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African Perspectives - South Africa. City, society, politics and architecture010 Publishers 2012 ISBN 9789064507977 Acqn 21131Pb 17x24cm 304pp 200ills 120col 31

This volume of the Delft School of Design Series focuses on particular urban questions related tothe South African urban context. The book seeks to construct a contemporary critical dialogue ofcurrent spatial practises and contemporary design instruments in relation to social, political andgovernance structures through an architectural and urban lens. A number of discourses anddialogues are included within the general debate in order to confront the trajectories of a well-known historical legacy with that of a current South African urban reality. Contributors, whoinclude academics, urban historians, architects, policy makers, all widely published authors,share their experience, deliver analytical insights and reflect on the possible paths forward.Topics within this volume are addressed under headings of Other Urbanisms, Tradition, Cultureand Education, Urban Design, civic action and agency in South Africa and Future perspectives.

With contributions by M. Christine Boyer, Gerhard Bruyns, Arie Graafland, Patrick Heller, Ena

Jansen, Johan Lagae, Hannah Le Roux, Lesley Lokko, Iain Low, Edgar Pieterse, Abdou MaliqSimone and Aletta Steenkamp.


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Piecing Together Los Angeles - An Esther McCoy ReaderEast Of Borneo Books 2012 ISBN 9780615528236 Acqn 21168Pb 15x21cm 392pp 5ills 26.50

Esther McCoy (19041989) is one of the twentieth centurys foremost architecture historians, andone of the greatest chroniclers of the architecture of midcentury southern California. Her 1960book Five California Architects has long been acknowledged as an indispensable classic, and asReyner Banham famously observed of her, no one can write about architecture in Californiawithout acknowledging her as the mother of us all. Piecing Together Los Angeles: An EstherMcCoy Readeris the first anthology of McCoys writing. It features a selection of some 70 pieces--ranging from her 1945 article Schindler, Space Architect to Arts & Architecture: Case Study

Houses, a 1989 essay commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Fromfiction forThe New Yorkerto seminal essays on new architectural forms, McCoy charts theprogressive edge of American idealism, from the collective utopian spirit of Jazz Age GreenwichVillage, through the Depression and the war years, to the optimism of the 1950s and 1960s. Inpreparing this volume, writer and editor Susan Morgan extensively researched the McCoy papersat the Archives of American Art. Her editorial decisions were based, in part, on McCoys originalselections for an unrealized anthology solicited by W. W. Norton in 1968. Expanding on thatproject, Morgan has included essays, articles, lectures, correspondence, memoirs and shortstories that illuminate the breadth and complexity of McCoys writing and the southern Californiaregion that inspired her groundbreaking work.


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Marie-Jose Jongerius - Lunar Landscapes Maasvlakte 2NAi Publishers 2012 ISBN 9789462080263 Acqn 21563Hb 28x40cm 128pp 50col ills 46

In Lunar Landscapes: Maasvlakte 2 photographer Marie-Jos Jongerius documents the Port ofRotterdams expansion project in an intriguing way.The Port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe, and after Shanghai and Singapore, the largest inthe world. With 2,000 hectares of new land to be reclaimed from the sea, the construction ofMaasvlakte 2 is one of the largest infrastructure projects in recent years. Through Jongeriusseyes, however, it is above all an alien landscape and a world of amazement and expectation.


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Thanks for the View Mr Mies - Lafayette Park, DetroitMetropolis Books 2012 ISBN 9781935202929 Acqn 21608Pb 17x24cm 288pp 280ills 150col 21.95

Lafayette Park, an affordable middle-class residential area in downtown Detroit, is home to thelargest collection of buildings designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the world. Today, it isone of Detroits most racially integrated and economically stable neighborhoods, although it issurrounded by evidence of a city in financial distress. Through interviews with and essays byresidents; reproductions of archival material; and new photographs by Karin Jobst, Vasco Roma,and Corine Vermeulen, and previously unpublished photographs by documentary filmmakerJanine Debann, Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies examines the way that Lafayette Park residentsconfront and interact with this unique modernist environment. Lafayette Park has not received thelevel of international attention that other similar projects by Mies have. This may be due in part toits location in Detroit, a city whose most positive qualities are often overlooked in the media. Thisbook is a reaction against the way that iconic modernist architecture is often represented.

