ARCHITECTURE

El Croquis 224 - Christian Kerez (2015-2024) Ultimate Spaces

El Croquis 2024 ISBN 9788412532395 Acqn 34284
Pb 24x34cm 306pp col ills £81

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 Radic, and the other with Kerez and architectural theorist and
professor Stephan Truby.

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Urban Wild Ecology

Toto 2024 ISBN 9784887064072 Acqn 34285
Pb 19x27cm 204pp col ills £41

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.

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HOUSING - 50 Works in Spain

Avisa 2024 ISBN 9788412796834 Acqn 34287
Hb 25x31cm 320pp col ills £75

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.

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a+u 641 24:02 Tatiana Bilbao Estudio - Platforms for Life

Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2024 ISBN 9784900213005 Acqn 34288
Pb 22x29cm 168pp col ills £24.75

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.

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Archithese Reader - Critical Positions In Search Of Postmodernity, 1971-1976

Triest Verlag 2024 ISBN 9783038630593 Acqn 34289
Pb 17x22cm 528pp col ills £70

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.

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Dream of Landscape - Takano Landscape Planning

Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha 2024 ISBN 9784863586536 Acqn 34290
Pb 21x30cm 256pp col ills £44

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.

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LB 17 SO-IL Amant
A.Mag 2024 ISBN 9789893530412 Acqn 34291
Pb 22x29cm 76pp col ills £35.50

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.

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Toyo Ito - Taichung Opera House

Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha 2024 ISBN 9784863585133 Acqn 34292
Pb 21x29cm 156pp col ills £36.50

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.

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Lived Space - The Architecture of the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura 1951-2016
Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha 2016 ISBN 9784863583894 Acqn 34293
Pb 30x21cm 64pp col ills £27.50

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.

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Frank Lloyd Wright - Imperial Hotel

Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha 2014 ISBN 9784874608142 Acqn 12428
Pb 21x27cm 172pp col ills £53.50

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.

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a+t 59 - Generosity Series. Housing Design Strategies. The Interaction within the Living
Space
a+t Ediciones 2024 ISBN 9788409579846 Acqn 34286
Pb 24x32cm 120cm £31

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.

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Outside the Box - Maeda Corporation / Dissolving Boundaries Shinkenchiku February 2023
Special Issue
Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2023 ISBN 9784786903298 Acqn 34331
Pb ?? £24.50

Maeda Corporation seeks to dwell in the construction industry's traditional territory while also
adapting to today's rapidly shifting norms and values. Established in 1919 and operating primarily
in building construction and civil engineering, the corporation has offices throughout Japan and
internationally. In this book, its ambitions to overturn accepted ideas in order to break down
conventional boundaries and step into a new world are explored. Exemplary projects are
presented alongside critical analyses and reflections on the industry's future, including topics
such as long-term regional revitalisation, creating harmony, collaborative projects, art in society,
and more.

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The Bauhaus Revisited in Weimar and Thuringia

M Books 2024 ISBN 9783944425108 Acqn 34334
Pb 11x16cm 104pp col ills £11.25

In the six years before it moved to Dessau in 1925, the first Bauhaus in Weimar left scattered but
notable traces beyond the city limits throughout Thuringia. This unknown Bauhaus is located in
hidden places like Erfurt, Gera, Greiz, and Probstzella. In rural regions, former Bauhaus members
and their students dedicated themselves to projects that have in many cases been unfairly
forgotten. This booklet traces and familiarises the early Bauhaus, highlighting its impact and
aftermath by creating a network of things built and designed, and of events and people. It
presents a vivid image of the Weimar Bauhaus period and its most important places of activity in
the region.

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New Public Spaces - European Urban Streetscapes of the 21st century

M Books 2023 ISBN 9783944425276 Acqn 34335
Pb 24x30cm 344pp col ills £75

Public spaces are being renegotiated in the 21st century. Throughout Europe, there are demands
for car-free, climate-compatible, diversely usable, and aesthetically attractive places where
people can gather. Urban squares play a key role in this respect. This publication highlights 32
squares located in 16 European countries, all of which have been designed or redesigned in last
20 years. Among these are Trafalgar Square, London, Benthemplein, Rotterdam, Stephansplatz,
Vienna, and Norre Voldgade, Copenhagen. The book introduces the current debate and methods
for organising and designing such places, then goes on to present detailed analyses of the
selected examples.

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The Green Dip - Covering the City with a Forest

nai010 publishers 2023 ISBN 9789462087941 Acqn 34336
Pb 15x21cm 352pp col ills £33

'The Green Dip' offers ways to reintroduce nature into our cities, by critically examining
architectural strategies and green solutions. The research group The Why Factory (Delft
University of Technology) has produced a series of visualizations of various greened cities (Hong
Kong, Sao Paulo, Dubai and many more). These visualizations respond to the analysis and
calculations made for each of the biomes in which the cities are located. The visualizations are
accompanied by sets of objective data, from the amount of oxygen that can be produced, via the
gallons of water than can be stored, to the number of birds that can be provided with a habitat.

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