Recent titles
We offer books on architecture and related fields from publishers worldwide. Here is a small selection of some recent arrivals in the store.
Alvaro Siza: Unbuilt works
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Alvaro Siza: Unbuilt works
This is a very special compilation of almost all unbuilt works by Portuguese architect and architectural educator Álvaro Siza. It includes sketches, drawings, and plans, as well as in-depth analysis by José Manuel Pedreirinho, along two foreword essays, one of...
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Everything Without Content 251. The large city
Charleroi, the denigrated capital of the Belgian hinterland, is the unlikely new paradigm for a contemporary city. What seems an incoherent jumble of manmade exuberance—a byproduct of modernity, really—transcends the infamous architectural dichotomy between the centre and the periphery. This...
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Housing, Micropolitics, and Pedagogies: Designing and practicing collectivity
This book explores the global housing crisis, emphasizing adequate housing as a human right. Through essays, it exampines the commercialization of housing, the political aspects of design, and architects’ roles in promoting social and spatial justice. Using historical and contemporary...
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Curatorial design: A place between
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Curatorial design: A place between
The future of architecture lies in a curatorial approach, as argued by Wilfried Kuehn and Dubravka Sekulić in Curatorial Design: A Place Between. The book features insights from over 30 experts in architecture, art, and curatorial practice. Architectural design and...
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Strangers need strange moments together: Designing interaction for public spaces
Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat—together with their team at Daily tous les jours—have been creating celebrated interactive art and narrative experiences for public spaces around the world for over 15 years. Their groundbreaking work is part of an emergent practice...
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Apartamento 35 Spring 2025
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Apartamento 35 Spring 2025
Spring/Summer 2025 issue Featuring: Camille Henrot, Darius Khondji, Leïla Slimani, Raul Lopez, Wendy Whiteley, Huong Dodinh, Robert Plunket, Catherine Schroeder, Zhou Yilun, Vivian Suter, Deaton Chris Anthony, Erna Aaltonen & Howard Smith, Chilly Gonzales, Dan Friedman, and Steve Bailey. Plus:...
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Frei Otto: Building with nature, 1925-2015
Published to mark the architect’s centennial, this beautifully illustrated book celebrates Frei Otto’s groundbreaking achievements in creating lightweight architectural structures and pioneering sustainable design practices. Otto’s forward-thinking approach paved the way for energy-efficient and environmentally conscious architecture long before these...
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The architecture of ageing
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The architecture of ageing
Exponential population ageing is changing how we coexist in urban spaces. Improving discourse on “care” is high on the agenda in our globally ageing world. The task of densifying cities with hundreds of apartments in single buildings reminds us that...
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Le fantôme de l'architecte
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Le fantôme de l'architecte
L’histoire moderne de l’architecture, cette faiseuse de rêves, n’est pas seulement jalonnée d’icônes. Dans l’ombre des plus grands chefs‑d’œuvre, sont tapies de saillantes absences. Enquêtes documentaires au rendu sensible, histoires vraies aux touches romanesques, dix textes relatent ici les plus...
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onishimaki+hyakudayuki / o+h – Architecture, a place to be loved
This book is a collection of works by onishimaki+hyakudayuki / o+h, an architectural design firm led by the acclaimed young architects Maki Onishi and Yuki Hyakuda. It introduces 15 works, including their debut work, "Double Helix House," the Prize of...
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Hermann Hertzberger: Structuralism
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Hermann Hertzberger: Structuralism
Herman Hertzberger is one of the most important representatives of Dutch Structuralism. Structuralism takes as its starting point the idea that architecture should value the archetypal behaviors of humankind. Consequently, buildings should be inviting, and above all they must satisfy...
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Theory of water: Nishnaabe maps to the times ahead
For many years, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has found refuge in skiing—in all kinds of weather across different forms of terrain, often following the trail beside a beloved creek near her home. Recently, as she skimmed along this path and meditated...
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So-Il: In depth. Urban domesticities today
For over a decade, Brooklyn-based SO–IL has been envisioning houses, housings and other projects in between and adjacent to domestic spaces. Reflecting on the state of housing design today – often constrained by pressures of production – SO–IL approaches these...
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Suspended moment: The architecture of Frida Escobedo
Architect Frida Escobedo’s designs for public spaces have received global accolades. In 2022, she was commissioned to design the new Oscar L.Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Suspended Moment...
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ARCH+ The business of architecture
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ARCH+ The business of architecture
This publication examines the economic conditions of architecture, which are all too often disregarded in the day-to-day life of people working in the profession. The focus is on contracts, jobs, and office structures, on profitability and phases in the construction...
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Pin-Up Magazine 37: Museum
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Pin-Up Magazine 37: Museum
The PIN–UP Museum Issue! In this first in a series of guest-edited issues, curators Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen pose two essential questions: is The Museum a space that can nurture and inspire the imagination; or is it a place...
