ARCHITECTURE

The City As A Project (New Edition)

Ruby Press 2020 ISBN 9783944074061 Acqn 23286
Pb 19x26cm 346pp ills £37

What if the city can be seen differently than as a sort of self-organising chaos? Shaped not only
by material forces, but also by cultural and didactic visions, the city may instead result from
political intention in the form of architectural projects. This collection of eight essays, edited by
Pier Vittorio Aureli, examines a fascinating set of urban conditions across more than two millennia
of history, from the political theology of the Islamic city to the political economy of Renaissance
architecture, and from the planned Mesoamerican metropolis to the Fordist factory floor, revealing
the ways in which the city arises from the constant interaction between ideas and spatial
conditions.

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AV Monographs 223-224 - Spain Yearbook 2020

Avisa 2020 ISBN 9788409196357 Acqn 30722
Pb 24x30cm 232pp col ills £59.95

No less than 24 recent buildings are featured in this overview of the architectural discipline in
Spain over the past year. The projects are divided among six themes - cultural context, health
spaces, education, children's play, exercise and leisure, and plural housing - and are
representative of a globalised world undergoing massive shifts. The yearbook presents a
selection of works scattered throughout the Spanish territory, including the Climate Museum in
Lerida by Toni Girones, Vallehermoso Stadium in Madrid by Estudio Cano Lasso, Germina
Foundation in Barcelona by b720 Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos, Loyola Campus by Luis Vidal +
Arquitectos, and more.

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Isle Of Models - Architecture And Scale

Triest Verlag 2020 ISBN 9783038630531 Acqn 30725
Pb 17x23cm 148pp col ills £28.50

Why do we still need physical models to design and carry out architectural projects in the digital
age, despite the possibilities of rendering and simulating buildings and connected spaces? 'Isle of
Models' searching for answers to this question based on the central role of model making in the
architectural studios at EPFL Lausanne. The history of the model and its use in past architectural
production is also discussed in this framework. The accompanying series of images illustrates the
different forms and possibilities which the model can offer as part of the design process.

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Vesper No. 2 - Author-Matter

Quodlibet 2020 ISBN 9788822904782 Acqn 30726
Pb 21x29cm 224pp col ills £21

The second instalment of 'Vesper' scrutinises the concept of authorship and overcoming the
author-persona. Forms of authorship are no longer dependant on the individual-creator, a
remnant of the modern myth, but are rather a process to be shared with the anonymous powers
of matter. Freeing authors from their individuality, it opens up hybrid creative subjectivities and
explores the sensitive and material consistency of design forms, whereby they alone encompass
a subjectivity that is "authoriality". It features contributions by architects, designers, urbanists, and
more, including Andreas Angelidakis, Philippe Rahm, Mieke Bal, Francesco Bergamo and many
others.

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Arquitectura Viva 225 - Vida Y Virus

Avisa 2020 no ISBN Acqn 30727
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £19.50

The unprecedented covid-19 crisis has killed hundreds of thousands worldwide, threatened our
way of life, and called some of our fundamental values into question. Arquitectura Viva cannot be
indifferent to any of this, so this issue addresses the vicissitudes of the pandemic and the
reverberations it is bound to have on architecture. Six articles by experts - including John Gray,
Slavoj Zizek, Richard Ingersoll, Jose Maria Ezquiaga, Paz Martin, and Ramon Araujo - tackle
themes that range from the political repercussions of the situation to the need for new hospital
models, touching as well on the pandemic's connection to climate change, impact on cities, and
effects on building types.

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Aesthetics As Space
Aalto 2020 ISBN 9789526038407 Acqn 30751
Pb 17x21cm 222pp col ills £40

According to Ossi Naukkarinen, a living environment that is perceived as aesthetically pleasant

improves our quality of life, and we continuously assess the world we live in from this point of
view. How things look, sound, and feel makes a difference. But in addition to assessing our
surroundings, we prefer doing and making things in order to promote aesthetic appeal. Aesthetic
values guide our choices when we update our social media profiles and while we are shopping or
dining. This book explores questions about the aesthetic aspects of 21st-century living, giving
readers the tools to understand how aesthetics is a multidimensional space of competing
interpretations and ideas.

