Newsletter June 2010

Sustainable Urban Design, examples and persepectives – The Next Step

Werkgroep Duurzame Stedelijke Onwikkeling
Hardcover / 240 pages / text Dutch/English / June 2010

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Sustainable Urban Design – The Next Step is a fully revised edition of Sustainable Urban Design – Examples and Perspectives (2005), which won the ISOCARP Gerd Alders Award for the best professional publication in the field of urban design and town planning.
Like its predecessor, Sustainable Urban Design – The Next Step, describes the next steps in urban design practice in a straightforward and accessible format. Using clear and richly illustrated examples of current projects, the authors show that sustainable urban design is not just a utopian dream; it is undergoing continual development in contemporary building practice and is increasingly becoming an integral and essential part of modern urban design. The development of concepts such as ‘CO2 neutral’, ‘climate proof’ and ‘cradle to cradle’ are evidence of the growing support for sustainability and the rising levels of expertise in the field. In fact, sustainable urban design is fast becoming the key driving force of urban planning and spatial develop-ment. This book highlights new discussions and insights and provides new and updated examples and references.
Sustainable Urban Design – The Next Step has been compiled by the Working Group on Sustainable Urban Develop-ment, a broad group of experts from the Dutch professional societies for urban designers and planners (BNSP) and landscape architects (NVTL). 
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Ecological Urbanism
 

Mohsen Mostafavi
Hardcover / 640 pages / text English / May 2010

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With the aim of projecting alternative and sustainable forms of urbanism, the book asks: What are the key principles of an ecological urbanism? How might they be organized? And what role might design and planning play in the process?
While climate change, sustainable architecture, and green technologies have become increasingly topical, issues surrounding the sustainability of the city are much less developed. The premise of the book is that an ecological approach is urgently needed both as a remedial device for the contemporary city and an organizing principle for new cities.
Ecological urbanism approaches the city without any one set of instruments and with a worldview that is fluid in scale and disciplinary approach. Design provides the synthetic key to connect ecology with an urbanism that is not in contradiction with its environment.
The book brings together design practitioners and theorists, economists, engineers, artists, policy makers, environmental scientists, and public health specialists, with the goal of reaching a more robust understanding of ecological urbanism and what it might be in the future.
Contributors include:
Homi Bhabha, Stefano Boeri, Chuck Hoberman, Rem Koolhaas, Sanford Kwinter, Bruno Latour, Nina-Marie Lister, Moshen Mostafavi, Matthias Schuler, Sissel Tolaas, Charles Waldheim
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Green Dream. How Future Cities Can Outsmart Nature 

The Why Factory, Winy Maas, Pirjo Haikola, Ulf Hackauf
Paperback / 408 pages / text English / May 2010
Also available in this series: Visionary Cities

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The Why Factory dreams the Green City. There is confusion about what green means for design, architecture and urbanism. Winy Maas asserts that green projects are still disconnected efforts which fail to attain the scale of the interventions that are actually called for. Green is fashionable, but its design potentials remain unexplored.
Green Dream questions what is currently labelled as ‘green’ and in conjunction with experts elaborates how it ought to be defined. It challenges architectural conventions and looks into the potentials of new green architecture. It recognizes that green buildings alone do not make a green city, but also looks at potential solutions within the cities themselves, how it will change them and where the boundaries lie. Is a green city actually feasible? The Why Factory concludes that green is ultimately about performance. If you understand the metrics and numbers, then greenery can serve as inspiration. Visionary projects illustrate the green future that contextual, large-scale, imaginative and measurable architectural and urban projects might produce for us.

