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Parallel CitiesWalker Art Center 2016 ISBN 9781935963127 Acqn 25916

Pb 18x23cm 208pp 225ills 125col £36

Parallel Cities examines the history of the multilevel city with a focus on elevated pedestriansystems as a recurrent concept in urban planning and design. The book chronicles the evolutionand migration of this concept from 19th-century French social utopian thinkers and 20th-centurySoviet Constructivist architectural circles to its incubation in postwar London, its theorization bymembers of CIAM and Team 10, and its eventual dissemination to North America and Asia,where extensive systems were built in cities such as Minneapolis, Calgary and Hong Kong. Thisfascinating and untold history explores an architectural idea as it evolves under varying social,geographic and political contexts—charting its use as an ever-shifting multipurpose tool tosegregate or commingle the classes, foster social cohesion and the public good, facilitate securityand surveillance, improve pedestrian safety and traffic flows, or to enhance retail consumption byameliorating climatic extremes. The implementation of streets above streets creates parallel

cities, not mirrored but alternate realities where questions about access, use and control emerge.The book considers both radical visionary schemes of the future urban metropolis by progressivearchitects and the grand, if visually more mundane, implementation plans of extensive networksbuilt in cities around the world that engender what the authors call a surreptitious urbanism. Thefirst and only comprehensive book on the subject, Parallel Cities represents important newscholarly research on a topic that remains a persistent theme in architecture and urban planning.

Accompanying the extensively illustrated text is a lexicon of related terms and an appendix ofspecific systems drawn from key cities.


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Disorientation: Bernard Rudofsky in the Empire of Signs. Critical Spatial Practice 7Sternberg Press 2016 ISBN 9783956791871 Acqn 25953Pb 11x15cm 144pp 25ills 7col £11.50

Edited by Nikolaus Hirsch, Markus MiessenFeaturing artwork by Martin Beck

Viennese émigré architect Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988) is most frequently recalled for curating“Architecture without Architects,” the famous 1964 photography exhibition of vernacular,preindustrial structures at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Far from simply a romantic ornostalgic invocation of cultures lost to industrial modernity, Rudofsky’s exhibition drew ondecades of speculations about modern architecture and urbanism, particularly their semantic,technological, institutional, commercial, and geopolitical influences.

Focusing on Rudofsky’s encounters with Japan in the 1950s—he described postwar Japan as a“rear-view mirror” of the American way of life—architectural historian Felicity D. Scott revisits thearchitect’s readings of the vernacular both in the United States and Japan, which resonate withhis attempts to imagine architecture and cities that refused to communicate in a normative sense.In a contemporary world saturated with visual information, Rudofsky’s unconventional musingstake on a heightened resonance.


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DASH - Global Housingnai010 publishers 2015 ISBN 9789462082106 Acqn 24786Pb 23x28cm 304pp 325ills 250col £44.50

In the emergent economies, the acute shortage of affordable housing is responsible for a giganticbuilding production, which is not without its problems. Standard solutions are applied on a largescale that seem to bypass local cultural practices. The import in Africa of mass housing modelsfrom abroad is an example of this.'DASH Global Housing' explores the field of tension between the desired mass production andsolutions that are tailored to local conditions. How can new megacities do justice to existing social

and economic structures, local production techniques and individual housing preferences?


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Snohetta - People, Process, ProjectsForlaget Press 2016 ISBN 9788232800261 Acqn 25222Hb 24x30cm 304pp 250ills 200col £41.50

Originating from Oslo, Norway, the architectural and design firm Snøhetta has grown into aninternational practice, with offices in New York, San Francisco, Innsbruck and Singapore. Thisvolume explores Snøhetta's humanistic approach to architecture, its transdisciplinary processesand its eclectic oeuvre from 1989 to the present.


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The Port of Rotterdam - World between City and Seanai010 publishers 2015 ISBN 9789462082359 Acqn 25343Hb 25x30cm 272pp 310ills 250col £45

'The Port of Rotterdam' presents the past, present and future of this port, which for many is

unknown territory. The work on the port is never done. From the standpoints of economics,landscape and logistics, the port is described and displayed in all its diversity. The book navigatesalong the places where impressive feats of port engineering are designed, where trends becomevisible and where the new landscape takes shape. An international comparison places Rotterdamalongside nine other world ports. We are presented with portraits of more than 40 special places,many interviews and port stories, with photographs by Jannes Linders and Siebe Swart.


