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The first volume of "Fertile Futures" records the programme developed for the Portuguese Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition 2023. The book reveals the premises of Fertile Futures, under the theme of the protection, management and future of freshwater. It gathers the sharing of knowledge that marked the start of the project laboratory, and(...)
Fertile Futures. Portuguese Pavilion, 18th International Venice Architecture Biennial
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The first volume of "Fertile Futures" records the programme developed for the Portuguese Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition 2023. The book reveals the premises of Fertile Futures, under the theme of the protection, management and future of freshwater. It gathers the sharing of knowledge that marked the start of the project laboratory, and accompanies the work of each of seven Hydro-geography Workshops throughout the first months of the project. The second volume of "Fertile Futures" presents the entire laboratory project developed during the programme at the biennale. It also presents the critical essays resulting from the interventions at the Assemblies of Thought in Venice, Braga, Lisbon, Faro and Porto Santo.
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The new "A.MAG Long Collection" presents a single project by a single architect in a special graphic design format that distinguishes it from other collections the magazine publishes. Each instalment will document works of different scales and formal contexts. This unique selection of projects which establish new paradigms in architecture begins with David Adjaye’s Mole(...)
LB 01 David Adjaye Mole House
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The new "A.MAG Long Collection" presents a single project by a single architect in a special graphic design format that distinguishes it from other collections the magazine publishes. Each instalment will document works of different scales and formal contexts. This unique selection of projects which establish new paradigms in architecture begins with David Adjaye’s Mole House. The derelict property in the London borough of Hackney, made infamous by a landlord who incessantly tunnelled underneath it without a permit, was completely renovated by the architect as a three-storey live/work space that also serves as a single-family dwelling for artist Sue Weber.
Architecture Monographs
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This issue is devoted to Swiss architecture and features three practices based in the north of the country, in Fribourg, Basel, and Winterthur; respectively, Deschenaux Architects, Felippi Wyssen, and Marazzi Reinhardt. The first was founded in 2016 and operates in an area where the identity is still very rural, making the office sensitive to the varied local topographies(...)
A.MAG 27: Deschenaux Architects | Felippi Wyssen Architects | Marazzi Reinhardt Architects
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This issue is devoted to Swiss architecture and features three practices based in the north of the country, in Fribourg, Basel, and Winterthur; respectively, Deschenaux Architects, Felippi Wyssen, and Marazzi Reinhardt. The first was founded in 2016 and operates in an area where the identity is still very rural, making the office sensitive to the varied local topographies and constructive honesty. The second was founded in 2009 and has since developed work in a range of scales and tasks, from new buildings to urban planning. The third practice started in 2004 and, strongly characterised by a personal interest in craftsmanship, is known for carefully considered but powerful interventions.
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When Álvaro Siza finished what is known as the Boa Nova Tea House in the early 1960s, it marked the beginning of his career. Set in a challenging topography, the building stands as a symbol of architecture’s identification with, and active interpretation of, the landscape. The composition of its low, volumetric expressiveness and surrounding rocks demands a respectful(...)
Alvaro Siza : Casa de Chá da Boa Nova
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When Álvaro Siza finished what is known as the Boa Nova Tea House in the early 1960s, it marked the beginning of his career. Set in a challenging topography, the building stands as a symbol of architecture’s identification with, and active interpretation of, the landscape. The composition of its low, volumetric expressiveness and surrounding rocks demands a respectful attentiveness, which until recently had been steadily deteriorating. Under the supervision of Siza, a full restoration of the building’s public spaces and a deeper intervention in its service areas has been undertaken. The book contains photographs, plans and original sketches by the architect.
Architecture Monographs
A.Mag 24 : MORQ
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MORQ is an Italian office established in 2001 by Matteo Monteduro, Emiliano Roia, and Andrea Quagliola. Their work ranges from small-scale projects to large landscape and urban plans, with meaningful spaces integrated within simple and thoughtful buildings, in dialogue with existing conditions. As such, MORQ sees constraints as a starting point for its designs, not(...)
