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This volume presents recent works by the Munich-based studio Tochtermann Wündrich. The idea of architecture that the two young architects offer in this book is all contained within the axonometries which, like icons, open each of the projects they have chosen. Icons that didn't exist before this book and that become symbols of an architecture that could be defined as(...)
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December 2019
Tochtermann Wündrich. Selected projects
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This volume presents recent works by the Munich-based studio Tochtermann Wündrich. The idea of architecture that the two young architects offer in this book is all contained within the axonometries which, like icons, open each of the projects they have chosen. Icons that didn't exist before this book and that become symbols of an architecture that could be defined as icastic. An architecture that describes itself, its forms and its elements in its essential features, in an immediate, memorable and self-referential way. The introductory text is by Enrico Molteni.
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Vector Architects
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Architecture is not without the plastic play of light in the excavated space. On the basis of this simple and universal axiom, Dong Gong, founder of the Vector studio based in Beijing, has conducted a series of experiments since his debut in 2008, unscrupulously mixing languages of modernity with idiomatic expressions of a vernacular flavor, innovative materials and(...)
Vector Architects
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Architecture is not without the plastic play of light in the excavated space. On the basis of this simple and universal axiom, Dong Gong, founder of the Vector studio based in Beijing, has conducted a series of experiments since his debut in 2008, unscrupulously mixing languages of modernity with idiomatic expressions of a vernacular flavor, innovative materials and techniques. with craftsmanship and construction tradition. If contemporary is the one who establishes a "gap" with time, that is, they are able to operate in the present without being overwhelmed and subjected by it, Dong Gong, who in his architecture makes the past and the future interact, can define himself as an architect of contemporaneity.
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This volume presents some recent works by the Spanish architect Fran Silvestre whose works are made up of a limited number of gestures, lines and volumes, avoiding discontinuity and seeking harmony between the parts. An architecture animated by the idea of essentiality, his practice of drawing and construction of models imply a reflection on detail and the search for(...)
La belleza eficaz : Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
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This volume presents some recent works by the Spanish architect Fran Silvestre whose works are made up of a limited number of gestures, lines and volumes, avoiding discontinuity and seeking harmony between the parts. An architecture animated by the idea of essentiality, his practice of drawing and construction of models imply a reflection on detail and the search for continuity of the entire architectural organism, in which the colour white allows greater control of space, unifies the forms and allows for a better understanding.
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The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, in its first English edition. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking. The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence(...)
Imagining the evident: Alvaro Siza
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The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, in its first English edition. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking. The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence in Siza’s particular way of working, some of which never published before. A personal and fundamental testimony of one of the most celebrated living architects, covering the full range of design – from architecture to city planning, furniture and objects – in a must-read book for all interested in Art and Architecture.
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Le Rolex Learning Center de l’EPFL à Lausanne a ouvert ses portes en 2010. Conçu par le bureau japonais SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima et Ryue Nishizawa), lauréats du Pritzker Prize, il est rapidement devenu l’un des bâtiments les plus connus des temps récents. Dans ce livre – une nouvelle d’architecture – l’histoire variée de cette pièce d’architecture est racontée, à partir de(...)
Savoir Supérieur : le Rolex Learning Center de SANAA à l'EPFL depuis 2010
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Le Rolex Learning Center de l’EPFL à Lausanne a ouvert ses portes en 2010. Conçu par le bureau japonais SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima et Ryue Nishizawa), lauréats du Pritzker Prize, il est rapidement devenu l’un des bâtiments les plus connus des temps récents. Dans ce livre – une nouvelle d’architecture – l’histoire variée de cette pièce d’architecture est racontée, à partir de nombreux points de vue, avec des rebondissements assez inattendus, et accompagnée d’images insolites. Le Rolex Learning Center apparaît non seulement comme une réalisation architecturale remarquable, mais aussi comme un bâtiment qui contient des connaissances, et qui peut nous parler de diverses manières.
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Ensamble Studio, led by architects Anto´n Garci´a-Abril and De´bora Mesa, is a cross-functional team based in Spain and the United States that works across research, design, and construction to create innovative architecture by conducting experiments with their own hands and developing construction methods. They propose ways to build architecture and cities that respond(...)
