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Weighing three and a half kilograms, this colossal volume combines three previous El Croquis editions examining the work of Gehry, namely numbers 45, 74/75 and 117. Forming a comprehensive overview the volume examines a total of thirty-five projects, all documented with sketches, elevations, diagrams and full page images of completed buildings. Also features interviews(...)
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January 1900, Madrid
El croquis : Frank Gehry, 1987-2003
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Weighing three and a half kilograms, this colossal volume combines three previous El Croquis editions examining the work of Gehry, namely numbers 45, 74/75 and 117. Forming a comprehensive overview the volume examines a total of thirty-five projects, all documented with sketches, elevations, diagrams and full page images of completed buildings. Also features interviews with Gehry and various essays examining his work within a broader context.
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An essay by Jean-François Chevrier and a conversation with Jacques Herzog on ornament, structure and space set the context for this comprehensive survey of the last five years of output from this important Swiss architectural office. Among the 23 both well-known and yet to be discovered projects featured include: the Laban Dance Centre, London; IKMZ BTU in Cottbus, De(...)
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May 2006, Madrid
El croquis 129/130 : Herzog & de Meuron, 2002-2006
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An essay by Jean-François Chevrier and a conversation with Jacques Herzog on ornament, structure and space set the context for this comprehensive survey of the last five years of output from this important Swiss architectural office. Among the 23 both well-known and yet to be discovered projects featured include: the Laban Dance Centre, London; IKMZ BTU in Cottbus, De Young Museum, San Francisco; Elsässertor II, Basel; Plaza de España, Canary Islands; Jindong New District, Jinhua and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. All projects are accompanied by full page colour photographs along with plans, details and models.
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Substantial hardcover reprint which combines three previously released issues of El Croquis, namely the three volume issue 115/116 examining the work of Foreign Office Architects, Mansilla + Tuñón and RCR, and issue 118 which features work by No.mad, Cero9 and Ábalos & Herreros. All projects are accompanied by interviews, texts exploring each respective project,(...)
El Croquis
October 2003, Madrid
El croquis : in progress / en progresso II - 2002-2003
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Substantial hardcover reprint which combines three previously released issues of El Croquis, namely the three volume issue 115/116 examining the work of Foreign Office Architects, Mansilla + Tuñón and RCR, and issue 118 which features work by No.mad, Cero9 and Ábalos & Herreros. All projects are accompanied by interviews, texts exploring each respective project, photographs, plans, elevations and models.
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Some of the realised projects in this double issue are the Roche Pharma-Research Building in Basel, the Commercial and Apartment Building Dornacherplatz in Solothurn, Switzerland, the Five Courtyards project in the city centre of Munich, and the St. Jakob Park in Basel. Also featured, the works in progress of the Centro Westerdahl in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Cottbus(...)
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October 2003, Madrid
El croquis 109/110 Herzog & de Meuron 1988 - 2002 : the nature of artifice
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Some of the realised projects in this double issue are the Roche Pharma-Research Building in Basel, the Commercial and Apartment Building Dornacherplatz in Solothurn, Switzerland, the Five Courtyards project in the city centre of Munich, and the St. Jakob Park in Basel. Also featured, the works in progress of the Centro Westerdahl in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Cottbus University Library, the Walker Art Center expansion in Minneapolis, and the Prada shop and office in Tokyo. Texts include their acceptance speech for the 2001 Pritzker Architecture prize, a conversation with Jacques Herzog and an essay by William Curtis.
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October 2003, Madrid
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John Pawson was born in 1949 in Halifax, in the north of England. Far removed from the preoccupations of mainstream 1980s architecture, here was work whose roots seemed to extend back through successive expressions of simplicity which have formed a consistent component of both Eastern and Western traditions - from Japanese concepts of Zen to Cistercian monastic(...)
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January 2006, Madrid
El croquis 127 : John Pawson 1995 - 2005
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John Pawson was born in 1949 in Halifax, in the north of England. Far removed from the preoccupations of mainstream 1980s architecture, here was work whose roots seemed to extend back through successive expressions of simplicity which have formed a consistent component of both Eastern and Western traditions - from Japanese concepts of Zen to Cistercian monastic architecture and the serenely empty churches of the painter Saenredam.
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Based in São Paulo, Gustavo Utrabo was formerly part of Aleph Zero, a practice he founded in 2012 that won the 2018 RIBA International Emerging Architect prize. Now on his own, Utrabo sees his work as a means to connect people and imagine the future through sustainable and inclusive approaches. In his practice, he strives to consolidate his interests with a social impact,(...)
