Architecture Feb 2016

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El Croquis 182 - Christian Kerez, Junya Ishigami El Croquis 2015 ISBN 9788488386878 Acqn 25740 Pb 25x34cm 288pp 300ills 175col £45.50 This issue features two architecture giants from opposite corners of the globe. Swiss-based architect Christian Kerez, known for his Chapel in Oberrealta and the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (together with Meinrad Morger and Heinrich Degelo), is presented through a selection of his latest work (2010–2015) that also includes large projects in China. In his turn, Junya Ishigami, who worked at SANAA before establishing his own firm in 2004, and was awarded the Golden Lion at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, is featured with sixteen recent projects (2005–2015), among them the Polytechnic Museum Moscow and a Home for the Elderly in Akita.

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Werklust - Biography of a Landscape in Transition nai010 publishers 2015 ISBN 9789462082441 Acqn 25351 Pb 24x30cm 352pp 190ills 125col £43.95 For 40 years, and with a sense of fascination, Theo Baart has been photographing the fate of the landscape of his youth: the area near Schiphol Airport. Nowhere else in the Netherlands is the landscape under so much pressure; all the themes relating to spatial planning come to a head in this region, in a magnified form. He talks about the demolition of the suburb in the context of the plans for the centre of Hoofddorp, and the flooding of a once-empty polder with major infrastructure. Theo Baart photographs the everyday landscape as a mirror of Dutch culture. 'Werklust' shows how the Dutch landscape has been completely turned on its head over the past 40 years, based on a single example.

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Alberto Burri's Teatro Continuo Corraini Editore 2015 ISBN 9788875705091 Acqn 25573 Pb 15x20cm 112pp 45ills 10col £21.50 The reconstruction of Alberto Burri’s Teatro Continuo in its original location, some twenty-six years after it was dismantled, provides an ideal opportunity to retrace its history, and place the work in its critical and historical context. Gabi Scardi’s book is accompanied by plans, sketches and photographs, as well as by Paola Di Bello’s photo reportage, that documents the relocation process and the return of this emblematic work to the city. Created in Milan’s Parco Sempione in 1973 to mark the XV Triennale, the Teatro Continuo is one of Alberto Burri’s major public works.

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Mantovarchitettura/uno Corraini Editore 2015 ISBN 9788875705114 Acqn 25576 Pb 17x24cm 160pp 50ills 35col £16.50 This is the first issue of a publication documenting the architecture festival organised by faculty of the Polo territoriale di Mantova of the Politecnico di Milano. From 2012 to 2014, a series of conferences, workshops, exhibitions, and lessons took place at the school, attended by internationally renowned architects and designers such as Tadao Ando, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, Gonçalo Byrne, and Alberto Campo Baeza. These occasions for stimulating and innovative design research, which transpired in continuous dialogue with the city and surrounding environment, have given rise to thought-provoking results, collective ways of working, and recognition of necessary hierarchies.

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Rahul Mehrotra - Novartis Campus Virchow 16 Christoph Merian Verlag 2015 ISBN 9783856166670 Acqn 25675 Hb 24x31cm 92pp col ills £42.50 The building at Virchow 16 was designed by the Indian architect and urban planner Rahul Mehrotra, who teaches at Harvard Graduate School of Design in the United States. The building houses both laboratories and offices. The laboratories require higher ceilings than the rooms dedicated to administration. An atrium with greenery inside addresses these differences, balancing them out with staircases and through-views that visually link the various levels. The western façade facing the Campus also has greenery and thus anticipates the green inside. An impressive installation by Pipilotti Rist is to be found on the granite floor of the entrance.

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Herzog And De Meuron - Novartis Campus Asklepios 8 Christoph Merian Verlag 2015 ISBN 9783856166663 Acqn 25676 Hb 24x31cm 112pp col ills £51.95 Directly on the bank of the Rhine, at the north-eastern periphery of the Novartis Campus, is the high-rise building by Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron which forms a link between the Campus and the Rhine promenade. On the side of the building facing the river there is a public restaurant which functions like a huge plinth for the towering building. The building at Asklepios 8 doubles, so to speak, the building height envisaged in the master plan by means of a three-storey volume with a clear structure visible from the outside. What seems like innumerable rounds supports staggered downwards cause the façade to appear filigree and to shimmer optically.

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S Am 14 - Constructing Film Christoph Merian Verlag 2015 ISBN 9783856166649 Acqn 25714 Pb 23x30cm 128pp 50ills 20col £22.50 Film and architecture have numerous points where they overlap and coincide, and these are explored in S AM 14. Given its multidimensionality, film is an appropriate medium for realistically reproducing architecture. Furthermore, like the film director, the architect guides sequences of action through spatial structures. Finally, there is the interesting interplay: to what extent does filmic seeing produce new possibilities for seeing architecture? The projects presented include the Ricola Herb Centre in Laufen (Herzog & de Meuron), the Art Museum in Appenzell (Gigon Guyer) and the Bardill atelier in Scharans (Valerio Olgiati).

