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Lacaton & Vassal. Recent Work 2G N.60

With a professional career of more than twenty years behind them, French architects Anne Lacaton & Jean Philippe Vassal continue to pursue their own coherent, personal approach to architecture.

more info € 35.00

John Pawson. El Croquis #58

The Voice of Matter

John Pawson (1949), the father of modern architectural minimalism, is El Croquis’ featured architect. Pawson’s architectural career up to date has spanned a wide variety of projects: from Bruce Chandler’s private studio to Calvin Klein’s flagship store in Manhattan. This edition of El Croquis surveys 19 of his architectural projects.

more info € 57.00

Alejandro Aravena. The Forces in Architecture

After studying at the Catholic University of Chile, Alejandro Aravena (b 1967) established his own firm in 1994. Since 2006, Aravena has served as Executive Director of ELEMENTAL S.A., a non profit company with social interest working in projects of infrastructure, transportation, public space and housing.

more info € 36.50

Dom Hans van der Laan. Works and Words

Works and Words, the entire body of life and work of the Dutch architect, theorist and designer Dom Hans van der Laan (1904 - 1991) gives a structured overview.

more info € 59.50

Gigon Guyer Architects

Works & Projects 2001-2011

Over the last decade, Gigon/Guyer Architects have realized an impressive range of projects of many different types, most significantly museums, residential properties and office buildings. The monograph takes a close look at Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer’s conception of architecture and how it is specifically expressed in their various constructions.

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A Lecture by Valerio Olgiati

The Graubunden-based architect Valerio Olgiati has become well-known outside Switzerland for such buildings as his school building in Paspels and the Atelier Bardill in Scharans, but not least for his Yellow House and his studio in Flims. In the form of a well illustrated essay, the architect explains how he develops his projects...

more info € 19.90

Building With Timber: Paths Into the Future

A sustainable resource and climate-friendly construction material, timber is also materialised solar energy and carbon dioxide accumulator. As a universally applicable heat-insulating material and highly resilient natural product, it is the building material of the future. In this book renowned experts examine timber's ecological importance.

more info € 47.30

Luis Barragan: His House

Luis Barragán: His House presents the crowning achievement of the architect who was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1980: his own house, considered one of the ten most important houses of the twentieth century. Originally built in 1947 and continually renovated by the architect, it would come to be considered Barragán's masterpiece.

more info € 55.00

Distinct Ambiguity: Graft

As their name suggests, GRAFT’s groundbreaking architecture and design crosses boundaries and “grafts” the creative potentials and methodologies of different disciplines to each other.

more info € 35.00

Work-Place. Studio Mumbai

Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Work-Place’ produced for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010.

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Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu. 1 boek 3

The architects De Vylder, Vinck and Taillieu have only recently joined forces. They take a characteristically intuitive approach: they see design as similar to looking in a pile of leaves until you find something, as distinct from the prevailing paradigm of the 'architectural concept'. Inspiration full of fantasy, and associations, for them these are a means of shifting boundaries, and fuelling the imagination and poetry.

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Carlo Mollino. Maniera moderna

Maniera Moderna is dedicated to the multi-faceted work of the Italian architect, designer and photographer Carlo Mollino. His surrealist roots are evident in the black and white photography and interiors of the 1930s, right through to his later work in the elegant Teatro Regio and his highly-staged erotic Polaroids.

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Insular Light: Where Art and Architecture Conspire with Nature

Naoshima, Teshima, Inujima

The islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea are places of pilgrimage for friends of contemporary art and architecture. Alongside works in public spaces and site-specific installations, the islands also feature numerous museums and collections of contemporary art.

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Belgium New Architecture 5

New reference work on Belgian newt architecture with recent buildings by 61 architects.

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New Staircases

This volume comprises a complete study of stair design and construction, from technical details to the realization of the projects. The examples featured have been selected from the work of renowned international architects and that of emerging, young talent in the field.

more info € 55.00

Four Buildings by Miller & Maranta

Architectural Concrete in Detail

The architectural use of fair faced concrete and the technology of concrete is analysed and explained in a clear, in-depth way using the examples of four buildings by the renowned Swiss architects Miller & Maranta.

more info € 41.00

SHoP Architects: Out of Practice

An insider's look into one of contemporary architecture's most cutting-edge firms. SHoP's striking projects and unique business model are captured in this thoughtful and inventively organized monograph.

more info € 47.50