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Oase 95 Grenzenloos - Crossing Boundariesnai010 publishers 2015 ISBN 9789462082380 Acqn 25345Pb 17x24cm 128pp 78ills £18.50

'OASE 95' takes as its point of departure the cross-cultural conditions in which architects, urbandesigners and landscape architects work. It focuses in particular on architects working in acondition of displacement – in other words in relation to cultures, far away or nearby, that are nottheir own. The issue wants to contribute to the contemporary debate on the effects ofglobalisation and transcultural processes on architecture and urbanism. In a typical OASEfashion, it combines historical analysis with contemporary reflection and project documentation.


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Brick - An Exacting Material Architectura & Natura Press 2015 ISBN 9789461400277 Acqn 25647Hb 16x21cm 352pp 235ills 75col £42

Handbook on brick typology with many drawings and photo’s on recent examples of brickarchitecture in the Netherlands since 1990 and texts by specialists. Graphic Design by JoostGrootens.


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A+u 541- Gion A. Caminadaa+u Publishing Co. Ltd. 2016 ISBN no ISBN Acqn 25673Pb 22x29cm 160ills 150ills 120col £21.95

A cult figure in Swiss architecture, Gion A. Caminada is best recognised for his timber and stonebuildings that uphold the stalwart traditions of Alpine architecture. Using local materials andtechniques, he creates sustainable buildings that demonstrate respect for their surroundings,being firmly anchored in the village landscape. This special edition features 26 of his works,

ranging from early buildings in his home town of Vrin to current projects. New photos takenespecially for this issue, plus an interview with the architect, lend insight into the contemporaryadvances and solutions to social challenges found within traditional contexts and reflected in hisbody of work.


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a+u 542 - RCR Arquitectes. Journeya+u Publishing Co. Ltd. 2015 no ISBN Acqn 25777Pb 22x29cm 216pp 215ills 175col £24.50

According to the essay by Enric Batlle i Durany, “the landscape plays a very active role in all ofRCR’s works. The location is not just an additional aspect in their conception process. It is thephysical and metaphysical basis of their work.” In this marvellous special issue, full ofextraordinary images and stories, a portrait emerges of architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem,

and Ramón Vilalta that is both intimate and enlightening. It tells about their early years, how theylearned from Japan, and gives an overview of recent work. Included are numerous drawings, inkwashes, exfoliations, and models made by the office, reflecting both their shared creativity andongoing dialogues.


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Sudu - The Sustainable Urban Dwelling Unit In Ethiopia Vol 1 & 2Ruby Press 2015 ISBN 9783944074115 Acqn 25925Pb 18x21cm 356pp col ills £32.95

The Sustainable Urban Dwelling Unit (SUDU), which emerged out of a summer workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a new, sustainable housing alternative that can be self-constructed withminimal technical ability, low start-up costs, and local materials (such as soil). This publicationdocuments the building process in two parts: The first part narratively records the constructionprocess itself while providing historical and technical context. The second part functions as amanual, providing a detailed list of tools, materials, and step-by-step instructions that can be used

by readers to carry out their own SUDU project.


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Berlin Transfer - Learning From The Global SouthRuby Press 2015 ISBN 9783944074146 Acqn 25927Pb 19x25cm 160pp 200ills £22.50

Investigating the architecture of big form, urban villages, and special interest zones, this book isinspired by the iconic urban sites located south of the equator and elsewhere in the developingword. Inverting the direction in which knowledge has been exported since colonial times, itreveals the conceptual and performative qualities of building complexes from the Global South inorder to inform unconventional approaches towards urban development in Berlin. With casestudies in Singapore, Dhaka, Casablanca, Hong Kong, and São Paulo. Conceived and edited byRainer Hehl and Ludwig Engel.


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Berlin Transfer - Hybrid ModernitiesRuby Press 2015 ISBN 9783944074153 Acqn 25928Pb 19x25cm 172pp 200ills £22.50

Through a sensorial reading of Brazilian modernism to challenge the generic, if not austere,appeal of Berlin’s modernist housing complexes, this book intends to reveal new potentials forexisting spaces. By applying strategies of extension, insertion, and reprogramming to theseprevalent structures, it combines generic urban prototypes common to the post-war era in Europe

with the untapped qualities of the visionary, utopian modernism demonstrated by its tropicalcounterparts in São Paulo. With designs by Paulo Mendas da Rocha, Elza Salvatori Berquó,

Antonio Cunha Lima, Eduardo Longo, and others. Conceived and edited by Rainer Hehl andLudwig Engel.