A.Mag 24 : MORQ
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MORQ is an Italian office established in 2001 by Matteo Monteduro, Emiliano Roia, and Andrea Quagliola. Their work ranges from small-scale projects to large landscape and urban plans, with meaningful spaces integrated within simple and thoughtful buildings, in dialogue with existing conditions. As such, MORQ sees constraints as a starting point for its designs, not impediments to creativity. Featured in this issue are fifteen small-scale works, both built and unbuilt, that demonstrate the studio’s talent for envisioning intimate yet open spaces that engage with shades of natural light, changing throughout the day and activated by the emotive and sensorial qualities of the materials.
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A.MAG 26 : Tomoaki Uno
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This issue is dedicated to Tomoaki Uno. Uno founded his practice in Nagoya in 1990 and has since gained a reputation for great attention for detail, accuracy, and pureness of form. This approach is reflected both technically and emotionally in the twelve works featured in this issue, which offers an intimate and close reading of the Japanese architect’s approach to design.
A.MAG 26 : Tomoaki Uno
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This issue is dedicated to Tomoaki Uno. Uno founded his practice in Nagoya in 1990 and has since gained a reputation for great attention for detail, accuracy, and pureness of form. This approach is reflected both technically and emotionally in the twelve works featured in this issue, which offers an intimate and close reading of the Japanese architect’s approach to design.
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March 2022
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A.MAG 16 : elemental
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In its architectural practice, Elemental responds to an awareness of the intervention context, the socio-cultural and economic dimension, and the recognition of the necessities and eventual deficiencies present. Examining the elementary way this Chilean collective approaches subjects is the focus of this issue. Developing works of very different scales, from individual(...)
A.MAG 16 : elemental
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In its architectural practice, Elemental responds to an awareness of the intervention context, the socio-cultural and economic dimension, and the recognition of the necessities and eventual deficiencies present. Examining the elementary way this Chilean collective approaches subjects is the focus of this issue. Developing works of very different scales, from individual dwellings to intervention studies at the urban scale, or even provincial planning, founder and Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena and his team clearly have their origins in South American architecture, yet also show an increasingly socially-engaged and global dimension: simplicity, perpetuality, efficiency, and utility.
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One of the first built projects of Eduardo Souto Moura, Casa das Artes was designed in the early 1980s and completed construction in 1991. The building is located in the gardens of a neoclassical mansion in Porto, dating from the beginning of the 20th century. The competition programme proposed a cinema, auditorium, an exhibition gallery, and required that the(...)
Eduardo Souto Moura: Casa das Artes
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One of the first built projects of Eduardo Souto Moura, Casa das Artes was designed in the early 1980s and completed construction in 1991. The building is located in the gardens of a neoclassical mansion in Porto, dating from the beginning of the 20th century. The competition programme proposed a cinema, auditorium, an exhibition gallery, and required that the surroundings be preserved as they were. According to the architect, ''Work was not allowed to interfere with the garden. Omitting was more important than proposing, deleting was more important than designing, and simplicity more important than composition'' This monograph reflects his very minimalistic approach.
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Alvaro Siza: Unbuilt works
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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 which likening his work to "a bird. Astonishing, inexplicable and yet incredibly familiar." The book reflects on(...)
Alvaro Siza: Unbuilt works
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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 which likening his work to "a bird. Astonishing, inexplicable and yet incredibly familiar." The book reflects on projects whose ideas sometimes went into other projects, were reformulated in some way, or simply forgotten. Nevertheless, the scribbles and blueprints are essential to understanding how one of the most prolific contemporary architects thinks and works.
Architecture Monographs
Alvaro Siza: Casa Beires
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Casa Beires (1973–76) was built in northern Portugal by Álvaro Siza as a family home, its ochre plaster, unusual layout, and generous fenestration indicative of the direction his architecture would take in the coming years. For this book the architect invited Luís Ferreira Alves to photograph the home after 40 years of inhabitation. No major works or restorations had been(...)
Alvaro Siza: Casa Beires
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Casa Beires (1973–76) was built in northern Portugal by Álvaro Siza as a family home, its ochre plaster, unusual layout, and generous fenestration indicative of the direction his architecture would take in the coming years. For this book the architect invited Luís Ferreira Alves to photograph the home after 40 years of inhabitation. No major works or restorations had been done in the meantime, and although the site has become overgrown and cracks and water damage blemish many of the interior spaces, one can easily imagine what a grand residence it once was – and could be again. The soft, filtered daylight and cluttered rooms lend Siza’s architecture a human touch.
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