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Some major recent works are ‘Sea Pools – 66 saltwater sanctuaries from around the world’, by Chris Romer-Lee, published by Batsford, and ‘Lubetkin and Goldfinger: The Rise and Fall of British High-Rise Council Housing’ by Nicholas Russell. Lubetkin built one of the earliest post-war estates in London, Spa Green (Finsbury), while Goldfinger designed the last and most notorious council block in the city, Trellick Tower (North Kensington).
We also feature architect Nili Portugali’s third tome, ‘And the alley she whitewashed in light blue-‘. Nili is also a senior lecturer; researcher; published author; film director, living in the holly ‘Kabbala’ city of Tsefat, Israel. Her work focuses on both practice and theory.
Author: Despina Stratigakos. This provocative book exposes the dictator’s preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the aesthetic and ideological management of his domestic architecture.
The oversized photography in this book encapsulates an elongated journey throughout the life of twelve buildings, from construction to inhabitation, by architect Wiel Arets, as experienced by artist Bas Princen.
Shim-Sutcliffe – The Passage of Time Book: new US architecture book on Toronto design studio – author: Brian Carter – publication, Canada design office, images
The 96 page book, published by TUNS Press in the ‘Architectural Signatures Canada’ series, traces the design of these projects through conceptual sketches, construction details, models and photographs. The book received a 2014 COUPE International Award.
Build, Draw and Learn, Book, Architecture Publication Images Build, Draw and Learn New Architecture Book For Children And Their Families – authors: Malene Abildgaard and Julie Dufour post updated 7 September 2024 A Contemporary and Historical Perspective Authors: Malene Abildgaard and Julie Dufour 24 Nov 2014 Build, Draw and Learn, Book What is architecture? How do architects work? And … Read more
Publisher: Arquitectura Viva SL, Editor: Luis Fernández-Galiano. Like his admired Buckminster Fuller, Norman Foster thinks of Earth as a spaceship that travels through space taking us on board, and for whose care we are all responsible. If there is a guiding thread for fifty years of work it is precisely the desire to find generic solutions to unique problems, so that innovation is placed at the service of the efficient use of resources and the sustainable occupation of the planet.
Dialogue Architecture brings together the materials included in the installation which Herreros Arquitectos displayed in the Central Pavilion at the most recent Venice Biennale for Architecture by invitation of David Chipperfield and under the slogan of Common Ground.
Steven Holl Architects is pleased to announce the release of a new book, Urban Hopes: Made in China by Steven Holl, edited by Christoph a. Kumpusch and published by Lars Müller Publishers.
Embracing the reality of cities—and the infrastructural, economic, and societal challenges that they face—has inspired a distinctive genre of new work from Steven Holl Architects.
Book Mountain: Biography of a Building
A captivating tale of creating a building with a mission
This publication is the second part in a new experimental series of books by MVRDV describing in a sizeable text the complex process of realising a building. Written in an accessible style by independent author Nicoline Baartman, the story follows the building, its context and the various protagonists: from the nimbi’s to the new-town whisperer, the good moments and the many difficulties.
International design practice HASSELL today celebrates 75 years in operation with an exploration of design in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
BIG Architects Monograph – architectural book by Arquitectura Viva for Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG Architects book: Danish architect Bjarke Ingels leads an architecture offices in Copenhagen, New York and Beijing.
Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing is expanding its acclaimed list of architectural reference books with Superkilen – the first time that a public project is documented in such detail. The book celebrates the dawn of a new type of urban public space
Ephemerality and Architecture, Architectural Publication, Historical Concept Ephemerality and Architecture Architectural Book – MOINOPOLIS Issue No. 2 Editors: Lionel Eid, Deniza Radulova and Radostina Radulova MOINOPOLIS Issue Number Two image : MOINOPOLIS 6 Aug 2013 Historical Concept of Architecture Publication Ephemerality and Architecture Book The historical concept of architecture as described by Vitruvius in De … Read more
Inspiration and Process in Architecture Collection, Architectural publication, Modern and contemporary design Inspiration and Process in Architecture Collection News Architectural Book – published by Moleskine 22 Jul 2013 Publisher: Moleskine Curators: Francesca Serrazanetti and Matteo Schubert Moleskine publishes new titles in the series of monographs exploring the design process of international architects. image : Moleskine … Read more
The book critically revisits realised works. In cooperation with Ilka and Andreas Ruby, MVRDV has assembled a redefined collection of its built work, featuring user testimonials, journalist articles, unpublished images and accessible drawings.
Alvaro Siza Complete Works 1952-2013 by Philip Jodidio: architecture book about famous Portuguese architect, Portugal architectural publication info & images
How did a tiny, isolated, backward area of Italy come to have over 100 theatres? Many of them are architectural gems and still in working order today. What drove almost every small town or village to demand and get its own theatre?