Architecture

50 years Learning from Las Vegas

From the bustle of Johannesburg to the neon of Las Vegas, Denise Scott Brown’s advocacy for "messy vitality" has transformed the way we look at the urban landscape. Unconventional, eloquent, and with a profound sociopolitical message, Scott Brown is one of our era’s most influential thinkers on architecture and urbanism.

The anthology Denise Scott Brown. In Other Eyes – marking the 50th anniversary of the seminal treatise Learning from Las Vegas – paints a portrait of Scott Brown as seen through the eyes of leading architectural historians and practitioners. It features new scholarship on　her education on three continents, her multidisciplinary teaching, and her use of urban patterns and forces as tools for architectural design – a practice documented in a new comment by Scott Brown, noting that sometimes "1+1>2."

• With contributions by Mary McLeod, Joan Ockman, Sylvia Lavin, Stanislaus von Moos, Jacques Herzog, Robin Middleton, and Denise Scott Brown, among others
• A comprehensive portrait of one of contemporary architecture’s most significant personalities

Why does live performance continue to engage us? In a world saturated with recorded entertainment, we seek out the intimacy and immediacy of live music and theater. What is the relationship between design and the experiences, perceptions, and memories it engenders? At its best, architecture, a collection of elements - some apparent, some hidden - shapes and intensifies the process and experience of performance. Set Pieces pairs the words of leading artists and critics with details showcasing the design and inner workings from projects by Diamond Schmitt Architects for some of the world’s most remarkable performing-arts buildings. The book provides an immersive study of sixteen design elements that enhance and transform the perception of performance - and evoke experiences that surpass visual understanding.

A pioneer of architectural history

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) entered the modernist canon with her “Frankfurt Kitchen.” She is also considered a pioneer of social architecture, a women’s rights activist, and, last but not least, a heroine of the resistance to the Nazi dictatorship.

In this book, available in English for the first time, recent research in the fields of art history, contemporary history, pedagogy, and gender studies provides a nuanced picture of Schütte-Lihotzky, whose estate is archived at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The volume explores her rich architectural oeuvre, her transnational experiences and professional networks, her political development as a Communist, and her current reception. It breaks through the mythology to present a rounded picture of Schütte-Lihotzky, an icon of architectural history.

Sustainable, circular, up-to-date

Most modern buildings are built from diverse materials, but few confront their manifold composition as a question of both design and performance. This book takes a close look at a series of global building traditions and contemporary practices to uncover the possibilities and challenges of working with mixed materials. Visually stunning, color-coded drawings reveal the materials and construction for every project. Through case studies, design experiments and writings, the authors examine the opportunities of heterogeneous construction for contemporary, sustainable, circular, and culturally situated architecture. With contributions by Jeannette Kuo, Ajay Manthripragada, and Jesús Vassallo, and photography by Naho Kubota. Graphic design by Andrew LeClair.

• Richly illustrated case studies of lesserknown hybrid construction techniques
• Beautiful graphic design and unique spot color printing reveal the interrelationships of materials in construction
• In-depth essays that discuss the technical, cultural, and environmental implications of heterogeneous construction

Denkmalpflegeprojekte in komplexen städtischen Umgebungen sind vielfach von erheblichen Diskrepanzen zwischen formaler Politik und pragmatischen Realitäten geprägt. Fallbeispiele aus dem Iran, der Türkei, Ägypten und Indien zeigen die unzähligen Faktoren auf, die auf die praktische Denkmalpflege einwirken und deren Ideale untergraben. Die vorgestellten Projekte veranschaulichen, wie politische, wirtschaftliche und ideologische Dynamiken die Ergebnisse vor Ort beeinflussen und sie von akademischen Grundsätzen und nationalen oder internationalen Strategien ablenken. Die Autorinnen und Autoren verfügen über ein tiefes Verständnis der lokalen Dynamiken und zeigen die disziplinären, bürokratischen und soziopolitischen Strukturen auf, die die Planung des städtischen Kulturerbes in unterschiedlichen Kontexten prägen.

• Untersucht Denkmalschutzrichtlinien in lokalen Kontexten
• Lenkt den Blick auf lokale Komplexitäten
• Ergebnisse des DFG-Projekts "Assembling Iran's Urban Heritage Conservation Policy and Practice: Problematised in Tehran"

Inverse Utopia looks at urbanism from the perspective of modernism and postmodernism, as well as at how commercialization has transformed the modern city. In his earlier book Ladders (1997), the author described the emergence of the cul-de-sac as a typical manifestation of this trend.

In this new book, Inverse Utopia, he argues for the development of architectural and urban forms that respond to contemporary ecological and social challenges. The title refers to a statement by the philosopher Günther Anders: whereas utopians are unable to make the things they imagine, others are unable to imagine the things they make.

This book is a stand-alone volume but may be read as a sequel to Ladders.

• Essential text describing the work of Anna Heringer, an architect specialized in clay
• How architecture can have a positive impact on the environment and society
• Building with local resources to maintain ecological balance
• Available in German, French and English

It has been shown that spatial perception can be improved through practice. Opportunities to offer such practice are offered in this workbook, which was tested by nearly one thousand architecture students before publication, and emerged from an academic study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, conducted jointly by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the ETH Zurich.

The architectural work of Hans and Wassili Luckhardt (1890–1954/1889–1972) is not yet adequately appreciated. As members of the Glass Chain initiative and the Ring collective, they shaped, especially through their work with Alfons Anker, the development of Modernist architecture in the 1920s, as evidenced by their winning design for the layout of Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. While their early work was anchored in utopian expressionism, a more objective attitude emerged later, based on the application of new architectural constructs.
The book documents all 40 of Hans und Wassili Luckhardt’s realized buildings. Two essays deal with the unbuilt and utopian projects. Newly taken photographs and newly drawn plans by Carsten Krohn complement the historical illustrations.

• Comprehensive documentation of the work of Hans and Wassili Luckhardt.
• With approx. 80 new photographs and 80 newly drawn plans by Carsten Krohn

Versatile wooden windows

In her book, the trained carpenter and architect Judith Resch looks at what scope still exists in modern window design and construction. The process of simplification is more difficult to achieve for windows than for most building components, since windows, due to their function, must meet high technical specifications. She presents a variety of window design projects that have one thing in common: they pursue a singular design concept using the simplest possible means. All projects are presented in detail with technical drawings and photographs.

• 10 simple wooden window designs
• From retrofitting historical windows to the possibilities of DIY design
• Precisely designed, handcrafted, highly repairable windows

Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.

• Presentation of 50 seminal and spectacular adaptive reuse projects in architecture
• New classification of a wide variety of remodeling and conversion projects
• Written by a leading expert in the field

Bilingual Edition (English / German):

A trailblazer of modern architecture

With Josef Frank (1885–1967), the catalogue for the exhibition in the MAK, Vienna, focuses on one of the most important Austrian architects of the 20^th century. In addition to his groundbreaking architectural oeuvre, the discussion considers Frank as an extremely productive designer who, although sceptical and a prominent cultural critic, must be thanked for his many important stimuli to international design that are still valid today. As an architect and designer who is still "contemporary" to this day, Frank was known for his pragmatic design approach, and pleaded for "normal" – but not at all normative – architecture and design. For Frank, the qualities of social experience were more important than formal aspects; his interiors and utilitarian articles were primarily intended to serve the comfort of the user. Josef Frank’s ideas of an uncontrived and unpretentious utilitarian expedience, which was focused on an independent, free, enlightened housing and living culture beyond all stylistic dogmas and fashionable conventions, is more topical today than ever.

Mit Josef Frank (1885–1967) widmet sich der Katalog zur Ausstellung im MAK, Wien, einem der bedeutendsten österreichischen Architekten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Neben dem wegweisenden architektonischen Werk geht es dabei insbesondere um einen Gestalter, dem das internationale Design bis heute wichtige Impulse verdankt. Gerade derzeit erscheinen Franks Vorstellungen einer aufgeklärt bürgerlichen Wohn- und Lebenskultur aktueller denn je.

Adaptive reuse is a design practice where changes in the building structure go along with new programs and functions. Many concerns of the day that are the hallmark of current social discourse can equally be communicated through the vocabulary of design and reuse. Six common themes mirroring those of society in the new millennium are discernable in the current adaptive reuse practice: appropriation, ecology, equity, memory & redemption, identity and authenticity.

Selected articles from the IntAR Interventions and Adaptive Reuse Journal of the last ten years speak to the social issues of the recent decade. The introductory essay positions shifting norms of working from home or remote learning in the light of their revision through adaptive reuse, for example the post-pandemic repercussions on office towers and the classroom.

Representation of climate in design

Ephemeral phenomena like fire, precipitation, shade, and wind have emerged as important contemporary protagonists for environmental design due to their dynamic impact on buildings and cities. The importance of including these forces in architecture has gained rapid momentum in the global quest for sustainability.

This book investigates the history, theory and applications of climatic design in the built environment examining architecture and landscapes from various time periods. Based on a collaboration between the University of Sydney and the National University of Singapore, the book brings together contributing authors from Australia, Singapore, and the United States.

"Dry", "Wet", "Cool" and "Hot" divide the book into categories through which a wide array of representational topics are covered —from dust storms and clouds, to ice and bushfires. A concluding section presents project examples for exploratory application in the design of architecture.

Albert Kahn is probably the most important industrial architect of the 20th century. With his factory for the Ford T-models, designed for mass production, he found himself at the beginning of modern industrial architecture. His industrial buildings inspired the architects of European Modernism. They were the examples by which the structural rationality of Kahn’s industrial developments became the guiding principle for the New Building movement up until today.

The unrivalled monograph with its numerous photographs, plan layouts, site plans, and virtual 3D models comprehensively documents the buildings of Albert Kahn, which he was able to construct in a very short time due to his system-based working method – in the USA but also in the Soviet Union, Brazil, Sweden, France, China, Japan, and Australia.

Art and Architecture united

In this low-priced special edition, the book brings together the work of the Los Angeles-based architectural practice Johnston Marklee since its foundation in 1998. The practice is known for its uniform conceptual approach to each project and is internationally recognized for its engagement with contemporary art practices while being deeply rooted in the history and practice of architecture.

The book provides an insight into Johnston Marklee’s design process and cooperation with experts from related fields. It draws its material from seven conversations and seven artists’ interpretations of Johnston Marklee’s buildings and projects. A comprehensive list of work illustrated with small photographs and diagrams concludes this monograph.

• Lower priced, new paperback edition
• Edited and designed by Reto Geiser
• Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are Artistic Directors of the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Technical Drawing deals with the representation of plans throughout all phases of a project. For students, the primary focus is on the development and methodical construction of a technical drawing.

