Architecture September 2014

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Shigeru Ban - Humanitarian Architecture Aspen Art Press 2014 ISBN 9780934324649 Acqn 23871 Hb 23x31cm 280pp col ills 42 In 1994, after seeing photographs of the plastic sheets given to Rwandan refugees to live under, Shigeru Ban went to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to propose ideas for better shelters. Since then, Ban has been critically heralded for his innovative approaches to environmentally sound architecture and his devotion to humanitarian efforts in the wake of some of the most devastating natural and man-made disasters. His temporary housing has employed everything from plastic beer cartons to paper tubes to create ingeniously flexible spaces. By sourcing unconventional, recycled, inexpensive, local and sustainable materials, he stimulates devastated economies by involving local resources and labour. These works stem from empathy and have restored shelter and gathering places, offering comfort, protection and dignity to stricken communities around the world. This important volume is the first book-length study to collect, catalogue and examine these works. Essays and discussions of individual projects, drawings in the artist's hand, instruction manuals, diverse photographs and a timeline and map make an essential compendium for the most personal and relevant aspect of Ban's work. The book is a major contribution to the broad subjects of humanitarian relief and sustainable design solutions, and provides an inspiring testament to Ban's ongoing dedication to our planet and its people. Born in Tokyo in 1957, Shigeru Ban studied at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and went on to Cooper Union's School of Architecture where he studied under John Hejduk. At age 48, Ban won the 2005 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture from the University of Virginia. He was profiled by Time in their projection of twenty-first-century innovators in the field of architecture and design. Ban was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2014.

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Life Of A Mansion Cooper-Hewitt 2014 ISBN 9780910503716 Acqn 23882 Pb 23x18cm 150pp 150ills 100col 10.50 Life of a Mansion tells the story of the building that Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum calls home. It details how Andrew Carnegie's grand but functional Fifth Avenue mansion--which was pioneering in its design, with an electric elevator and modern steel-frame construction--was constructed. The book features the rooms in which Carnegie conducted his business and philanthropic endeavors, and where the family and staff lived and entertained throughout the mid-twentieth century. It also surveys plans for the 1976 renovation by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer (when Cooper Hewitt first opened as a public museum) and the building's latest extraordinary renovation by Gluckman Mayner Architects, executive architect Beyer Blinder Belle and world-renowned Diller, Scofidio + Renfro, which has positioned Cooper Hewitt as a truly twenty-first-century design museum. Upon completion of three years of intense work, the new building has been LEED certified, and has gained an additional 6,000 square feet of gallery space. With an engaging narrative illustrated by 200 photographs, maps, floor plans and letters, Life of a Mansion chronicles the 110-year history of the National Landmark building, as well as the evolution of the museum from its establishment by the Hewitt Sisters in 1897 to its status post-renovation in 2014 as the site of the nation's design authority.

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Mark von Schlegell. Ickles, Etc. - Critical Spatial Practice 5 Sternberg Press 2014 ISBN 9783956790737 Acqn 24130 Pb 11x15cm 172pp 9col ills 11.95 Edited by Nikolaus Hirsch, Markus Miessen Featuring artwork by Louise Lawler Its the late twenty-first century. Technological, environmental, and social catastrophes have changed the meanings of culture, nature, and landscape forever. But in what remains of the international urban scene, architecture still refuses to admit it hasnt been modern since the early twentieth century. Enter Ickles, Etc. Helming Los Angeless most misunderstood info-architecture practice is Henries Ickles, the man without self-concept. Time and again Ickles offers practical solutions to the most impenetrable theoretical entanglements of art, architecture, and science in the 2090s. In the fifth book in the Critical Spatial Practice series, Mark von Schlegells fusion of theory and fiction puts the SF back in notions of speculative aesthetics. A collection of interconnected comical sci-fi stories written for various exhibitions, Ickles, Etc. explores the future of architectural practice in light of developments in climatology, quasicrystalography, hyper-contemporary art, time travel, and the EGONET. Occupying New Los Angeles, visiting the Danish Expansion, Nieuw Nieuw Amsterdam, and 1970s St. Louis, the practice finds selves embroiled in very spicy mustards indeed, redefining info- architecture and jettisoning the burdensome self-concept of the Western tradition in the process. Just dont expect a visit to the ruins of Disney Hall!

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GA Houses 138 - Stutchbury, Nishizawa, Seijima, Marklee, Fujino A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2014 ISBN 9784871400862 Acqn 24104 Pb 21x30cm 166pp 200ills 120col 21 GA Houses documents outstanding new residential architecture from all over the world. Included in each issue also are retrospective looks at residential works of the past which are now considered epoch-making. With projects by Ryue Nishizawa, Peter Stutchbury, Johnston Marklee, Andra Matin, Takashi Fujino and others.

