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A. Achilles, Stuttgart, Germany; D. Navratil, Karlsruhe, Germany

Basics Glass Construction

“Basics Glass Construction“ is one of the most varied and innovative areas of structural design. Glass connects exterior and interior spaces; at the same time, it protects the interior space from the outside world. Its constructional possibilities go far beyond classical window constructions. Special glasses possess astonishing physical characteristics and can thus be used in varied and creative ways.Topics: Glass as building material - Processing and finishing - Applications - Construction types - Connections / Mountings

Features7 Helps build an understanding of the construc-tion material and its possible applications 7 Presents the broad range of the building mate-rial and the functional glasses 7 Supports the development of a technical grasp of construction

Fields of interestBuilding Types and Functions; Basics of Construc-tion; Architecture, general

Target groupsStudents, lecturers, tutors, professors, young professionals

A. Achilles, Stuttgart, Allemagne; D. Navratil, Karlsruhe, Allemagne

Basics Construire en verre

L’utilisation du verre constitue l’un des domaines les plus innovants et les plus diversifiés dans la construction. Le verre réunit de par sa transpar-ence les espaces intérieurs et extérieurs en même temps qu’il protège l’intérieur du monde extérieur. Les possibilités d’utilisation de ce matériau dans la construction dépassent largement la seule réalisa-tion de fenêtres. Les verres spéciaux, par exemple, possèdent des propriétés physiques étonnantes qui donnent lieu à des utilisations extrêmement variées et créatives.Thèmes abordés: Le verre, matériau de construc-tion - Traitement et finition - Domaines d’application - Types de construction - Raccords/fixationsAndreas Achilles a été collaborateur scientifique à l’Institut de la construction et de la conception de projets à l’université de Stuttgart. Actuellement, il est architecte indépendant et auteur. Diane Navratil est ingénieur en architecture et urbanisme; elle travaille à la Direction de l’urbanisme de la ville de Karlsruhe.

Features7 Un outil de compréhension du matériau et de ses possibilités de mise en œuvre 7 Une présenta-tion complète de la gamme d’utilisation de ce matériau 7 Une aide technique précieuse

Fields of interestArchitecture, généralités

Target groupsÉtudiants, enseignants, chargés de cours, profes-seurs, débutants, experts juniors

M. Angélil, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; D. Hebel

Deviations – Designing ArchitectureA Manual

A manual that conveys the fundamentals of architectonic design while also providing a novel didactic approach to the presentation of course material: classical design strategies and design conventions are questioned, and unlike conven-tional textbooks, the individual design steps, from the initial idea to the practical realization of the design, are illustrated by student projects.In addition to the orientation provided within the individual chapters, a graphic navigational structure guides readers through the book as a whole and enables them to scan and home in on individual projects. On analogy with the semesters of an academic year, the book is divided into two main sections, devoted to the thematic areas space, program, technology, context, and form. Each chapter focuses in on a single aspect of architectonic design. Thus, the overall approach is explained step by step.

Features7 The fundamentals of architectonic design explained and illustrated step-by-step 7 Innova-tive didactic method enables user to analyse initial situation and develop distinctive, individual design solutions 7 With numerous examples from students at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)

Fields of interestArchitecture, general

Target groupsStudents of architecture, architects and lecturer

Discount groupArchitecture Trade

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Only available in print

2009 . Approx . 80 p . 80 illus . (Basics) Softcover

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2009 . Env . 80 p . 50 ill . (Basics) Broché

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2009 . Approx . 700 p . 400 illus . in color . Softcover

7 approx. $54.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8832-4

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H. Bava, M. Hoessler, O. Philippe

TerritoriesAgence Ter: From the Landscape to the City

For Agence Ter (Henri Bava, Michel Hoessler, Olivier Philippe), the ground itself is material. It obeys the laws of the natural sciences, holds water, has layers, and creates horizons, but it also harbors histories, founds culture, carries meaning, and creates space. The partners at Agence Ter decipher what lies hidden within it and in doing so furnish ideas for the identity of human living environ-ments. In the process, they often cross territorial boundaries, whether it be in their park for the state garden show Aqua Magica on the border between Bad Oeynhausen und Löhne in Westphalia, whose concept is based on subterranean watercourses; in their development plan for the cities and towns of the Ile de Cayenne conurbation in French Guiana, whose logic is based on siltation, sedimentation processes, hydrology, and infrastructure.

Features7 A response by practicing landscape architects to Thomas Sieverts’s concept of urban sprawl 7 Indispensable for a deeper understanding of contemporary trends in landscape architecture and city planning

Fields of interestLandscape Architecture; Urbanism

Target groupsLandscape architects, city planner, architects, authorities, students

H. Bava, M. Hoessler, O. Philippe

TerritoiresAgence Ter: Révéler la ville par le paysage

L’agence TER a été fondée en 1986 par trois paysagistes, Henri Bava, Michel Hoessler et Olivier Philippe. Pour eux, le sol est un matériau en soi: il obéit aux lois de la nature, conduit l’eau, il est constitué de couches multiples et façonne des hori-zons. Mais il est aussi dépositaire d’une histoire, génère une culture, il est porteur de sens et crée de l’espace. Les partenaires de l’agence décryptent ce qui est caché derrière cette notion de sol et nous livrent des réflexions autour de l’identité des environnements de vie. On leur doit entre autres le parc «Aqua Magica» dans le cadre de l’exposition horticole à la frontière entre Bad Oeynhausen et Löhne en Westphalie, fondé sur le concept de sources souterraines; le plan de développement des communes de la région urbaine «Ile de Cayenne» en Guyane française, dont la logique découle des processus d’envasement et de sédimentation, d’hydrologie et d’infrastructure.

