ARCHITECTURE

Building A Culture: Reflections On Three Decades Of Design Practice Research At Rmit

Uro Publications 2020 ISBN 9780648435587 Acqn 30596
Pb 17x24cm 144pp col ills £32

What makes a good school great? A good community of practice great? For close to half-a-
century, architect and educator Leon van Schaik has prosecuted an answer to these questions. It
is a venture that would lead him from the Architectural Association in London, to the townships of
apartheid South Africa, and finally to Australia and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
(RMIT), where he initiated its now globally-renowned practice-based architecture research
program. In 'Building a Culture', van Schaik traces the origin and development of design practice
research at RMIT and his own journey into architecture and its teaching.

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a+u 593 20:02 - Toshiko Mori

Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2020 ISBN 9784900212473 Acqn 30500
Pb 22x29cm 192pp col ills £37.25

The first monographic issue dedicated to Toshiko Mori, a Japanese architect based in New York.
Since founding her practice in 1981, Mori has become recognised for her unique design
approach, keen eye for detail, and works that reflect a sensitive integration of design, materials,
and technology with the site. For Mori, teaching goes in parallel with practice, and her essay in
this issue illustrates several initiatives she introduced as a faculty member over the years.
Featuring eighteen works built since 2000, including the Center for Maine Contemporary Art,
Peter Freeman Gallery, 277 Mott Street, and the Watson Institute at Brown University, as well as
nine private residences.

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Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo – Adaptation

Toto 2020 ISBN 9784887063839 Acqn 30593
Hb 21x25cm 176pp col ills £44.50

The first monograph by young architect duo Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo, who founded
their practice in Tokyo in 2007, features ten projects completed since 2014. 'Adaptation' conveys
their continuing endeavours to explore "what is truly necessary" by simultaneously expanding
perspectives far beyond the subject in question and carefully observing details. In three chapters
the book conveys how architecture mediates between place and its surroundings, starts to
influence the overall environment, and becomes more powerful through adaptation. Exclusive
photographs by Anna Nagai capture the distinct characters of the featured places, objects, and
buildings.

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Qu3#19 Iranian Cities. An Emerging Urban Agenda At A Time Of Drastic Alterations

Quodlibet 2020 ISBN 9788822904553 Acqn 30583
Pb 15x21cm 106pp col ills £18.50

In the last 50 years a set of crucial political and economic transformations has had a direct and
significant impact on every aspect of Iranian urbanisation. Shifts in the nation's urban agenda
have occurred simultaneously with changes in the behaviour of individuals, enterprises, and civil
society. Such changes have contributed to shaping a new field of tensions that urban scholars
are just starting to grasp and address. This publication presents case studies and dialogues that
touch upon the contemporary urban condition in Iran, from the reality of New Towns and the rise
of participative practices, to the role of gender and new forms of politicisation in the urban space.

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AV 221 - Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Avisa 2020 ISBN 9788409177943 Acqn 30570
Pb 24x30cm 112pp col ills £36.50

Since the turn of the 21st century, Diller Scofidio + Renfro has undergone a process of formidable
growth. Based in New York, the firm recently completed the last stretch of the High Line, the
impressive centre The Shed, and a large extension to the Museum of Modern Art. Their practice
spans the fields of architecture, urban design, digital media, installation art, and multimedia
performance, often focusing on civic and cultural projects on various scales. This instalment
surveys the past two decades of prolific work by the design studio, divided across three main
themes: Revised Landscapes, Shared Knowledge, and Accessible Culture. Includes an essay by
Edwin Heathcote.

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Arquitectura Viva 221 - Zaha Hadid Architects

Avisa 2020 no ISBN Acqn 30571
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £19.50

When Zaha Hadid died in 2016, the most optimistic foreboded a slow death for the studio, and
the doomsayers, immediate cessation. Neither one thing nor the other came to pass: the office
now run by Patrik Schumacher has not only managed to complete the last buildings designed by
Hadid, but has won new competitions for large-scale buildings in many hubs of the globalised
world. Four examples are presented in this issue of Arquitectura Viva: the Leeza Soho tower and
the airport at Daxing, both in Beijing; the culture and art center in Changsha, in China's Hunan
province; and Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.