Themes:

• Types of plan (from site plan and preliminary drawings to design and detail plans)
• Components of the plan (floor plan, section, elevation, detail)
• Line width, dimensioning, hatching, use of text, symbols
• Plan presentation and compilation

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the planning and implementation of this special kind of garden, taking the concrete planning process as its guide. From design fundamentals and concept development with different typology variants all the way to the choice of materials, the various construction principles, and building services, all subjects relevant to planning are comprehensively presented.
The planning information is illustrated with numerous international examples, with projects ranging from a "green wall" as interior design element and private house gardens in Australia, New Zealand, and Germany all the way to award – winning ecological office buildings in the USA and the Netherlands, an old - age home in Sweden, and an indoor park in Canada.

With an increasing interest in quality of nutrition and health, urban food production has begun to occur inside the growing cities worldwide and risks to compete with other urban needs.

The book introduces typologies, tools, evaluation methods and strategies, and shows the practical applications of the methods. Multiple projects illustrate solutions that augment quality via the insertion of food production entities into the urban realm.

Vienna's major development from a small Baroque residential city enclosed by fortifications to a modern European metropolis began after 1840. The most important infrastructural projects were the regulation of the Danube, the construction of the Ringstrasse zone, the building of the Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline, the erection of the buildings for the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 and the construction of a cemetery open to all, the Vienna Central Cemetery.

The planning atlas summarizes regulatory plans, some of which were published and some of which come from private collections. Together with the memoirs of the city planner Heinrich Goldemund from 1943, excerpts of which are published here, this work offers fundamental insights into Viennese urban planning from the late 19th century to 1918.

• 12 large-format plans with book in a cassette
• The work of Viennese urban planning in the formative years of modern Vienna
• Indispensable work on the history and urban planning of Vienna

Farben kombinieren

Farben geben Räumen eine unverwechselbare Atmosphäre, ein gelungenes Farbkonzept macht den Unterschied. Die richtige und individuell passende Farbkombination für die vielfältigen Aufgaben im Innen- und Außenbereich zu finden, ist eine große Herausforderung. Das Buch bietet eine Entscheidungshilfe für wohltuende Raumkonzepte, aber auch für alle anderen Gestaltungsaufgaben, die gute Farbkonzepte erfordern. Es stellt Farbkombinationen vor, die ausgewogen sind und ein breites Spektrum von Kontrastwerten abdecken. Ein farblich neutrales Weiß ist die Hauptfarbe, zarthelle Grautöne bis Anthrazit-, Holz- und Betonfarben die dazu passenden Zweitfarben. Darauf aufbauend finden Gestalter:innen warme und kühle, helle, kaum bunte bis bunte Kombinationen, die zu jeder modernen Gestaltung passen.

• 400 Farbkombinationen zusammengestellt von der Farbexpertin Katrin Trautwein
• Ein wichtiges Tool im handlichen Format für Architekt:innen, Studierende der Architektur, Raumplaner:innen, Innenarchitekt:innen, Gestalter:innen
• Aus gewohnten Mustern ausbrechen und neue Farbkombinationen entdecken.

Rome, the "Eternal City", is a unique palimpsest dating back to Antiquity. However, beyond the historic center built over millennia on the famous seven hills – another Rome exists, one of large and often stunning modern neighborhoods, housing estates, schools, and public buildings. When Rome became Italy’s capital in 1871, the population increased extensively and the city exceeded its boundaries since Roman times, the Aurelian Walls. This extraordinary transformation laid the foundation for many new quarters built to accommodate civil servants and rural migrants, drawing on vernacular and ancient Roman traditions and blending past and present. This book looks at Rome’s evolution and architecture from the 19th century onwards, embodying a kind of "Splendid Ordinary" – a journey that is full of discoveries.

• With contributions by Lucio Barbera, Anna Irene Del Monaco, Jean-François Lejeune, Salvatore Santuccio, Daniel Solomon
• Attractive in-depth portraits of 16 neighborhoods with photographs and drawings
• An excursion on post-WWII Italian cinema highlights the locations of famous movies

What are Marxist architectural history and criticism? What methods do they employ, and what are their objects of critical analysis? These questions have been asked before, but now more than ever, they require reassessment in light of the continuous expansion and revision of Marxism in response to new global crises.　Struggles in the Concrete: Architecture and the Marxist Tradition embarks on this endeavour. The eleven chapters not only reconsider classical Marxist categories and historical conjunctures, but also devise new critical frameworks for analysing architecture and capitalism today. The book reconsiders neglected figures like Marta Lonzi, Sérgio Ferro, and Anthony D. King, as well as re-engaging with major figures like Siegfried Kracauer, Manfredo Tafuri, and Stuart Hall.

• Tool for critical thinking in the current architectural discourse on global crises
• Contributions by renowned architectural historians and theorists: Claire Zimmerman, Katie Lloyd Thomas, Silke Kapp, Nicholas Thoburn, Onyeka Igwe

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This collection of ecological evaluations and data on structural physics is a classic in every design library. Planners, architects, and clients will find a wealth of reliable construction details on matters such as passive house standards, building materials, the criteria for verifying ecologically optimized planning, and tendering in the fifth edition of this catalog. New features include information on the circularity of components, and QR codes that enable direct access to the online database Baubook. All assessments are based on international passive house standards. This is a meticulously researched reference work which, thanks to its bilingualism, overcomes language barriers and is therefore an invaluable aid in consultations with international clients.

• 130 standard cross-sections and connection details
• Four-color, true-to-scale drawings
• Facts and figures on circularity and for ecological planning

Als Sammlung ökologischer Bewertungen und bauphysikalischer Kennwerte ist der Bauteilkatalog ein Klassiker in jeder Konstruktionsbibliothek. Planer, Architekten und Wettbewerb-Auslober finden in der fünften Auflage des Bauteilkatalogs wie gewohnt zuverlässige Baudetails für den Passivhaus-Standard, Baustoffberatungswissen, Kriterien für den Nachweis ökologisch optimierter Planung sowie für die Ausschreibung. Neu sind Angaben zur Zirkularität der Bauteile und QR Codes, die den direkten Zugriff auf die Online Datenbank Baubook ermöglichen. Sämtliche Bewertungen basieren auf den internationalen Passivhausstandards. Insgesamt: ein fundiertes Nachschlagewerk, das durch seine Zweisprachigkeit hilft, Sprachbarrieren zu überwinden und somit auch für die Beratung mit internationalen Bauherren herangezogen werden kann.

• 130 Regelquerschnitte und Anschlussdetails
• Vierfarbige, maßstäbliche Zeichnungen
• Zahlen, Fakten, Daten zur Zirkularität und für die ökologische Bewertung

Do the emerging forces of the political far right have an architectural and urban planning agenda? This question runs through Right Spaces, a collection of essays written between 2015 and 2020 that anticipated many elements of the current debate. Supplemented by a new, detailed foreword that sheds light on recent international developments, these essays, collated in English for the first time, reveal that architecture has become a central medium of the global authoritarian right, from ethno-nationalists and historical revisionists to libertarians. This development has been accompanied by a policy of low interest rates pursued by the world’s main central banks in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, which led to a rapid increase in construction and a paradigm shift in architecture from a means of creating useful objects and towards a form of asset creation.

• A highly topical international issue　
• A collection of Stephan Trüby’s widely acclaimed texts on the political dimension of reconstruction, translated into English 　
• Continues the discussion of anti-Semitism and racism in architecture and architectural education

The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–54), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusier’s late period. Located on a high plateau in the Vosges above Belfort, this building is an unsurpassed work of art which also fits uniquely into its physical surroundings. The shell-shaped roof, the rounded walls, the towers of stone masonry, and the facade with its rhythmic openings of colored glass are the essential elements of this sculptural construction. The scale and proportions of the chapel at Ronchamp are designed on the basis of the Modulor that Le Corbusier developed, which accounts for its distinctive spatial effect. Like all the guides in this series, this book is indispensable both for a specialist audience and for tourists interested in architecture and modern art.

Die Wallfahrtskirche Notre-Dame-Du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950-1954), Ikone der modernen Architektur, stellt einen der zentralen Bauten in Le Corbusiers Spätwerk dar. Auf einem Hochplateau der Vogesen oberhalb Belforts gelegen, ist dieser Bau ein in Raum- und Formgestaltung einzigartiges Kunstwerk, das sich einmalig in seine Umgebung einpaßt. Das muschelförmige Dach, die gerundeten Mauern, die Türme aus Steinmauerwerk sowie die durch farbige Glasöffnungen rhythmisierte Fassade sind wesentliche Bestandteile dieser skulpturalen Konstruktion. Die Kapelle von Ronchamp ist in ihren Maßstäben und Proportionen nach dem von Le Corbusier entwickelten "Modulor" entworfen und erhält auch von daher ihre besondere räumliche Wirkung. Wie alle Guides dieser Reihe ist das Buch sowohl für das Fachpublikum als auch für an Architektur und moderner Kunst interessierte Laien unentbehrlich.

What does it mean for architecture to be a truly collaborative venture where plants and other species also exercise their agency? This would mean to make architecture receptive—physically, premised on creating spaces for accommodating multispecies; and intellectually, premised on becoming aware of the needs of more-than-humans. Design-based approaches whether technocratic or demonstrating a theoretical standpoint are fragmented today and demand a holistic approach.

Living Together positions itself in that fragmentation. The book is an inquiry into an architecture which allows multispecies alliances to take place. It brings materialist and ecological inquiries to architectural design, practice, and thinking; acknowledging a necessity to go beyond established architectural ideals of progress, monumentality, longevity, and permanence.

• A guide to ecological planning in architecture
• Cohabitation: architecture must take into account the non-human living space
• Inspiring illustrations

"Why do architects always wear black?" Cordula Rau was asked this question by an automotive industry manager during an architectural competition. Although an architect herself who also wears black, she didn't have an answer off the top of her head. She decided to ask other architects as well as artists and designers. Since 2001, she has been collecting their handwritten replies in a notebook.

In 2008, these were published in a small work – black-bound, of course. For its new edition, this legendary collection has been expanded to include new amusing, pragmatic and subtle explanations: "Read it – but please don’t ask me why again architects wear black!" (Cordula Rau)

• New and expanded edition of the cult book
• A Collection of handwritten statements in an A6-format notebook
• Addition of 16 new statements

HIGH-TECH HERITAGE AND DENKMAL POSTMODERNE IN THE SET - CURRENT STATE OF SCIENCE AND MONUMENT PROTECTION IN TWO CONGRESS VOLUMES

Denkmal Postmoderne

The architectural heritage of postmodernism bears witness to an era that was defined by the energy crises of the 1970s, the return to architecture as a means of communication and a conduit of meaning, neoliberalism in the construction sector, the end of grand narratives, and the spirit of optimism in the early 1990s.