Features7 Une réponse au concept de ville intermédiaire («l’entre-ville») de Thomas Sieverts par des archi-tectes paysagistes praticiens 7 Un ouvrage indis-pensable pour approfondir l’étude des courants contemporains de l’architecture du paysage et de l’aménagement urbain

Fields of interestPaysage architectural

Target groupsPaysagistes, urbanistes, architectes, pouvours publics, étudiants

B. Bielefeld, Dortmund, Germany

Basics Time Management

In a world of tight time frames and highly interde-pendent processes, scheduling is an indispensable prerequisite for successful project implementation. It is the duty of the architect to manage all the project participants in a goal-oriented manner and to call for their results when the time is right. For this reason, a systematic schedule of target dates, adapted to a project’s sequences and workflows, is a necessary tool for the day-to-day management and monitoring of complex construction projects.Topics: Organizing the planning and construction process - The basics of scheduling - Goal-oriented presentation formats and levels of detail - Devel-oping a schedule - Using schedules in the real world

Features7 Understanding the requirements of schedules 7 Step-by-step introduction to developing schedules 7 Practical presentation of real-world influences and usability

Fields of interestArchitectural History and Theory; Basics of Construction



Due November 2008


2009 . Approx . 200 p . 300 illus ., 190 in color . Hardcover

7 approx. $84.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8887-4




2009 . Env . 200 p . 300 ill ., 190 en couleurs . Relié

7 approx. $84.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8888-1


Due November 2008



7 approx. $�6.50ISBN 978-3-7643-8873-7


W. Czaja, Vienna, Austria; Eternit-Werke Ludwig Hatschek, Dansk Eternit Holding (Eds .)

9�° Vol 2More than Architecture

The new periodical 91° is a crossover magazine aimed at architects during their limited free time away from the office and construction site. More than an architecture magazine, it chooses a single thematic focus for each of its issues and then takes up a broad and varied array of different aspects within it. Its articles deal with literature, art, and travel; technology, photography, and research; as well as house and home, fashion, and sports. As its subtitle rightly emphasizes, 91° offers its readers “more than architecture.” Issue #2 is no exception – it deals with the broad subject of color. The various sections of the maga-zine illuminate color in its many different facets. The interview places the Japanese architecture firm SANAA under the microscope – together with its hallmark, the color white. Tobias Moorstedt offers an informative look at the production of colored fiber cement, and the photographs of Meinhard Hofer and Josef Gottwald (ONEYE) bring into view the Albanian capital Tirana.

Features7 The crossover magazine that seeks out architects in their free time 7 A wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary magazine that plays outside the architectural sandbox 7 With many articles by writers, artists, and journalists

ContentsPrelude.- Essays.- Interview with SANAA.- Eternal Business.- Without Words.- Doing Sports.- Else-where.- Home Story.- Several smaller rubrics.- Authors.- Imprint.

Fields of interestArchitects; Architecture, general; Design, general

Target groupsArchitects

A. Deplazes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Ed .)

Constructing ArchitectureMaterials, Processes, Structures. A Handbook

Translated by G. H. Söffker

This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its second, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities. Organized into chapters on “Raw Materials/Building Materials (Modules),” “Building Compo-nents (Elements),” “Building Methods (Struc-tures),” and “Buildings (Examples),” the book now includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass. The chapter on “Building Elements” now includes a discussion of facades, and the chapter on “Structures” has been expanded to cover “Principles of Space Creation.” The examples section now includes extensive documentation of current projects whose system-atic character is oriented around the production process.Experience with the preceding edition has shown that the book has become an indispensable handbook for reference and reading not only for students and teachers but also for architects.

Features7 More than 17,000 copies already sold 7 With new sections on translucent materials and using glass 7 Outstanding reception in the press 7 “It provides a valuable bridge between educa-tion and practice, between student and architect, and will be an inspiration to all” (from the jury citation for the RIBA Bookshops Award)

Field of interestBasics of Construction

Target groupsStudents, architects, engineers

M. Dudek

Schools and KindergartensA Design Manual

The importance of education in a global economy is undisputed, and in the wake of international assessment studies schools and kindergartens have become the focus of considerable public interest. As a new generation of educational environments are designed and built, this Design Manual helps architects to grasp the underlying educational theories and how they can be realized in built form, so that the building fulfils its role as a 3-dimensional curriculum plan. Over 80 international case studies covering all school types are examined and explained in the context of varying national and cultural education approaches. Among the key themes analyzed are the impact of modern communication technology, acoustic and lighting design, sustainability, internal circulation and outdoor spaces, renovation and adaptation to changing requirements.

Features7 Inexpensive softcover edition 7 State-of-the-art systematic presentation 7 Examples from internationally famous architects such as Foster and Partners, Behnisch and Partner, SOM, Herman Hertzberger, and others

Field of interestBuilding Types and Functions

Target groupsEducationalists, parents and the wider community


Due August 2008


2008 . Approx . 150 p . 200 illus . in color . (91°, Issue 2) Softcover

7 approx. $�4.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8869-0


Due July 2008


2nd ed . 2008 . Approx . 560 p . Hardcover

7 approx. $�09.00ISBN 978-3-7643-8630-6

Also available as softcover

7 approx. $69.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8631-3


Due September 2008


2008 . Approx . 240 p . 1030 illus ., 80 in color . (Design Manuals) Softcover

7 approx. $69.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8126-4


U. Exner, University of Siegen, Germany

Basics Spatial Design

Architecture does not consist of two-dimensional drawings – it is built space. The volume “Basics Spatial Design” focuses on what underlies the perception and design of space and helps to create a deep understanding of the conscious design of three-dimensional relationships. It presents possi-bilities for spatial design clearly and in a manner that is easily adaptable for one’s own work.Topics: What is space? How do I perceive space? Design parameters – elements of space. Repertoire – using the tools.

