Architecture Monographs
SHIGERU BAN
Written by McQuaid, Matilda
Features 32 of Shigeru Ban's exemplary projects, divided into 5 sections based on the primary materials or construction principle used: paper, wood, bamboo, prefabrication, and skin. Each project is documented with color photographs, plans, drawings, and a brief project description.
LE CORBUSIER: AN ATLAS OF MODERN LANDSCAPES
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 15-Sept. 23, 2013, subsequently traveling to CaixaForum Barcelona, Feb. 6-May 11, 2014, and CaixaForum Madrid, June 11-Oct. 19, 2014.
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE: THIRD AND UPDATED EDITION (UPDATED)
Written by Cohen, Jean-Louis
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was one of the leading figures of twentieth-century architecture. For architects and many others who are committed to the modernist tradition, he is a pivotal figure.
POST OTTO WAGNER: VON DER POSTSPARKASSE ZUR POSTMODERNE / FROM THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK TO POST-MODERNISM
Written by Moravanszky, Akos
Otto Wagner is considered as the "father of the Viennese modernism" and one of the most important international architects.
BUILDINGS AND ALMOST BUILDINGS: NARCHITECTS
Written by Hoang, Mimi
Buildings and Almost Buildings explores the work of nARCHITECTS as a single project - an anti-monograph with a subtle manifesto about the open- ended, incomplete, and ambiguous in architecture. Is architecture inherently complete? Or is it a state of incompletion and seeming inadequacy that incites us to imagine architecture as an armature for an ever-changing daily life?
KASPER AKHOJ - WELCOME (TO THE TEKNIVAL) E-1027 BY EILEEN GRAY
For this book, Danish artist and photographer Kasper Akhøj documented the ongoing restoration of E-1027, Eileen Grays modernist villa in France. Based on photographs taken by Gray which were first published in 1929, Akhøjs photographs are a kind of remake, recreating the perspective and composition of the originals. During several visits to the villa between 2009 and 2017, he produced up to six versions of each of Grays images, but only included one of them here. The overlap of chronologies emphasises the restoration process and references the fascinating influence of a succession of occupants. With essays by Beatriz Colomina and Amy Zion, plus an interview with Akhøj.
PIANO: COMPLETE WORKS 1966-TODAY
Written by Jodidio, Philip
Updated with over 200 new pages, this XXL-sized monograph is jam-packed with photographs, sketches, and plans that span Renzo Piano's entire career to date. It includes ongoing works like the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA and the Emergency Children's Surgery Center in Entebbe, Uganda, as well as newly finished projects like the...
CALATRAVA: COMPLETE WORKS 1979-TODAY
Written by Jodidio, Philip
Masterful Form Balance meets movement in the structures of Santiago Calatrava Santiago Calatrava is a world-renowned architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic Sports Complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering prowess with a simultaneous sensitivity for both the appearance and the anatomy of a structure. With influences ranging from NASA space design to da Vinci’s nature studies, Calatrava’s creations are at once aerodynamic and organic in their associations. Natural forms and human movements inform a number of his projects, with a particular interest in the meeting point of equilibrium and dynamism. This updated monograph gathers detailed entries, photography, and the original watercolor sketches that set Calatrava aside as a unique creative master. It includes all of Calatrava’s original collaborative input, as well as new projects including the Mediopadana Station in Reggio Emilia, Italy, the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, and ongoing works like the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai. Text in English, French, and GermanSantiago Calatrava is a world-renowned architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic Sports Complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering prowess with a simultaneous sensitivity for both the appearance and the anatomy of a structure.
ALEJANDRO ARAVENA: ELEMENTAL: THE ARCHITECT'S STUDIO
Led by Pritzker Prize-winning artistic director Alejandro Aravena (born 1967), the Elemental studio, based in Santiago, Chile, possesses a diversely skilled staff whose analytical approach has produced highly original solutions to social challenges such as the housing shortage in Santiago's poorer neighborhoods.
FORMAL BASIS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE
First published in 2006 (and now rare), and originally written as a dissertation in 1963, The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture is the acclaimed American architect Peter Eisenman's masterly formal analysis of architecture.
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