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GA Document 128 - Holl, Morphosis, CRAB Studio, O'Donnell + Tuomey, Piano A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2014 ISBN 9784871402880 Acqn 24105 Pb 26x30xm 144pp 225ills 150col 23 GA Document presents the finest in international design, focusing on architecture that expresses our time and striving to record the history of contemporary architecture. International scholars and critics provide insightful texts to further inform the reader of the most up-to-date ideas and events in the profession. This issue presents the Seona Reid Building in Glasgow by Steven Holl, the Gates Hall at Cornell University and Emerson College by Morphosis, the Abedian School of Architecture by Crab Studio, the Kimbell Art Museum expansion by Renzo Piano and more.

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AV 169 - Abalos + Sentkiewicz Arquitectura Viva SL 2014 ISBN 9788461707638 Acqn 24168 Pb 24x30cm 116pp col ills 36 This instalment is devoted to the works of the prestigious office of balos + Sentkiewicz. Iaki balos himself contributes a lengthy essay on the theory behind the firms practice, and twelve projects realised and as yet unbuilt are featured in detail. Beginning with older works located in Madrid, such as the Lolita Office Building and Orfila Street Residential Pavilion, it traces a chronological path through the Antoni Tpies Foundation in Barcelona and Transport Hub and Urban Park in Logroo, to recent efforts further afield: a mixed-use complex in Beirut and the Zhuhai Contemporary Art Museum. With additional texts by David Cohn, Eduardo Prieto and Luis Fernndez-Galiano.

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Arquitectura Viva 165 - Global Tour. Seven Hotels In Seven Landscapes Arquitectura Viva SL 2014 no ISBN Acqn 24169 Pb 24x30cm 96pp col ills 18 This issue documents seven hotels in seven different landscapes, in Patagonia Chile, Utah USA, Portugal, Oman, China, Vietnam and Vanuatu. Followed by a review on the Venice Architecture Biennale and a dossier on designs developed by teams of students in universities of the West for implementation in conflictive or underprivileged places, often executed with the help of the local population.

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C3 360 - Energy Efficient, Sustainable C3 2014 no ISBN Acqn 24170 Pb 23x30cm 206pp col ills 21.95

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Oscar Niemeyer And Norman Foster In Conversation With Hans U. Obrist Ivory Press 2014 ISBN 9788494146206 Acqn 23051 Pb 17x23cm 52pp 15ills 1col 10.75 This book presents a conversation between Oscar Niemeyer and Norman Foster, for which curator and art critic Hans-Ulrich Obrist was also present. The occasion of this conversation was the first and only encounter that took place between these two great architects, shortly before Niemeyers death. Many common interests between the two are revealed, some of which were expected, while others are quite surprising. They shared, for instance, a passion for the practice of drawing and a conviction of its centrality for architectural work. A rare insight and opportunity to witness the interaction between two unmatched architectural personalities of our times.

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Urban Literacy - Reading And Writing Architecture nai010 publishers 2014 ISBN 9789462081215 Acqn 23285 Pb 17x24cm 256pp col ills 31 Urban Literacy. Reading and Writing Architecture discusses how literature offers valuable ways to become aware of how people experience, use, and imagine places. It argues that Lefebvres concept of lived space, experienced and lived through by characters, evoking memories and imaginations, is the space that we encounter in the evocative descriptions of places and spaces by literary writers. This book proposes a literary approach using instruments from for research and design of architecture, urban space and landscapes. The book proposes a triad of interrelated concepts: description, transcription and prescription. Within this framework, the book includes analyses of the written and architectural work of Steven Holl, Bernard Tschumi and Rem Koolhaas. Urban Literacy concludes with chapters about the potential of a literary approach for architectural education, research and design practice. "This important book by Klaske Havik participates in the growing conversation about the relationships between natural (metaphoric) language and architecture. Understanding the primacy of the relationships between language and design in continuity to phenomenologys living bodily consciousness, she distances herself from previous semiotic and poststructuralist positions. The book offers valuable insights into the possibilities of literary language to generate more poetic and culturally significant environments" - Prof. Alberto Prez-Gmez, McGill University, Montreal Klaske Havik is associate professor of Architecture, Methods&Analysis at Delft University of Technology. She writes regularly for architectural reviews as well as literary magazines and is editor of the Dutch-Belgian peer reviewed architecture journal OASE.