Features7 A source of inspiration for the reader’s own design conception 7 Creates awareness and understanding of spatial elements and relation-ships 7 Systematic assistance in three-dimen-sional design

Fields of interestInterior Architecture and Design; Basics of Construction; Architecture, general


U. Exner, Université de Siegen, Allemagne

Basics Aménager l‘espaceL’architecture ne se réduit pas à des dessins en deux dimensions car nous sommes dans le domaine de l’espace construit. Aménager l‘espace analyse ce qui sous-tend la perception et la création d’espaces et permet ainsi au lecteur d’acquérir une réelle et intime compréhension des relations tri-dimensionnelles. Cette analyse pourra être d’une grande aide dans le cadre de tout travail personnel. Thèmes abordés: Qu’est-ce que l’espace? Comment perçoit-on l’espace? Les paramètres du projet – éléments de l’espace. Répertoire – mise en appli-cation des outils.Ulrich Exner est professeur d’aménagement de l’espace à l’université de Siegen. Il est co-directeur du bureau d’études Index Architekten à Francfort.

Features7 Une source d’inspiration pour bâtir sa propre conception de l’espace 7 Pour mieux connaître et comprendre tous les enjeux liés à la création d’espaces

Fields of interestDessin et architecture intérieure; Architecture, généralités

Target groupsÉtudiants, enseignants, chargés de cours, profes-seurs, débutants, experts juniors

A. Flury, Werk-Bauen-Wohnen; R. Boltshauser, Boltshauser Architekten AG, ZurichA. Flury, Werk-Bauen-Wohnen (Ed .)

Elementares zum Raum | A Primer of SpaceRoger Boltshauser Bauten und Projekte | Buildings and Projects

Every person has a sense of space and feeling for it. These are rooted in the human physiognomy and psyche and couched in basic perceptions that affect fundamental human conditions and experiences. A resident’s or user’s senses allow him to experience space in form of the qualities of architectural expression. For the architect, as the active space creator, it is imperative to be aware of the consequences for the senses his/her designs lead to. In this context, this publication strives to stop the negligence and abandonment surrounding this issue and seeks to identify and name spatially relevant issues. These fields are discussed using various buildings and projects developed by Roger Boltshauser (St. Gallen City Hall, Hirzenbach School, Rauch House, etc.).Roger Boltshauser‘s unequivocal position is based on a number of projects. He was part of Martin Rauch’s planning team. He developed the theory of space a step further with Aita Flury as a docent at the HTW Chur.

Features7 Project documentation of the realized projects, including the innovative rammed earth house by Martin Rauch 7 Update and continuation of the theory of space as set down by Roger Boltshauser and Aita Flury 7 Monograph on one of the most interesting young representatives of Swiss architecture

From the contentsIntroduction by Aita Flury.- Project Documenta-tion.- Space and Typology; Structure; Topography; Ornamentation; Material; Ecology; Proportion.- Interiors.- Plastics and Architecture..

Fields of interestArchitects

Target groupsArchitects, students, urban planners, interested laymen


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7 $�6.50ISBN 978-3-7643-8848-5




2009 . Env . 80 p . 50 ill . (Basics) Broché

7 $�6.50ISBN 978-3-7643-8849-2


Due December 2008


2009 . Approx . 200 p . 250 illus . in color . Hardcover

7 $79.95ISBN 978-3-211-79179-0

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D. Haas-Arndt, University of Siegen, Germany

Basics Water Cycles

The integration of building services is an important aspect of architectural planning. The conceptual design of supply systems and cycles within the building demands a solid grasp of the relationships that underpin the supply and disposal of the element water. The focus here is on relations among the individual elements of the cycle, from the supply of drinking water, consumers inside the building, and the disposal of wastewater to the rehabilitation of wastewater. The subject of water conservation is present throughout as an overarching framework.Topics: Requirements for drinking water - Supply connections and distribution networks in the building - Wastewater disposal and use - Dealing with rainwater - Resource-friendly approaches

Features7 Conceptual design of water cycles as part of integrated building services planning 7 A basic grasp of sanitary installations in buildings 7 A conscious approach to water as a resource in planning 7 Technical background and system-atic understanding

Fields of interestBuilding Types and Functions; Basics of Construc-tion; Architecture, general


M. Hegger, M. Fuchs, T. Stark, M. Zeumer, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Energy ManualSustainable Architecture

While the efficiency and sustainability offensive is in full swing in most sectors of the economy, in the construction sector it is still in its very beginnings – economically as well as ecologically. However, politicians and policymakers at the global, Euro-pean, and national levels have begun to address this deficit and are seeking to correct it with legal requirements and laws like EnEV, building certifi-cations, and competitions. Following the proven model of earlier manuals in the series, the Energy Manual presents a compre-hensive look at the constructional parameters of energy efficiency and sustainability. It offers an advance look at the legal regulations being planned by the EU, and – as a tool ready for immediate use by architects, engineers, and designers in their daily work – it points the way toward the efficient and sustainable construction and operation of buildings. With its focus on the entire lifecycle of a building, it provides an integrated perspective.

