ARCHITECTURE

The Courthouse - Architecture for the Public

nai010 publishers 2022 ISBN 9789462087057 Acqn 33340
Pb 22x29cm 144pp col ills £44

The new Amsterdam Courthouse exudes approachable authority by adhering to the principle that
the judicial process is a public matter. Designed by KAAN Architecten, it provides an interesting
case study in the discourse around the commissioning and designing of public buildings on a
local, national, and international level. Produced and compiled by the architects, this book goes
behind the scenes to reveal the courthouse as Gesamtkunstwerk - both a project and a process.
Featuring in-depth analyses supported by detailed illustrations, construction photographs, and
technical drawings, it clarifies the demands of architectural conceptualisation and public-private
partnerships.

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Arquitectura Viva 251 - Mario Cucinella

Avisa 2023 no ISBN Acqn 33336
Pb 24x30cm 176pp col ills £25.50

The visible head of one of Italy's busiest architecture practices, Mario Cucinella is the author of
numerous projects which, more than a distinctive style, share a fundamental idea: the use of
technology in making headway towards the goal of environmental sustainability and a better
society. Arquitectura Viva now presents four of his public works that attest to this ecological and
civic commitment: offices in Ferrara, a community center in Peccioli, a church in Mormanno, and
a museum in Milan.

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AV Monographs 249-250 - Rafael Moneo

Avisa 2023 ISBN 9788412604481 Acqn 33337
Pb 24x30cm 200pp col ills £95

Acclaimed architect Rafael Moneo features in this special double issue. In the 21st century,
Moneo has continued the versatile approach to the discipline which has sustained his reputation
since the start of his professional career in the 1970s. From cultural buildings and healthcare
facilities to commercial complexes and highly contextual projects, he demonstrates a combination
of rigour and freedom that has visibly impacted architectural culture in his native Spain. Setting
out from some of his earliest works, the monograph advances chronologically through the
decades, highlighting Moneo's most exemplary projects. Includes an essay by the architect,
"Time Present and Time Past".

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Project Stories Vol. 02 - Architectural Practice Today

Bergen School of Architecture 2022 ISBN 9788269185652 Acqn 33338
Pb 17x24cm 344pp col ills £42

'Project Stories' invites an eclectic constellation of architectural practices from across the globe to
tell the story of one of their significant built works. Each volume brings together three such stories
accompanied by conversations with the individual architects. These behind-the-scenes
examinations chronicle how an idea is conceived, revealing the diverse approaches and
confluences of various fields that go into making a work of architecture. The series takes the form
of a visual reader as a way to better conceptualise the works and practices, all equally diverse
and equally legitimate. This second volume features BARarchitekten, Francesca Torzo Architetto,
and Wolff Architects.

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Transitional Landscapes
Quodlibet 2023 ISBN 9788822908094 Acqn 33341
Pb 21x30cm 320pp col ills £50

This collection reflects on the theme of "transition" in all of its nuances. In politics and the
international scientific community, transition is interpreted as a condition that calls for redesigning
or rethinking spaces and flows (human and non-human) for a new relational ecology between
bodies and inhabited contexts. The book considers landscapes in transition and their
repercussions on urban planning, both on a local and global scale. The various essays develop
innovative reflections, especially in reference to the urban fringe, abandoned and polluted areas,
and landscapes at natural and environmental risk, looking into enhancing their ecological and
environmental potential.

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Julia Gaisbacher - My Dreamhome is not a House

The Velvet Cell 2023 ISBN 9781908889850 Acqn 33361
Hb 21x28cm 160pp col ills £53.50

"My Dreamhouse is not a House" is a long-term project by Julia Gaisbacher that focuses on the
Austrian architect Eilfried Huth and one of the first, publicly funded participatory social housing
projects in Austria from the 1970s. Huth developed a working method that allowed architects and
future residents to collaborate on equal terms, resulting in single, occupant-designed houses
within residential blocks. His projects were unique because no participatory approach was
available outside the privately financed market in Austria at that time. About 50 years later, Julia
Gaisbacher started an artistic research project observing the results of Eilfried Huth's
architectural experiment. In interviews, she asked residents how they had experienced the
participatory planning process and its impacts on the long-term living quality in these built
environments and combined them with archive material. On a visual level she documented the
unique facades of the houses each representing the owners.

