buffaloBOOKS: Architecture Books USA
This series of publications focuses on ideas and design. Published by the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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New architecture books with building publication news and architectural images, plus architects background. Building book news from across the globe, contemporary architecture publications.
We select essential resources on buildings designs and architecture. Discover interesting built environment projects in print.
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.
Rafael Vinoly Architects Book
Rafael Vinoly Architects’ Research Program Publishes New Book Of Studies On Urbanism In The Face Of Rapid Social And Environmental Change
BOLLES+WILSON Book: Architecture Publication
BOLLES+WILSON Book – architecture publication by IDEA BOOKS – Münster based architects, Germany : BOLLES+WILSON architectural Publication
100 Contemporary Houses: TASCHEN Book
Exceptional contemporary houses from Chile to Croatia to China. Designing private homes offers architects more freedom than corporate projects to express their ideas and try out new concepts.
Powerhouse Company Book – Architecture
New Release : ‘Ouvertures – The First Six Years of Powerhouse Company’. First monograph on the multifaceted works by the young architectural office.
Manuelle Gautrand Book, Paris: archibooks
Important figure of the French architectural landscape, Manuelle Gautrand created her agency Manuelle Gautrand Architecture in 1991, twenty years ago.
BIM Book: Building Information Modeling
BIM Book. This work is a leading guide to architectural design within a building information modeling (BIM) workflow, giving the practitioner a clear procedure when designing climate-load dominated buildings.
Shanghai New Towns Book: Harry den Hartog
Shanghai New Towns – Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. Edited and written by Harry den Hartog. With contributions by Li Xiangning, Jiang Jun, Laurence Liauw, Mari Fujita, Marijn Nieuwenhuis, Zhou Jing.
Cosmic Communist Constructions Photos
Frédéric Chaubin, Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed Book, Soviet architecture publication, by TASCHEN – CCCP Book – Hardcover, 312 pages: Soviet architecture book, Frédéric Chaubin publication
How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr Foster?
“How much does your building weigh, Mr Foster?” premieres at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Cinema in London and will be on general release at the ICA before touring the country.
Post-Traumatic Urbanism Book: Architecture
Blasted buildings and bombs, tsunamis, tornadoes and typhoons highlight ‘cities in trauma’ in our daily news. Urban spaces bear the bruises and scars of these disasters. How are the reverberations of trauma to be understood in urban terms?
Architecture and Field/Work Book: Publication
Positioned at a point of interchange between the disciplines of architecture and anthropology, this book is the first to identify and to critique key terms, techniques, methodologies and habits comprising our understanding of fieldwork in architecture.
The Humanities in Architectural Design, Book
Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks how we can restore the traditional dialogue between intellectual enquiry in the humanities and design creativity.
Sustainable Home Refurbishment Book
‘This is an excellent book – comprehensively researched, powerfully presented and crystal clear. It should be the first stop for anyone seeking objective advice in a field cluttered with misleading claims. I couldn’t recommend it more strongly.’