Focusing on the German-speaking world, this volume reveals how this heritage can be captured, preserved and further developed. It includes contributions from the conference of the same name, which took place in Weimar in March 2022 in collaboration with ETH Zurich. The authors shed light on the theoretical and practical challenges of dealing with an era that is subject to a wide range of qualitative perceptions and is – as its name suggests – still ongoing.

• Current state of research on postmodern architecture and its preservation
• New findings on the topic of building within existing structures
• Research reports in German with English summaries of each

High-Tech Heritage

The high-tech architecture of the 1970s–1990s is typically characterized by the use and exhibition of advanced technologies. In terms of appearance, these buildings often have innovative façades, supporting structures accentuated in color, and expressively displayed technology systems. Unfortunately, however, the rapid obsolescence of technology has often led to the complete replacement of the very systems that defined the architectural form. In 2023, an international conference at ETH Zurich in collaboration with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar explored the question of how best to deal with the structural legacy of technologically innovative architecture. This book summarizes the results and provides an overview of the current state of research.

• Current state of research on high-tech architecture and its conservation
• Overview of the opportunities and challenges of high-tech buildings
• New findings on the topic of building within existing structures

Human Cities/SMOTIES – Creative works with small and remote places ist ein vierjähriges Projekt, das 2020 gestartet wurde und durch das Creative Europe Programm der Europäischen Union kofinanziert wird. Die SMOTIES Toolbox zielt darauf ab, Projektexperten bei der Mitgestaltung öffentlicher Räume anzuleiten. Sie wurde bereits an abgelegenen Orten in 10 europäischen Ländern als Prototyp eingesetzt und in 4 Hochschulprogrammen getestet.

Dieses Buch kann dazu beitragen, bessere Orte zu schaffen, indem es den Wandel durch kulturgeleitete Regeneration unterstützt und vielfältige kreative Aktivitäten anregt, um die wirtschaftliche und soziale Transformation lokaler Ökosysteme zu fördern.

High-tech Architecture - Preserving the Heritage of Innovative Construction

The high-tech architecture of the 1970s–1990s is typically characterized by the use and exhibition of advanced technologies. In terms of appearance, these buildings often have innovative façades, supporting structures accentuated in color, and expressively displayed technology systems. Unfortunately, however, the rapid obsolescence of technology has often led to the complete replacement of the very systems that defined the architectural form. In 2023, an international conference at ETH Zurich in collaboration with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar explored the question of how best to deal with the structural legacy of technologically innovative architecture. This book summarizes the results and provides an overview of the current state of research.

• Current state of research on high-tech architecture and its conservation
• Overview of the opportunities and challenges of high-tech buildings
• New findings on the topic of building within existing structures
• Also available as a set with the congress volume Denkmal Postmoderne 978-3-0356-2783-1

In addition to numerous scaled drawings, newly produced models clarify the most important design aspects of the building.

• Le Corbusier’s 1954 building for the Millowners’ Association in Ahmedabad is an understudied key work
• With attractive photographs, new drawings and models created especially for the publication
• The structure exemplifies characteristic elements of Le Corbusier’s work and development as an architect

How can we apply constructive experiments in architecture as an innovative response to the climate crisis? The conference ‘Constructive Disobedience’ was dedicated to addressing this question. This book compiles various projects and positions presented there, drawn from a wide range of practice, teaching and research cases. International projects include a prestressed rammed earth structure, studies on heterogeneous constructions, and the rediscovery of natural materials such as hemp and lime. Together, they form a methodological foundation that highlights the knowledge gained from experimental architecture for the coming era of building transformation.

• International contributions and new approaches in the field of experimental architecture
• Focus on bio-based and regenerative building methods: wood constructions, hemp lime, bacteria, reed, straw, earth
• Variety of construction drawings

Um 1900 entstanden in Wien die ersten Eisenbetonbauten. Ihre Skelettkonstruktion ermöglichte weitgespannte Räume mit hoher Traglast und machte innovative Mehrzweckbauten möglich: Wohn- und Geschäftshäuser mit loftartigen Werkstrakten, integrierten Theatern und Kinos, Fabriken – sie waren die Schauplätze eines beschleunigten urbanen Lebens. Das Buch dokumentiert erstmals die bahnbrechende Entwicklung dieser neuen Bautechnologie, umgesetzt von wagemutigen Baumeistern, Ingenieuren, Architekten und entschlossenen Auftraggebern. Rund 90 analysierte Bauten – von bislang unbeachteten Gebäuden bis hin zu Ikonen der Wiener Architektur – illustrieren die räumliche Flexibilität und Bauqualität des Eisenbetons. Die Pionierjahre des Eisenbetons werfen ein neues Licht auf die Architektur Wiens um 1900.

• 90 Bauten aus den Pionierjahren des Eisenbetons in Wien
• Von Wiener Ikonen bis zu unbekannten Baujuwelen
• Ausstellung im Wien Museum vom 22. Mai 2025 bis 28. September 2025

The publication rethinks climate control – a key concern of the discipline of architecture – through the lens of city climate phenomena over the course of the 20th century. Based on a history of climate control on urban scales, it promotes the integration of indoors and outdoors in order to reduce environmental and thermal loads in cities. Just as heating and cooling practices inside the buildings are affecting the (urban) climate outdoors, urban heat islands are influencing the energy requirements and thermal conditions inside the buildings.
While the first part of the book focuses on the interwar period in Europe, the publication’s second part considers examples from all over the globe, tracing the growing significance of ecological thinking for the design of urban environments.

• Main outcome of a six-years research project on "architecture and urban climates," funded by Swiss National Science Foundation.
• A new series highlighting design-driven approaches to urban climates across the globe

• Revised new edition

The SMOTIES network is a partnership of ten design universities, research centers, creative agencies, and national associations. Each partner selected a small and remote place in their country to benefit from the design of cultural and creative regenerations within public spaces and in collaboration with local stakeholders.

The project is part of the Human Cities network, a platform for interdisciplinary exchange, examining and acting to improve the livability of indoor and outdoor public spaces to incubate innovative processes for social cohesion through participatory design.

• Features projects in Portugal, Poland, Wales, Italy, Iceland, Estonia, France, Austria, Slovenia, and Greece
• Regional promotion and safeguarding of quality of life and work
• Best practice: learning from exemplary models

With contributions by

Michael Dumiak, Independent reporter and editor

Valentina Auricchio PhD, associate professor, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

Elisa Bertolotti PhD, assistant professor of　Communication Design, Art and Design Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Madeira

Beatriz Bonilla Berrocal, PhD candidate, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

Helen Charoupia Researcher, Department of　Product and Systems Design Engineering within Complex Systems and Service Design Lab, University of the Aegean

Alexandra Coutsoucos, Research fellow, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

Annalinda De Rosa PhD, researcher, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

Davide Fassi PhD, full professor, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

Susana Gonzaga PhD, assistant professor, Art and Design Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Madeira

Nina Goršič, Architect and researcher, urban renewal, cultural heritage and accessibility, Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia

Frank van Hasselt, Chief executive, Clear Village

Astrid Lelarge, Historian of urban planning, Alternance Architecture and Urban Planning, assistant professor, Faculty of Planning and Design, Agricultural University of Iceland

Vanessa Monna, Post-doc research fellow, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano

Chiara Nifosì, PhD, assistant professor of　Urban Planning, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Matej Nikšič, Architect, urban planner, lecturer in urban design, Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia

Cristina Renzoni, PhD, associate professor of Urban Planning, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Anwar Samara, Student of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana

Noemi Satta, Independent consultant and expert in cultural innovation and strategic and participatory planning

Isabelle Vérilhac, Strategic designer, founder of Design With Isabelle

Modern urban terraced houses or row houses emerged in Europe from the 17th century onwards. Usually two to three storeys high and with a garden at the back, they formed the traditional urban block. In Brussels, this bourgeois type of housing took on a particularly varied and inspiring form—including the well-known Art Nouveau residences—which composes the DNA of the city to this day. This publication analyses 121 selected examples illustrating the emergence of the terraced house and its further development in other forms of housing. The result is a broad panorama and a history of the architecture and development of the city of Brussels with its particularly heterogenous cityscape.

This expanded edition comprises a new chapter by Kristiaan Borret, the city's former “bouwmeester”. 13 new case studies were added and the content was updated. A project index facilitates quick navigation.

•     With a photo essay by the well-known Belgian photographer Maxime Delvaux
•     All plans have been drawn in standard scales especially for the publication
•     An atlas of exemplary historical and contemporary housing typologies

First comprehensive architectural monograph by DEMOGO with images by Iwan Baan

In their first comprehensive architectural monograph, the architects of DEMOGO explore the driving question of the importance of context for their architecture and invite designers and theorists to reflect with them on the relationship between contemporary spaces and complex contexts.
Built and planned projects are presented in chronological order with specially produced drawings and models. The most remarkable buildings and contexts are captured through the eyes of renowned photographer Iwan Baan.
The guest authors Petra Blaisse, Pippo Ciorra, Giovanni Corbellini, Sara Marini and Alberto Bertagna also shed light on central questions of DEMOGO's work and supplement the monograph with a variety of perspectives and personal reflections.

• First monograph by DEMOGO studio di architettura
• Contributions by Petra Blaisse, Pippo Ciorra, Giovanni Corbellini, Sara Marini, Alberto Bertagna
• Bibliophile edition

Lernen von Einfach Bauen - die unverzichtbare Fortsetzung!

Wie lebt es sich in den Forschungshäusern? Wie hat sich das Konzept Einfach Bauen bewährt?　

Das Buch präsentiert die Auswertung der Langzeitmessungen in an den drei Forschungshäusern aus Massivholz, Mauerwerk und Leichtbeton in monolithischer Bauweise und liefert Erkenntnisse, inwiefern die Annahmen in der tatsächlichen Nutzung eingetreten sind. Die drei Häuser werden hinsichtlich Umweltwirkung, Kosten und Wohnkomfort verglichen. Befragungen der Bewohnerschaft und eine Fotoserie ergänzen die menschliche Erfahrungsebene. Der transparente Abgleich soll zur breiten Weiterentwicklung von Einfach Bauen beitragen.

