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This instalment of ‘El Croquis’ is made up of two volumes featuring special selections of outstanding works and projects from two architecture offices. In the first volume are the works by Swedish architects Johan Arrhov and Henrik Frick of Arrhov Frick between 2015–2022. Also included is 'How simple Can We Build,’ a conversation led by Ilka and Andreas Ruby, as well as(...)
El Croquis 217: [I] Arrhov Frick + [II] Groupwork
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This instalment of ‘El Croquis’ is made up of two volumes featuring special selections of outstanding works and projects from two architecture offices. In the first volume are the works by Swedish architects Johan Arrhov and Henrik Frick of Arrhov Frick between 2015–2022. Also included is 'How simple Can We Build,’ a conversation led by Ilka and Andreas Ruby, as well as an essay by Professor Philip Ursprung. The second volume showcases the works and awards of London-based architectural practice Groupwork between 2012–2022. Amin Taha, director of Groupwork is interviewed by Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda in 'Tectonics and History.’
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This issue of AD celebrates the extraordinary life and work of British architect Will Alsop (1947–2018) – a career and portfolio that is both literally and metaphorically steeped in colour. Characterised as a maverickarchitect, Alsop was in truth an individualist who was all for the collective, and a non-conformist. His design aim was to replace ‘a little misery in the(...)
AD 92:5 Serious fun: the arty-tecture of Will Alsop
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This issue of AD celebrates the extraordinary life and work of British architect Will Alsop (1947–2018) – a career and portfolio that is both literally and metaphorically steeped in colour. Characterised as a maverickarchitect, Alsop was in truth an individualist who was all for the collective, and a non-conformist. His design aim was to replace ‘a little misery in the world with a little joy and delight’.
Architecture Monographs
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AD 92:6 Architectures of refusal
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El Croquis John Pawson
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British architect and designer John Pawson started his independent practice in 1981 and quickly grew his reputation through a minimalist aesthetic and projects that span a wide range of scales and building typologies. Including essays by Pawson, Deyan Sudjic, Julie V. Iovine, and Juhani Pallasmaa, this monograph focuses on his diverse projects between 1995 and 2022. More(...)
El Croquis John Pawson
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British architect and designer John Pawson started his independent practice in 1981 and quickly grew his reputation through a minimalist aesthetic and projects that span a wide range of scales and building typologies. Including essays by Pawson, Deyan Sudjic, Julie V. Iovine, and Juhani Pallasmaa, this monograph focuses on his diverse projects between 1995 and 2022. More than 30 works are presented, from high-profile designs like the Sackler Crossing at Kew Gardens, the Jaffa Hotel and Residences, and the St Moritz Church in Ausburg, to houses, commercial works, and even yacht interiors. An essential guide to almost three decades of Pawson’s prolific practice.
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Le risque majeur de notre époque est celui d’un crash territorial total. La métropolisation à marche forcée provoque la marchandisation des territoires et la dégradation des milieux qui les rendent habitables. Ce volume tente d’y répondre en réunissant chercheurs, concepteurs et activistes reconnus pour leur engagement. Leurs contributions examinent l’implication directe(...)
Crash metropolis : Design écosocial et critique de la métropolisation des territoires
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Le risque majeur de notre époque est celui d’un crash territorial total. La métropolisation à marche forcée provoque la marchandisation des territoires et la dégradation des milieux qui les rendent habitables. Ce volume tente d’y répondre en réunissant chercheurs, concepteurs et activistes reconnus pour leur engagement. Leurs contributions examinent l’implication directe des designers, architectes, urbanistes et artistes pour comprendre leur responsabilité et les potentiels de « réhabitation » que ces pratiques peuvent porter. Dans ce travail de « recherche-édition » richement illustré les différents régimes de discours (textes et images) et les propositions graphiques soutiennent l’esprit critique et expérimental du projet. Sous la direction de Ludovic Duhem, philosophe, coordinateur de la recherche à l’École Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Valenciennes.
Architecture ecologies
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In this volume, Molly Wright Steenson explores the work of four architects in the 1960s and 1970s who incorporated elements of interactivity into their work. Christopher Alexander, Richard Saul Wurman, Cedric Price, and Nicholas Negroponte and the MIT Architecture Machine Group all incorporated technologies—including cybernetics and artificial intelligence—into their work(...)