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Gestures - Atmospheric Perception And Architecture ArtEZ Press 2015 ISBN 9789089101198 Acqn 25797 Pb 17x24cm 160pp 105ills 45col £18 What author Ton Verstegen means by 'gestures' are the suggestions, signals and hints that people pick up in everyday situations, such as a conversation, but which are not consciously perceived. It is through such gestures that interaction occurs between people and their environment. In this book Ton Verstegen explores that interaction from a number of different perspectives, including those of sociology and ecology. The special role of architecture in this interaction is illustrated with reference to the work of various architects such as Neutelings Riedijk Architects, NOX, Wiel Arets, Michael Bell, Lars Lerup, Peter Wilson, and Peter Zumthor. The first section, in which Ton Verstegen sets out his main argument, is followed by several essyas in which he examines a number of subthemes in more detail. Finally, there are short biographies of major thinkers, writers, and architects whose work is relevant to the subject matter of this book.

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Japan House R-2 (jpeak Series) Equal Books 2015 ISBN 9788997603398 Acqn 25799 Hb 20x26cm 746pp 650ills 500col £119 This thick compendium of contemporary Japanese dwellings spans 38 architects and 45 houses. Profusely documented through remarkable photos, plus detailed architectural diagrams and plans, it offers an exemplary overview of the architecture of modern domiciles throughout Japan, often designed by young practices and in such as way as to overcome restrictive spatial, landscape, or urban challenges. Among the featured architects are offices like Fuse-Atelier, Jun Aoki & Associates, K2-Design, Level Architects, Niizeki Studio, Yo Yamagata Architects, Atelier Tekuto, Eastern Design Office, and many more.

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Av Monographs 181 - Fernando Menis: Mineral Constructions Avisa 2015 ISBN 9788460834250 Acqn 25808 Pb 24x30cm 120pp 84ills 60col £30.50 Comprising three texts, twelve works, and six projects, this instalment’s focus on Spanish architect Fernando Menis brings to the forefront his idiosyncratic style, with works characterised by their adaptability and sustainability, combining strong material expression and the inherent elements of the urban or natural landscape with architecture. Barry Bergdoll describes the geological character of the architect’s work and its relevance in a globalised world, while Víctor Lledó, a collaborator at the studio, explains the working methods used there. Featured built works include La Orotava Botanical Garden, Alisios Social Housing, and the Jordanki Cultural and Congress Centre.

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Volume 46 – Shelter Archis Foundation 2015 ISBN 9789077966464 Acqn 25817 Pb 20x27cm 120pp 80ills 60col £17.50 Shelter is most immediately associated today with conditions of disaster, displacement and destitution. There is an inherent urgency to the word; it is first and foremost a necessity, a human right even. Yet thought of as the absolute minimum necessary to survive, shelter is an architectural stigma. Shelter is not a thing though; shelter is a verb; if there is such a thing as shelter, it is because whatever it is, shelters. 'Volume 46' is dedicated to the question of how shelter can be reformulated as an architectural project.

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Tadao Ando - 2008-2015 Vol. 5 GA Architect A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2015 ISBN 9784871404341 Acqn 25836 Pb 30x31cm 240pp col ills £38

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Vento Corraini Editore 2015 ISBN 9788875705121 Acqn 25818 Pb 17x24cm 160pp 100col ills £21.50 This book tells the story of the VENTO project, a cycling route from Venice (VENezia) to Turin (TOrino) running along the River Po. A new cultural paradigm to live differently in open spaces and the ways in which they change. A project of reanimating a landscape that is capable of offering new employment and economic diversification for the sustainable development of the country’s inland areas. Accompanied by illustrations by Valerio Vidali and numerous infographics, the book discusses VENTO’s gentle revolution that is pedalling its way through the landscape.

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Zagreb Architecture Guide UPI-2M 2015 ISBN 9789537703110 Acqn 25719 Hb 17x24cm 316pp 600ills £24.50 Croatia’s capital and largest city is famous for its complex urban design, mixture of building styles, and visible traces of changes through its history. This impressive anthology offers the first complete overview of Zagreb’s architecture with a selection of 100 iconic buildings, from the Romanesque period to the 21st century. The diversity of architectural types in the city is manifested through the guide’s academic and informative approach, revealing a rich and layered history, as well as the single most important works by various architects. In short, it is a must-have for students and professionals in the field, or anyone interested in exploring Zagreb’s architectural heritage.

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C3 376 - Regionalism And Global Diversity C3 2015 no ISBN Acqn 25921 Pb 23x30cm 200pp col ills £18.95 “Regionalism and Global Diversity” is the main theme of this issue, showing new regional approaches to architecture that reveal contemporary, globally relevant spatial and anthropological conceptions closely related to the richness of local cultures. Among the diverse examples are Pani Community Centre in Bengal by SchilderScholte Architects, Thread Artist Residency and Cultural Centre in Senegal by Toshiko Mori, Kikuma Watanabe’s school for orphans in Thailand, a compact stone house in Slovenia by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti, and more. Also in this issue, “Dwelling in Memory” investigates five projects in redundant spaces, situated between rehabilitation and reuse.

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C3 377 - Time:Memory In Space. Density In Context C3 2015 no ISBN Acqn 25922 Pb 23x30cm 200pp col ills £18.95

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