• Lernen von Einfach Bauen - die unverzichtbare Fortsetzung!
• Messergebnisse aus der Nutzungsphase und Erfahrungen der Bewohnenden
• Eigens angefertigte Fotoserie der Aneignung durch die Bewohner: innen

Architektur entwerfen mit Solarzellen - Prinzipien und Qualitäten einer neuen Architektur

Die rasante Entwicklung der Solartechnik steigert nicht nur die Effizienz der Energieerzeugung, sie senkt auch die Kosten, so daß Solararchitektur schon bald als das neue Normal gelten dürfte. Immer öfter werden solare Bauteile für den Gebäudeentwurf verwendet. Die breite Auswahl an technischen Lösungen liefert für die Gestaltung mittlerweile faszinierende Möglichkeiten.

Made of Solar zeigt die Prinzipien und Qualitäten einer neuen Architektur. Sowohl auf dem Dach als auch an der Fassade integriert, folgen die hier präsentierten, gut gestalteten Lösungen zwar den Regeln der solaren Stromproduktion, eröffnen aber auch neue architektonische Freiräume. Das Buch präsentiert eine Auswahl von 25 zukunftsweisenden, realisierte Bauten mit 3D-Details, Plänen, Grafiken und grossformatigen Farbfotografien.

• Konstruktionsweisen beispielhafter Solararchitekturen im Detail
• Speziell erstellte isometrische Detailzeichnungen und farbige Abbildungen
• Vielfältige Inspirationsquellen für den Einsatz von Solarzellen
• Als deutsche und englische Sprachausgabe erhältlich

Designing architecture with solar cells - principles and qualities of a new architecture

The rapid development of solar technology is not only increasing the efficiency of energy production, it is also reducing costs, so that solar architecture may soon be considered the new normal. Solar components are increasingly being used in building design. The wide range of technical solutions now offers fascinating possibilities for design.

Made of Solar shows the principles and qualities of a new architecture. Integrated both on the roof and on the façade, the well-designed solutions presented here follow the rules of solar energy production, but also open up new architectural freedom. The book presents a selection of 25 pioneering, realised buildings with 3D details, plans, graphics and large-format colour photographs.

• Construction methods of exemplary solar architectures in detail
• Specially created isometric detailed drawings and colour illustrations
• Diverse sources of inspiration for the use of solar cells
• Available in German and English language editions

A profound social change can be observed in the areas of mobility, work and trade, as well as in the practice of faith, especially in cities. As a result, certain building typologies such as petrol stations, offices, shopping centers, cinemas and churches are being used less, thus becoming increasingly obsolete and contributing to the obsolescence of the city.

Three strategies must be considered for the efficient transformation of these structures: the conversion of existing architecture and the preservation of the gray energy they embody; the maximization of land use; and the strengthening of ecological functions to improve the urban microclimate and the quality of living space.

The authors analyze potential solutions, present conversion scenarios, and illustrate these in schematic diagrams.

• Analysis of obsolete architectural typologies in urban centers
• Realistic proposals for the recyclability of existing buildings
• Attractive graphics and presentations of potential solutions

Contrary to the view that postmodern architects regarded themselves as self-referential artists, this book draws on the buildings, projects and writings of Charles Willard Moore (1925–1993) to reveal the architect’s socio-political aspirations.

Moore, one of the founders of postmodernism, wanted to create places that would inform people about where and who they are. His designed spaces were intended to counteract the alienation created by a technocratic mass society. Moore’s architecture was intended to create the conditions for political action in a public sphere that promotes a diversity of citizens’ voices.

Reese presents a reassessment of the work of Charles W. Moore, who dedicated himself to opposing a conformist mass society.

• On Charles W. Moore’s interpretation of postmodern architecture
• Presentation of the various postmodern architectural approaches of Moore’s era
• Scholarly reassessment of this architectural movement

 China’s Belt and Road Initiative, started in 2013, has transformed many places around the world but also China itself. In some cases, it provided crucial infrastructure, such as the General Hospital of Niger in Niamey or the National Library of El Salvador, while it also generated entire new urban areas, e.g. the Free Zone in Khorghos, Kazakhstan, with sometimes controversial effects to local communities and the environment. Based on research undertaken at the Politecnico di Torino, this publication looks at the Belt and Road Initiative in architectural and spatial terms. Organized in thematic categories, it entails a survey of 21 case studies and investigates the impact of these China-backed projects. All buildings are documented with maps, architectural drawings and photographs specifically created for this book.

• A critical appraisal and an architectural guide to the Belt and Road Initiative
• Authors include Michele Bonino, Francesca Governa (Politecnico di Torino), Francesco Carota (University of Kansas), Sohrab Marri (Balochistan University), Charlie Xue (City University of Hong Kong)
• With photo reportages by Ivo Tavares, Paulo Moreira and Al Yousuf

• Innovation in der Architektur: Vorteil durch Bewegung
• Neue Technologien, Methoden, Lösungen
• Fortführung des erfolgreichen Titels MOVE

• Well-known contributors include Uta Pottgiesser (TU Delft), Ana Tostoes (Lisbon University), Ola Uduku (University of Liverpool) et al.
• The stunning photography by Jean Molitor takes the reader on a journey across the continent
• Documentation of some 60 buildings from eight countries with new scaled drawings and photographs

New fundamentals for designing future-oriented housing

This book shows how architectural design can improve housing. It looks at 14 innovative multiunit dwelling projects through the lenses of current research on urban housing systems, driven by questions on social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Residential buildings designed for diverse cultural contexts are brought together and examined according to spatial antonyms: the individual and communal, the interior and exterior, and the determined and undetermined, to create a resource for future architectural practice. The book concentrates on design decisions and incorporates rich illustrations and conversations with architects and residents. It follows a series of talks curated by the Melbourne School of Design to extend the debate on the missing links between architectural practice and housing research.

«La beauté n'a rien à voir avec l'argent ou la finance. Elle demande de la créativité et de l'amour», affirme Anna Heringer. Sa vision fait mouche, comme en témoignent des amphithéâtres pleins, des prix internationaux (dont l’Aga Kahn Award en 2007 et l’OBEL Award en 2020), une invitation au TED Talk 2017 ainsi que de nombreuses expositions: MoMA à New York, MAM à São Paulo, Biennale de Venise, etc.

Dans Form Follows Love, Anna Heringer raconte à l'auteure Dominique Gauzin-Müller son parcours d'architecte　: ses études, la rencontre avec le spécialiste du pisé Martin Rauch, sa pratique dans le Sud global et ses projets actuels en Europe. Elle partage avec nous le constat que la terre crue est non seulement un matériau respectueux de l'environnement, mais aussi que sa mise en œuvre dans les bâtiments initie des processus réparateurs au sein de la société.

• Dans ce texte essentiel, l'architecte allemande Anna Heringer, spécialiste de la construction en terre crue, raconte à la fois
• comment l'architecture peut avoir une influence positive sur la société et sur l'environnement
• comment construire avec des ressources locales préserve l'équilibre écologique.
• Disponible en français, allemand et anglais

According to Anna Heringer, "Beauty has nothing to do with money or finance, but everything to do with creativity and love". With statements like this she clearly has her finger on the pulse of our time, judging by the packed lecture halls, international awards such as the 2007 Aga Kahn Award or the 2020 OBEL Award, and exhibitions at MoMA, MAM Sao Paulo, and the Venice Biennale.

In Form Follows Love, Anna Heringer talks to author Dominique Gauzin-Müller about her career as an architect, her studies, her experiences during a workshop by Martin Rauch, her practice in the Global South, and current projects in the Global North.

She shares with us the insight that clay is not only an environmentally friendly material, but in the best cases it can even trigger socially beneficial processes.

"What does the landscape architect actually do as a designer?"
The authors of this book investigate this question, which only seems easy – and address some fundamental ideas about design in landscape architecture: What resources are available for designing open spaces? What role do natural conditions play? What principles are applied?
This book identifies and analyses the elements that come together to create landscape architecture. Based on their experience in practice and education, the authors reveal the core components of landscape design. In the introduction to the new edition, Stefan Bernard opens up about the book’s origins and reflects on its continuing importance for the design of high-quality outdoor spaces.

Small Scale, Big Change focuses on designing and building in underserved communities around the globe. Rooted in the traditions of early Modernism, the work of the architects shown in this book expresses a desire for social change and a belief in the social responsibility of architecture. The projects – often schools, parks, housing projects and infrastructural interventions – are typically the result of close collaboration with members of the community and future users. They are located in impoverished urban and rural communities and reveal an exciting change in the longstanding dialogue between architecture and ethics, wherein the architect’s roles, methods, approaches and responsibilities are all dramatically reconsidered. These architects address community needs with innovative, low-budget and adaptable designs without sacrificing aesthetics. In these works, one also sees an expanded definition of sustainability encompassing larger social and economic issues.

The architects featured include Alejandro Aravena, Anna Herringer, Francis Kere, Jorge Maria Jauregui, Lacaton Vassal, Michael Maltzan, Noero Wolff Architects, Rural Studio, Teddy Cruz, Urban Think Tank.

In many countries of Southeast Asia, the middle years of the 20th century marked the dawn of a new era. Independence had been won from colonial powers, and young states such as Burma (Myanmar), Indonesia, Cambodia and Singapore were faced with the task of reconstituting themselves as nations and developing an independent identity. Architecture and urban planning played an important role in this process. Local manifestations of modernism emerged that sought to reconcile universal aspirations with specific social conditions.

This volume critically examines this architectural and ideological heritage and argues for the preservation and redevelopment of these particular architectures, which are at risk of disappearing amid the rapid urbanization of today.

Sustainability is to become the guiding principle of social action and economic activity. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economic, ecological and also ethical strategies, which have multiple complex interactions and all too often also conflicting goals and priorities. In no other field can these be better observed, addressed and influenced than in architecture and building.

Each volume of "Building Better – Less – Different" details two fundamental areas of sustainability and explores their specific dynamics and interactions. After introductory overviews, innovative methods and current developments are described and analysed in in-depth essays, international case studies and pointed commentaries. The sustainability criteria of efficiency ("better"), sufficiency ("less") and consistency ("different") form the framework for each book.

The first volume presents concepts, methods and examples of circularity in construction and the economy. Urban mining and circular construction are two approaches to the challenges that architecture and urban design are facing, using techniques such as mono-material construction and design for disassembly, and tools such as materials passports and databases. The circular economy is not solely about recycling but encompasses a wide range of strategies from local community projects to new ownership and service models and steering mechanisms such as carbon fees and dividends.

• Building sustainably: a compendium in individual volumes
• First volume on circularity in architecture and economy
• Systematic, up-to-date, international

Vom Druckknopf bis zur Weltraumsonde: So weit erstreckt sich der Horizont von Produktdesign. Weil Design viel mehr ist als „Linienführung", geht diese Designgeschichte der Frage nach, wie sich die Ansprüche an die Gestaltung von Gebrauchsobjekten im Lauf der Zeit fortentwickelt haben.