Features7 Gives readers the information they need about the energetic properties of materials and energy-saving approaches, techniques, and technologies 7 Encompasses basic sustainability criteria and references 7 From use determination and initial formal approaches all the way to access: an indis-pensable tool for practical planning


Target groupsArchitects, students, engineers

W. Höhl, Munich, Germany

�nteractive Ambient with Open-Source-Software3D-Walk-Throughs and Augmented Reality with Blender 2.43, DART 3.0 and ARToolKit 2.72 for Architects

Wolfgang Höhl, an architecture software specialist, shows you how to use freeware correctly for archi-tecture visualizations in ‘Interactive Ambient’. The book begins with an overview of real-time visu-alization possibilities before showing the reader how to work with three free software packages. The guide describes the appropriate hardware and the system requirements. The reader will learn how to model the “Wolken-bügel” (cloud-iron) of the avant-garde architect Mart Stam (1924/25) step by step with Blender 2.43. Readers will also learn to design surface textures and create their own interactive 3D walk through. Dart 3.0 enables the reader to create an interactive construction mass model. Finally, ARToolKit 2.7.2 shows readers new ways of simu-lating their interior designs.Further reading lists, web links and numerous illustrations help the reader get started. ‘Interactive Ambient’ shows readers interactive architecture visualization possibilities and encourages them to experiment successfully.

Features7 Interactive presentation models step by step 7 Get to know new programs without any risks 7 Open source software available to everyone for free

Fields of interestBasics of Construction; Architecture, general

Target groupsArchitects, students, stage designers, set designers


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7 $�6.50ISBN 978-3-7643-8854-6


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2008 . Approx . 280 p . 1040 illus ., 390 in color . (Construction Manuals (englisch)) Dustjacket

7 approx. $�69.00ISBN 978-3-7643-8764-8


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7 $79.95ISBN 978-3-211-79169-1


C. Hölzer, T. Hundt, C. Lüke, Montag Stiftung Urbane Räume, Bonn, Germany; O. G. Hamm

RiverscapesDesigning Urban Embankments

Derelict areas on riverbanks, often near urban centers, exist in virtually all large and medium-size cities in Europe and America. Today, regional river landscapes like the Rhine in the Cologne/Bonn region, the Seine in Paris, and the Thames in London are increasingly being rediscovered and redesigned as attractive urban living environments. This book offers an in-depth look at the measures involved in revitalizing industrial riverbank areas. It uses the examples of already completed projects to thematize the city-planning measures involved as well as project development and financing strategies and specific problems, such as building in areas where there is danger of flooding.The first two sections of the book focus on the city-planning development potential of the Rhine river-bank, particularly in the Cologne/Bonn region. The extensive third section contains a collection of ninety example projects from throughout Europe.

Features7 Organizes projects according to the charac-teristics of the task 7 Presents and evaluates the various implementation and financing models 7 Systematic organization allows readers to find exactly what they’re looking for and make compar-isons 7 Practical presentation with numerous current examples from Germany and Europe

Fields of interestLandscape Architecture; Architecture, general; Cities, Countries, Regions

Target groupsStudents of architecture, project developer and investors

F. Jaeger, Berlin, Germany

nps tchoban vossVom Detail zum Stadtraum From Detail to Urban Space

The architecture firm nps tchoban voss, with offices in Hamburg, Berlin, and Dresden, is one of the few German firms with an international presence. Founded in Hamburg in 1931, it is rich in tradition and distinguished by a modern orientation that conditions the entire design process, from the initial city-planning phase to the carefully devel-oped architectural detail. Their designs are guided by a consciousness of the architect’s responsibility vis-à-vis society. The buildings of nps tchoban voss are striking, even iconic, but never preen or attempt to steal the show. This book presents about forty buildings and projects, including the World Trade Center in Dresden, the Oval Office and SAGA’s administra-tive headquarters in Hamburg, the DomAquarée and Chabad Lubavitch synagogue in Berlin, the Überseequartier in Hamburg, and the Federation Tower in Moscow.

Features7 A detailed presentation of some forty building and projects 7 Includes many interesting works from Russia 7 Presents compelling approaches for working with existing building stock

Field of interestArchitects

Target groupsArchitects, urban planners, facade consultants

B. Marchand, Ecole Politechnique Federale, Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (Ed .)

Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

The Lausanne architects Mann Capua Mann have been active since 1991. Their mottoes are: Distill the answers for the concrete project from the elements on site. Design spaces that, for all their dynamism, are organized in a manner that is clear to the users. Utilize materials that are in harmony with the surroundings. Their structures are compelling thanks to the variety of their views, the diversity of their light effects, and the expressive simplicity of their spatial effects. This monograph is being published in the Collec-tion Archigraphy Lémaniques, which is under the general editorship of Bruno Marchand. It offers for the first time a solidly based and thoroughgoing overview of the activity of the firm, which has distinguished itself in the Western Swiss architec-ture scene with its small but sophisticated body of work.Graeme Mann and Patricia Capua Mann are founding members of the Forum d’Architectures de Lausanne.

