ARCHITECTURE [email protected]www.artdata.co.uk Flight Assembled Architecture - Gramazio & Kohler and Andrea HYX 2013 ISBN 9782910385767 Acqn 21336 Pb 15x21cm 168pp 200ills 100col £24.95 The eponymous catalogue for an exhibition by Swiss architects Gramazio & Kohler in collaboration with systems engineer Raffaello D’Andrea, shown at the Frac Centre in Orléans. The book presents a fascinating exploration of their perspectives and multidisciplinary interests, ranging from computational design and robots to material innovation, plus research on architecture, system design and autonomous robotic technologies. Through detailed diagrams and texts, it gives insight into the exhibition’s realisation – in which an architectural installation was constructed by flying robots – and reveals radical new ways of both thinking about and materialising architecture.
Flight Assembled Architecture - Gramazio & Kohler and Andrea HYX 2013 ISBN 9782910385767 Acqn 21336 Pb 15x21cm 168pp 200ills 100col £24.95 The eponymous catalogue for an exhibition by Swiss architects Gramazio & Kohler in collaboration with systems engineer Raffaello D’Andrea, shown at the Frac Centre in Orléans. The book presents a fascinating exploration of their perspectives and multidisciplinary interests, ranging from computational design and robots to material innovation, plus research on architecture, system design and autonomous robotic technologies. Through detailed diagrams and texts, it gives insight into the exhibition’s realisation – in which an architectural installation was constructed by flying robots – and reveals radical new ways of both thinking about and materialising architecture.
The Netherlands in Projects - Design and Politics #7 NAi Publishers 2013 ISBN 9789064507885 Acqn 21542 Hb 17x24cm 206pp 150ills 140col £26 In 2012, seven major Dutch urban development projects will be shown together at the 5th International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam. The ongoing design research into seven issues and areas is intended to deepen and sharpen approaches to these challenges, ones which lie at the heart of the political arena. From the already existing Zuidas development to creating 100,000 jobs for Almere and the Rhine-Meuse Delta and plans for the 2028 Olympics, this book thoroughly documents the various large-scale projects, tracing how each is linked to social and political agendas.
Nouvelles Architectures - Fonds Regionaux D'Art Contemporain HYX 2012 ISBN 9782910385804 Acqn 21783 Pb 21x27cm 128pp 120ills 110col £16.95 Text in French By launching an international competition for the design of their Fonds Régionaux d’Art Contemporain, six regions of France placed architecture and art at the heart of their cultural strategies for territorial development. This catalogue, published to coincide with the eponymous exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in 2012, presents sketches, constructions, and interviews with the competing architects, such as BIG, Jakob + MacFarlane and Kengo Kuma & Associates. With texts by Marie-Ange Brayer, Catherine Elkar, Aurélien Lemonier, Pascal Neveux, Hilde Teerlinck, Sylvie Zavatta and Anne-Marie Zuchelli.
Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook 2012/13 nai010 publishers 2013 ISBN 9789462080430 Acqn 22239 Pb 24x32cm 184pp 250ills 200col £41.95 For the yearbook of Dutch architecture the editors select the 30 most noteworthy projects completed in the past year and describe the most significant developments and trends influencing the production and design of Dutch architecture. This edition also includes an overview of the most important awards, competitions, exhibitions and publications of the last year.
The New Rijksmuseum - Cruz y Ortiz Architects nai010 publishers 2013 ISBN 9789462080584 Acqn 22266 Hb 24x30cm 128pp 117ills 85col £41.95 The restoration of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is one of the biggest and most discussed renovations in Dutch history. This publication shows the new Rijksmuseum, which will open in April 2013, through the eyes of the architects: the Spanish duo Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz. Cruz y Ortiz have wide experience with alterations to old buildings and are internationally renowned for their sober yet recognizable, clear additions. For the Rijksmuseum they designed a plan centred on routing and orientation, making the building open and accessible again.
AV 159-160 - Spain Yearbook 2013 Arquitectura Viva SL 2013 ISBN 9788461639960 Acqn 22448 Pb 24x30cm 260pp 245ills 170col £60.00 Luis Fernández-Galiano sums up the architectural production in Spain over the past year in this insightful overview of 24 exemplary buildings. Addressing both recent political and cultural developments in the shifting economic climate, from austerity to solidarity, this anthology covers several approaches and typologies. Themes range from institutional projects and scientific spaces to residential highlights and material innovations. Notable projects include the Matadero Contemporary Art Centre, Zaragoza’s Neuropsychiatric Centre, new congress centres in Seville and Toledo, a teacher training school in Granada, Madrid’s UAM Main Square, social housing in Tarragona and more.