De Urbanisten and the Wondrous Water Square 

Florian Boer, Jens Jorritsma, Dirk van Peijpe 
Hardcover / 48 pages / text English / June 2010
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This is the story of a smart idea: the water square. It is a story about the city and about rain. Worldwide, the frequency and severity of rainfall is becoming more extreme. This is a problem for many cities, especially delta cities such as Rotterdam, which lies on the River Maas and also below sea level. Capacity must be created in Rotterdam to receive 600 million litres of extra rainwater annually. Radical but clever measures are urgently needed.
To meet this problem, De Urbanisten devised the Water Square: a plaza that functions as a play area, a floating grass field, a theatre, and a place that can accommodate the water that would otherwise flood the streets and inundate basements.
This graphic novel tells the story of the water square from various angles. It illustrates the genesis of the water square: from the first idea on the drawing table to consultations with the municipal authorities on the eve of the construction of the first water square in the Netherlands. It tells the story of what can be done on the water square, how it works, and the numerous forms the water square can assume. But it also reveals why this idea was conceived, what the current problem is, and why the water square is such a smart idea. And it narrates the story of Max: an adventurous boy who explores the water square during a heavy downpour. It all ends as right as rain.
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Pinpoint. Key Facts and Figures for Sustainable Building

Bruno Keller, Stephan Rutz
Paperback / 288 pages / text English / May 2010

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In a world buzzing with satellite aerials, news flashes and status updates, this second Al Manakh – a special issue of Volume Magazine – provides an essential and comprehensive guide to the Gulf region during turbulent times: the worldwide financial crisis.
The credit crunch is a ‘stress test’ for the different development models in the region as nations  prepare for a post-oil economy. This transition provides several challenges: economic re-profiling, food security, environmental exposure, multiculturalism and demographic growth.
Al Manakh delves into these challenges by profiling six cities in five countries bordering the Gulf (UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia). From this common ground, Al Manakh builds an inside-out perspective with local authors reflecting on their own situation and expectations. Guiding voices include editors Rem Koolhaas and Todd Reisz (OMA), Lilet Breddels and Arjen Oosterman (Archis/Volume), Daniel Camara and Mitra Khoubrou (Pink Tank), Ole Bouman (NAi).
Al Manakh is for those seeking an alternating viewpoint on the growth of the Gulf – not one just from the air, but one also on the ground.
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Transformer. Reuse, Renewal and Renovation in Contemporary Architecture

Hardcover / 272 pages / text English / May 2010

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This visually stunning new title is dedicated to the seemingly magical transformation of spaces and structures. It covers an amazing range of residential and commercial architecture as well as large-scale urban renewal, showcasing projects that frequently cross functional boundaries. The dramatic scope of the renovations included in this title give the reader a visceral shock to the system: an office auditorium converted into an urban oasis, an old airplane repurposed into a must-visit hostel, and 19th century ruins updated to become a modern family home. Some transformations not to be missed include The Alan Voo House in Los Angeles, which doubled in size from a 1,000 square foot residence to a 2,000 square foot residence through the insertion of a new 16ft linear house into the existing house (Neil M Denari Architects Inc); or the refurbishment of a 1975 office building in Mexico City into a residential block with 23 apartments. Its main and rear facades having been replaced with a chopped metal façade in the style of the Mexican handcraft papel picado, creating a liveable artwork (Hierve-Disenaria Architects). Other works include an alpine hut conversion in Slovenia, Blue Frog Lounge in Mumbai; and the Jumbo Hostel in Stockholm. 
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Next. Collective Housing in Progress

Paperback / 320 pages / text English / May 2010
Also available in this series: HoCo, Density Projects and Density. New Collective Housing

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This new volume by a+t publishers is part of the Density series on collective housing. ‘Next’ focuses mainly on infills of the consolidated urban fabric. All projects have won first or second prizes in international competitions and fill in the existing city or regenerated urban voids with different former uses. 30 European and American projects by 29 different young architectural practices are analyzed; amongst these are BIG + Topotek1, atelier Kempe Thill, Maccreanor Lavington, and babled nouvet Reynaud.
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Container Atlas. A practical guide to container architecture