Ensamble Studio: Architecture of the earth
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Ensamble Studio, led by architects Anto´n Garci´a-Abril and De´bora Mesa, is a cross-functional team based in Spain and the United States that works across research, design, and construction to create innovative architecture by conducting experiments with their own hands and developing construction methods. They propose ways to build architecture and cities that respond to the needs of our times by integrating design and modern technology from global perspectives with the aim of improving the quality of human life. Their diverse undertakings range from landscape construction to prefabrication of houses. This book features eleven projects under the theme of "Architecture of the Earth," including their representative works "SGAE Headquarters" and "Structures of Landscape."
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Faithful to a radical understanding of the profession, the recipients of the latest Pritzker Prize have over three decades developed a highly committed architecture that has managed to translate the social and environmental concerns of our times into a simple but powerful language. On the occasion of their winning the prestigious award, Arquitectura Viva presents Lacaton(...)
El Croquis Lacaton & Vassal extended reprint
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Faithful to a radical understanding of the profession, the recipients of the latest Pritzker Prize have over three decades developed a highly committed architecture that has managed to translate the social and environmental concerns of our times into a simple but powerful language. On the occasion of their winning the prestigious award, Arquitectura Viva presents Lacaton & Vassal. 1991–2021, that gathers thirty of the French practice’s most acclaimed works and projects. Four articles written by Luis Fernández-Galiano, Richard Scoffier, François Chaslin, and Enrique Sobejano complement the selection.
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How do city and architecture flourish together ? This question is central to the three-dimensional capriccio that displays a fictional Flemish urban environment. Over time, the informal city in Flanders and Brussels has developed a unique relationship with its architecture. This staged urban landscape reveals how historical layers, morphological peculiarities and(...)
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Bovenbouw Architectuur: Composite presence
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How do city and architecture flourish together ? This question is central to the three-dimensional capriccio that displays a fictional Flemish urban environment. Over time, the informal city in Flanders and Brussels has developed a unique relationship with its architecture. This staged urban landscape reveals how historical layers, morphological peculiarities and unforeseen collisions are an endless source of energy for contemporary architectural production. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Composite Presence" curated by Bovenbouw Architectuur in the Belgian Pavilion at the Biennale di Architettura 2021 in Venice, Italy.
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Une anthologie monumentale d'essais critiques consacrés à la figure d'Umberto Riva, l'un des maîtres de l'architecture italienne, designer et peintre, introduits et édités par Maria Bottero, accompagnés d'un ensemble de croquis et de dessins issus des archives personnelles de l'architecte. / The book focuses on the figure of Umberto Riva (1928-2021), one of the masters of(...)
Incursions au-delà du moderne : L'architecture d'Umberto Riva / Forays beyond the modern: the architecture of Umberto Riva
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Une anthologie monumentale d'essais critiques consacrés à la figure d'Umberto Riva, l'un des maîtres de l'architecture italienne, designer et peintre, introduits et édités par Maria Bottero, accompagnés d'un ensemble de croquis et de dessins issus des archives personnelles de l'architecte. / The book focuses on the figure of Umberto Riva (1928-2021), one of the masters of Italian architecture, designer and painter. A student of Carlo Scarpa, he inherited from him the artistic and artisanal attitude of the project, the taste for open forms and the sensitivity for an operational scale that extends from the material detail to the landscape. His work ranges from the design of objects and lamps where light becomes the protagonist, to urban housing projects, private and public buildings, exhibition installations and an important painting parenthesis.
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This book analyzes the form and function of the final building designed by Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974): the Yale Center for British Art. As the Center’s first director, author Jules David Prown was instrumental in Kahn’s selection as the new building’s architect in 1969. He was present throughout the processes of planning and construction until the year of Kahn’s death,(...)
On center: The late architectural philosophy of Louis I. Kahn, Yale Center for British Art
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This book analyzes the form and function of the final building designed by Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974): the Yale Center for British Art. As the Center’s first director, author Jules David Prown was instrumental in Kahn’s selection as the new building’s architect in 1969. He was present throughout the processes of planning and construction until the year of Kahn’s death, three years before the Center opened. Relying on direct quotations from Kahn, and using photographs and drawings, Prown distills and articulates the architect’s philosophy as it is embodied in the Center. Beginning with this volume, the series 'On Center' will explore the collections, history, and professional activities of the Yale Center for British Art.
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