412903461
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 250087
€ 73.90
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the magazine, ‘Yearbook 2025’ gathers a selection of 25 works, including international projects by Spanish architects. Prominent works in Spain include the new Real Madrid Stadium by L35 and Ribas & Ribas, Emilio Tuñón’s renovation of a university building in Madrid, the refurbishment of the Seville Shipyard by Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, and the Financial Centre in Almeria by Ayala Arquitectos. Also featured are new works by Benedetta Tagliabue, Juan Herreros, Francisco Mangado, Barozzi Veiga, and more. The issue covers key topics such as the housing problem and increasing depopulation in many rural areas of Spain.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Nature-inclusive Urban Development
Isbn 9789462089020
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 250242
€ 24.95
The construction industry is keen to expand the role of nature in area development, but the path from ambition to realisation and management is a challenging one. This book looks back to the very first European eco-districts from the final decade of the 20th century and examines what the concept has delivered for residents and nature. It assesses the effectiveness of several pioneering international points systems in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Malmö, Stockholm, and other cities. Using valuable solutions gleaned from interviews with practitioners in key positions, the authors explore the operation and benefits of such systems and seek ways to make cities more biodiverse.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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h2o architectes 4: Sustainable Building at Chapelle Charbon
Isbn 9782492680274
Publisher Building Books
Idea code 250190
€ 22.40
This fourth book in a series of monographs on projects by h2o architectes looks back at the Chapelle Charbon urban development project in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, part of a major transformation of north-eastern Paris and, in particular, the area around Porte de la Chapelle. The project proposed by h2o aims to transform a former indus- trial and rail logistics site perceived as a nuisance into a new destination, in particular by connecting all the former dead-end roads to open up the site. The project is based on the creation of a large park of over 6 hectares, delivered in advance of the construction of new housing and roads.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, French/English
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Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion - The Korean Pavilion 19th International Architecture Exhibition
Isbn 9788998143916
Publisher Propaganda
Idea code 250201
€ 22.00
Published in conjunction with the Korean Pavilion’s exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, this volume reflects on the 30-year history of the Korean Pavilion and re-examines the vision of sustainability and the architectural presence of the national pavilion in the face of geopolitical shifts. The interplay between temporariness and liveability of the pavilion is seen through the gaze of the “little toad” from a popular Korean children’s folk song. The exhibition examines architectural value and regeneration through the exchange of old and new. The pavilion is seen as a “house of exhibitions” where memories and narratives accumulate.
264 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 33 cm, pb, English
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NESTS: An Ode to Domesticity
Isbn 9789819409068
Publisher Temporary Press
Idea code 250096
€ 76.50
Over the last 20 years, Manuel and Isabelle Der Hagopian have built various dwellings across Singapore, Vietnam, and Switzerland to house their lives and redefine their domesticity as a fundamental need. Each ’nest’ arises from intimate conversations between them and the spaces. They depict how these spaces are not only shaped by individual tastes and interests but also through the sensibilities informed by surrounding communities and cultures, across cities. ‘Nests’ features six of these dwellings as seen through the lens of Khoo Guo Jie, supplemented with texts and drawings. Presented like a set of ‘material swatch’ housed in a cardboard sleeve, the design of each book features specific combinations of material, ink, binding, and construction that translates the narratives and character of each ‘nest’ in print and book form.
600 p, ills colour, 11 x 16 cm, pb, English
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a+u 654 25:03 Reinterpretations of Sacredness Generative AI within Architecture
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Publisher Shinkenchiku-sha
Idea code 250167
€ 23.90
The magazine investigates sacredness and how it manifests in architectural space. Taking examples from religious works of architecture in different parts of the globe, this issue endeavours to establish a language of light and shadow, materiality, and scale. AI complicates the notion of “sacred space” further. Using this theme, guest editor Erwin Viray introduces generative AI tools to illuminate the direction that architectural design may take as well as confront human sensibilities and shared ideas about architectural space. Fourteen nonreligious projects offer alternative perspectives on how this same sense of awe and serenity can be translated into our everyday lives.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Happy Design Families Game
Isbn 9782919380756
Publisher Editions 205
Idea code 250292
€ 15.30
This card game offers an opportunity to familiarise yourself with, learn about, and understand design, its various applications, and the place it occupies in everyday life. Through a selection of objects (biomorphic, popular, useful, engaged, iconic, etc.), the game displays a panorama of design. The cards give an overview of successive movements in design – from its beginnings to the present day – and presents the conceptual approaches that define these objects and designers, from Tupperware, Nokia 5100, and the Bic Cristal pen to Michael Thonet, Ettore Sottsass, and Tinker Hatfield. The deck features ten illustrated families, including one large family, one superfamily, and one joker.