H. Slawik, J. Bergmann, M. Buchmeier, S. Tinney
Hardcover / 256 pages / text English / April 2010

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Shipping containers are modular, affordable, and virtually indestructible. More and more often they are being used to build temporary structures such as pavilions, offices, galleries, and bars that can be easily moved if necessary. This phenomenon has a name: container architecture. Container Atlas presents a wide range of contemporary projects along with an
in-depth investigation into the background and evolution of this topical field. The book illustrates how containers are being used as building blocks to accommodate the daily lives and special events of urban nomads. Because the structures that containers are used to build are not meant to be permanent, their architecture has a more short-term and playful character that often references current trends. Container Atlas features advertising, pop-up stores, and temporary exhibits
that are built using this approach as well as sophisticated housing and office
spaces. Found in both urban and rural settings, these container structures provoke and inspire while setting new standards in functionality and aesthetics. Including detailed reports by experts in the field, Container Atlas explains the historical development of container use in architecture, documents plans, describes associated costs, and suggests concrete solutions for common problems. The book also introduces the various types of containers currently in use today, from
standard shipping models to modular pieces made to order out of various materials or with customized cutouts. Container Atlas is a practical and inspirational reference for architects, planners, and cultural activists as well as event and marketing managers, to guide them in deciding what types of containers are best suited to their upcoming projects. 
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Contemporary Museums

Antonello Marotta
Paperback / 240 pages / text English / April 2010
Also available: Contemporary Housing and Contemporary Public Space

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A critical survey of contemporary museums, as well as a reference in the field of architecture. The book analyzes the design and production of museum complexes all over the world in the last decade, and gives a critical interpretation of one of the most challenging subjects in the recent architectural panorama. The author organizes 89 designed and mostly built museums through a series of critical categories each introduced by a short introduction: "Essential," "Monolith," "Archeology," "Insert," "Overlapping," "Theatre," "Context" . The work of the most important contemporary masters such as Alvaro Siza, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Massimiliano Fuksas, Renzo Piano, Steven Holl, Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind crosses the most recent research and and experiences in the world of museum’s. The works of emerging architects such as Tezuka Architects, Mansilla & Tunon, Asymptote, Diller + Scofidio, Delugan Meissle, UN studio, Michael Maltzan, and many others shows clearly how museum design became a fundamental field of research on the changing nature of the public spaces as well as on the relevant relationship between landscape and architecture. 

Health care architecture in the Netherlands

Noor Mens, Cor Wagenaar
Hardcover /  352 pages / text English / June 2010
Also available in Dutch edition

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Health care Architecture in the Netherlands describes the development of buildings for health care: hospitals and psychiatric institutions as well as housing and care facilities for the elderly. Since the creation of such amenities the architecture of their accommodations has been subject to radical change. Developments in medicine, societal shifts, patients’ perceptions, the role of government and, of course, architectural ideologies and theories have to a large degree determined the form of these buildings.
Eight chapters provide a chronological overview of the architecture of buildings for health care, from its emergence as a specific typology to the most recent care complexes. In addition, some 50 buildings from the last century and a half are described and illustrated in detail. A series of thematic texts addresses specifi c aspects of national and international architecture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in relation to buildings for the healthcare sector.
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Handmade Houses and other buildings. The World of Vernacular Architecture

John May
Hardcover / 192 pages / text English / April 2010

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Architects of the world's great buildings are celebrated, but makers of the more humble ‘vernacular architecture’ remain anonymous.
This information-packed, visual guide introduces the wealth of local structures worldwide, accompanied by an expert narrative exploring cultural approaches and key aspects of construction.
A stunning colour gallery shows the diversity of construction materials, then the book explores vernacular architecture across each continent.
From the wooden churches of Eastern and Central Europe, the tower houses of Yemen, the efficient gers of Mongolia and the log cabins of North America to the towering treehouses of Indonesia, profiles of each building are accompanied by beautiful illustrations, including diagrams and cross-sections, showing how the structures were built and from which materials. A chapter on modern vernacular architecture illustrates the current revival of traditional skills.
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The Architectures of Atelier Bow-Wow: Behaviorology

Atelier Bow-Wow, Terunobu Fujimori, Washida Menruro, Yoshikazu Nango, Enrique Walker
Hardcover / 304 pages / text English / April 2010