El Croquis 207 : Estudio Gustavo Utrabo 2015 - 2020
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Based in São Paulo, Gustavo Utrabo was formerly part of Aleph Zero, a practice he founded in 2012 that won the 2018 RIBA International Emerging Architect prize. Now on his own, Utrabo sees his work as a means to connect people and imagine the future through sustainable and inclusive approaches. In his practice, he strives to consolidate his interests with a social impact, often engaging in remote constructions for indigenous people in the Amazon. This edition presents fourteen recent works, from private houses, a public market, and a cultural centre, to shading structures and children’s villages in the jungle. Includes an interview with the architect and an essay by Marta Bogéa.
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This edition begins with a conversation with Pier Vittorio Aureli and MartinoTattara, the founders of Dogma, an architectural firm concerned with the relationship between architecture and the city. By focusing mostly on urban design and large-scale projects, they consult with municipalities and agencies for urban planning and architectural issues. Atypically, El Croquis(...)
El Croquis 208 : Dogma (2002-2021) familiar / unfamiliar
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This edition begins with a conversation with Pier Vittorio Aureli and MartinoTattara, the founders of Dogma, an architectural firm concerned with the relationship between architecture and the city. By focusing mostly on urban design and large-scale projects, they consult with municipalities and agencies for urban planning and architectural issues. Atypically, El Croquis is this time only featuring plans not yet constructed, including a model for a city of 4,000,000 Inhabitants, a proposal for 44 social housing units, and a prototype for boarding houses in London. Timely articles about urban transformation follow, including an interesting genealogy of housing for the laboring classes.
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Covering almost two decades of work by Roger Boltshauser, this issue takes a look at the Zurich-based architect’s uniquely contemporary manner of expression. With profiles of more than 20 projects conceived since the turn of the century, it outlines Boltshauser’s approach to materials and the methods he uses to reveal their intrinsic constructive and structural(...)
El Croquis 209: Roger Boltshauser (2002-2021) Impure Materiality
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Covering almost two decades of work by Roger Boltshauser, this issue takes a look at the Zurich-based architect’s uniquely contemporary manner of expression. With profiles of more than 20 projects conceived since the turn of the century, it outlines Boltshauser’s approach to materials and the methods he uses to reveal their intrinsic constructive and structural possibilities. Among the highlights are the rammed earth Rauch House, a clay observation tower at the Brickworks Museum in Cham, Oerlikon Sports and Swimming Centre, Ozeanium at Basel Zoo, and more. The issue also features a conversation with the architect and Jonathan Sergison, plus an essay by Jesús Vassallo.
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Based in Barcelona, Harquitectes was established in 2000 and has since become internationally acclaimed. This issue looks at the Catalonian firm’s past decade of work and features detailed profiles of no less than 20 projects, plus an extensive conversation with the architects and an essay by Philip Ursprung. Many houses are included among the selection of recent(...)
El Croquis 203: Harquitectes (2010-2020)
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Based in Barcelona, Harquitectes was established in 2000 and has since become internationally acclaimed. This issue looks at the Catalonian firm’s past decade of work and features detailed profiles of no less than 20 projects, plus an extensive conversation with the architects and an essay by Philip Ursprung. Many houses are included among the selection of recent projects, along with a student residence at the Vallès School of Architecture, Mas Geli Winery, New Barcelona Central Archives, ICTA-ICP Research Centre at UAB, social housing in Gavá, and the La Lleialtat Santsenca Civic Centre, plus renovation projects that include private homes and a theatre rehabilitation.
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Belgian architect Xaveer De Geyter is the focus of this issue, which features a selection of projects from the past fifteen years. He began his career working with Rem Koolhaas at OMA, and started his own firm in the early 1990s. De Geyter believes architecture is about opening up possibilities: the potential of a site, the hidden opportunity of a particular situation, of(...)
El Croquis 204: XDGA Xavier De Geyter 2005-2020
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Belgian architect Xaveer De Geyter is the focus of this issue, which features a selection of projects from the past fifteen years. He began his career working with Rem Koolhaas at OMA, and started his own firm in the early 1990s. De Geyter believes architecture is about opening up possibilities: the potential of a site, the hidden opportunity of a particular situation, of a programmatic conflict. Among the featured projects are Hasselt’s Z33 Museum, Sint-Lucas School of Fine Arts in Ghent, a learning and innovation centre in Brussels, and a design for the International Olympic Committee Headquarters. Includes an interview with the architect by Sarah Whiting and essay by Philip Ursprung.
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