C3 345 - Death And Architecture C3 2013 no ISBN Acqn 22500 Pb 23x30cm 208pp col ills £21.95 This edition takes death and memorial as its themes, focusing on the architectural production surrounding the rituals and interpretations of eternal rest, as well as the presence of absence. The varied typology of this architecture, which “becomes the connecting tissue of a cyclical existence, intertwining individuals from different generations, decades, and even centuries,” is represented by ten examples from a range of architects, including Karres en Brands, HGA, Bernardo Bader, Clavel Arquitectos and COR & Asociados. Remembrance is illustrated in seven additional works, among them the National September 11 Memorial and Kazerne Dossin.
Pin-Up Issue 14 FEBU Publishing 2013 no ISBN 22501 Pb 23x28cm 228pp 200ills 100col £15.75 This issue features captivating interviews with Brazilian architect and Pritzker laureate Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Matt Olson of Minneapolis-based design studio Rolu, young Italian jewellery designer Delfina Delettrez, and German architect Hans Kollhoff, known for his classical style and traditional materials and methods. Also highlighted are Pancho Guedes’ Mozambique Modernism, cultural figures and happenings in Brazil, unrealised and startling architectural wonders by Valerio Olgiati, stair typologies imagined by Kate McCollough, a visit to Tom of Finland’s Los Angeles hideaway, a short conversation with Kengo Kuma, and more.
Alternative Destinies 2A+PA Italy - DD38 Damdi 2013 ISBN 9788968010026 Acqn 22502 Hb 24x30cm 270pp 200ills 150col £48.50 Presented in reverse chronological order, this selection of projects follows the Rome-based practice from its most recent finished buildings and competition entries to its early concepts and collaborations. Founded in 2006, 2A+P/A is active in architectural and landscape design, and known for its particular interest in the nature and conditions of public space. From a design for the Bauhaus Museum, Weimar, and the Contemporary Art Museum, Maribor, to a primary school in Herat, Afghanistan, and a self-sufficient housing prototype, it is colourfully and playfully illustrated throughout. With texts by Luca Molinari, Peter T. Lang and Andrea Branzi, plus an interview by Luca Galofaro.
Skin, Bones And Empty Spaces. Atelier Thomas Pucher Austria - DD 39 Damdi 2013 ISBN 9788968010033 Acqn 22503 Hb 24x30cm 212pp 200ills 150col £48.50 Atelier Thomas Pucher was established in Graz in 2005. Pucher and his team have won numerous competitions around the world in recent years, confirming the firm’s status as a producer of internationally sought-after architecture. A selection of fourteen notable projects, both realised and not, is detailed in this highly informative edition, ranging from the Linz Dance Theatre and Salzburg Regional Hospital to the headquarters of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Jeddah, and the new seat of the Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw. Over 300 colour illustrations add depth to the practice’s concepts and ambitions, along with texts by Joost Meuwissen and Thomas Pucher.
Japan House - 2 Volumes Equal Books 2013 ISBN 9788997603039 Acqn 22505 Pb 19x25cm 724pp 800ills 600col £115 A dense, double-volume compendium of homes by Japanese architects, this fascinating publication profiles more than 50 diverse residential projects by 29 architects and offices. Each example is presented through diverse, full-colour photographs and architectural drawings, plus technical data and an explanatory text. Brief biographies of the architects also accompany the projects, which represent a wide spectrum of approaches, contexts and solutions involving both the contemporary Japanese urban environment and its important socio-cultural aspects. Featured architects include Shuhei Endo, Eastern Design Office, Dai Nagasaka, Kazuya Morita, Kazuhiko Kishimoto and Alphaville.
Process - 7 Volumes Damdi 2013 ISBN 9788968010040 Acqn 22514 Pb 23x32cm 950pp 1800ills 1500col £180 A recent arrival in the DAMDI archive series, ‘PROCESS’ strives to create a more valuable design methodology in the fields of architecture, interior, urban, landscape and installation. Featuring more than 130 projects from 46 design teams in a case of seven soft-cover volumes and with a total of 960 full-colour pages, this immense publication sets a standard for design success – the true measurement of an architect’s achievement is the amount of time put into the design process; and not just in one project, but across an entire career. With its sheer variety of case studies and concepts, it seeks to spark creativity and present new, crucial challenges for developing and established designers.
Archiprix International 2013 Moscow nai010 publishers 2013 ISBN 9789462080423 Acqn 22238 Pb 24x30cm 160pp 260ills 200col £30.95 Every two years Archiprix International invites all university level courses in the fields of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture to select their best graduation projects and submit these for participation.
Moriko Kira - Finding Architecture Lixil 2013 ISBN 9784864800044 Acqn 22439 Pb 15x21cm 176pp 200ills 170col £28 Following her study at the Delft University of Technology, Japanese architect Moriko Kira set up her own practice in Amsterdam in 1996, and has since both worked for the Dutch government and lectured in the Netherlands. Typical of her work is a variation in scale, programme and location, and she has completed projects in different Dutch cities, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Japan. Featured here are a church conversion in Groningen, a cemetery pavilion in Apeldoorn, housing in IJburg, a weekend house in Hakone, and several other projects. Besides the detailed essays by Kira that accompany each of these, Jo Toda also analyses her work and approach in a short text.