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Landscape Architecture And Urban Design In The Netherlands. Yearbook 2015Blauwdruk Publishers 2015 ISBN 9789075271898 Acqn 25947Pb 24x31cm 144pp 209ills 75col £24.95

Nineteen remarkable projects are featured in this edition of the yearbook, which provides anoverview of the state of Dutch landscape architecture and urban planning. Richly illustrated andwith descriptions by experts in the field, it shows how both disciplines have shaped the nation inthe past year, while also addressing topical issues in spatial planning, such as the consequences

of mass immigration and future ‘smart cities’. Presenting projects by Michael van Gessel,REDscape, Benthem Crouwel Architecten, Carve, West8, LOLA Landscape Architects, and more,it also features an impressive photo reportage by Theo Baart that reflects the changing face ofthe Netherlands.


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Architecture Reading Aid – AhmedabadRuby Press 2015 ISBN 9783944074108 Acqn 25948Pb 11x16cm 144pp 140ills 40col £14.75

This small architectural guide provides a representative overview of the built environment in thenorth Indian metropolis of Ahmedabad. In addition to covering the city’s notable legacy of

modernist architecture, the work also treats diverse forms of informal urban arrangements: fromarchitecture without architects (to borrow from Bernard Rudofsky) to ephemeral structuressprouting up on streets and plazas, everything is fair game. Clear axonometric drawings andshort texts providing cultural and historical context make this idiosyncratic travel guide anaccessible introduction to decoding Indian urbanism for the architect and layperson alike.


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GA Houses 145 A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2015 ISBN 9784871400930 Acqn 25960Pb 21x29cm 100pp 100col ills £21.95


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Smiljan Radic - House For The Poem Of The Right Angle. Residential Masterpieces 21 A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2015 ISBN 9784871406468 Acqn 25961Pb 26x36cm 88pp 56col ills £25


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JA 100 - Looking Back At 60 YearsShinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2016 no ISBN Acqn 26007Pb 23x30cm 224pp 450ills 150col £24

For its 60th anniversary, the magazine presents a dense overview of every issue since its verybeginning in 1956, highlighting a chaotic selection of notable projects along with the contents ofeach. Presented chronologically, the progression of images through the decades reflects themajor figures and trends in global modern architecture of the second half of the 20th century,

through until the 21st century and the present day. Included also are a series of comments on themagazine, impressions offered by such well-known architects as Kengo Kuma, Tadao Ando,Kazuhiro Kojima, David Adjaye, Cesar Pelli, Velonika Valk, Terence Riley, and Sean Godsell,amongst others.


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The Flexible City - Sustainable Solutions For A Europe In Transitionnai010 publishers 2016 ISBN 9789462082878 Acqn 25943Pb 17x24cm 222pp 220ills 140col £26.50

In Europe, the period of great economic and demographic growth is largely over. The physicalgrowth of our urban agglomerations has come to an end. The spatial assignment of the future

European city will be fundamentally different. Building new space outside the city boundaries isno longer necessary. Instead, what exists should be made sustainable. The new spatialassignment involves maintaining, restructuring, densifying or diluting the existing city. Thispublication analyses this development and describes a toolbox that is able to turn the newassignment into a success.


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Arquitectura Viva 179 - New York Heights. When Form Follows Finance Avisa 2016 no ISBN Acqn 26020Pb 24x30cm 96pp col ills £15.25

Associated in ancient times with religious legends – the Tower of Babel –, the vertical myth founda new and no less powerful version in the enormous corporate buildings of the 20th century. Butin today's New York the old myth takes on an unforeseen form: that of soaring and unbelievablyslender skyscrapers containing apartments with spectacular views of Central Park, and soexpensive that only the global oligarchy can afford them. Cynthia Davidson identifies these newgiants with a world in transformation where form no longer follows function, but finances, and

explains their characteristics in an article threaded with astonishing height and budget figures.


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AV Proyectos 071 Avisa 2016 no ISBN Acqn 26021Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £9

'AV Proyectos 71' presents the latest crop of international projects of the Madrid architectsFuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano, all of them devised around matters like geometry,landscape, materials, and light. The issue also features the winning project – of the Norwegianstudio Snøhetta – and of the two finalists – Zaha Hadid and Coop Himmelb(l)au – in thecompetition for the new cable car of Bolzano, in northern Italy. The issue also includes a dossierwith six structures designed for fun and play: small pavilions with slides or ropes, a cloud held by

light legs or a labyrinth of steel sheets.


