ARCHITECTURE

Spaces of Culture - New Cultural Venues in Amsterdam. Research and Strategies

nai010 publishers 2018 ISBN 9789462084988 Acqn 29210
Pb 17x24cm 176pp col ills £39

Cultural flagships, from trendy breeding grounds to iconic cultural palaces, form the core of many
urban cultural landscapes. 'Spaces of Culture' is about the new construction and redevelopment
of cultural buildings in Amsterdam in the period 2000-2016. In the construction and development
of new cultural spaces in the city, the precise location and architecture play a major role in
connecting the venue to the changing needs of the public, the makers, and the neighbourhood.
Using various case studies, this publication shows that the cultural sector could benefit from
knowledge exchange between urban planners, developers, and the world of architecture.

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El Croquis 197 - Bruther (2012-2018)

El Croquis 2018 ISBN 9788494775482 Acqn 29328
Pb 25x34cm 304pp col ills £64.50

Founded in 2007 by Stephanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot, Bruther works in the fields of
architecture, research, education, urbanism, and landscape. Its projects suggest a delicate
balance between strategy and form, rigour and freedom, specific and generic, immediacy and
evolutivity. The office is known for designs that represent open infrastructures matching an
abundance of contextual possibilities and with a wide malleability of uses. This monographic
instalment presents a selection of Bruther's work from 2012 to the present, featuring no less than
20 projects across a range of typologies, from the Helsinki Central Library to sports centres,
residential solutions, and more.

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Addis Ababa. A Manifesto On African Progress

Ruby Press 2018 ISBN 9783944074283 Acqn 29333
Pb 19x26cm 244pp col ills £33.50

This publication is centred around twelve manifesto points towards a people-centred urbanism
and an architecture of belonging in times of rapid global urbanisation. Based on the authors'
eleven year research experience, the book draws conclusions from Addis Ababa, the capital of
Ethiopia, as its case study. It contains essays on the historic development and the current
housing situation of the city by local experts and numerous project examples. Addressing policy
makers, architects and urban planners alike, the manifesto gives a series of clues and guidelines
for a sustainable urbanisation of contemporary African metropolis.

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Mirroring Effects - Tales Of Territory

Ruby Press 2018 ISBN 9783944074290 Acqn 29334
Hb 15x22cm 960pp col ills £57.95

'Mirroring Effects' analyses political and economic practices concerning environment-making in

the contemporary world. Written as real-life tales, the presented case studies explore the
relationship between urbanisation processes and capitalism. They chart the ongoing
restructuration of built and lived spaces in diverse regions of the Global North and Global South,
tracing the course of capital-led development in settings such as Addis Ababa, Mumbai, Cairo,
Sao Paulo, Berlin, Paris, and Shanghai. The stories told, if casually overheard, could just as
easily be misconstrued as the stuff of incredible fables. But real they are.

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A+u 579 - NBBJ Creating Community

Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2018 ISBN 9784900212299 Acqn 29297
Pb 22x29cm 210pp col ills £31

This issue is the first monograph of NBBJ, a Seattle-based firm established in 1943. With
pioneering companies such as Microsoft, Samsung, Amazon, Tencent, and more among its
clients and collaborators, NBBJ offers design for life through a transdisciplinary culture marked by
innovative simulation and advanced science. Fourteen recent and exemplary works were
selected for this issue, demonstrating how NBBJ continues to build upon its legacy and surpass
what it has accomplished in the past. Featured are the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre,
Samsung America Headquarters, Rainier Square, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and
more, plus interviews with clients.

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Av Monographs 209-210 - David Chipperfield Architects 2009-2019

Avisa 2018 ISBN 9788409069224 Acqn 29363
Pb 24x30cm 216pp col ills £60

The magazine AV Monographs devotes a double issue to David Chipperfield Architects, covering
the office's work through a selection of 36 projects developed since 2009. The publication
analyses the studio's essential lines of work in five texts by prominent critics and historians.
Sebastian Redecke, editor at the German journal Bauwelt, Deyan Sudjic, director of The Design
Museum of London, Flora Samuel, British architect and professor, Richard Ingersoll, American
critic based in Florence, and finally, Deborah Berke, dean of the Yale School of Architecture. The
issue ends with a chapter on the Fundacion RIA, in which Luis Fernandez-Galiano and David
Chipperfield reflect on the architect's role in landscape preservation.

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Arquitectura Viva 210 - China Material

Avisa 2018 no ISBN Acqn 29365
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £20

Beyong aggressive urbanization and the culture of global capitalism, a generation of young
architects is trying to rethink the typological constants and symbolic imagery of Chinese
architecture on a contemporary note. This results in buildings which stand out for their hybrid
language and their quality, and seven cases are featured in this issue: The Contemporary Art
Museum in Taizhou by Atelier Deshaus, the astronomical park in Suzhou by Specific and Unit
Architects, the cultural center in Chetian by West-line Studio, the memorial in Zhejiang by DnA,
the public pergola in Shangcun by SUP Atelier, a bamboo craft village in Chongzou by Archi-
Union Architects, and more.

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