Die Frage des Wozu (Gebrauchsfunktion) verbindet sich mit der des Woraus und Womit (Materialien und Produktionsmethode) und der nach dem Wie (der konstitutiven Beschaffenheit des Gegenstandes). Darunter zeigen sich die Schichten geschichtlich bedingter kultureller Mentalitäten, und darüber erhebt sich die Frage nach den Wirkungen von Design in Gesellschaft und Umwelt.

Die Schwerkraft von Ideen entfaltet diese vieldimensionale Matrix in zwei Bänden und schafft so Orientierung im Kosmos der Ideen und ihrer gestalterischen Umsetzung.

Michel Desvigne ist der international profilierteste französische Landschaftsarchitekt. Ansässig in Paris, hatte er Gastprofessuren an der Architectural Association in London, an der Harvard University und anderswo inne. Desvignes Projekte haben eine starke strategische und konzeptionelle Komponente. Eine große Rolle spielen Verkehrsprojekte, die die städtebaulich-planerische Kompetenz seiner Landschaftsarchitektur unterstreichen.

Das Buch dokumentiert zehn Großprojekte Desvignes aus Frankreich, den USA, Spanien und Qatar, bei denen er nicht nur für die Landschaftsarchitektur, sondern für die gesamte Projektleitung verantwortlich zeichnet. Wie lassen sich solche Projekte hoher Komplexität realisieren? Wie entwickelt sich der intellektuelle Gedankengang? Welche spezifischen Probleme stellen sich bei der Umsetzung?

A New Class of Materials

• Presents the potential for composite materials in architecture
• Overview over the state of the art and the diversity of application possibilities
• With projects by Benthem Crouwel Architects, Foster + Partners, Snøhetta, Zaha Hadid and many more

Construite en 1912 sur les hauts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, la villa Jeanneret-Perret, dite « Maison blanche » à cause de l’enduit de ses façades et de sa toiture en Eternit clair, a été la première maison entièrement conçue par Le Corbusier, qui l’a fait bâtir pour ses parents. En mai 2000, après plusieurs années d’abandon, l’Association Maison blanche, spécialement créée dans ce but, a pu acquérir la maison et charger un groupe de spécialistes de divers domaines de fournir un appui à l’architecte mandaté pour la restauration, Pierre Minder. Par ce projet de restauration exemplaire, la Maison blanche devait retrouver son aspect de laboratoire d’idées du jeune Le Corbusier.

La faisabilité de toutes les mesures prises a été soigneusement examinée sur la base des observations des restaurateurs et de recherches dans les archives. La documentation ainsi réunie, à laquelle s’ajoutent les photographies couleur d’Eveline Perroud et les dessins de relevé et de reconstitution, a fourni la matière pour cette monographie détaillée.

• Innovation in architecture: a step ahead with movement
• New technologies, methods, solutions
• Sequel to the successful Move publication

In view of the fact that, by 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities, the subject of "sustainable urban design" is an important issue for UNESCO’s Cities of Design.

Taking into account that urban design can make a significant contribution to positive changes in environmental and social matters, the book presents seven inspirational examples for copying; included are analyses and measures for the cities of Detroit, Graz, Istanbul, Mexico City, and Puebla, as well as non-location bound projects.

The authors investigate the efficiency of certificates, climate installations for urban spaces, and new ecological, architectural, and sociological concepts for mega-cities. A reader for stakeholders at the interface of social and urban design.

Italienische Innenarchitektur zeichnet sich seit Jahrzehnten durch eine besondere Innovationskraft und Risikobereitschaft aus, nicht nur auf der ästhetischen Ebene, sondern auch bei der Verwendung von neuen Materialien und deren Kombination. Bereitwilliger als anderswo werden hier Einflüsse von Kunst und Design aufgegriffen; die Entwerfenden lassen die Grenzen zwischen diesen Disziplinen mal provokativ, mal subtil verschwimmen. Nicht zuletzt deshalb sind ihre Kreationen für die Ausgestaltung von Restaurants und Geschäften, Privatwohnungen und Hotels, Büros und Museen weltweit gefragt und erweisen sich oftmals als Trendsetter.

Das Buch zeigt eine Auswahl neuester Entwürfe, die von 2000 bis 2009 in Italien und anderen Ländern, darunter den USA, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Israel und Dubai, realisiert wurden. Unter den vertretenen Architekten und Gestaltern sind Altmeister wie Renzo Piano, Michele De Lucci und Giorgio Armani, aber auch Vertreter der jungen Generation. Zu den besonderen Merkmalen des Bandes gehört eine umfangreiche Dokumentation durch technische Zeichnungen und Detailfotos.

Architecture in the Middle East

Building Sharjah reveals how modern architecture unfurled across the United Arab Emirates’ third-largest city. An oil discovery in 1972 positioned Sharjah as one of the world’s final cities shaped by transformative fortune. In the footsteps of Kuwait, Riyadh, and Dubai, Sharjah faced a metamorphosis: either one that repeated the past’s mistakes or one that reimagined how wealth can build a city.

Sharjah’s potential enticed an international cast of experts to create a bold, new city. As their projects begin to vanish, this book preserves them through unseen photographs and recovered documents. New writing chronicles how local and arriving residents arranged the designed, concrete environment into a home. Beyond just a local artifact, this book examines the confident promises made by global practices of urbanization..

Culture numérique et architecture

Une introduction

Most of the embodied energy can be saved in the load-bearing structure!

Conceptual Design of Structures is working at the interface between structural engineering, architecture, and art. The book seeks to answer the complex question of what needs to be considered when conceiving a building structure. What influences the process of conceptual thinking? How do space and structure interact? In what ways do architects and engineers work together? The book thus sheds light on the topic of multidisciplinary interrelationships in design, showing numerous different perspectives. Renowned practitioners and researchers from architecture and engineering share their insights, as do artists and historians who cross the disciplinary boundaries. Furthermore, this book also provides an outlook on possible future developments and aspects of sustainable design and construction.

The decades after the Second World War saw ambitious building programs to ensure social welfare. The Scandinavian countries in particular underwent an intense modernisation phase with the aim to distribute welfare to all. Yet, the relationship between welfare values and design in Scandinavia is anything but stable. The spatial and political legacy of post-war construction varies amongst Denmark, Sweden, and Norway and their welfare models have been changed, contested, and copied over time. This book explores how architecture, once seen as a medium for universal welfare, inclusion, and political participation, is now often associated with the opposite, such as alienation, exclusion, and segregation. The volume offers new perspectives on the history and redesign of post-war architecture and urbanity.

(English / French)
Countering the phenomenon of sprawl in the often anonymous or chaotic urban periphery, the Oassis neighborhood in Lausanne takes a unique approach based on urbanity and hybridization. Located on a former industrial wasteland in the west of the city, Oassis reflects the compositional principles of the traditional city, while also engaging in the dynamics of ecological transition and climate resilience. This ‘urban fragment’ is both an urban fabric, compatible with future developments in the neighborhood, and an architectural object characterized by urbanity. The contemporary challenges of regenerating suburban areas are addressed here through diverse development programs and a profusion of gardens.

• Skilful combination of economic, ecological and social factors with high-quality architecture
• With unpublished documents and specially commissioned photographs
• Follow-up to the volume Ecoparc Quarter by Bauart Architects

This volume outlines the urban development of eight cities in the Middle East and North Africa: Aleppo, Alexandria, Ankara, Cairo, Casablanca, Dubai, Nouakchott, and Shiraz. Ottoman rule and colonial powers, French or British, operated differently and over various time spans in most of these cities to influence architecture and the urban scene. Global movements such as modernism and socialism reshaped the cityscapes of intersecting histories and cultures.

Maps, sketches, and other visuals trace the urban outcomes of Ottoman rule, colonial powers, and post-independence governments to show how they altered these cities. Class distinctions, informal settlements, and devalued built heritage are common urban issues that the cities of the MENA region still face today.

• Focuses on political and social developments as they influence each city’s built environment

• Discusses all types of built heritage and forms of architecture in the eight exemplary cities

• Visualizes the urban development through many coloured maps, sketches, and charts

Platz für Kinder!

Kinder brauchen in urbanen Räumen Orte, wo ein freies Spiel, Entdeckungen und Begegnungen mit anderen Kindern möglich ist: Viele Kinder leiden heute unter Übergewicht, Entwicklungsstörungen und sozialer Benachteiligung. Zu den Ursachen gehören Bewegungsmangel, fehlende Sicherheit und unzureichende Anregungen.

Das Buch gibt Fachleuten und interessierten Laien ein praxisnahes Instrument in die Hand, um schnell und direkt für Kinderanliegen zu entscheiden. Die Themen sind: Stadt- und Verkehrsplanung, Architektur und Landschaftsarchitektur, Materialisierung und Pflanzenverwendung, Partizipation und Prävention. 160 Zeichnungen veranschaulichen die Themen und rücken die Kinder und ihr Erleben ins Zentrum.

• Übersichtlicher und nutzerfreundlicher Praxisleitfaden
• Vermittelt neuestes Know-how der Landschaftsarchitektur und Freiraumplanung
• Setzt Maßstäbe für die Gestaltung von Freiräumen für Kinder
• Illustriert von Jan Robert Dünnweller

Der Garten als Inspiration

Der Garten verkörpert verdichtete Natur, so wie sich nach japanischem Verständnis in einem Tautropfen die Welt widerspiegelt. Diese Vorstellung kann als Impuls für die Imitationen japanischer Gärten in der Schweiz im 20. Jahrhundert gesehen werden, als Anstoß für die Einbindung japanischer Elemente und als Stoffumwandler vom Alpinum zur Trockenlandschaft.

Die Autorin illustriert erstmals anhand von zehn Schweizer Landschaftsarchitekturbüros wie diese sich von miniaturisierten Gärten (Bonsai) inspirieren ließen, sich Szenerien (Shakkei) liehen, dem Reiz des Unvollkommenen (Wabi-sabi) erlagen und den Geist von Zen einfingen. Sie beleuchtet Parallelen zur Anverwandlung chinesischer Einflüsse in Japan und verortet das Phänomen in der Rezeption Nippons im Westen.