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Modernism in Africa: the architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa 1930-1970
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Modernism in Africa: the architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa 1930-1970
Many African countries are home to extraordinary architecture that is virtually unknown. There are interpretations of Art Deco, International Style, Brutalism as well as of African vernacular architecture. Climate-responsive buildings with a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces play a...
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Lacaton & Vassal – It’s Nice Today: On Climate, Comfort, and Pleasure
''Il fera beau demain (It Will Be Nice Tomorrow) is the title of our first book, published in 1995, which opens with a manifesto of our ideas, our convictions, our hopes as young architects, and, above all, our optimism. It...
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Adaptive reuse in architecture: A typological iIndex
Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents fifty conversions 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...
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Chaises et tuyaux
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Chaises et tuyaux
Chaises et tuyaux est une oeuvre dédiée à ces machines diverses, omniprésentes et universelles. Sans mise en scène, cette collection est le fruit de deux années de rencontres hasardeuses au Québec, à Vancouver, en Italie et dans les Balkans. ...
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Défendre le logement : Nos foyers, leurs profits
Contrairement à ce que l’on pourrait croire, la crise du logement n’est pas causée par le manque d’unités locatives, des taux d’intérêts élevés ou une conjoncture économique défavorable. C’est l’état normal du marché immobilier en régime capitaliste. Telle est l’idée...
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Architecture / Astrologie
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Architecture / Astrologie
Les chroniques écrites par Dan Graham pour la revue Domus en 2011-2012, dressant des portraits de ses architectes favoris sous l'angle de leur signe astral, traduites par Alexandra Midal, illustrées par des dessins de Mieko Meguro, compagne de l'artiste. « Je me suis souvent...
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Curating ecologies on architecture
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Curating ecologies on architecture
Throughout their history, architecture exhibitions have embraced different approaches and constructed other modes of action within the discipline, playing a pivotal role in disseminating, diffusing, and experimenting with architectural culture. This volume looks at curatorial practice in architecture and how...
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Minnette de Silva: Intersections
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Minnette de Silva: Intersections
When Minnette De Silva founded the Studio of Modern Architecture in Kandy, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), in 1947, she was one of the first women in the world to establish a professional architectural practice as sole principal. Today, she is...
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Ruth van Beek: Dishes for dolls
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Ruth van Beek: Dishes for dolls
Dishes for Dolls is a sort of spin-off of The Oldest Thing. Based on this previous book, published in 2023 (now out of print), Ruth van Beek created a new selection of images from her archives, focusing on doll dishes....
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The emotional power of space
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The emotional power of space
How does space affect our physical, psychological and emotional state? Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine explore this question through the lively and intimate form of the conversation with twelve renowned architects for whom perception and sensoriality play a central role...
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Crossed histories. Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable, Phyllis Lambert on Architecture and the City
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Crossed histories. Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable, Phyllis Lambert on Architecture and the City
Publié à l'occasion d'une exposition au Centre culturel canadien de Paris, Histoires croisées s'intéresse à l'impact des femmes sur la ville postmoderne. Pour ce faire, la publication met l'accent sur les trajectoires personnelles et professionnelles de trois protagonistes qui, chacune...
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Adolf Loos: Why a man should be well-dressed
Throughout his life Adolf Loos raised his eloquent voice against the squandering of fine materials, frivolous ornamentation and unnecessary embellishments. His admirers consider him to be the inspiration for all modern architecture. Yet, few are acquainted with his amusing, incisive,...
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ARN Vol. 5. Atlas des régions naturelles
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ARN Vol. 5. Atlas des régions naturelles
Avec ce cinquième volet de l’Atlas des Régions Naturelles, Eric Tabuchi et Nelly Monnier poursuivent leur projet au long cours engagé en 2017 : la documentation globale des 450 régions naturelles – ou « pays » – qui composent le...
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The carrier bag theory of fiction. 2nd edition
In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human origin by redefining technology as a cultural carrier bag rather than a weapon of domination. This influential essay opens a portal to...
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Blockitecture Frank Lloyd Wright - Usonian
Build the world you want to see with Blockitecture®, a set of architectural building blocks by designer James Paulius. Cantilever and nest hexagonal blocks to create towers, cities, and dwellings. The Frank Lloyd Wright set is made in the style...
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Architecture educates! : Au contact de l'art
L'éducation retournée par les arts : le célèbre anthropologue anglais Tim Ingold nous invite à considérer l'art, l'architecture et le design arts comme la base même d'une éducation pour le XXIe siècle en prise aux enjeux sociaux et écologiques auxquels nous...
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Designed forests: A cultural history
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Designed forests: A cultural history
Designed Forests explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design; the forest’s influence on architectural culture and practice; and the potentials and pitfalls of “forest thinking” for more sustainable and ethical ways of doing architecture today. It...
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Álvaro Siza – Incomplete Work
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Álvaro Siza – Incomplete Work
Álvaro Siza says, “It is hard not to build what created the enthusiasm and pleasure of being an architect. But this is not wasted time.” In the unbuilt works collected in this publication, thought, conception, and the timeless heritage of...