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Andreas Herzau - Bambergdiary 1

Nimbus 2020 ISBN 9783038500742 Acqn 30755
Hb 16x22cm 276pp col ills £28.50

A multifaceted panorama of the current music and cultural life of Europe, 'Bamberg Diary' follows
the Bamberg Symphony on its travels throughout the old continent. The German orchestra was
formed in 1946 and has since evolved into a cultural ambassador and vibrant example of
internationalism. Photographer Andreas Herzau accompanied the orchestra on its concert
itinerary, documenting the atmosphere of the various halls and venues where it performed. His
images underscore the unique power of music, a universal language of humanity. Texts by Alfred
Brendel, Eleonore Buning, Holger Noltze, and Uwe Rada deepen the experience of Herzau's
images.

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Terunobu Fujimori
Toto 2020 ISBN 9784887063853 Acqn 30758
Hb 30x30cm 336pp col ills £162

Terunobu Fujimori was an architectural historian for many years before he turned to architectural
practice. His work is characterised by its use of natural materials and eccentric aesthetic, where
strangeness and novelty coexist with comfortableness. We take notice of his buildings, but they
also put us at ease. As a historian, he examined buildings all over the world; as an architect, he
rediscovered the colour and materiality of familiar objects. This splendid monograph with
photographs by Akihisa Masuda looks at Fujimori's work through the lens of the present moment
and features a large selection of his appealing designs, together with insightful essays by the
architect and others.

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Archiprix 2020 - The Best Dutch Graduation Projects Architecture, Urbanism, Landscape
Architecture
nai010 publishers 2020 ISBN 9789462085510 Acqn 30762
Pb Pb 24x30cm 120pp col ills £32

Every year the Dutch schools of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture select
their best graduation projects. The crop is unfailingly rich and varied and reflects the ambitions of
a new generation of designers ready to take on every imaginable design task that comes their
way. The book Archiprix 2020 introduces the latest wave of fledgling design talent. Archiprix is
well-known at home and abroad as a platform for promising architects, urban designers, and
landscape architects.

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Adrian Phiffer - Strange Primitivism

The Architecture Observer 2020 ISBN 9789492058089 Acqn 30783
Pb 12x17cm 304pp col ills £29.95

This book from The Architecture Observer (Dutch architecture critic Hans Ibelings) takes readers
through some of the unexpected twists and turns in the mind of the Toronto-based Romanian
architect and urbanist Adrian Phiffer. It can be seen as an attempt to produce architecture with
images and words - a non-linear flow of images interrupted by text, and vice versa. Its point of
view is that of a youngish architect, and at times the book takes the form of a distorted self-
portrait. He writes, "The cruelty of our profession is that we always have to imagine something
special, we are required to make something sophisticated, slightly complex, preferably very
expensive."

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OASE 106 - Table Settings. Reflections On Architecture With Hannah Arendt

nai010 publishers 2020 ISBN 9789462085619 Acqn 30776
Pb 17x24cm 128pp col ills £21

The German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) once stated that spatial thinking
is 'political' thinking, as it is concerned about the world and its inhabitants. We certainly can
understand spatial thinking here as architectural thinking: the 'world' for Arendt meant the ways in
which we make the globe habitable for people: how we build houses and cities, infrastructures,
and other networks, and furnish spaces with tables, chairs, paintings, and photographs. This
OASE examines architecture - design, building, built environment - from this perspective.