• Hochattraktives und viel bisher unveröffentlichtes Bildmaterial
• Fundiert recherchiertes Material verständlich und ansprechend aufbereitet
• Japan-Begeisterung in der Schweizer Landschaftsarchitektur
• Mit einem Fotoessay von Martin Linsi

The garden as inspiration

The garden embodies a condensed version of nature, just as, in Japanese philosophy, the entire world is thought to be reflected in a single dewdrop. This notion may be the inspiration for the Swiss imitation of Japanese gardens in the 20th century, the impetus for the incorporation of Japanese design elements more generally, and the conversion principle from alpine landscapes to Japanese stone gardens. Taking ten Swiss landscape architecture studios as examples, the author illustrates how they drew inspiration from miniaturized gardens (bonsai), borrowed scenery (shakkei), succumbed to the allure of the imperfect (wabi-sabi), and captured the spirit of Zen Buddhism. This book reveals parallels to the assimilation of Chinese influences in Japan and situates the phenomenon within the general reception of Japan in the West.

• Attractive and previously unpublished visual materials
• Well-researched content presented in a clear and appealing manner
• Japanophilia in Swiss landscape architecture
• with a photoessay by Martin Linsi

The Prater – a centerpiece of Viennese history as a reflection of changing times

The Prater represents like no other place the history of Vienna and its growth into the modern metropolis of today. The opening of the Prater in 1766 under Emperor Josef II marked the beginning of a new era. From then on, the imperial hunting grounds were open to all Viennese citizens for recreation and pleasure, for walks, musical performances as well as eating, drinking, and dancing.

From optical curiosities to soccer, balloon flights and rockets, May Day and flower parades, all novelties were presented to a large audience for the first time here – in the Wurstelprater amusement park, in theaters, cinemas, variety shows, zoos, circuses, at the World’s Fair in 1873, in the vivarium, planetarium, or stadium. In the Prater, the major themes of modern life are condensed: the relationship between nature and city; man and animal; modern technology and the human body.

• In-depth essays on more than 250 years of urban history: “The Prater and the City,” “Nature and Technology,” “Body and Desire,” “Grand Theater”
• With contributions from more than 40 renowned authors
• With numerous illustrations and photo spreads

With contributions from:

Thorsten Blume, Susanne Breuss, Andreas Brunner, Ingrid Erb, Brigitte Felderer, Michael Feuchtinger, Wolfgang Fichna, Helmuth Figdor, Alys George, Bernhard Hachleitner, Tobias Hofbauer, Severin Hohensinner, Martin Huber, Anna Jungmayr, Christian Klösch, Sarah Knoll, Claudia Koch, Thomas Macho, Wolfgang Maderthaner, Sabine Müller, Andreas Nierhaus, Klaus Nüchtern, Martina Nußbaumer, Vrääth Öhner, Eva-Maria Orosz, Olaf Osten, Peter Payer, Birgit Peter, Sarah Pichlkastner, Stefan Poser, Béla Rásky, Tabea Rude, Martin Scheutz, Werner Michael Schwarz, Georg Spitaler, Ursula Storch, Christine Strahner, Alina Strmljan, Ernst Strouhal, Manuel Swatek, Klaus Taschwer, Katalin Teller, Gernot Waldner, Elsbeth Wallnöfer, Michael Wallraff, Elke Wikidal, Susanne Winkler, Marie Yazdanpanah, Susana Zapke

A history of Austria’s Chambers of Engineers

This book is the first history of Austria’s Chambers of Engineers from their foundation in 1860 up to the passage of the Civil Technicians Act of 1957. In addition to tracing the history of the organization, the book tackles head-on the controversial issue of collaboration with the Nazi regime and the fate of those civil engineers who were persecuted.

The biographies of civil engineers reveal the extent of the chambers’ autonomy and show how members’ careers were made and broken during this period, as well as discriminatory measures. A special concern of this book is to keep alive the memory of those civil engineers who fell victim to the Nazi regime.

With this thorough and scientific reappraisal, Austria’s Federal Chamber of Civil Engineers has taken an important step in taking responsibility for its own history.

• An important contribution to the historical reappraisal of the Nazi period and the history of Austria’s institutions
• Academic of selected biographies of civil engineers
• With contributions by Ingrid Holzschuh, Inge Korneck, and Alexandra Wachter, as well as numerous historical illustrations and infographics

Die Medizinische Universität Wien zählt mit ihrem Universitätsklinikum, dem AKH Wien, zu den weltweit bekanntesten und traditionsreichsten medizinischen Ausbildungs- und Forschungsstätten. Gemeinsam bilden sie einen eigenen, das Stadtbild bestimmenden Distrikt. Diese gebaute Substanz aus knapp 250 Jahren nahm Stefan Oláh fotografisch in den Blick. Das Buch bietet einen visuellen Parcours durch die Stätten medizinischen Wissens und Wirkens. Auch das, was sonst unsichtbar ist, zeigen die Motive. Diese ästhetisch beeindruckende Diagnose wird durch eine kultur- und wissenschaftshistorische Untersuchung zum Thema ergänzt.

• Blick hinter die Kulissen des AKH und der MedUni Wien in einer Bildserie von Stefan Oláh
• Kulturwissenschaftlicher Essay von Ulrike Matzer
• Operationssäle, Medikamentenroboter, Desinfektionsstraßen, Phantomräume u.v.m.

The Architect’s Sourcebook provides readers with an accessible and playful space planning manual for the digital age. The Sourcebook conveniently brings together general dimensions, layout tips, and the CAD data designers actually need to draw spaces in their software.

A 1000+ readily downloadable CAD blocks, provided by the software company Rayon, are offered throughout the Sourcebook, to help architects address generic typologies (housing, office and outdoor spaces). The quality and diversity of this digital repository will become the architect’s best friend to create most kinds of space layout.　

At a time when Architecture’s tool set and knowledge leaves increasingly online, this book represents both a much-needed update to traditional architectural handbooks, and a timely complement to well-known design manuals.

• More than 1,000 CAD blocks to download for 2-D floor layout planning
• Design for housing, office and outdoor spaces (leisure and sports)
• Introductory texts on the typologies and the use of the book

(English / German)

Baumschlager Eberle Berlin (BE Berlin) was founded in 2010 by Dietmar Eberle and Gerd Jäger with a very specific mission. In its early years, this renowned architecture firm designed global competition bids for Baumschlager Eberle. As a result of its successes, especially in residential architecture in and around Berlin, the Berlin office increasingly also took on the work of implementation planning.

The guiding maxim of BE Berlin has always been to focus on projects that will stand the test of time. This dovetails with Dietmar Eberle’s motto of building for everyday life.

In addition to about 40 project profiles, this book contains an interview with Gerd Jäger by Jürgen Tietz, an essay on residential construction in Germany and especially Berlin by Gerd Jäger, and a photo essay by Claudia Klein.

• Monograph on BE Berlin
• Specialized in the design of subsidized public housing in Berlin and internationally
• Supplement to the monograph Baumschlager Eberle Architekten 2010–2020

Baumschlager Eberle Berlin wurden 2010 von Dietmar Eberle und Gerd Jäger mit einem sehr speziellen Auftrag gegründet. Das weltweit agierende Architekturbüro gestaltete in den frühen Jahren wurden von hier aus die globalen Wettbewerbsbeiträge für Baumschlager Eberle international. Durch die Wettbewerbserfolge, vor allem im Wohnbau in und um Berlin, wurden vom Berliner Büro mit der Zeit auch Werkplanungen für die Realisierungen übernommen.

Als Leitfaden dient die Maxime, sich an dem zu orientieren, was Bestand hat und Dietmar Eberles Motto entspricht, für den Alltag zu bauen.

Das Buch enthält neben etwa 40 Baudokumentationen auch ein Interview von Jürgen Tietz mit Gerd Jäger, einen Beitrag zum Wohnbau in Deutschland mit Schwerpunkt Berlin von Gerd Jäger sowie einen Fotoessay von Claudia Klein.

• Monografie über das Büro BE Berlin
• Spezialisiert auf geförderten Wohnbau in Berlin und internationale Wettbewerbe
• Ergänzung zur Monografie Baumschlager Eberle Architekten 2010–2020

„Schönheit hat nichts mit Geld oder Finanzen zu tun, sondern mit Kreativität und Liebe“, sagt Anna Heringer und trifft damit den Nerv der Zeit – das belegen volle Hörsäle, internationale Auszeichnungen, wie z.B. der Aga Kahn Award 2007 oder der OBEL Award 2020 sowie Ausstellungen im MoMA, im MAM Sao Paulo und bei der Biennale in Venedig oder die Einladung zum TED Talk 2017.

In Form Follows Love erzählt Anna Heringer der Autorin Dominique Gauzin-Müller von ihrem Werdegang als Architektin, dem Studium, ihren Erfahrungen während eines Workshops von Martin Rauch, ihrer Praxis im Globalen Süden, bis hin zu ihren aktuellen Projekten im Globalen Norden.

Sie teilt mit uns dabei die Erkenntnis, dass Lehm nicht nur ein umweltfreundlicher Werkstoff ist, sondern damit beim Bauen im besten Fall sogar gesellschaftlich heilsame Prozesse angestoßen werden können.

• Essenzieller Text der auf Lehmbau spezialisierten Architektin Anna Heringer
• Wie Architektur Umwelt und Gesellschaft positiv verändern kann
• Bauen mit lokalen Ressourcen zur Erhaltung des ökologischen Gleichgewichts

According to Anna Heringer, "Beauty has nothing to do with money or finance, but everything to do with creativity and love". With statements like this she clearly has her finger on the pulse of our time, judging by the packed lecture halls, international awards such as the 2007 Aga Kahn Award or the 2020 OBEL Award, and exhibitions at MoMA, MAM Sao Paulo, and the Venice Biennale.

In Form Follows Love, Anna Heringer talks to author Dominique Gauzin-Müller about her career as an architect, her studies, her experiences during a workshop by Martin Rauch, her practice in the Global South, and current projects in the Global North.

She shares with us the insight that clay is not only an environmentally friendly material, but in the best cases it can even trigger socially beneficial processes.

• Essential text describing the work of Anna Heringer, an architect specialized in clay
• How architecture can have a positive impact on the environment and society
• Building with local resources to maintain ecological balance

Werkstoffe: Ein Überblickswerk

Das Buch bietet einen anschaulichen Überblick über die wichtigsten Werkstoffe, ihre Herstellung und Eigenschaften, ihre Zusammensetzung und Verwendung. Weiters werden Reinigungsstoffe und Farbstoffe sowie Grundlagen der organischen und anorganischen Chemie in prägnanter Form dargestellt.

Materialien bilden den Ausgangspunkt für jeden Gestaltungsprozess, ob in Architektur, Kunst oder Handwerk: Frühe Artefakte belegen, dass sich Menschen seit jeher mit Materialien und Werkstoffen auseinandergesetzt haben, um praktischen oder/und ästhetischen Nutzen daraus zu ziehen.