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O+h 8 Stories Onishimaki + Hyakudayuki Lixil 2014 ISBN 9784864800082 Acqn 23725 Pb 15x21cm 160pp 170ills 150col 24 According to Maki Onishi and Yuki Hyakuda, who founded their office in 2008, For us, building a structure resembles the weaving of a story. A thrilling fantasy begins in the familiar world around us, but then, at some point, carries us off to another world altogether. Eight architectural projects, both completed works and ongoing concepts, are introduced in this book. Each has a story that begins with a detailed illustration serving as an index of the diverse elements of the design process and then moves into specifics regarding some of these elements using many models, photos and text. Includes essays by the architects and a conversation with Ryue Nishizawa.

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Smart About Cities - Visualising The Challenge For 21st Century Urbanism nai010 publishers 2014 ISBN 9789462081482 Acqn 23833 Pb 17x24cm 184pp 50col ills 26 The current discourse on urban planning is imbued with the concept of the smart city. The smart city is based on innovative urban planning, which itself is based on smart technologies that not only make cities safer and cleaner, but also (and especially) more efficient. But is this actually making cities any better? In the book 'Smart about Cities. visualizing the challenge for 21st century urbanism', Maarten Hajer and Ton Dassen (PBL) argue for smart urban planning, thereby providing a counterweight to the uncritical embrace of the smart city. Smart urban planning aims at finding solutions to what twentieth-century urban planning forgot: the metabolism of cities, i.e. the wide variety of incoming and outgoing streams that connect urban life with nature. This metabolism is visualized in 50 infographics, giving us answers to questions such as: what do cities live off of? How much water, food, construction materials, and other materials do they use? What amount of those materials do they dispose of? How effective is the metabolism? This book makes an appeal for global-network urban planning, in which technology is not a panacea, but instead is anchored in social innovations.

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Koh Kitayama - Architectural Works ADP 2014 ISBN 9784903348407 Acqn 23836 Pb 18x22cm 168pp 150ills 60col 21 Featuring more than 20 works by award-winning Japanese architect Koh Kitayama, this compact and eye-catching monograph covers his practice over a twelve-year period beginning in 2002. Interested in collective forms found in cities and how these are meant to support the activities of everyday life, Kitayama has explored transformations in residential districts in Tokyo in order to contemplate the renewal of its urban composition, comparing it to representative cities of the past. His goal is for architects to present a spatial model for the future with which society can identify, and he develops this through his own houses, residential complexes and integrated urban projects.

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AV Proyectos 062 - Europan 12. Spanish Winners: 10 Teams In 6 Countries Arquitectura Viva SL no ISBN Acqn 23994 Pb 24x30cm 96pp 85ills 75col 10.95 Featured in this issue the Spanish winners of Europan 12, the competition for the Axel Springer Campus in Berlin (by OMA, BIG and Bro Ole Scheeren), the competition for the Zaryadye Park in Moscow (by Diller Scofidio, TPO reserve and MVRDV), and shelters for animals like bees, bats and birds by architects like ARUP, Nendo and Menthol Architects.

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Peoples Palaces - Architecture, Culture and Democracy in Post-War Eastern Europe Architectura & Natura Press 2014 ISBN 9789461400413 Acqn 24119 Hb 22x27cm 312pp 225ills 175col 52 Author Christoph Grafe investigates an architectonic typology, the cultural edifice, which must often take on the role of national identity and culture in the realisation of a democratic society. This book takes two specific projects as its subject: Londons South Bank and the Kulturhus in Stockholm. The buildings were chosen as a result of their architectural meaning, and by the fact that they appeared in two countries that fulfilled a leading role in the development of the post-war welfare state in Europe. Besides an in-depth analysis of the two cities within the context of their wider national and cultural development, the book includes a photo essay by German photographer Heidi Specker.

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Av 167-168 - Kengo Kuma - Atmospheric Works 2000-2014 Arquitectura Viva SL 2014 ISBN 9788461706143 Acqn 24145 Pb 24x30cm 208pp 180ills 140col 60 In Kengo Kumas varied body of work, communion with nature is expressed in the lyrical abstraction of bareness, but also in the tactile palette of materials extracted from the earth. Using these, he creates intangible atmospheres and subtle worlds, linking his output to a certain spirituality that takes aesthetic experience to a higher level of contemplation. This volume examines more than 30 of Kumas most compelling recent works, and groups the individual projects into a progression of materials from stone and ceramic to metal, glass, wood and bamboo, and finally concluding with fibres. Included are yet to be realised major projects in Spain, China, Italy and Switzerland.