Features7 With numerous unpublished pictorial docu-ments 7 Contains an original essay by Tony Fretton

Field of interestArchitects

Target groupsArchitects, teachers in architecture, persons inter-ested in Swiss architecture


Due August 2008



7 approx. $69.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8829-4


Due September 2008



7 approx. $79.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8768-6


Due November 2008


2009 . Approx . 145 p . 160 illus ., 50 in color . Softcover

7 approx. $49.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8835-5


A. Meyer, ETH Zurich (Ed .)

Architecture – A Synoptic VisionA Prospectus of Developments from 1900 to Today

There are numerous reference works on the devel-opment of architecture in the twentieth century, but none of them presents the networklike connec-tions and effects of those developments with the astonishing concision of Architecture in the 20th Century – A Synopsis. In an overview diagram, the various different movements, together with their associated major figures and structures, are visu-ally situated in their historical and chronological context. World-historical events, technological developments, important books on architectural theory, and significant trends in twentieth-century art are presented in secondary sections to enable the user to better understand the relevant phenomena. An accompanying booklet provides information for further study, including a brief introduction to the origins of modernity and its movements as well as a series of architecture proj-ects that, taken together, delineate an exemplary “influence history.”

Features7 Ideal study guide: visualizes the context and relationships of architectural movements 7 Perfect for easy reference or for brushing up on general knowledge

Fields of interestArchitecture, general


A. Meyer, S. Kuhlbrodt, ETH Zurich

Architecture synoptiqueAperçu sommaire des developpements de 1900 à aujourd‘hui

Il existe de nombreux ouvrages de référence consacrés à l’histoire de l’architecture au XXe siècle, mais aucun ne présente avec autant de clarté et de concision les principaux mouvements architecturaux, leurs protagonistes, réalisations phares, interrelations et influences. Ce tableau synoptique passionnant englobe également les événements politiques, inventions techniques, textes théoriques et courants artistiques les plus marquants afin de permettre au lecteur de mieux appréhender les phénomènes en présence. Un livret fournit des informations supplémentaires grâce à une courte introduction sur les origines du mouvement moderne, suivie d’une série de projets d’architecture qui illustrent de façon exem-plaire une « histoire des influences ». Le tableau synoptique et le livret sont insérés dans un dossier cartonné. Adrian Meyer a été professeur d’architecture de 1994 à 2008 à l’ETH, Zurich. Il est co-directeur du bureau d’architecture Burkard, Meyer à Baden, Suisse.

Features7 Une présentation concise des relations entre les divers courants architecturaux, idéale pour la préparation des examens 7 Un outil précieux pour tous les passionnés d’architecture

Field of interestArchitecture, généralités

Target groupsArchitectes

F. Neder, Université de Genève, Switzerland

Fuller HousesR. Buckminster Fuller‘s Dymaxion Dwellings and Other Domestic Adventures

With the publication of the Dymaxion House in 1929, Buckminster Fuller became an overnight sensation in the world of American architecture. It was an uncompromising design and spectacu-larly novel. The living areas were hexagonal and attached around a central supply tower, and the multistory interior was fully climate-controlled. The house was conceived as completely self-sufficient – all the necessary supply modules were contained in the tower, including water and wastewater, energy production, and air filters. The rooms were equipped with the most modern furnishings and fixtures. The approximately 150 m2 house weighed just 3 tons, cost no more than a car, and was designed to be constructed and dismantled anytime and anywhere.The house reflected Fuller’s basic technological principle, his determination to achieve the greatest possible utility at the smallest possible cost in terms of energy and materials by making use of everything that science and technology have to offer.

Features7 Richly illustrated and based on extensive knowledge and many years of research into Buckminster Fuller 7 New, unpublished graphic material on the widely noted Dymaxion House

From the contents1. Flying Fish.- Inventory of Modernity.- The First Dymaxion.- Selling Ideas.- Transporta-tion and Dwelling on Display.- Keck’s Houses of Tomorrow.- Fuller on the Move.- Stream-lined Journeys.- Aerodynamics in the Palm of your Hand.- Aerostats and Airships.- Asleep En Route.- 2. Aerodynamic Corset.- Photographic House.- Fuller’s Domestic Silo.- Shield.- Loos’ Bath Robe.- White Case.

Fields of interestArchitecture, general; Architects; Building Types and Functions

Target groupsFans of Buckminster Fuller, architects, architect theorists and historians


Due October 2008


2009 . Approx . 25 p . 30 illus . With Overview map (66 x 96 cm), reference card (18 x 24 cm), and booklet in cardboard folder . Softcover

7 approx. $29.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8876-8


A paraître octobre 2008


2009 . Env . 15 ill . Avec plan 66 x 96 cm, pocket-plan 18 x 24 cm, slip case . Broché

7 approx. $29.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8875-1


Due August 2008


2008 . Approx . 255 p . 160 illus ., 40 in color . Softcover

7 approx. $�9.95ISBN 978-3-03778-141-8


G. Pfeifer, P. Brauneck, Darmstadt Technical University, Germany

Town HousesA Housing Typology

To continue to develop existing building types and do so in an intelligent way is one of the crucial tasks in the field of residential building. For the success of the individual design as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied in a wide range of situations, a deeper understanding of the under-lying types is indispensable. For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presenta-tions of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure.The third volume deals with the types of the town-house. It will address the following topics among others: single- versus multistory construction, density, privacy versus publicity, and the connec-tion of living and working. Within each type, variants are distinguished according to how they organize space, their number of floors, etc.

Features7 Highlights the wide variety of building types as a resource for residential building 7 Ideas and solutions are a treasure trove for every residential architect 7 Precise, systematic presentations using newly developed drawings

ContentsPreface.- Urban housing.- Typology of the town house.- Floor plan types, trends.- 1 Row.- 2 Double row.- 3 Block.- 4 Gap.- Bibliography.- Illustration credits.