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ex-dreams - The Alternative Mid-century Architecture

Gaden Books 2023 ISBN 9784991145612 Acqn 33365
Pb 22x30cm 272pp col ills £69

From metal-clad houses to skyscrapers, aluminium's futuristic image became increasingly

prominent in American architecture during the 20th century, influencing everything from roadside
diners built in the Googie style to later postmodernism. This book features a selection of
American and Japanese architectural precedents built during the transitional period from modern
to postmodern architecture, depicted in photographs, drawings, illustrations, and even cartoons.
Deepening an understanding of these complex trends is an essay by Tomoyuki Gondo, plus
interviews and discussions with various experts in the field such as Lloyd Khan, Victor Newlove,
and Seng Kuan.

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Log 56 - The Model Behavior Exhibition

Anyone Corporation 2023 ISBN 9781736500743 Acqn 33396
Pb 17x24cm 160pp col ills £25.50

This special issue is the cataLog for "Model Behavior," a group exhibition of models, architectural
and otherwise, curated by the Anyone Corporation and presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School
of Architecture at The Cooper Union, in New York. The exhibition questioned the role of the
model in projecting or eliciting social behaviour. In addition to documenting the 55 exhibited works
with four-colour images and project descriptions, the cataLog includes essays by curator Cynthia
Davidson; by architecture theorists Jorg H. Gleiter, Kiel Moe, and Christophe Van Gerrewey; and
by art historian Annabel Jane Wharton.

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a+u 631 04:23 Alvar Aalto Library Landscapes

Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2023 ISBN 9784900212893 Acqn 33385
Pb 22x29cm 176pp col ills £29.25

This issue features ten public libraries designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto between the
1920s and 1970s. It was after the completion of the Vyborg Library, a project which began in
1927 and took seven years to complete, that the architect started to gain international recognition.
While designing Vyborg Library, Aalto discovered "fantastic mountain landscapes", leading him to
create valley-like depressions as spaces for people to gather and read, surrounded by stepped
terraces of bookshelves and natural light. Among the libraries presented here are Rovaniemi City
Library, Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University, Wolfsburg Cultural Center, and Mount
Angel Abbey.

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AMag Portuguese Architecture 01 - Diogo Aguiar Studio

A.Mag 2023 ISBN 9789895390618 Acqn 33380
Pb 24x32cm 112pp col ills £30

The first volume in a new series exclusively dedicated to Portuguese architecture comes bundled
with 'AMag' 30. It features detailed profiles of seven projects from Diogo Aguiar Studio. Based in
Porto and established in 2016, the studio operates across the fields of architecture and art,
designing small buildings and interiors, as well as temporary or fixed spatial installations destined
for the public space. The studio operates from the belief that, as a speculative and spatial
investigation, a dual practice both informs and boosts the work undertaken. This includes the
material and sensorial exploration of immersive architectural or artistic spaces, whether
archetypal or ready-made.

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AMag 30 - Norron - Johansen Skovsted - Atelje O

A.Mag 2023 ISBN 9789895390564 Acqn 33381
Pb 24x32cm 208pp col ills £60

This instalment introduces three Scandinavian practices: Atelje O (Sweden), Johansen Skovsted
Arkitekter (Denmark), and NORRON (Denmark). The work of each of these young duos
represents an intersection of approaches and unequivocal common values: functionalism,
empiricism, and mastery. Functionalism, reflected in the search for how to respond to
programmatic needs and well-being; empiricism, with a focus on respect and adaptability of the
building to the place; and mastery, clearly visible in the rigour with which constructive details and
traditional regional references are guided.

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