Architecture Monographs
SUITES - JEAN-CHRISTOPHE QUINTON ARCHITECTE
Written by Jean-Christophe Quinton
D'une cabane dans un jardin rouennais à une opération de 57 logements dans l'ouest parisien, Suites présente une sélection de 77 projets de l'agence Jean-Christophe Quinton architecte à travers 100 plans classés par ordre croissant de surface, de 1 à 80 pièces.
MIES VAN DER ROHE. THE COLLECTIVE HOUSING COLLECTION
Written by Fernando Casqueiro
From his early years in Germany to the end of his life in the United States, collective housing has been very present in the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The research carried out by Fernando Casqueiro, Associate Professor at ETSAMadrid, compiles, for the first time, the entire collection of collective housing projects signed by the master.
NORMAN FOSTER SKETCHBOOKS VOL II, 1981-1985
Written by Norman Foster
Este nuevo libro de la colección Norman Foster Sketchbooks se centra en los cuadernos de dibujo realizados por el arquitecto entre los años 1981 y 1985. Tras el volumen cero que resumía en un único volúmen 45 años de cuadernos de dibujos de manera muy sucinta, este nuevo tomo desgrana en 720 páginas los cuadernos realizados durante el primer lustro de la década de los 80 al máximo detalle.
SPACE BETWEEN
Written by Architects, Hyla
In Room Without Roof, the archetypal gabled form of a house takes on a twist to envelop both interior and exterior spaces. In A Tale of Two Courts, a semi-detached house shuts itself from the street but reveals on the inside a thoroughly tropical, open environment.
FÉLIX CANDELA FROM MEXICO CITY TO CHICAGO: RISE AND FALL OF EXPERIMENTATION IN CONCRETE
Written by Eisenschmidt, Alexander
This book is a collection of essays centers on Félix Candela's departure from Mexico City and arrival in Chicago during the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s.
ZAHA HADID. COMPLETE WORKS 1979–TODAY. 40TH ED. (MULTILINGUAL EDITION)
Written by Jodidio, Philip
Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even said her work was simply impossible to build.
ANDO: COMPLETE WORKS 1975–TODAY (MULTILINGUAL EDITION)
Written by Jodidio, Philip
Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize.Philippe Starck defines him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip Drew calls his buildings "land art" as they "struggle to emerge from the earth." His designs have been descr
AV MONOGRAPHS 241-242: TADAO ANDO COMPLETE WORKS
Written by Luis Fernández-Galiano
"Former boxer and a self-taught architect, Tadao Ando (Osaka, Japan, 1941) is considered to be one of the masters of contemporary architecture. Monumental, abstract, and essential, his extensive oeuvre--with over a hundred completed buildings--is defined by the use of stringent geometries, simple materials, and scenographic lighting.
TADAO ANDO RECENT PROJECT 3
Written by 安藤忠雄
The third edition of ?Recent Project? features new work by Tadao Ando. A total of ten built and unbuilt projects are presented, including Bourse de Commerce (Pinault Collection) in Paris, the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands, Nakanoshima Children?s Book Forest in Osaka, Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, LG Art Centre in Seoul, International Pacific University (IPU) in Okayama, and more.
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