Architectural intelligence: How designers and architects created the digital landscape
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In this volume, Molly Wright Steenson explores the work of four architects in the 1960s and 1970s who incorporated elements of interactivity into their work. Christopher Alexander, Richard Saul Wurman, Cedric Price, and Nicholas Negroponte and the MIT Architecture Machine Group all incorporated technologies—including cybernetics and artificial intelligence—into their work and influenced digital design practices from the late 1980s to the present day. The projects Steenson examines mostly did not result in constructed buildings, but rather in design processes and tools, computer programs, interfaces, digital environments. Alexander, Wurman, Price, and Negroponte laid the foundation for many of our contemporary interactive practices, from information architecture to interaction design, from machine learning to smart cities.
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Brutal north
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During the post-war years the North of England saw the building of some of the most aspirational, enlightened and successful modernist architecture in the world. For the first time, a single photographic book captures those buildings, in all their power and progressive ambition. Over the last few years acclaimed photographer Simon Phipps has travelled and sought out the(...)
Brutal north
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During the post-war years the North of England saw the building of some of the most aspirational, enlightened and successful modernist architecture in the world. For the first time, a single photographic book captures those buildings, in all their power and progressive ambition. Over the last few years acclaimed photographer Simon Phipps has travelled and sought out the publicly commissioned architecture of the post-war North. From Newcastle’s Byker Wall Estate, voted the best neighbourhood in the UK, to the extraordinary Park Hill Estate in Sheffield, from Preston’s sweeping bus station and Liverpool’s Royal Insurance Building, these structures have seen off threats to their survival and are rightly celebrated for the imprint they leave upon the skyline and the cultural life of their cities. This inspiring invitation to explore northern modernism includes maps and detailed information about all the architecture photographed.
Brutalism
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“Training for the future” is a training camp where audiences are turned into trainees to “pre-enact” alternative scenarios and reclaim the means of production of the future. This handbook gathers training manuals, interviews, and documentation of the various training camps that took place from 2018 to 2021.
Training for the future: Handbook
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“Training for the future” is a training camp where audiences are turned into trainees to “pre-enact” alternative scenarios and reclaim the means of production of the future. This handbook gathers training manuals, interviews, and documentation of the various training camps that took place from 2018 to 2021.
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Philou le rêveur est bien malheureux. Délaissé par sa famille d'architectes affairés, il veut construire sa propre cabane, un lieu selon son idéal qui ferait entrer dans sa vie le soleil et les amitiés. Mais comment s'y prendre? Par chance, au fond de l'atelier, dans un cagibi oublié, l'Aventure pointe son nez... Au fil de rencontres étonnantes et de fantastiques(...)
Philou, architecte et associés
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Philou le rêveur est bien malheureux. Délaissé par sa famille d'architectes affairés, il veut construire sa propre cabane, un lieu selon son idéal qui ferait entrer dans sa vie le soleil et les amitiés. Mais comment s'y prendre? Par chance, au fond de l'atelier, dans un cagibi oublié, l'Aventure pointe son nez... Au fil de rencontres étonnantes et de fantastiques péripéties, cette histoire pleine d'humour nous entraîne au coeur du mystère de la création en architecture. Un roman d'apprentissage pour les bâtisseurs de 9 à 99 ans!
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A forest in the city
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''A forest in the city'' looks at the urban forest, starting with a bird’s-eye view of the tree canopy, then swooping down to street level, digging deep into the ground, then moving up through a tree’s trunk, back into the leaves and branches. Trees make our cities more beautiful and provide shade but they also fight climate change and pollution, benefit our health and(...)
A forest in the city
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''A forest in the city'' looks at the urban forest, starting with a bird’s-eye view of the tree canopy, then swooping down to street level, digging deep into the ground, then moving up through a tree’s trunk, back into the leaves and branches. Trees make our cities more beautiful and provide shade but they also fight climate change and pollution, benefit our health and connections to one another, provide food and shelter for wildlife, and much more. Yet city trees face an abundance of problems, such as the abundance of concrete, poor soil and challenging light conditions. So how can we create a healthy environment for city trees? Urban foresters are trying to create better growing conditions, plant diverse species, and maintain trees as they age. These strategies, and more, reveal that the urban forest is a complex system—''A forest in the city'' shows readers we are a part of it. Includes a list of activities to help the urban forest and a glossary.
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