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

Colors lend rooms a distinctive atmosphere, and a successful color concept makes all the difference. Finding individually pleasing as well as functional color combinations for a wide range of interior and exterior tasks is often a challenge. This library of color combinations is a decision-making aid for interior design work, but also for other design tasks calling for coherent color concepts. It offers designers numerous balanced color combinations covering a wide range of contrast values. A clean white is always the first color. Matching light grays to anthracite, wood and concrete colors represent the second color in each concept. Building on these, designers will find warm and cool, light and shady, barely colorful to more colorful combinations that match every modern style of design.

• 400 color combinations compiled by color expert Katrin Trautwein.
• An essential tool in a handy format for architects, students of architecture and design, and interior designers.
• Move beyond familiar patterns to uncover fresh color combinations.

(English, French, German)
“Perfection blocks any form of participation and also causes an excessive consumption of resources.” In “Form Follows Love”, Anna Heringer describes her understanding of architecture.

For her new book, she traveled to Bangladesh with Iwan Baan to visit the buildings created there as well as her women's empowerment project, Dipdii Textiles.

Dutch photographer Iwan Baan is best known for his images that show life and interactions in architecture. In Bangladesh, he created intense and sensual images that, between documentation and art, bear witness to what architecture can achieve when it is not about representation but about social benefit.

The book also includes Baan's pictures of Heringer's latest buildings in Europe.

• The complementary photobook to Form Follows Love
• METI School, DESI Center, kindergartens, birthplace in Hittisau etc.
• New, previously unpublished photos

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

(English / Deutsch)
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