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AV Proyectos 096
Avisa 2020 no ISBN Acqn 30572
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £12.50

'AV Proyectos 096' covers recent projects by the Dutch studio Mecanoo, a multidisciplinary team
of professionals with offices in Delft, New York, and Kaohsiung. Their work focusses on aspects
like consultation, context, process, and urban scale to develop specific strategies integrated in
sustainable design, as their latest proposals show. The next chapter is devoted to The Whale
competition to design an observation center on the Norwegian coast, and presents the winning
proposal, by Dorte Mandrup, and the three shortlisted projects by BIG, Snohetta, and Reiulf
Ramstad Architects.

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El Croquis 203 - Harquitectes 2010-2020. Learning To Live In A Different Way

El Croquis 2020 ISBN 9788412003451 Acqn 30607
Pb 25x34cm 336pp col ills £69.50

Based in Barcelona, Harquitectes was established in 2000 and has since become internationally
acclaimed. This issue looks at the Catalonian firm's past decade of work and features detailed
profiles of no less than 20 projects, plus an extensive conversation with the architects and an
essay by Philip Ursprung. Many houses are included among the selection of recent projects,
along with a student residence at the Valles School of Architecture, Mas Geli Winery, New
Barcelona Central Archives, ICTA-ICP Research Centre at UAB, social housing in Gava, and the
La Lleialtat Santsenca Civic Centre, plus renovation projects that include private homes and a
theatre rehabilitation.

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Wespi de Meuron Romeo

Deutscher Architektur Verlag 2020 ISBN 9783946154280 Acqn 30608
Hb 22x29cm 130pp col ills £48

The search for contemporary buildings with a highly personal language, such as found in the
ones designed by Swiss architects Markus Wespi, Jerome de Meuron, and Luca Romeo, is not a
simple task. Inspired by the local architecture prevalent in their home base of Caviano, they
create timeless living and work spaces which appear neither antiquated nor forcefully bound to a
modernistic style. Their architecture focuses on the immediate context, and particularly on the
heritage of the canton of Ticino. This monographic volume, which features projects and
competition entries designed following the addition of Romeo in 2012, details the firm's material
and formal concepts.

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Corporate Concepts. Space And Identity

Deutscher Architektur Verlag 2020 ISBN 9783946154341 Acqn 30624
Hb 22x29cm 240pp col ills £54.50

An appealing and smartly-planned workplace is just as important to a modern business as

creative and welcoming customer areas. Regardless of whether the focus is on technological
precision, a particular lifestyle, or innovative developments - successful company locations today
are always characterised by high sustainability standards. This book features modern corporate
architecture that offers flexible and creative uses and is able to grow with the personality of a
business.

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Building The Future - Educational Architecture

Deutscher Architektur Verlag 2020 ISBN 9783946154365 Acqn 30625
Hb 22x29cm 274pp col ills £54.50

Knowledge acquisition takes place in all phases of life and forms a central aspect of everyday life.
Spaces in which learning, teaching, and researching can differ greatly in their requirements, if
only because of the age of their users. Architecture sets the decisive course as to whether places
of education ensure concentration, creativity, and cooperation and how flexibly they can respond
to individual needs. The purpose of this publication is to show a wide range of facilities that,
through their architecture, provide impetus and freedom for science and provide a foundation for
modern education.

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A+u 594 - 20:03 Architecture In Chile In Search Of A New Identity

Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2020 ISBN 4910019730309 Acqn 30626
Pb 22x29cm 168pp col ills £32

For many, it is the utopian vacation homes that brought Chilean architecture into the international
spotlight, and yet now we are beginning to see a different group of architects investigating less
individualistic visions. Chile's idyllic landscape offers a perfect canvas for its architects to express
poetry in their designs. As they engage with public or non-profit projects that focus on social and
sustainable issues that had little traction under Chile's oppressive military regime (1973-1990),
they seek to forge a new cultural identity in a united land. This issue features a variety of work by
Smiljan Radic, Max Nunez, Cazu Zegers Architects, OWAR Architects, Guillermo Acuna, and
others.

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Archives 1 - Flores & Prats (3rd Updated Edition)

C2C 2020 ISBN 9788412162509 Acqn 30632
Pb 17x24cm 296pp col ills £26.50

Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats founded their architecture firm in Barcelona in 1998. Their studio,
which occupies a former residence, is a workshop where the practical work of design merges with
academics, friends, and colleagues; a place that itself is an accumulation of projects and of the
realities that have passed through it over the years. This book revisits nine key projects in the
duo's internationally acclaimed oeuvre, including Liquid Light (Venice, 2018), Mills Museum
(Palma de Mallorca, 2016), Building 111 (Barcelona, 2011), and Yutes Warehouse (Barcelona,
2005), plus collected images, models, and a conversation with Antoni Miralda.

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