Johannes Cramer & Stefan Breitling
A comprehensive introduction to architectural work on existing structures with a special focus on the grammar of design and the collaboration of experts. Covers topics such planning issues and building management as well as showing that creative design can be employed in renovating old buildings as much as in the construction of new works. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764377526. Hardback. $93.50.
Bert Bielefeld
Continuing the Basics series, this guide for students analyses the possibilities for finding design solutions. In addition to suggesting fundamental ways to get the creative process moving and develop a design approach, it also proposes various sources of inspiration for design ideas. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381127. Paperback. $30.
Bert Bielefeld
This volume in the Basics series concentrates on a hands-on side of architecture with a practical guide to tendering. It explains the various methods for putting construction works out to tender as well as giving practical advice on how to describe construction work, prepare documentation and avoid overruns. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381103. Paperback. $30.
Gerhard Meerwein, et al
A comprehensive guide to the use of colour in architecture. Explains the different uses of colour such as informing, organising and warning and the aesthetic effect that colours generate, affecting the statement, effect and acceptance of objects and spaces. An authoritative reference for the architecture student and the professional alike. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764375966. Hardback. $160.
Albert Hastings & KayLynn Deveney
Photographer KayLynn Deveney developed a friendship with Albert Hastings, her neighbour in Newport, Wales. Impressed by his daily rituals she began taking photographs which Hastings would annotate in his spidery handwriting. This collection of 75 of these photograph/texts is an evocative and personal record of a life. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987040. Hardback. $39.50.
Christian Schittich et al eds
A new revised edition of this standard work on the use of glass as a building material. A detailed analysis of the current state of the art on planning and building with glass with in-detail constructions and new examples. Includes new material on the thermal insulation and solar protection properties of glass. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381226. Hardback. $250.
Christian Schittich et al eds
For the first time Birkhauser offer one of their comprehensive construction manuals in paperback form. This second revised and updated edition is now available at a more accessible price. This standard work includes detailed drawings, new projects and practical examples of this high performance material. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764382902. Paperback. $160.
Jan Wurm
The first book to present a coherent guide to the planning and design of glass supporting frameworks, focusing on the pressure-resistant flat supporting element as a basic building block for broad supporting structures. Fully illustrated in colour with many colour diagrams and drawings made especially for this book. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764376086. Hardback. $160.
Christian Schittich, ed
A diverse range of housing prototypes that respond to the changing demands of the modern world: communal living, intergenerational living, living for families, handicap-accessible living, living and working, living and leisure. The latest in the In Detail series contains a wealth of ideas for planners and builders. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381196. Hardback. $145.
Cristina Morozzi
A selection of interiors from around the world featuring Edra’s furnishing systems. From classic villas and country homes to small city apartments, offices and boats to embassies and five-star hotels, each interior mixes Edra pieces with other furniture and fittings to create real life situations that showcase Edra’s distinctive decor. The Plan. ISBN 8885980473. Hardback. $90.
Thomas Leslie
The Iowa State Fair is a true classic of Americana. This comprehensive history is a celebration of an American institution with over 180 illustrations from the fair’s 150 year history: from the creation of a butter cow in 1960 to the annual judging of the best mullet and the scandal of women’s equestrianism in the first fair. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568985688. Paperback. $39.50.
Klaus Spechtenhauser, et al
One of Le Corbusier’s early masterworks, the Maison Blanche was created for his parents. A complete work of architectural, landscape architecture and interior design, the Maison Blanche stood empty for many years. Now fully restored, the young Le Corbusier’s intellectual precocity can be fully appreciated in this magnificent monograph. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764378363. Hardback. $93.50.
architekurbild, eds
The European Prize for Photography is an international prize that promotes photography as the most important medium for conveying architecture that is awarded every two years for a series of photographs on a set subject. The beautifully printed plates in this volume give an overview of the best in architectural photography from around the world. AVedition. ISBN 9783899860849. Hardback. $58.
Anthony Burke & Therese Tierney, eds
A collection of essays that captures a unique moment in the evolution of design: the impact of the global economy and internet connectivity on architectural design. With contributions from architects, artists, programmers and theorists such as Reinhold Maritn, Dagmar Richter, Michael Speaks and others. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987019. Paperback. $59.50.
Nicola Leonardi, ed
A detailed look, in photos, drawings and texts, at Turin’s Oval Lingotto, winner of the Istructe Award for arts, leisure, entertainment and sport structures for 2006. Designed by Alessandro and Pino Zoppini, specialists in sport and recreational architecture, the Oval is a structural engineering marvel. The Plan. ISBN 9788885980488. Hardback. $62.50.
The Plan eds
Italian bimonthly magazine The Plan looks at the best and newest architecture from around the world with detailed plans and photographs. Plan 20 includes work by Kengo Kuma, Michael Rotondi, Antonio Citterio, MGM, Benedetta Tagliabue, Ben van Berkel and Vito Acconci. The Plan. ISBN 17206553. Paperback. $37.50.
Ellen Lupton
Now available in paperback, and with an update on new products and projects produced since the initial publication, Skin presents products, furniture, fashion, architecture and media that expand the limits of what we understand as surface. A provocative and stimulating book that reflects the convergence of natural and artificial life. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987118. Paperback. $54.50.
Tim Culvahouse, ed
The TVA is a modernist masterpiece of artificial landscape created during in 1933 as part of Roosevelt’s New Deal. This unique collection of essays and photographs covers many fields including architecture, landscape architecture, graphic and industrial design and fine arts. Includes essays by Jennifer Bloomer, Steven Heller and Todd Smith. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568986845. Hardback. $79.50.
Christian Ganshirt
An introduction to the tools of creative design, including the relationship between design and research, basic design approaches from Vitruvius and Alberti through to Panofsky and Flusser, and the elementary tools of design, from drawings, models and simulations to critique, all as instruments of creative design in architecture and its related fields. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764375775. Paperback. $69.50.
Conway Lloyd Morgan
The latest volume in the Rockets series looks at the work of the Totems communications agency in Amsterdam and Stuttgart. Founded in 1997, they have specialised in trade fairs, exhibitions, events, shop design and architecture with clients such as Audi, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vermeer Foundation. AVedition. ISBN 9783899860856. Hardback. $112.
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