Fields of interestBuilding Types and Functions; Architecture, general

Target groupsArchitects, architects focussed on housing, students, private building clients, general contractors

A. Rocca, Milan Polytechnic, Milan, Italy (Ed .)

Planetary GardensThe Landscape Architecture of Gilles Clément

Gilles Clément confronts the homogenizing effects of globalization with the diversity of life. As a trained gardener, he places our current knowledge of plant utilization and ecology in the service of the “planetary garden,” in which plant species from a tremendous variety of cultures are collected, composed, and carefully overseen in their develop-ment by the landscape designer. Clément has taken this approach, which was developed for private gardens, and worked with celebrated architects – most recently, Jean Nouvel – to apply it in his large city parks, including Parc Citroën, the park at the Grande Arche de La Défense, and the museum park at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. The high artistic caliber of his designs is attested by exhibitions and installations at the Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA in Montreal and the Centre Pompidou, where they stand beside the work of Daniel Buren, Nan Goldin, and others.

Features7 Gardner, artist, and landscape architect – successful examples of interdisciplinary design 7 An international highlight of landscape archi-tecture: the garden of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris 7 Presents close-to-nature park design of the highest quality

ContentsIntroduction, by Gilles Clément.- Interview with Gilles Clément.- Castle Park, Blois.- Quai Branly Museum Garden, Paris.- Parc Henri Matisse, Euralille, Lille.- Cloister Gardens, Somme region.- Fountain for Cultural Department, La Réunion.- Parc André Citroen, Paris.- Private “Garden in Movement” of Gilles Clément, Creuse region.- Mediterranean Park Typology.- Gardens of the Grand Arche, Paris.

Field of interestLandscape Architecture

Target groupsLandscape architects, garden designers, architects, private clients

C. Schittich, Munich, Germany (Ed .)

�n Detail: Materials for �nteriorsAesthetics, Techniques, Execution

Architecture is defined by its materials and surfaces. Not infrequently, it is their look and feel that determine whether a project succeeds or fails. For this reason, it is crucially important that planners choose the right materials and use them correctly, a task that is especially challenging today, when they are confronted with an almost dizzying variety of design possibilities and almost unlimited industrial production techniques. In Detail: Materials for Interiors provides detailed and specific information on the use of appropriate materials in interior design. The book leads off with an overview of the range of available prod-ucts for interior design, including large-format photographs of each material and interiors that use them. This is followed by detailed discussions of relevant aspects and production methods of the individual material groups, including selected examples.

Features7 Detailed drawings and valuable practical advice from specialized planners 7 Applications illustrated by production photographs taken at the construction site 7 Technical information on the materials used

Fields of interestBasics of Construction; Architecture, general

Target groupsArchitects, interior designers, designers, building sponsors, those with an interest in architecture and design, and students in the fields of interior, product, and furniture design


Due November 2008


2009 . Approx . 130 p . 250 illus . Softcover

7 approx. $�9.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8610-8


Due October 2008


Ditribution rights worldwide, with the exception of Italy


7 approx. $84.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8781-5


Due November 2008


In cooperation with DETAIL

2009 . Approx . 175 p . 420 illus ., 146 in color . (In Detail (englisch)) Dustjacket

7 approx. $54.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8810-2


Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Ed .)

OutlineArchitecture by schmidt hammer lassen

Among the most notable achievements of Scan-dinavian architecture are a responsible approach to the environment and a keen appreciation for social concerns. The Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen (founded in 1986, with offices in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Oslo, and London) reflect these standards in their remarkable buildings. They attach great importance to the practicality of the structures they design and to their integration into the real context of their surroundings and their users. This monograph presents a selection of their twenty best structures and projects of recent years (from Denmark, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, England, the Czech Republic, and Saudi Arabia). All the designs are depicted and analyzed according to the following themes: economic, ecological, and social sustainability; the value the building adds to its surroundings; the building’s identity-forming power; and permeability between the public and private spheres.

Features7 With fascinating images from prizewinning photographer Joachim Ladefoged 7 Contains essays by outside observers, including the young Chinese practice MAD Architects and Olafur Eliasson

Fields of interestArchitects

Target groupsArchitects, teachers in architecture, persons inter-ested in scandinavian architecture

Snoehetta AS, Oslo, Norway (Ed .)

Snoehetta WorksArchitecture. Interior. Landscape.

Snoehetta is a leading team of architects in Norway with offices in Oslo and New York. This first-ever publication to document their work presents and illustrates the most important current and completed projects of these architects, who have been active internationally for fifteen years, and contains texts by various authors. Projects include the Library of Alexandria (2002), the New Opera House in Oslo (2008), and the Gateway Project in Ras Al-Khaimah, Dubai.Snoehetta’s works and projects revolve around a collaboration and interchange between various disciplines. The architects attach great importance to connecting architecture with landscape architec-ture and interior design. In each of their projects, fundamental aspects of site, landscape, and context are freshly observed and discussed, which enables them to discover and develop a constant stream of new and varied solutions.

Features7 An inside look at the philosophy of the architecture firm Snoehetta 7 The follow-up publication to the successful volume conditions by Snoehetta 7 High-quality edition, handsomely designed

Fields of interestArchitects; Architecture, general

Target groupsResearchers and professionals

C. Steenbergen, Delft Technical University, The Netherlands

Composing LandscapesAnalysis, Typology and Experiments for Design

In landscape-architectural design, a study of the site is naturally a crucially important design step. How can the preexisting layers, traces, and elements be broken down and made fruitful for the recomposition of the landscape?This book presents an extensive typology of possible approaches to working with the site. With more than three hundred landscape designs from every time and place, it systematically presents the methods that underpin the processes involved in composing landscapes (e.g., reduction, decom-position, fragmentation, montage, and collage). Topics range from architectonic details to gardens all the way to cityscapes and cultivated areas, including New York’s Central Park, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian gardens, and the Seine landscapes in Paris.An appendix containing several extensive indices, including an index of landscape-architectural terms, rounds out the usefulness of the book as a sound and solid manual of design.