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A.mag 05 - Tham & Videgard/ Johannes Norlander / In Praise Of Shadows/ Petra Gipp A.Mag 2014 ISBN 9789899858060 Acqn 24148 Pb 24x32cm 208pp 159ills 120col 39 Light, place and nature all play a crucial role in thinking about architecture in Nordic countries, as the sensorial experience offered by these regions ranges from subtle to extreme. The merging of boundaries between sea, sky and land and extraordinary natural settings contribute to simple, clear and rigorous formal characteristics, which are explored in this issue through a selection of sixteen works by four outstanding offices: Tham & Videgrd, Johannes Norlander, In Praise of Shadows and Petra Gipp. Among the features are the popular Mirrorcube Tree Hotels in Harads, remarkable private homes and sculptural refuges in the midst of nature, all beautifully illustrated in detail.

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Volume 40 - Architecture Of Peace Reloaded Volume Editions 2014 ISBN 9789077966402 Acqn 24150 Pb 20x24cm 90ills 10col 21 This 40th issue of Volume magazine is a follow up of 'Volume 26: Architecture of Peace' that was released in 2010, to further explore the agency of architecture in post-conflict environments. It was clear it had only scratched the surface of a tense and complex issue. So with 'Volume 40. Architecture of Peace Reloaded' the focus is tightened and zoomed in on the period directly after peacekeeping forces have arrived. The goal: to see what a reconstruction mission actually is, how peacekeeping can anticipate its legacy, and how different cultures come with quite different solutions to build or maintain peace. Re-building after war, it would seem, is another battle altogether. Volume 40. Architecture of Peace Reloaded includes the catalogue for The Good Cause exhibition at Architektur Museum der TU Munchen, Pinakothek der Moderne. With contributions from dpr-barcelona, Nora Akawi, Merve Bedir, Killian Doherty, Anthony Fontenot, Dongsei Kim, Tom Koenigs, Nina Valerie Kolowratnik, Ajmal Maiwandi, Timothy Moore, Michael Murphy, Jan Willem Petersen, Posconflicto Laboratory, Almin Prsic, Francesca Recchia, Ben Schokman, Malkit Shoshan, Vincent van Velsen, and Jacob Voorthuis.

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El Croquis 173 - MVRDV (2003-2014) El Croquis 2014 ISBN 9788488386816 Acqn 24157 Pb 25x34cm 256pp 285ills 250col 53.50 In this special issue, famed Dutch architects Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, collectively known as MVRDV, take centre stage. Based in Rotterdam, the office has had its fingers on the pulse of global solutions to contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism for two decades and counting. Featuring detailed profiles of more than 20 top projects, including Copenhagens Gemini Residences, Busan Cinema Complex, Gangnam Shopping Centre, the new Market Hall in Rotterdam and Parkrand Apartments in Amsterdam, plus an essay by Aaron Betsky and a conversation with MVRDV and Charles Bessard and Nanne de Ru of Powerhouse Company.

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Log 31 - Spring/summer 2014 New Ancients Anyone Corporation 2014 ISBN 9780983649199 Acqn 24163 Pb 17x24cm 184pp ills 14 The authors in this issue are united by a desire to shift the ground of architectural discussion in the 21st century, just as Hans Hollein and Le Corbusier did in the 20th century. Assembled by guest editors Dora Epstein Jones and Bryony Roberts, these New Ancients see the paradigm of continuous emergence as outmoded, and are turning instead to historys history. From Albanian bunkers and the Acropolis, to Malevich and studies of circles and lines, it comprises a whimsical and erudite mix of voices and perspectives. With contributions from Andrew Atwood, Thomas Kelley, Anna Neimark, Jason Payne, Daniel Sherer, Sarah Blankenbaker and many others.

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AV Proyectos 063 - Dossier Sou Fujimoto Arquitectura Viva SL 2014 no ISBN Acqn 24183 Pb 24x30cm 96pp col ills 10.95 Published six times per year, AV Proyectos provides a succinct survey of cutting-edge, contemporary architectural projects many of which are yet to be realised. Printed in full-colour on glossy paper and accompanied by technical drawings along with explanatory notes, the magazine additionally devotes pages to recent notable competitions and exhibitions while also providing a detailed look at one selected feature project per issue. With a dossier of five projects by Sou Fujimoto in Montpellier, Taiwan, the Middle East, Belgrade and Teruel, the Nobel Centre Competition, wooden pavilions and the new BBVA Headquarters by Herzog & de Meuron.

Architecture September 2014

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sound architecture

field of architecture

cooper hewitt

mansion cooperhewitt

pritzker architecture

century design museum

sustainable design solutions

humanitarian efforts