Reactivate! - Responsive and Pragmatic New Dutch Architecture TrancityxValiz 2013 ISBN 9789078088806 Acqn 22280 Pb 16x24cm 256pp 170ills 150col £21 The turnover of Dutch architectural firms is falling dramatically, but their number is increasing. A growing number of young designers are taking matters into their own hands, using architectural resources in order to formulate a response to social challenges in the financially strapped 21st century. They embrace a new reality in which users, residents and clients become partners. These architects and urban designers are coming up with new ideas about their profession, investigating the conceptual possibilities of the new reality. They are becoming both developer and entrepreneur, creating their own commission situations, forming new cooperatives and providing ideas that are both inspiring and also practically applicable and feasible in difficult financial times.
Imagine 07 - Reimagining Housing nai010 publishers 2013 ISBN 9789462080362 Acqn 22286 Pb 17x24cm 120pp 140ills 130col £27.50 Architects generally prefer to design new buildings. But today's reality is that most buildings we will use in the future have already been built. We will be required to reimagine them, whether refurbishing them or giving them an entirely new purpose. This is the theme explored in 'reimagining Housing': the potentials of refurbishing existing buildings.
Onishimaki + Hyakudayuki - Debut Portfolio By Young Japanese Architects Garden City Publishing 2012 ISBN 9789866204562 Acqn 22440 Hb 21x15cm 168pp 150ills 100col £20 The debut portfolio by Onishimaki+Hyakudayuki Architects, a young Japanese duo based in Tokyo, focuses on their concept of “telling architecture like a story”. At the forefront of a new generation of architects in Japan, their projects are known for narrative characteristics and are integrated into the environment. Although only a handful have been realised, their positive attitude towards architecture views reality in a rather candid fashion, accepting and inheriting the history of a place. Along with a foreword by Toyo Ito and critical texts by Taro Igarashi and Yoshikazu Nango, this beautifully presented book highlights significant works, such as the Double Helix House.
El Croquis 167 - Smiljan Radic El Croquis 2013 ISBN 9788488386762 Acqn 22499 Pb 25x34cm 284pp 250ills 200col £49.50 Chilean architect Smiljan Radic is the focus of this issue, which reports on the last ten years of his work and includes a special interview by Enrique Walker, plus an analysis by Alejandro G. Crispiani. A diverse selection of more than 20 notable projects is covered in detail, among them the Copper House, Mestizo Restaurant, Chilean House 1 & 2, and ‘The Boy Hidden in a Fish’, a sculpture presented at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale.
AV Proyectos 057 Arquitectura Viva SL 2013 no ISBN Acqn 22544 Pb 24x30cm 96pp 100ills 50col £10.95 Featured in this issue is the Arctic Food Network in Nunavut, Canada, conceived by Lateral Office. The project analyses architecture’s role in defining an identity for Inuit peoples in the region through strengthening a network of existing trails to connect scattered communities and thereby devise new programmes for social infrastructure. Further, experimental pavilions at EPFL Lausanne by notable architects, among them Jakob + MacFarlane, Kengo Kuma and Barkow Leibinger, are detailed, plus coverage of the competition for a New Velodrome in Medellín (Colombia), construction photos and drawings of the CaixaForum Zaragoza by Carme Pinós, and more.
Arquitectura Viva 152 - Surreal Works. Delerious Dreams, Exquisite Corpses And Dark Mirrors Arquitectura Viva SL 2013 no ISBN Acqn 22545 Pb 24x30cm 96pp 100ills 50col £18 This issue sets out to take stock of the present popularity of the formless in architecture without succumbing to its easy fascination, or abandoning the rigour of rational thought. Essays by Eduardo Prieto and Oscar Tusquets consider whether such a thing as “surrealist architecture” exists, presenting a possible history and relating Salvador Dalí’s passion for architecture. Six oneiric constructions are presented, among them the Jean Cocteau Museum by Rudy Ricciotti, Fake Hills Residential Building in Beihai, and Cornell University’s Milstein Hall by OMA. Other highlights in the issue are Paredes Pedrosa’s Ceuta Public Library and Reykjavik’s Harpa by Henning Larsen.
Arquitectura Viva 151 - Local Material. Back To Basics: Essential Experiences Arquitectura Viva SL 2013 no ISBN Acqn 22456 Pb 24x30cm 96pp 100ills 100col £18 An emphasis on materials often coincides with an interest in the local and primitive, suggesting resistance to globalisation. However, proximity and the use of traditional materials in fact moves beyond the local, into the universal realm. Selected here are eight works from diverse cultural and climatic contexts that share material as a central theme. These include Kengo Kuma’s Yusuhara Marche in Kochi, Steilneset Memorial in Norway by Peter Zumthor, Ghent’s Market Hall by Robbrecht en Daem, and the Kantana Institute in Thailand. Also in this issue: Japan after Fukushima, the restoration of the Madrid Hippodrome, Segovia’s new University Campus, and more.