Das naturwissenschaftliche Interesse für stoffliche Eigenschaften setzte erst in den Anfängen des industriellen Zeitalters im frühen 19. Jahrhundert ein. Mit diesem Buch liegt nun ein fundiertes Fach- und Lehrbuch zu den Grundlagen der Materialkunde vor.

• Was Sie schon immer über Farbstoffe, Kunststoffe, Textilien und Metalle wissen wollten/sollten
• Ein Überblick über Materialien, ihre Herstellung, Eigenschaften und Zusammensetzung, mit Praxisbezug
• Verständlich, fundiert und übersichtlich – ein Fachbuch für Studierende, Schüler:innen, Professionals, an Materialkunde Interessierte

The construction sector currently accounts for a high proportion of CO₂ emissions and gray energy use. This will have to change fundamentally if we are to prevent catastrophic climate change and make urban planning and construction fit for the future. In addition to a paradigm shift in how architects work, we need to rethink how they are trained in higher education. Based on a lifecycle approach and an awareness of resource consumption, this volume in the Basics series explains a wide range of climate-friendly concepts in an easy-to-understand way, inspiring readers to take a closer look at solutions and new approaches in their daily practice. The key factors involved in the various planning stages of buildings are presented and placed in the context of the overall planning.

• Explains a range of current sustainability concepts
• Foundational knowledge for all students of architecture
• Interdisciplinary and networked consideration of challenges and solutions in the area of climate protection

The urban spaces of the future

• New approaches in urbanism
• A spectrum of speculative glimpses into the urban future
• Contextual reading structure: enrichment of the printed book with AR components

(English / German edition)
Innovative timber structures

• Innovative concepts and ideas for building and construction based on the natural raw material wood
• Detailed documentation of the project with a focus on the process of artistic research
• Selected expert contributions from related disciplines

This book explores breathing and the atmosphere as leitmotifs for the design of an inclusive future in a new climate regime, uncovering intertwinements of societal activities with the air and the atmosphere.

With this awareness of entanglement, the deeply performative characteristics of the air, atmosphere and climate are foregrounded and can be discovered as central agents in the conception and design of our planetary existence.

This carefully edited collection brings together renowned authors from various disciplines, and their ideas, observations, and examples inspire us to rethink our forms of social action and design.

People involved in architecture need to be familiar with construction methods in order to be in control of their designs. New technical requirements impact on our buildings and call for up-to-date specialist knowledge, which leads to new forms of architecture.

This handbook uses clearly comprehensible 3D isometric diagrams to introduce the world of contemporary construction, from concept through to the detail; photographs are used to illustrate the content.

The three main chapters deal with the structure, the building envelope, and the fit-out, starting with a clear introduction to the construction principles of modern building methods. Using drawings of selected built examples at scales of 1:10 and 1:20, a deeper examination of details is possible.

• Compact design of construction know-how developed at ETH Zurich for the purpose of teaching
• Uses typical examples to convey the basic technical context
• Economical handbook

The construction sector currently accounts for a high proportion of CO₂ emissions and gray energy use. This will have to change fundamentally if we are to prevent catastrophic climate change and make urban planning and construction fit for the future. In addition to a paradigm shift in how architects work, we need to rethink how they are trained in higher education. Based on a lifecycle approach and an awareness of resource consumption, this volume in the Basics series explains a wide range of climate-friendly concepts in an easy-to-understand way, inspiring readers to take a closer look at solutions and new approaches in their daily practice. The key factors involved in the various planning stages of buildings are presented and placed in the context of the overall planning.

• Explains a range of current sustainability concepts
• Foundational knowledge for all students of architecture
• Interdisciplinary and networked consideration of challenges and solutions in the area of climate protection

This book offers a systematic account of the process of designing in architecture. Design thinking can be regarded as a fundamentally different way of knowing the world and a particular form of addressing creative problems. In this publication, the authors undertake to explore multiple and often controversial theoretical stances on the topic. Underlying principles of inquiry are present in all designing and a process takes place involving empathy or listening carefully before storytelling. Prototyping and testing of solutions are illustrated in the book with many examples, seen from different vantage points. In short, design thinking is a way of knowing and enabling being in the world and leads to a better understanding of architecture.

• Brilliant tour de force through several centuries of design thinking
• Peter G. Rowe is the internationally renowned author of some thirty books
• Lavishly illustrated volume with attractive graphic design

Um künftigen Generationen einen behaglichen Lebensraum zu hinterlassen, ist das klimagerechte Bauen unumgänglich. Entwurf und Materialwahl helfen, die Umweltauswirkungen von Bauwerken deutlich zu reduzieren.　　

Mit dieser Beschreibung vernakulärer Architekturtechniken aller fünf Klimazonen sollen Architekt:innen architektonische Lösungsansätze außereuropäischer und früherer Gesellschaften für die Planung Ihrer Gebäudekonzeptionen in die Hand gelegt　werden. Die in schematischen Zeichnungen und Texten erläuterten Low-Tech Ansätze sollen als Inspirationsquelle für die Gestaltung nachhaltiger und energieautonomer Baustrukturen dienen.　　

Architektur folgt Klima bietet erstmals einen fundierten und umfassenden Überblick über jahrhundertelang erprobte　passive Bautechniken weltweit.

• Techniken traditioneller Architekturen als Guideline für Lowtech-Planung　　
• Systematisch strukturiert nach den fünf Klimazonen　
• Konstruktive Lösungen, Raumkonzepte, Material, Bauphysik, gestalterische Elemente, Städtebau

Climate-friendly construction is essential if we are to ensure that future generations can enjoy comfortable living spaces. Design and the choice of materials help to considerably reduce the climate impact of buildings.

The techniques featured in this book come from all five climatic zones and many are drawn from non-European and bygone societies. The low-tech approaches, illustrated in schematic drawings and explained in texts, are a source of inspiration for the design of sustainable and energy-autonomous building structures.

Architecture Follows Climate provides the first in-depth and comprehensive overview of passive building techniques that have been tried and tested for centuries.

• Traditional architectural techniques as a guide for low-tech planning
• The book’s structure is based on the earth’s five climatic zones
• Building solutions, spatial concepts, materials, structural physics, design elements, urban planning

Climate-friendly construction is essential if we are to ensure that future generations can enjoy comfortable living spaces. Design and the choice of materials help to considerably reduce the climate impact of buildings.

The techniques featured in this book come from all five climatic zones and many are drawn from non-European and bygone societies. The low-tech approaches, illustrated in schematic drawings and explained in texts, are a source of inspiration for the design of sustainable and energy-autonomous building structures.

Architecture Follows Climate provides the first in-depth and comprehensive overview of passive building techniques that have been tried and tested for centuries.

• Traditional architectural techniques as a guide for low-tech planning
• The book’s structure is based on the earth’s five climatic zones
• Building solutions, spatial concepts, materials, structural physics, design elements, urban planning

• Darstellung europäischer Wohnkonzepte seit 1850
• Über 30 Fallbeispiele über das wie und warum Menschen zusammen wohnen
• Neuauflage des Standardwerkes zum kollektiven Wohnen

Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte des gemeinschaftlichen Wohnens von ca. 1850 bis heute. Drei Motive des Teilens – die ökonomische, politische und soziale Intention – gliedern die Wohnobjekte, die einer historischen Analyse unterzogen und in neun Entwicklungsphasen geordnet werden.

Im Vergleich untersucht die Autorin unterschiedliche Nutzungen, ihre Entstehungsformen und deren Entwicklungslinien bis heute, und zeigt so, wie das alltägliche Zusammenleben und die Abstufung der Wohn-Intimität in Europa praktiziert werden.

Aufgrund seiner umfassenden Darstellung, durch die Analyse der Typologie, Grundrissstudien sowie Nutzer- und Expertenbefragungen, kann das Buch auch als Lexikon oder Handbuch zum gemeinschaftlichen Wohnen gelten. Ein präziser Überblick, der in dieser Form einzigartig ist.

Die vergriffene Erstausgabe erscheint nun in korrigierte Neuauflage und neuer Gestaltung und Ausstattung.

The book tells the story of communal living from about 1850 until today. Three motives of sharing - the economic, political and social intention - divide the residential objects, which are investigated in a historical analysis and allocated to nine development phases.

The author investigates and compares different forms of housing and the way they developed from their origins until today; she illustrates how everyday shared living and the degrees of privacy in housing are practiced in Europe.

Owing to its comprehensive documentation, the analysis of typologies, layout plans, and user and expert interviews, the book can also be considered to be a lexicon or handbook on communal living. A detailed overview that is unique in this form.

The out-of-print first edition is now published in an updated new edition with new design and layout.

• Illustration of European housing concepts since 1850
• Over 30 case examples on how and why people live together
• New edition of the standard work on collective living

For the first time, still images of groundbreaking Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier, and others, filmed by fellow architect, Ernest Weissmann.
The book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, among others. These films have never been published before and capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. In six chapters, the book shows impressive stills of these films and places them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in introductory texts.
Two introductions are devoted to the history of these films and Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier.

•    A documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier
•    Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills
•    Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover (9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints (9783035627305)

Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is considered one of the most famous visionary architects and urban designers of the 20th century. With his cousin, he ran the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from 1922 until 1940. During this period, most of the practice’s modernist villas were built, and bigger works such as the Centrosoyus in Moscow, and the Cité de Refuge and the Pavillon Suisse in Paris, realized. In parallel, Le Corbusier developed urban-design projects for such cities as Paris, Antwerp, Algiers, and Buenos Aires, and wrote extensively on his architectural and urbanistic ideas. He continued the Atelier Le Corbusier on an individual base from 1940 on, with projects such as the Unités d’Habitation in Marseilles and in Nantes-Rezé, Briey, Firminy, and Berlin; the Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette; and the church of Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp. He designed the new state capital of the north Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, with its representative buildings, from 1951 on.
 
Ernest Weissmann (1903–1985) was a Croatian (then-Yugoslav) architect and developer/planner. He graduated in architecture in Zagreb, and worked for Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. He dedicated his work to the development of the prefabricated hospital-building type and city planning viewed from social and economic points of view. He was an active member of the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) from 1929 until 1947. From 1942 until 1966, he worked for the United States Board of Economic Warfare and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Economic Commission, and Department of Economic and Social Affairs. At the UN, Weissmann was in charge of housing, building, and planning at a global scale.