Whereas other writers may focus on the design intentions of the architect, authors Aubert, Cavarand Chandani seek to show the organic and idiosyncratic ways that the people who live inLafayette Park actually use the architecture and how this experience, in turn, affects theireveryday lives. While there are many publications about abandoned buildings in Detroit andabout the citys prosperous past, this book is about a remarkable part of the city as it exists today,in the twenty-first century.


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Radical Commonplaces -European Architecture From Flanders. Architectural ReviewFlanders 10Flemish Architecture Institute 2012 ISBN 9789081326353 Acqn 21908Pb 20x26cm 304pp 250ills 150col 43.50

The architectural production in Flanders increasingly draws international attention. This is theresult of the valuable work accomplished by several Flemish initiatives that has had effects on therise of a vibrant design and research culture in architecture. In 'Radical Commonplaces',architects, critics and experts from both Flanders and Europe reflect upon the development ofnew concepts for living in one of Europe's most densely populated areas, redevelopment projectsand infrastructures, and the great cultural ambitions found in a number of public and privatebuildings in Flanders and elsewhere. With texts by Guy Ch tel, Aglae Degros, StefanDevoldere, Christoph Grafe, Christian Kieckens, Axel Sowa and Ellis Woodman, among others.


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Robert & Trix HaussmannEdition Patrick Frey 2012 ISBN 9783905929270 Acqn 21921Pb 17x23cm 224pp 120ills 60col 36.50

A monographic publication on Swiss architect couple Trix and Robert Haussmann, this compactand richly illustrated book explores the work accomplished by the architects in depth, beginningwith an introduction by editors Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen. Texts by contemporary artists LiamGillick and Karl Holmqvist elaborate upon the themes, motives and artistic references the

architects employ in their work, and a conversation with art historian Gabrielle Schaad deepensour understanding of their accomplishments from a more personal perspective.


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Studio NonstopThe Architecture Observer 2012 ISBN 9789081920711 Acqn 21928Pb 15x20cm 96pp 100ills 80col 19

In the first instalment of a series of monographs on emerging architects in the relatively unchartedterritories of the Balkans and Central Europe, The Architecture Observer examines theSarajevo-based Studio Nonstop, founded by Sanja Gali and Igor Grozdani. The book offers aselection of ten projects and buildings, plus an overview of projects from the last fifteen years,ranging from interiors to urban planning, and positioning their work in a Bosnian and internationalcontext. With an introductory essay by architectural critic Hans Ibelings, editor and publisher ofthe series, the design approach, references and inspiration of Studio Nonstop are investigated indetail.


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a+u 505 - Super Danish. Design From Denmark?a+u Publishing Co. Ltd. 2012 no ISBN Acqn 21951Pb 22x29cm 128pp 100ills 75col 34.95

Super Danish is the theme of this instalment of a+u, which explores the work of the emerginggeneration of young architects in Denmark. Building on their formative years spent in offices ofthe SuperDutch, with clear conceptual thinking and bold designs the new pioneers of Danisharchitecture have captured worldwide attention. BIG (8 House, New Kimball Art Center), JDS

Architects (Holmenkollen Ski Jump, Shenzhen Logistic City), COBE (Nordhavnen, NrreportTrain Station), NORD Architects (Healthcare Centre for Cancer Patients), ADEPT (Village in theSky) and SLETH (Norway National Museum) are just some of the names and projects featured.


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El Croquis 163-164 - Glenn Murcutt. Feathers Of MetalEl Croquis 2012 ISBN 9788488386731 Acqn 21958Pb 25x34cm 414pp 400ills 250col 72

An Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize, Glenn Murcutt developed hisappreciation for vernacular architecture early on. Documenting more than 30 years of his career,the numerous houses and other projects highlighted in this monograph confirm the respect andappreciation for simplicity and small-scale building Murcutt has earned. From the Magney Houseand Fletcher-Page House to the Arthur and Ivonne Boyd Education Centre and a new mosque forthe Newport Islamic Society, all aspects of his work are detailed. A Conversation with GlennMurcutt, by Sean Godsell, and the essay Feathers of Metal, by Juhani Pallasmaa, complete thevolume.