Features7 Systematic and practical presentation 7 Extensive collection of examples, clearly orga-nized and easily accessible through indices 7 Written by one of the most celebrated interna-tional teachers of landscape architecture


Target groupsStudents of landscape architecture, landscape architectsDiscount group

Architecture Professional

Due August 2008


2008 . Approx . 330 p . Hardcover

7 approx. $69.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8836-2


Due October 2008



7 approx. $54.95ISBN 978-3-03778-147-0


Due November 2008



7 approx. $69.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8782-2


Stiftung Landscape Architecture (Ed .)

’scapeThe International Magazine of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism

’scape is the new international magazine for landscape architecture, city planning, and urban design. Lively, with international voices and a critical eye, it presents selected news items, in-depth feature articles, concise essays, solidly based and informative project critiques, portraits of outstanding personalities, and reviews of new literature. ’scape puts planners under the microscope, probes deeply into topics of current interest, and discusses controversial topics – since the professional world needs a forum for spirited debate. ’scape is aimed at landscape architects, city plan-ners, architects, artists, ecologists, geographers, project developers, and everyone in the public and private sectors who wishes to participate in the debates surrounding architecture and city planning.

Features7 Unusual combination of landscape architecture and urban planning 7 Copious background material, explanations, and information 7 In cooperation with internationally active special-ized journalists, landscape architects, and urban planners


Target groupsLandscape architects, urban planners, architects, students, universities

S. Taylor, Stephen Taylor Architects, London, UK; R. Nishizawa, SANAA, Tokyo, JapanCanadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, QC, Canada (Ed .)

Some �deas for Living in London and Tokyo

The book reconsiders the theme of living in a city by exploring new approaches that reveal a different way of integrating projects into the existing city. Due to their scale, extensive built environment, and efforts to grow the city from within, London and Tokyo face similar urban development issues but occupy cultural contexts in which themes of proximity, privacy, community, and public space take on different meanings and require distinct solutions. The housing projects of Nishizawa and Taylor show how inhabitants can live in a house, and, at the same time, enlarge the scale of their living to the neighbourhood and the city. They introduce, within the specificity of their cultures and philosophies, the idea that a housing project is a way of contributing to the atmosphere, the character and the life of the city.

Features7 A publication on a timely and topical subject by the celebrated research institute Canadian Centre for Architecture 7 Housing construction in the modern urban context

Fields of interestArchitecture, general; Urbanism; Building Types and Functions

Target groupsArchitects, urbanists

G. A. Tiberghien, M. Desvigne, Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio, Switzerland

�ntermediate NaturesThe Landscapes of Michel Desvigne

Translated by: E. Kugler

Michel Desvigne is no doubt the most high-profile French landscape architect working today. He collaborates with architects like Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Ieoh Ming Pei, Herzog and de Meuron, and Jean Nouvel, and his projects are synonymous with a strong strategic and conceptual component, influenced by insights from geography. Traffic projects also play an important role in his work – they underscore the competence of landscape architecture in matters of city planning.This thematic monograph documents the key elements of Desvigne’s work in individual chapters: processes of transformation, geography, territory, urban structures, and public squares. Each of these themes is vividly illustrated by selected projects, including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, the French Ministry of Culture in Paris, and Keio University in Tokyo.

Features7 Sensational projects in USA, Japan and France serve as a source of inspiration 7 Collabora-tions with Jean Nouvel, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Herzog and de Meuron 7 With essays by internationally famous authors Gilles Tiberghien and James Corner


Target groupsArchitects, landscape architects, urban planners, students, clients, planning institutions


Due November 2008


2009 . Approx . 80 p . 100 illus . in color . (Scape, Volume 2/08) Softcover

7 approx. $�9.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8889-8


Due August 2008



7 approx. $29.95ISBN 978-3-03778-150-0


Due December 2008


7 $84.95ISBN 978-3-7643-7714-4


G. A. Tiberghien, M. Desvigne

Natures �ntermédiairesLes Paysages de Michel Desvigne

Michel Desvigne est certainement l’architecte paysagiste français le plus marquant sur la scène internationale. Il collabore avec des architectes tels que Richard Rogers, Norman Forster, Renzo Piano, Ieoh Ming Pei, Herzog et de Meuron ou encore Jean Nouvel, et ses projets dotés d’une forte composante conceptuelle sont intime-ment liés à la notion de géographie. La notion de circulation joue également un grand rôle dans son travail, soulignant l’importance stratégique de l’architecture du paysage dans le domaine de l’urbanisme. Cette monographie thématique analyse les éléments clés du travail de Desvigne à travers différents chapitres consacrés au processus de transformation, à la géographie, au territoire, aux structures urbaines et aux places publiques.