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The first book to document the Tokyo-based architectural firm, one of the most innovative practices working today. Achieving near cult status among architectural students around the world, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima of Atelier Bow-Wow have built a career confronting the challenges posed by dense urban environments. Their city houses - enclosed in vibrant, idiosyncratic forms - are distinguished by their capacity to accommodate the changing needs of the occupants. A basic feature is the permeability of interior spaces, where public and the more intimate places co-mingle, often in vertical structures with a total floor area that rarely exceeds 200 square meters. Atelier Bow-Wow has a dedicated research division that has published a number of treatises on vernacular architecture. This book will feature their newest research, including plans, as well as explorations on mobile or portable projects. The book includes key projects such as the Mini House, The Sway House, the Juicy House, House and Atelier Bow-Wow, the House Tower, and the Aco House.
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Szyskowitz + Kowalski. Architekturen / Architecture 1994-2010

Frank R. Werner
Hardcover / 272 pages / text German/English / April 2010

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Buildings by these Graz-based architects have for many years graced contemporary architecture with their vital, unmistakable formal language and new building typologies. This new monograph focuses on works dating from 1994 - 2010, and older seminal projects, it clearly shows the architects' memorable style and humanity and why they deserve world-wide recognition
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Twenty Buildings every Architect should understand

Simon Unwin
Hardcover / 272 pages / text English / April 2010

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Have you ever wondered how the ideas behind the world’s greatest architectural designs came about? What process does an architect go through to design buildings which become world-renowned for their excellence?
This book reveals the secrets behind these buildings. He asks you to ‘read’ the building and understand its starting point by analysing its final form. Through the gradual revelations made by an understanding of the thinking behind the form, you learn a unique methodology which can be used every time you look at any building.
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Thinking Architecture (3rd revised edition) 

Peter Zumthor
Hardcover / 112 pages / text English / June 2010

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To create a sensuous architecture connected to life calls for a way of thinking that goes far beyond the conventional precepts of form and construction. In these inspirational essays Peter Zumthor, winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize for architecture, articulates what moves and motivates him to design buildings that possess a compelling and unmistakable presence and which speak to the visitor's heart and mind on so many levels.
With over 30,000 copies already sold, and now in its third edition, Thinking Architecture has been expanded to include two new essays: "Architecture and Landscape" deals with the relationship between the structure and its surroundings, and the secret of the successful placement and topographical integration of architecture; in "The Leis Houses" Peter Zumthor examines the challenge of integrating contemporary architecture into a traditional context, describing the genesis of two wooden houses in the town of Leis in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Thinking Architecture also includes 4 new atmospheric photos of Zumthor's home and studio, taken especially for this edition.

49 Cities WorkAc (revised edition) 

Paperback / 135 pages / text English / April 2010

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How many inhabitants would Buckminster Fuller’s Tetrahedron City house? What would the density of Rem Koolhaas’ Exodus plan for London, or Superstudio’s Continuous Monument, have been had they ever been realized? How would they compare in scale to Kenzo Tange’s Tokyo Bay project, or to Corbusier’s Ville Radieuse? Which of them would have comprised more green areas? 49 Cities sets out to crunch the numbers of several centuries of unrealized urbanism, all the way from the ideal Roman city to the great utopian projects of the 20th century. Through plans, sections, charts and scale drawings, 49 cities are observed statistically and presented in an unprecedented comparative study, the result of a research project conducted over several years. Despite the fact that these cities never actually existed in their intended form, this overview of utopian urbanism provides a remarkable insight into our understanding of the contemporary metropolis.
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Urbanaccion 07/09 

Ana Mendez de Andes Aldama
Paperback / 428 pages / text Spanish, English / April 2010

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This book collects various actions and proposals of intervention in the urban space brought by the Urbanacion organization along with La Casa Encendida, developed between 2007 and 2009. It also includes the projects of urban intervention and appropriation carried out in different More...parts of the world by raumlabor, Recetas Urbanas/Santiago Cirujeda, Vazio S/A, aaa (atelier d'architecture autogeree), Einfach/Mehrfach (Viena), Green Guerrillas, Cascoland, Bruit du frigo and [R]activa, with the theoretical texts by Merijn Oudenampsen, stre Szymczak, Klaus Obermeyer, Stany Cambot and Gil Doron; the result of the workshops by Carlos Teixeira, Lara Almarcegui, raumlabor, Sterni and Pied la Biche, as well as the winning and finalist projects of the urbanaccion2 contest. This publication is a part of the collection of books on urban reflection: Housing and Domestic Space in the XXI Century, Think Madrid
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Between times. Hotel Transvaal catalyzing Urban Transformation
 