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Arquitectura Viva 180 Avisa 2016 no ISBN Acqn 26022Pb 24x30cm 96pp col ills £15.25

In the China of today, globalized big cities have been staining architecture with a genericanonymity, but a new crop of architects has emerged that tries to express vernacular types,spaces, and materials in a contemporary language. Li Xiangning explains this current of renewalwhich is as opposed to the unlimited development of the huge metropolises as to the extremestagnation of the rural world. After the article comes a selection of five works: the redevelopmentof Wencum Village, a joint work of Pritzker laureate Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu; a hospital in

Baojing by Rural Urban Framework; a day facility for senior citizens by Scenic Architecture, inShanghai; the restoration of a ‘hutong’ by Archstudio, in Beijing; and a visitor center in Tibet, byZAO/standardarchitecture.


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Casanova + Hernandez/Netherlands - Building Knowledge In Interdisciplinary Design DD42Damdi 2015 ISBN 9788968010361 Acqn 25729Hb 23x29cm 248pp 350ills 300col £45

The Rotterdam-based design and research studio of Casanova + Hernandez was founded in2001, and works with an interdisciplinary team in its focus on rethinking and designing our urbanhabitat in order to create vibrant cities while promoting environmental and social sustainability.With experience in developing projects in very different cultural contexts in Europe, South

America, and Asia, the office is structured in two complementary platforms: C+H Projects andC+H Think Tank. Besides a critical essay on the practice, this richly illustrated volume featuresmore than 30 projects covering the fields of collective housing, public space and buildings, andhybrid urbanism.


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Atlas Of The Dutch Urban LandscapeThoth Uitgeverij 2016 ISBN 9789068686906 Acqn 25993Hb 25x35cm 304pp 205ills 175col £61.95

The Netherlands is the most densely urbanised country in Europe. Its crowded landscape ofgreater and smaller, older and younger towns was formed in the course of a millennium. Whatwere the roots of this urban landscape, and how did it develop? What do the urbanisation

histories of the Netherlands and the rest of Europe have in common, and how do they differ? Thisbook contains a comprehensive synthesis of a millennium of spatial development in theNetherlands. Series of maps, photos and paintings clearly illustrate processes of growth,stagnation and decline in Dutch towns and place them in an international perspective.


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Brad Cloepfil / Allied Works Architecture - Case WorkMetropolis Books 2015 ISBN 9781938922794 Acqn 25254Pb 24x33cm 60pp 80col ills £16.50

This publication offers a new perspective on the work of Brad Cloepfil and Allied Works Architecture, recognized for designing buildings of enduring quality and cultural significance overthe past 20 years. Published to accompany an exhibition opening at the Denver Art Museum inJanuary 2016, the book offers an inside view into Allied Works' unique approach to design, aprocess driven by a rich material and physical investigation.


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Living With The Mekong. Climate Change And Urban Development In Ho Chi Minh CityAnd The Mekong DeltaBlauwdruk Publishers 2015 ISBN 9789075271942 Acqn 25983Pb 17x24cm 288pp 275ills 200col £26.50

Published as a travel report of architect Joep Janssen with superb photo essays by Wytske vanKeulen, this book gives a first-hand account of how Vietnam and its people cope with theconsequences of climate change. Janssen analyses the influence of the nation’s rapid economicdevelopment on water management, speaking with farmers, urban inhabitants, and Dutchengineers involved in plans for improved coastal defence. Through historical research, he showshow the city’s development and architecture have been influenced by both the colonising Frenchand the canal rings of Amsterdam. The book illustrates the dangers that delta areas around theglobe are facing.


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Traditional Bhutanese Houses III ADP 2015 ISBN 9784903348308 Acqn 25995Pb 30x21cm 210pp 350ills 150col £21

This publication is the outcome of an initiative taken by a research group from the Architectureand Civil Engineering Department of the Chiba Institute of Technology, in partnership with theBhutan Ministry of Public Works and Human Settlement. The idea of field surveys andobservations on traditional houses across the region was first raised in 2009; in 2013, theproject’s fourth survey was completed. Replete with data, drawings, diagrams, maps, andphotographs, plus interviews with locals on their ways of living and land management, the volumepresents a comprehensive report on domestic architecture and village typologies in Bhutan.


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Subjective Atlas Of ColumbiaSemana Libros 2015 ISBN 9789585898776 Acqn 26029Pb 17x22cm 232pp 325ills 250col £15.75

As a whole, the works compiled in this volume constitute an unconscious autobiography ofColombia’s current aspirations and fears. They reveal that the nation is at a crossroads in termsof its cultural identity, caught between socio-political commitment and poetic escape, and offertools to engender both economic and cultural ideas and prejudices. Over 60 artists and designers

form a map that traces, challenges, and vindicates what it means to live in Colombia, embodyingits contemporary historical memory. The initiative was conceived by Hugo Herrera Tobón, MoniekDreisse, and Annelys de Vet to further encourage a discussion of the nation’s complex culturalidentity.

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