74 cards, ills colour, 6 x 9 cm, box, French/English
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Sentinel School Re-Making Architecture
Isbn 9782919380794
Publisher Editions 205
Idea code 250293
€ 28.60
Mid-range mountains are at the forefront of the current climate and habitability crisis. Global warming is progressing twice as fast in these areas as anywhere else. The consequences are clear to see: the disappearance of snow and its economic corollary, undermining the momentum gained during the post-war boom and its associated investments. This book relates an experiential approach that is simultaneously educational, human, technical, and forward-looking by examining the possible rehabilitation of the Hôtel des Deux-Sœurs, near Grenoble in the French Alps. A “full-scale” and hands-on experiment carried out by researchers at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture.
282 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 23 cm, pb, French/English
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gta papers 9: Amazônía
Isbn 9783856764722
Publisher Gta Verlag
Idea code 250210
€ 25.50
The Amazon’s ecology and history of inhabitation are deeply intertwined with the natural world. In this issue, researchers from diverse backgrounds challenge conventional narratives of colonisation and modernisation. By highlighting the importance of Indigenous knowledge and the pressing need for ecological reconciliation, an intercultural understanding that respects and integrates myriad ways of being within this vast region is advocated. Ranging from the theoretical to the practical, contributions include analyses of the forest’s architectural or metropolitan qualities and Indigenous cosmologies, urging plural conceptions of this vital ecological and cultural landscape.
140 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, English
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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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Arquitectura Viva 271: More Housing
Isbn 02141256
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 250127
€ 28.45
Housing is just one of the many problems besieging the European continent. Immersed in a residential crisis that threatens the very foundations of its welfare system, the resulting fissures (social, political, economic, climatic) extend across Europe. This special issue takes stock of the current need for housing through four sections corresponding with geographical zones: Central Europe, Switzerland, France, and Spain. Each area is represented by a pair of projects that express the variations of the demand for “more” and address the challenges of collective housing. These include works by feld72, MAIO, Esch Sintzel Architekten, LAN, López Rivera Arquitectos, and others.
80 p, ils colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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AV Proyectos 127: Tierra Cruda
Isbn 1697493X
Publisher Avisa
Idea code 250156
€ 17.00
'AV Proyectos 127' explores earthen construction, a technique recovered in projects like those of Boltshauser Architekten, Studio Mumbai, Assemble, or Peris+Toral, among other studios included in this dossier that shows how tradition and innovation can intertwine to explore different types, scales, and ways of dwelling. This approach is broadened with the perspectives of architect Anna Heringer and rammed earth expert Martin Rauch. Furthermore, the Barcelona-based studio TAKK works on new forms of domesticity to address the different natural and seasonal rhythms from an economy of means. Aside from the usual news and products sections, the issue features a piece on the Shanghai Opera House by the Norwegian office Snøhetta.
80 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Behelfsheim - Enver Hirsch & Philipp Meuser (reprint)
Isbn 9783000656309
Publisher Hirsch & Meuser
Idea code 20475
€ 43.00
During and shortly after the end of the Second World War, hundreds of thousands makeshift homes were built in and around the destroyed cities of Germany. Many were built in allotment gardens, which were largely spared from Allied bombing. Constructed of debris or the simplest building materials, most of these houses have since undergone a continuous structural and spatial upgrade. But this dwelling type is slowly disappearing as Germany’s cities expand and densify. In ‘Behelfsheim’, Enver Hirsch and Philipp Meuser document the phenomenon through photographs and historical graphics, a final acknowledgement of a temporary arrangement and its unique materiality.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 26 cm, pb, German/English
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Landscapes of Retreat (Second Edition)
Isbn 9783947858699
Publisher K. Verlag
Idea code 250099
€ 35.20
'Landscapes of Retreat' explores climate adaptation through portraits of land left behind as settlement patterns shift with a changing climate. Here, “landscape” refers to the earth alive with creatures and organisms, while “retreat” suggests human patterns are fluid and adaptable. Featuring field studies from Nijinomatsubara Forest (Japan), Maule River (Chile), Niugtaq Village (Alaska), Langtang Park (Nepal), and Gaspésie Peninsula (Québec), the stories emphasize that valuing landscapes fosters community resilience. Cutting across history, fieldwork, and geography, 'Landscapes of Retreat' rethinks “change” as a shared pathway toward adaptive, collaborative climate futures. Winner of the 2024 J.B. Jackson Book Award from the Landscape Studies Initiative at the University of Virginia.
328 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English
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