Sabrina Lindeman, Iris Schutten
Paperback / 264 pages / text English / April 2010
Also available in Dutch edition

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In the long period between demolition and the erection of new buildings, districts often assume a dreary aspect. But this period also offers opportunities to give a new impulse to such a district. Draw inspiration from this book.
Hotel Transvaal is such a source of inspiration. Almost half of the council homes in the Transvaal district of The Hague (The Netherlands) were demolished and replaced by more expensive new homes. It was possible to reserve the most beautifulr ooms in the buildings earmarked for demolition until demolition actually got under way. The interiors of the rooms were designed by artists and shopkeepers in the district.

Modern Architecture. Representation and Reality

Neil Levine
Hardcover / 376 pages / text English / April 2010

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In this handsome book, esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine investigates for the first time the complex history of representation—the use and meaning of architectural signifiers—from the 18th through the 20th century. Using the lens of a continuous theoretical argument, Levine provides a detailed survey and critical analysis of major works by a host of modern architects, including Étienne-Louis Boullée, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Louis Kahn, Henri Labrouste, Augustus Welby Pugin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, John Soane, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Levine posits that all modern architects, much like visual artists, have had to grapple with issues of representation in their work. Interweaving influential examples from outside the scope of modern architecture, Levine traces the history of representation in architecture, and in writings on architecture, both within each architect’s oeuvre and throughout the centuries discussed. The book features previously unpublished images, many created for this publication, and it addresses a variety of specific cases while offering an original and panoramic view of the history of architecture. Beautifully written and accessible, Modern Architecture is destined to become a classic.
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Architecture under construction

Stanley Greenberg
Hardcover / 120 pages / text English / April 2010

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Mies van der Rohe once commented, 'Only skyscrapers under construction reveal their bold constructive thoughts, and then the impression made by their soaring skeletal frames is overwhelming'. Never has this statement resonated more than in recent years, when architectural design has undergone a radical transformation, and when digital imaging systems now allow us to construct buildings that would have been impossible just a few years ago. Yet at the same time, the mystery of what lies underneath these manufactured surfaces is now more overwhelming than ever before. In "Architecture under Construction", acclaimed photographer Stanley Greenberg excavates the skeletons of some of our most iconoclastic buildings, spurring on a continued engagement with those intentionally (World Trade Center) and accidentally (Charles DeGaulle Airport Terminal) destroyed that furthers our fascination with what makes buildings stand up, and what makes them fall down. In stunning photographs, Greenberg captures the complex mystery and beauty found in the transitory moments before the outside of a building covers up the structures that hold it together. As designs for new buildings are revealed and architects and engineers challenge each other with provocative new forms and equally audacious ideas, Greenberg documents his own interest in this new architecture. Framed by a historical and critical essay by Joseph Rosa, the Art Institute of Chicago's curatorial chair, and an afterword by the author, the eighty captivating and thought-provoking images collected here - which focus on some of the most high-profile design projects of the past decade, including buildings designed by Daniel Libeskind, Frank Gehry, and Renzo Piano, among others - are not to be missed by anyone with an eye for the almost invisible foundations that continue to define our relationship with the built world. 
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Amsterdam Architecture 2009-2010

Marlies Buurman, Flora van Gaalen, Maarten Kloos 
Paperback / 156 pages / text Dutch, English / April 2010

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This pocket contains a varied collection of Amsterdam’s 2009 architectural highlights, with projects ranging from small, sensitive insertions in the existing urban fabric, to large-scale new build in old and new areas of the city; housing projects and projects in the cultural, commercial and educational sectors. Including work by, among others, Wiel Arets Architects, SeARCH, NL Architects, VMX Architects and Claus and Kaan Architecten.
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Modern Architecture in Africa