Special edition
- Swiss Hardcover, linen
- three special prints of film stills in a pochette
- limited edition, hand numbered
- color-coordinated threads on the spine (according to Le Corbusier‘s color palette of 1930)
- books wrapped in glassine

Das Burgenland ist mit 100 Jahren das jüngste Bundesland Österreichs, wenngleich es bereits von den Kelten und Römern erschlossen wurde. Sein pannonisches Klima und die sanft-hügelige Landschaft prädestinieren es für Elementares wie Weinbau und einen sanften Tourismus in dünn besiedelter Region. Seit dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs hat ein kultureller und wirtschaftlicher Aufholprozess im ehemaligen Westungarn begonnen, lange zuvor schon war es der Rückzugsort einer internationalen Künstlerszene in pittoresken Dorflandschaften. Zwischen Modernisierung und ländlichen Strukturen – diese Polarität begleitet das Burgenland bis heute.　

100 exemplarische Bauwerke erzählen von der Entwicklung der Baukultur im Zeitraum der letzten 100 Jahre. Sieben Essays vermitteln Themen wie die Wiener Moderne im Burgenland, Internationalisierung, Burgenland-Brutalismus oder eine ländliche Postmoderne. Eine europäische Baugeschichte, erzählt am Beispiel eines besonderen Territoriums in der Mitte Europas, das lange seinen östlichsten Rand markiert hat. Ein einzigartiges Kompendium für Kenner:innen und Liebhaber:innen der Architektur und des Burgenlands – oder solche, die es werden wollen.

• Die facettenreiche Architektur des Burgenlands
• Architekturführer und wissenschaftlich fundiertes Kompendium in einem
• Enthält u. a. das Gebäudeensemble Walter Pichler, Die Grube (Peter Noever), Kulturzentrum Mattersburg (Herwig Udo Graf) u. v. m.

Burgenland is Austria’s youngest province, having been transferred from Hungarian jurisdiction in 1922. The province has a rich history, starting with the Celts in the 4th Century BC and later becoming part of the Roman province of Pannonia. Its mild climate and fertile land predestine it for primary activities such as winemaking and tourism. Because it is sparsely populated, there is ample space for building development. The recent architectural history of Burgenland is represented by vernacular homes in the villages and stately buildings in the towns.

100 exemplary buildings tell of the story of Burgenland’s architecture over the last century. Seven essays cover topics such as Viennese modernism in Burgenland, internationalization, Burgenland brutalism, and rural postmodernism.

This is a unique compendium for lovers of architecture and Burgenland.

• The multifaceted architecture of Burgenland, Austria
• Architectural guide and scholarly compendium in one
• Includes the Egg Museum (Wander Bertoni), Die Grube (Peter Noever), Mattersburg Cultural Center (Herwig Udo Graf), and many more

The book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, among others. These films have never been published before and capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. In six chapters, the book shows impressive stills of these films and places them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in introductory texts.  Two introductions are devoted to the history of these films and Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier.

•    A documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier
•    Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills
•    Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover (9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints (9783035627305)

Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is considered one of the most famous visionary architects and urban designers of the 20th century. With his cousin, he ran the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from 1922 until 1940. During this period, most of the practice’s modernist villas were built, and bigger works such as the Centrosoyus in Moscow, and the Cité de Refuge and the Pavillon Suisse in Paris, realized. In parallel, Le Corbusier developed urban-design projects for such cities as Paris, Antwerp, Algiers, and Buenos Aires, and wrote extensively on his architectural and urbanistic ideas. He continued the Atelier Le Corbusier on an individual base from 1940 on, with projects such as the Unités d’Habitation in Marseilles and in Nantes-Rezé, Briey, Firminy, and Berlin; the Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette; and the church of Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp. He designed the new state capital of the north Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, with its representative buildings, from 1951 on.
 
Ernest Weissmann (1903–1985) was a Croatian (then-Yugoslav) architect and developer/planner. He graduated in architecture in Zagreb, and worked for Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. He dedicated his work to the development of the prefabricated hospital-building type and city planning viewed from social and economic points of view. He was an active member of the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) from 1929 until 1947. From 1942 until 1966, he worked for the United States Board of Economic Warfare and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Economic Commission, and Department of Economic and Social Affairs. At the UN, Weissmann was in charge of housing, building, and planning at a global scale.

Timber high-rises: a new urban element

Tall wood buildings have been at the foreground of innovative building practice in urban contexts for a number of years. From London to Stockholm, from Vancouver to Melbourne timber buildings of up to 20 storeys have been built, are under construction or being considered. This dynamic trend was enabled by developments in the material itself, prefabrication and more flexibility in fire regulations. The low CO2 footprint of wood - often regionally sourced - is another strong argument in its favour. This publication explains the typical construction types such as panel systems, frame and hybrid systems. An international selection of 17 case studies is documented in detail with many specially prepared construction drawings, demonstrating the range of the technology. For this expanded edition, a new outlook chapter has been added as well as eight cutting-edge projects, among them Haut Amsterdam, EDGE Südkreuz Berlin and Sara Cultural Centre in Sweden.

• Spectacular international case studies
• Specifically prepared construction drawings explain structural details
•  Authors are experienced specialists for timber construction

The book takes the reader on an intellectual adventure through a carefully curated selection of 120 places that can be understood as metaphors of contemporary global culture. Spread across all seven continents, from the depths of the ocean to outer space, these places are divided into six chapters: Paradises, Utopias, Machines, Monsters, Ruins, and Instruments.

The spectrum ranges from Steve Jobs' Apple Park in California to a national park in Costa Rica, a small field station for the protection of wild orangutans in Borneo, the Great Green Wall in Central Africa, the Trump resort Mar-a-Lago, to the border wall between Israel and Palestine. This book is a grand tour of the most pertinent places in the world today.

Das Werk der Architekten Hans und Wassili Luckhardt (1890-1954/1889-1972) wurde bis heute nicht angemessen gewürdigt. Deren Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der Architektur zeigt sich schon daran, dass die Architekten Bestandteil der der wichtigsten Überblickswerke über die Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts sind, etwa bei Giedion, Benevolo, Tafuri, Frampton und Curtis.

Sie waren u.a. Mitglieder der Gläsernen Kette und prägten maßgeblich die Architektur der 1920er bis 1960er Jahre.

Die Luckhardts betrieben in den 1920er Jahren in Berlin ein Architekturbüro zusammen mit Alfons Anker, der aufgrund seiner jüdischen Herkunft nach Schweden emigrierte. Das Werk ist aus heutiger Perspektive als ein kollektives Werk relevant, da sich die unterschiedlichen Temperamente der Protagonisten in einem Facettenreichtum zeigen, der sowohl von utopischen „Formphantasien" bis zu baukonstruktiven Experimenten, von der Möbelgestaltung bis zum Städtebau sowie innovativer Werbearchitektur reicht.

Nach dem 1. WK gehörten sie zum engen Kreis des utopischen Expressionismus, in dessen Geist neben zahlreichen Bauten auch einige spektakuläre Entwürfe entstanden (bspw. für das Deutsche Hygiene-Museum in Dresden von 1920 oder aber für ein Volkstheater von 1921).

Das Buch dokumentiert sämtliche 40 realisierten Bauten der Brüder Luckhardt, vornehmlich in Berlin, aber auch in Brandenburg, München, Hannover, Bremen und Rom. Zwei Essays setzen sich u.a. mit den ungebauten und utopischen Projekten auseinander.

Das Buch erscheint auch in englischer Sprache.

Das bauliche Erbe der Postmoderne - Aktueller Forschungsstand zu Architektur und Denkmalpflege

Das bauliche Erbe der Postmoderne ist Zeugnis einer Epoche, die geprägt war von den Energie- und Ölpreiskrisen der 1970er Jahre, der Rückbesinnung auf Architektur als Kommunikationsmittel und Bedeutungsträger, der Neoliberalisierung des Bausektors, dem Ende der großen Erzählungen und der Aufbruchsstimmung der frühen 1990er Jahre.
Der Band legt mit Schwerpunkt auf den deutschsprachigen Raum dar, wie dieses Erbe zu erfassen, zu erhalten und weiterzuentwickeln ist. Versammelt sind die Beiträge der gleichnamigen Tagung, die im März 2022 in Weimar in Kooperation mit der ETH Zürich stattfand. Die Autor:innen beleuchten darin die theoretischen und praktischen Herausforderungen im Umgang mit einer Epoche, die in ihren Qualitäten sehr unterschiedlich wahrgenommen wird und – auch dem Namen nach – nicht abgeschlossen ist.

• Aktueller Forschungsstand zu Architektur und Denkmalpflege der Postmoderne
• Neue Erkenntnisse zum Thema Bauen im Bestand
• Forschungsberichte in deutscher Sprache mit englischen Zusammenfassungen zu jedem Beitrag
• Auch als Set mit dem Kongressband High-Tech Heritage 978-3-0356-2784-8 erhältlich

Lesebuch zur Wiener Moderne

Die Wiener Moderne gilt als kulturelle Hochblüte Europas: Das Wien dieser Zeit ist Hauptstadt der k. u. k. Monarchie und ein zwei Millionen Einwohner:innen zählender Schmelztegel europäischer Kulturen. Etwa 1850 wird mit der Neuplanung der Ringstraße ein fundamentaler Schub zur Stadterneuerung eingeleitet. In der Folge entstehen Palais und neue Bautypen in ganz Wien, die den gesellschaftlichen Wandel und den technischen Fortschritt abbilden.

265 zeitgenössische Texte konstruieren ein Bild von Wien in der Zeit zwischen 1850 und 1945. Die Autor:innen sind Akteur:innen, die mit ihren Polemiken, Kritiken und Beschreibungen ein lebendiges Zeugnis von diesem bis heute nachwirkenden Stadtumbau geben. Zusammengefasst in Kapiteln, spiegeln sie die maßgeblichen Tendenzen der Zeit wider. Ein unverzichtbares Kompendium.

• Die wichtigsten zeitgenössischen Texte zu Wien 1850–1945
• Chronologisch aufgebaut und nach Themen geordnet
• Texte von zeitgenössischen Architekt:innen, Soziolog:innen, politischen Theoretiker:innen, Kritiker:innen, Romanciers und Journalist:innen

The period of Viennese Modernism is widely regarded as Europe’s cultural heyday. This was when Vienna, with a population of two million, was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy and a melting pot of European cultures. Around 1850, a fundamental push for urban renewal was initiated with the re-planning of the city’s Ringstrasse. As a result, new palaces and novel building types emerged throughout Vienna, reflecting both social change and technological progress.

265 contemporary texts construct a picture of Vienna in the period between 1850 and 1945. The authors’ polemics, critiques, and descriptions provide vivid testimony to this urban transformation whose impact is felt to this day. Summarized in chapters, they reflect the decisive tendencies of the time. An indispensable compendium.

• The most important contemporary texts on Vienna in the period 1850–1945
• Chronologically structured and thematically arranged
• Texts by contemporary architects, sociologists, political theorists, critics, novelists, and journalists