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In this special issue, famed Dutch architects Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, collectively known as MVRDV, take centre stage. Based in Rotterdam, the office has had its fingers on the pulse of global solutions to contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism for two decades and counting. Featuring detailed profiles of more than 20 top projects,(...)
El Croquis 173: MVRDV (2003-2014)
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In this special issue, famed Dutch architects Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, collectively known as MVRDV, take centre stage. Based in Rotterdam, the office has had its fingers on the pulse of global solutions to contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism for two decades and counting. Featuring detailed profiles of more than 20 top projects, including Copenhagen’s Gemini Residences, Busan Cinema Complex, Gangnam Shopping Centre, the new Market Hall in Rotterdam and Parkrand Apartments in Amsterdam, plus an essay by Aaron Betsky and a conversation with MVRDV and Charles Bessard and Nanne de Ru of Powerhouse Company.
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In 2002, ‘Wallpaper’ magazine listed Australian architect Sean Godsell as someone destined to change the way we live. His ‘Future Shack’ (1999), constructed from shipping containers, drew international attention, and he has since garnered numerous awards. This monographic edition of ‘El Croquis’ explores Godsell’s work, which is primarily rooted in his belief in the power(...)
El Croquis 165 : Sean Godsell 1997 2013
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In 2002, ‘Wallpaper’ magazine listed Australian architect Sean Godsell as someone destined to change the way we live. His ‘Future Shack’ (1999), constructed from shipping containers, drew international attention, and he has since garnered numerous awards. This monographic edition of ‘El Croquis’ explores Godsell’s work, which is primarily rooted in his belief in the power of architecture to help the less fortunate. A craftsman at heart, the fact that he is demanding and exacting in both the logic and execution of his designs is clear. Besides an in-depth focus on ten significant projects, the issue includes an interview with Leon van Schaik and a critical text by Juhani Pallasmaa.
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Chilean architect Smiljan Radic is the focus of this issue, which reports on the last ten years of his work and includes a special interview by Enrique Walker, plus an analysis by Alejandro G. Crispiani. A diverse selection of more than 20 notable projects is covered in detail, among them the Copper House, Mestizo Restaurant, Chilean House 1 & 2, and ‘The Boy Hidden in a(...)
El croquis 167: Smiljan Radic
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Chilean architect Smiljan Radic is the focus of this issue, which reports on the last ten years of his work and includes a special interview by Enrique Walker, plus an analysis by Alejandro G. Crispiani. A diverse selection of more than 20 notable projects is covered in detail, among them the Copper House, Mestizo Restaurant, Chilean House 1 & 2, and ‘The Boy Hidden in a Fish’, a sculpture presented at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale.
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The magazine once again brings the Japanese architecture powerhouse duo of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa into the spotlight, highlighting their collaborative and individual work between 2015 and 2023. Featuring even more projects than part one (‘El Croquis’ 205), it also includes an essay by architecture critic and curator Bart Lootsma. Notable works are the New(...)
El Croquis 220-221: SANAA II (2015-2023)
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The magazine once again brings the Japanese architecture powerhouse duo of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa into the spotlight, highlighting their collaborative and individual work between 2015 and 2023. Featuring even more projects than part one (‘El Croquis’ 205), it also includes an essay by architecture critic and curator Bart Lootsma. Notable works are the New National Gallery in Budapest, a canopy for Umekita Park in Osaka, and the Suzhou Arts Theatre (SANAA); Nichia Corporation Yokohama Research Centre and three private homes (Sejima); and Mishima Office Building and the Sirakawa Exit Plaza at Kumamoto Station in southern Japan (Nishizawa).
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Emilio Tuñón and Carlos Martínez de Albornoz have been working together since 2004, when the latter joined the practice of Mansilla + Tuñón. Since the initial period following the death of Luis Moreno Mansilla in 2012, Tuñón and Albornoz have reimagined their approach to architecture, circling back in some ways to their beginnings but also pushing forward in new(...)
El Croquis 223 : Tuñón y Albornoz (2013-2023) Sound and sense
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Emilio Tuñón and Carlos Martínez de Albornoz have been working together since 2004, when the latter joined the practice of Mansilla + Tuñón. Since the initial period following the death of Luis Moreno Mansilla in 2012, Tuñón and Albornoz have reimagined their approach to architecture, circling back in some ways to their beginnings but also pushing forward in new directions. This monographic issue concentrates on their evolution, featuring numerous recent projects across a diverse range of typologies, from museums and concert halls to a health science facility, a winery, and houses, plus a conversation with the Madrid-based architects and illuminating essays.
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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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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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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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Led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Lisbon-based architecture studio Aires Mateus is known for its wide range of work, from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs. Grounded in collaboration, each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualised. This(...)
El Croquis 229: Aires Mateus (2018-2025)
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Led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Lisbon-based architecture studio Aires Mateus is known for its wide range of work, from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs. Grounded in collaboration, each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualised. This issue explores their philosophy, process, and commitment to architecture as a cultural and social act. Featured are key projects such as the refurbishment of Variedades Theatre, Pateos Guest Houses, House in Monzaraz, MUDAC Lausanne, and more. A conversation with the architects adds further insight.
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El Croquis 230: Harquitectes
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HARQUITECTES is an architectural studio founded in 2000 by David Lorente, Josep Ricart, Xavier Ros and Roger Tudó. Their professional activity is complemented with teaching at the Schools of Architecture at the UPC (ETSAV and ETSAB). They have also taught at ETH Zurich and Harvard GSD. They have been visiting professors at the Porto Academy (Porto), the Architectural(...)
El Croquis 230: Harquitectes
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HARQUITECTES is an architectural studio founded in 2000 by David Lorente, Josep Ricart, Xavier Ros and Roger Tudó. Their professional activity is complemented with teaching at the Schools of Architecture at the UPC (ETSAV and ETSAB). They have also taught at ETH Zurich and Harvard GSD. They have been visiting professors at the Porto Academy (Porto), the Architectural Association School of Architecture (London), the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Santiago), the Paris-Villemin School of Architecture, and the Umeå School of Architecture in Sweden, among other institutions. HARQUITECTES have received multiple national and international awards, and their work has been widely published and exhibited.
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A monographic issue presenting a selection of Chilean architect Smiljan Radic’s projects since 2019. Among these are the Sky Bubble, a temporary pavilion in London; the rehabilitation of Chanchera, a former rural shed in Puerto Octay, Chile; Petty Bourgeois in Santiago; Solo Hotel in Matarraña, Spain; and Artifact, the winning proposal for the Montjuïc Fairground in(...)
El Croquis 232 : Smiljan Radic (2019–2025)
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A monographic issue presenting a selection of Chilean architect Smiljan Radic’s projects since 2019. Among these are the Sky Bubble, a temporary pavilion in London; the rehabilitation of Chanchera, a former rural shed in Puerto Octay, Chile; Petty Bourgeois in Santiago; Solo Hotel in Matarraña, Spain; and Artifact, the winning proposal for the Montjuïc Fairground in Barcelona. The issue also includes a conversation between Radic and Christian Kerez, a short essay by architect Enrique Walker on the Pavilion for the XXII Chilean Architecture and Urbanism Biennial, and an analysis of key terminology by Radic himself. The architect currently lives and works in Chile.
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