Antoni Folkers
Hardcover / 376 pages / text English / April 2010
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Modern Architecture in Africa’ is one of the few Western studies of modern African architecture. The architect Antoni Folkers calls into question the moralistic, simplified Western Modernism that has become stranded in the African savannah. The critique of the one-sidedness of Western architecture is not only theoretical, but also assumes a practical form in the pluriform and multi-coloured architecture of Africa.
After studying at the TU Delft, Antoni Folkers went to Africa in 1984 to become acquainted with the critique of the practice of Western Modernism. His ‘Modern architecture in Africa’ shows both the clash and the blending of ‘original’ African architecture with Modernism. On the basis of his experiences, he sets the potential and limitations of Modernism in a cultural context and links them with the history and development of Africa.
On the basis of practical examples, Folkers documents and describes the hybrid architectural forms that have emerged from the confrontation and blending with (pre-)modern Western architecture and urbanism. He narrates in passing the history of African architecture.
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Exploring Materials. Creative design for everyday objects

Inna Llesina, Ellen Lupton
Paperback / 208 pages / text English / March 2010

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The third volume in the critically acclaimed Transmaterial series presents over two hundred emergent materials, products, and systems that have significant potential to transform the constructed world. Transmaterial 3 provides a broad synopsis of the state of technological advances in materials today with a special emphasis on new developments in the field of biopolymers and various agriculturally derived products; biomimetic products, systems, and processes that seek to emulate natural examples including low-embodied-energy and biochemically manufactured products; "grown" materials; nanoscale marvels; renewable energy technologies; "second-life" materials derived from repurposed waste; and responsive, interactive, and transformational digital interfaces that harness pervasive communication networks and are powered by low-energy illumination sources. An excellent ideas generator, Transmaterial 3 is an indispensable tool for any architect or designer looking to keep up with the current trends in the field of materials.  

Made of... New Materials Sourcebook for Architecture and Design

Christiane Sauer
Hardcover / 280 pages / text English / April 2010

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Without high-tech building materials the modern structures of today's architecture would be inconceivable and unbuildable. Made of ... presents a wide range of the innovative building materials that are currently being developed, as well as their applications for today's architecture.
Made of ... introduces architects to new approaches to sophisticated building concepts that are made possible by the use of high-tech building materials. In each chapter for example Reinforced, Glass Fibers, Carbon Fibers, Natural Fibers, Sandwiches, Honeycombs, and Foams the qualities of a new material are explained and evaluated. Their applications are not only explained in insightful texts, but also clarified in images of current architectural projects that use them.
Today, the demands on a building in terms of sustainability, energy efficiency, and security are constantly rising. A structure also has to address the social aspects of those who use it and be immune to the pollutants that attack its surface. At the same time, the demands on building materials are also rising, as are those on the
architects who use them. Made of ... gives architects both inspiration and practical advice as to how they can work with innovative building materials today in a way that is also viable for the future. 
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Junk Jet 3. Flux-us! Flux-you!

Paperback / 118 pages / text English / January 2010
Also available: How Architecture Learned to Speculate

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Junk Jet no 3 asked for fluxing architecture, boogie, buildings, rolling rocks, flying architectures, provisory pyramids and temporary eternities; for all kinds of practical concepts and conceptual practices, for stable happenings and unstable thoughts. For lifted cellars and dug-in landmarks for curtains, mobiles, house boats, bubbles, zeppelins, flying saucers…Contributions by Hussein Chalayan (Airmail Dress), Tom Ngo (Architectural Absurdity), Jim Venturi (Saving Lieb House), Aristide Antonas (The Hotel Bus), Taizo Yamamoto (Shopping Carts), Isabelle Willnauer (Living Toolbox), SPY (Projects for Flux), Mimi Zeiger (Blue Lobsters) and many others.
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Hendrik Petrus Berlage. Complete Works

Sergio Polano, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Giovanni Fanelli   
Paperback / 268 pages / text English / 2002

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Berlage was a significant personality in modern Dutch architecture. His career consisted of extraordinary constructive achievements: the Amsterdam Stock Market, which recaptures Romanesque forms through the austere simplicity of its volumes and its use of exposed brick; urbanistic plans for Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht, based on highly unitary compositional designs in open contrast with contemporary trends; as well as extremely controversial works such as the Christian Science Church and the City Museum of The Hague. This book clarifies less well-documented sections of the architect's oeuvre and includes a systematic index along with a catalogue of his writings, many archive images and an important photographic survey. 
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