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Habitat - Ecology Thinking In Architecture

nai010 publishers 2020 ISBN 9789462085565 Acqn 30784
Hb 21x32cm 176pp col ills £42

In view of the current climate crisis and looming ecological catastrophe, environmentalism has
become a key driver to rethink the architectural discipline. The publication 'Habitat: Ecology
Thinking in Architecture' aims to highlight some of the historical sources of ecological approaches
that are currently reshaping the architectural field. The book points out the paradigmatic shift in
thinking about the built environment as something inherently contextual and relational. By
demonstrating the continuities, disruptions and transformations at stake, the book deepens the
ongoing conversations, while suggesting directions for future research.

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AV Proyectos 098 - Dossier Fala

Avisa 2020 no ISBN Acqn 30813
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £12.50

AV Proyectos 98 dedicates its theme to the Porto studio Fala Atelier, whose intuitive and
optimistic architecture combines languages, references, and formal gestures to create spaces
that are complex as well as clear and coherent, expressed by the young Portuguese team
through beautiful drawings and collages with a naif aesthetic. The issue also features the
competition for the new Carmen Thyssen Museum in the monastery of Sant Feliu de Guixols in
Girona and six projects of biodigital architecture, an innovative experimental approach of this
discipline that combines live organisms with parametric models to build new spaces that are
natural and technological.

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Preventive Urbanism - The Role Of Health In Designing Active Cities

Quodlibet 2020 9788822904911 Acqn 30817
Pb 14x22cm 160pp ills £21

This publication considers urbanism as a fundamental preventive discipline, one which has the
capacity to enhance the health and living quality of urban populations. It investigates the
relationships between urbanism, urban health, and the built environment, with a specific focus on
physical activity as one of the principal contributors to health conditions in the city. From an urban
design and planning perspective, author Elena Dorato tackles the complex relationships and
cause-and-effect processes that link the characteristics of cities to the well-being of their
populations. A particular focus of her essay is on the dichotomy between the urban and human
bodies.

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Floragatan 13 Curated By Acne Studios A Magazine Curated By - Special Project #3

A.Mag 2020 ISBN 9789077745212 Acqn 30821
Pb 23x30cm 96pp col ills £16.50

With the launch of the new Acne Studios headquarters in Stockholm, 'A Magazine Curated By'
presents a survey of this exceptional building and its present function as a fashion atelier and
corporate office. In a visual essay by French architecture photographer Philippe Chancel, the
building is explored from top to bottom, beginning with the management offices and descending
ten storeys through each component of the design and production ateliers, communal spaces,
photo studio, and more. The images are accompanied by insightful quotes by Acne Studios
creative director Jonny Johansson, architect Johannes Norlander, the studio's teams, and
external collaborators.

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Accattone Magazine on Architecture - Issue 6

Accattone 2020 ISBN 9782960253016 Acqn 30845
Pb 24x32cm 228pp col ills £30

The magazine's sixth issue features projects and ideas about a renewed relationship with land,
matter, nature, and localities against the backdrop of the new climatic regime. Its topics and
features include sacred forests and courtyards in southern Benin, earthen structures around
Paris, a low-tech high-rise in Kinshasa, the many faces of Berlin's Tiergarten, Piet Oudolf's
garden concepts, the personal experience of nature in the urban environment, painting fake
minerals, Japanese architects' interest in working in remote islands and villages, and much more.
Contributors include Go Hasegawa, Eva Le Roi, Annee Grotte Viken, Junya Ishigami, Christopher
Roth, and others.

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Concrete Oslo
Torpedo 2020 ISBN 9788293104230 Acqn 30848
Pb 13x20cm 496pp col ills £36.50

Concrete Oslo gives the reader an opportunity to explore a great number of buildings, structures
and objects through curated tours across the city. But more than mere tourist guide, this book is
an opportunity to reflect upon an enigmatic building tradition and to engage with the city, in literal
and physical ways.Accompanying the tours are a number of theoretical essays, original drawings,
unique photos and other historic documentation combining historical accounts and theory with 1:1
field studies. The book springs from a master studio course, taught by the three editors of this
volume, at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design. The format escapes the confines of
academia and invites everyone to indulge in an architectural treasure hunt in Oslo.

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