Features7 Des projets captivants dans de nombreux pays, une véritable source d’inspiration 7 Des contributions claires et passionnantes de Gilles Tiberghien et James Corner, auteurs de renommée mondiale

Field of interestPaysage architectural

Target groupsPaysagiste

K. Tichelmann, J. Pfau, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Detail practice: Dry ConstructionBasics, Details, Examples

Detail-Practice: Dry Construction provides an overview of the most widely used dry construc-tion systems, organized according to the building components wall, ceiling, and floor and their applications. The volume is conceived as a practical manual for design and planning. Dry construc-tion in interior design employs “dry construction systems” in place of moisture-retaining materials such as concrete and plaster. Not only is this construction method cost-effective, since the full range of physical requirements, including thermal, cold, and sound insulation, fire safety, etc., can be satisfied. Thanks to the use of new material technologies, it also affords the designer nearly unlimited freedom, since the surfaces involved are almost infinitely malleable as well as multifunc-tional, capable of assuming the tasks of lighting, heating, and cooling.

Features7 Provides an overview of properties, processing, and applications of dry construction systems 7 Presents standard details of common construc-tions like connections, floor and ceiling structures 7 With information on fire safety and sound insulation



TU Graz, TU Graz, Graz (Ed .)

GAM 05. Urbanity not Energy / Stadt statt EnergieUrban Future Scenarios With Genuine SustainabilityUrbane Zukunftsszenarien mit wirklicher Nachhaltigkeit

This is the fifth issue of GAM, the Graz Architec-ture Magazine published by the Department of Architecture of the TU Graz!Acclaimed authors such as Dominique Perrault, Brian Cody, Adolf Max Vogt, Dietmar Steiner or Peter Eisenman have written for GAM to date. GAM 05 concentrates on the subject of ecology as the guiding principle of all reasonable planning. Ecological planning has become so matter-of-fact that there is a healthy and necessary discourse surrounding it. GAM 05 is free of the practical constrictions of ‘an architecture of the conscience’ and seeks to put a theory of ecological architecture forward with its customary interdisciplinary approach.GAM has focused on the questions of tourism and architecture (GAM 01), the ‘survivability’ of architecture (GAM 03), or the ‘demystification’ of the idol-like worship of architecture (GAM 04).

Features7 What can be said about a theory of ecologi-cally motivated planning? 7 Contributions by acclaimed international authors 7 Interdisci-plinary approach ranging from architecture, urban construction, sociology to national economic issues and questions

ContentsInroduction.- Contributions.- Department & Faculty News.

Field of interestArchitectural History and Theory

Target groupsArchitects, students, art historians, interested laymen


A paraître décembre 2008

2009 . Env . 190 p . 250 ill . en couleurs . Relié

7 approx. $84.95ISBN 978-3-7643-7713-7


Due November 2008


In Cooperation with DETAIL

2009 . Approx . 110 p . 377 illus ., 242 in color . (Detail Practice) Softcover

7 approx. $49.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8808-9


Due November 2008


2009 . Approx . 240 p . 150 illus . in color . (Graz Architektur Magazin / Graz Architecture Magazine, Volume 5) Softcover

7 $�9.95ISBN 978-3-211-79203-2


L. Waechter-Böhm, Vienna, Austria

Hermann & Valentiny and PartnersCodes

Essay by: I. FlaggeTranslated by: R. O‘Donovan

For twenty-five years, Hubert Hermann and François Valentiny have maintained their offices in Vienna and Luxemburg. They are linked by a common attitude, molded over the years in a constant verbal and design-based exchange of ideas. They are separated by their locations: here the metropolis of Vienna, there the small and more rural Luxemburg. Hence their disparate tasks – from toolsheds to prestigious structures, from single-family homes to urban housing develop-ments. This monograph is organized thematically. Architecturally, their works are carried out on a comparable level, but they differ in terms of their subjective expression. Their architecture offers us an experience that doesn’t hew to the param-eters of the zeitgeist. Instead, it makes a highly individual contribution to the current architectural discussion. It also works with “codes,” processing and utilizing historical, contextual, theoretical, and artistic elements and transforming them into contemporary, user-oriented architecture.

Features7 Overview of relevant topics in city planning and design 7 A comprehensive portrait of two architects whose work is independent of current trends 7 Follows the monograph Hermann and Valentiny and Partners: Now/Jetzt 7 With a foreword by Ingeborg Flagge

Field of interestArchitecture, general

Target groupsArchitects, urbanists, and educational builders

G. Walden, Vienna, Austria (Ed .)

Baumschlager – Eberle Annäherungen | Approaches

With contributions by: R. Hollenstein, O. Herwig, C. Kühn, H. Adam, I. Flagge, O. Kapfinger, G. Ullmann

Over 300 completed buildings make Baum-schlager-Eberle one of today’s most successful architecture offices at an international level. The high degree of acceptance for their work results from the concept of linking their client’s wishes with immediate usability value and cultural sustainability, while still leaving enough space for the realization of aesthetic visions. Some of the most representative recent projects are the expan-sion of the Vienna airport, the UNAIDS project in Geneva, high-rises in Peking, the clinical center in Kortrijk, Belgium and the Munich Rückver-sicherung building. Acclaimed authors such as Hubertus Adam, Otto Kapfinger, Christian Kühn and Ingeborg Flagge, approach Baumschlager-Eberle‘s architecture from markedly different perspectives: they write about the characteristics of the art of construction and the media used to convey architectural understanding, including design rendering, model construction and photog-raphy.

Features7 On the architectural thinking of Baumschlager-Eberle 7 Pieces on substantial aspects of typical B-E architecture by internationally known contributors 7 A bibliophile reader edition with numerous illustrations and photos

Field of interestArchitecture, general

Target groupsArchitects, students, interested laymen


Due August 2008



7 approx. $84.95ISBN 978-3-7643-8767-9


Due November 2008


7 $�9.95ISBN 978-3-211-79158-5

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