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XX Models - Young Belgian ArchitectsA+ Editions 2012 ISBN 9789490814021 Acqn 21968Pb 22x27cm 224pp 150ills 120col 38.95

Presented here are twenty recent projects by an equal number of young Belgian architectural

firms, published in conjunction with the exhibition XX Models: Young Belgian Architecture, at theCentre for Fine Arts in Brussels. The exhibition showed one architectural model every two monthsbeginning September 2008. Most projects include a public or collective dimension, public ratherthan private commissions were privileged, and a balance was sought between Flemish andFrancophone firms. Each projected is examined in depth; selected offices include JDS Architects,Matador, URA, A229, Dierendonckblancke Architecten, B612 Associates and noA, among others.


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Atlas Architectures Of The 21st Century. EuropeFundacion BBVA 2012 ISBN 9788492937417 Acqn 21973Pb 24x30cm 320pp 400ills 350col 36

The completion of a long and detailed architectural itinerary that has previously covered Asia andthe Pacific, the Americas, and Africa and the Middle East, this fourth volume is devoted to themost recent architecture of the European continent. With the same intellectual spirit as before,this publication gathers a special selection of works and projects together with ten texts byexperts on the various countries or regions in focus. From Russia and Eastern Europe to theMediterranean lands, the Germanic centre and further, through the Nordic countries and BritishIsles to France and Iberia, each project is presented in detail. Edited by Luis Fernndez-Galiano.


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GA Contemporary Architecture 12 Religious

A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2012 ISBN 9784871405829 Acqn 21974Hb 24x31cm 246pp 600ills 200col 84

Edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa, this instalment of the GA series on contemporaryarchitecture begins with Frank Lloyd Wrights Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, California, andfrom there leaps into a wide array of 60 modern religious masterpieces. Chronologicallypresented, the book covers familiar classics by Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Oscar Niemeyer, EeroSaarinen, Louis I. Kahn and Paul Rudolph, plus more recent work by Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano,Steven Holl, Mecanoo, Toyo Ito and Coop Himmelb(l)au. It gives an up close look at each edifice,whether its a cathedral or small chapel, along with numerous photographs, architectural drawingsand plans.


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Kengo Kuma 2006-2012A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2012 ISBN 9784871404334 Acqn 21975Pb 30x30cm 300pp 450ills 400col 85

This magnificent, large-format monograph on the famed Japanese architect covers six years oftheory and practice through an exhaustive look at over 60 projects, from large (V&A at Dundee,Sanlitum SOHO in Beijing) to small (Sake no Hana in London, Lake House). Kengo Kuma isknown for achieving a new kind of transparency in architecture, and is not bound by using onlytraditional light materials. Included is his essay, Small Architecture, which gives valuableinsight into his view that great disasters, not the progress of technology, have been architecturesdriving force throughout history, with the most recent example being the Great East JapanEarthquake in 2011.


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a+u 506 - Architecture In Post-Crisis + Glass Architecturea+u Publishing Co. Ltd. 2012 no ISBN Acqn 21986

Pb 22x29cm 128pp 100ills 50col 34.95

Architecture in Post-Crisis and Glass Architecture are the two features covered in this issue ofA+U. Opening with Luis Fernndez-Galianos essay, Architecture in Spain: the Crisis in ThreeMovements, the first theme is illustrated by projects such as Kaap Skil Maritime Museum byMecanoo, Le Lorrain residential complex by MDW Architecture and Siloetten by C.F. Mller,among others. Also included is the essay Shifts and Stagnation by Hans Ibelings andPowerhouse Company. Projects highlighted in the feature on glass architecture include adidasLaces by kadawittfeldarchitektur and the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria &

Albert Museum.

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