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Luigi Ghirri: Viaggi
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Luigi Ghirri: Viaggi
Among the many recurring interests that connect the rich and open-ended oeuvre of Luigi Ghirri, a fascination with travel resonates through his photographs, publications, and writings. This book by curator James Lingwood charts a course through Ghirri’s photography between 1970...
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Barrault Pressacco : Wallness, Nature et culture de l'isolant, Construire en chanvre
Wallness, par des considérations techniques et culturelles, bouleverse l'acte de bâtir et ouvre une conversation. L'isolant s'ajoute au répertoire des éléments architecturaux, la thermique dévoile des champs constructifs insoupçonnés, la recherche du confort des espaces intérieurs interroge la nature de...
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Habiter l'entre-deux
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Habiter l'entre-deux
L'acte d'habiter se réalise au quotidien par de multiples interactions entre l'individu et son environnement. Il implique des arbitrages liés à la recherche permanente d'un équilibre entre des éléments qui a priori s'opposent : l'intérieur et l'extérieur, le bâti et...
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Living in Lisbon: An architectural view on housing challenges
Lisbon is being ravaged by an unprecedented housing crisis. The exponential increase of prices, the combined outcome of the financialisation of housing and the lack of continued investment of public policies, means that every Portuguese person is, or knows someone...
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Lausanne Jardins, la ville autrement
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Lausanne Jardins, la ville autrement
Lausanne Jardins est une manifestation culturelle associant architecture du paysage et réflexion sur la ville. Le temps d’un été, elle déploie une série de jardins éphémères sur le territoire, dont certains restent en place bien au-delà de la manifestation. Depuis...
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture not Architecture
Since its founding in 1981, New York-based studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has designed some of the world’s most revered civic spaces and cultural institutions. Their practice covers architecture, urban design, installation art, performance, digital media, and print. From...
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Prendre la clef des champs: Agriculture et architecture
Ce livre est une vaste fresque pédagogique qui explore le lien entre agriculture et architecture, deux pratiques complémentaires de domestication qui émergèrent il y a environ 10 000 ans. Dans le contexte contemporain d’impasse écologique, aucune réflexion sensée ne pourra se développer...
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Vitruve hors texte : Biographie d'un livre
Pour les architectes, le traité de Vitruve, écrit au Ier siècle av. J.C., fait figure de livre saint, aussi fondateur que mystérieux. A rebours de l'exégèse sans fin dont il a fait l'objet depuis sa redécouverte à la Renaissance, André...
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Architecture and the public world
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Architecture and the public world
This book brings together Kenneth Frampton's essays from the 1960s to today which epitomize his reflections on the historical-theoretical entanglements of architecture with place, the public realm, cultural identity, urban landscape and environment, and the political question of the "predicament"...
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JTM #01: Pour que tu m'aimes encore
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JTM #01: Pour que tu m'aimes encore
JTM est une publication annuelle qui permet de valoriser et de rendre lisible des démarches et savoir-faire dans l'art, le design, l'architecture et la scénographie. Chaque numéro est consacré à une phrase thématique particulière (citation, références, mots) qui guide la...
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Albert Frey: Inventive modernist
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Albert Frey: Inventive modernist
Inventive Modernist tracks the scope and significance of Frey’s career, from his early days in Paris working with Le Corbusier to his rise as the iconic architect of Palm Springs. With full access to Frey’s various archives, the book provides...
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Why I do what I do: Twenty global curators speak
For this fourth volume of the series Thoughts on Curating, twenty renowned curators and collectives from across the globe write about a single exhibition or curatorial project they created that transformed their thinking and the way they have curated ever...
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Álvaro Siza, Celui qui n’écrivait pas
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Álvaro Siza, Celui qui n’écrivait pas
Siza est à part. Indépendant, discret, il compte dans le monde de l'architecture parmi les plus grands et s'y est fait un nom à force de conviction profonde. Il parle à voix basse et porte sur les choses un regard...
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Graph vision: Digital architecture's skeletons
How a protean mathematical object, the graph, ushered in new images, tools, and infrastructures for design and catalyzed a digital future for architecture. In Graph Vision, Theodora Vardouli offers a fresh history of architecture's early entanglements with modern mathematics...
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El Croquis 226 : OFFICE 2017-2024
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El Croquis 226 : OFFICE 2017-2024
This issue examines recent work by Belgian architects Kersten Geers and David Van Severen and their Brussels-based firm, OFFICE, which was established in 2002 as a means of exploring the prospect of architecture within the contemporary culture and urban environment....
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Democracy and urban form
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Democracy and urban form
“Never have the potential political consequences of architecture been greater, and never has the political sensibility of architecture been less.”This was the state of the discipline that social theorist and urban thinker Richard Sennett declared when he addressed an audience...
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