Architecture - Annuals

On the role of solar orientation and thermal energy within the architecture of the Anthropocene How might architecture be reshaped by cascading flows of ambient energy, through solar fluxes and thermal gradients, linked to biogenic growing cycles? This issue of Architectural Design examines the...

Thirteen diverse essays in Chora 6 reconsider cultural and historical roots of architecture and explore contemporary venues for architectural action. Different concepts of the machine are pursued in essays on Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Alfred Jarry's pataphysical machines, and cosmological and political orders in sixteenth-century...

The first ever issue of the interdisciplinary, urban landscape-focused magazineThe Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies, ETH Zürich, has launched an interdisciplinary, annual publication, DELUS. This pilot issue focuses on the complex relations among humans, nonhumans and their environment across space and time, enlisting...

A foundation for the qualitative assessment of architecture.The essays collected in this unique anthology cover a spectrum of issues that determine the quality of architecture. For example, what exactly is architectural quality? Is it based on physical facts? Is it a matter of cultural...

Inquiries into alternative learning environments in the fields of art, architecture and designThe third issue of the Bauhaus Journal examines the effect of pedagogical reform attempts on historical learning communities and architectural projects, through case studies such as Sim Van der Ryn and the...

From Limerick to Delft: applying a literary lens to the study of urban culture and planning in European citiesThis special issue of Writingplace brings together the work of the EU COST Writing Urban Places network. Using narrative approaches to analysis and design, the network...

Authors, activists and scholars examine the power of writing as a spatial practice The inaugural volume of the Writingplace book series, Poetics of Place brings together literary and spatial perspectives in articles, reflections and creative works that consider how language itself shapes spatial perception.Author:...

The ARCASIA Awards for Architecture is an annual award established by the Architects Regional Council Asia to recognize the outstanding architectural works of Asian architects. It hopes to encourage the inheritance of the Asian spirit and promote the improvement of the Asian architectural environment...

A timely issue of Architectural Design that positions architecture's project as world-constructionFifty years ago, architects imagined worlds to come. Today, many have ceded the future to market logic, treating global capitalism as inevitable and reality as fixed. This issue of Architectural Design argues that...

Examining topical issues in global architecture though the year's most compelling projectsContinuing a series nearly 40 years in the making, the three editors of this year's Architecture in the Netherlands--Stephan Petermann, Annuska Pronkhorst and Thomas Bedaux--interrogate the evolution of Dutch and international architecture through...

Interrogating how the study of architecture can shift from the theoretical to the practical, especially in response to in-the-moment and all-too-frequent climate challengesConventional architecture education teaches largely through abstractions; students develop their skills within imaginary scenarios. But from an ecological perspective, an isolated position...

A survival guide for how to live on a damaged planet, from caring for concrete to solar farmsPublished with ARCH+. The second volume in The Great Repair series presents a panorama of approaches that foreground methods of repair as the design paradigm for a...

Architecture students reflect on how a modern-day Bauhaus might lookIssue 11 of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation's journal celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, capturing special moments and places in Bauhaus history. Bauhaus 11 invites 100 architecture students from around the world to share...

Community integration is the theme of the journal's sixth editionThe sixth edition of Writingplace--the open-access journal of architecture and literature-- attempts to define and illustrate acts of appropriation and integration in midsize European cities.Author: Sonja NovakISBN-10: 9462086532ISBN-13: 9789462086531Publisher: Nai010 PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2022Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The POST LIKE editorial reflects on curating the 1st Young Architecture Biennial of Catalonia, emphasizing a renewed and collective architectural discourse. Revisiting the event and its exhibitions, it reframes the catalogue as a research platform through essays on image production, participation, sustainability, heritage, and...

Author: Li XiangningISBN-10: 1864709871ISBN-13: 9781864709872Publisher: Images Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2024Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.58lbsSize: 11.81h x 9.01w x 0.41d

New paradigms for climate-responsive architectureBiodesign is reshaping a millennia-old relationship between architecture and nature, shifting the field toward adaptive, collaborative modes of practice grounded in reciprocity and ecological responsibility. This issue of Architectural Design traces that shift from speculative metaphor to an operational design...

The word "media"--the plural of "medium"--is from the Latin medius, meaning "middle." Since the 19th century, the term has pertained broadly to anything that is a means of transmission or communication; however, media are not simply neutral channels that transmit content created through other...

Medieval Masons by E. Valentia Straiton is a comprehensive exploration of the role and significance of masonry in the Middle Ages. The book delves into the history of masonry, tracing its origins from ancient times and examining its evolution throughout the medieval period. The...

From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture. Emerging talents were focusing on innovative projects that integrated at once modern design and low-cost materials. The trend was most notably embodied in the famous Case Study...

Using key concepts from systems thinking, complexity sciences, life sciences, cognitive sciences, and social sciences, the book frames a systemic spatial design approach aimed at enhancing the potential of different spatial design disciplines to navigate place-specific emergent transformations without overdetermining their formal outcome. Author:...

Architecture Is Experimentation shines a spotlight on the intersection of architectural innovation and sustainable solutions through the lens of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2023 laureates: Ronald and Erik Rietveld, Benedetta Tagliabue, Simon Teyssou, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, and Xu Tiantian. This publication brings...

Education in architecture is a driving force behind the sustainability principles endorsed by the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. This book illustrates how education-with the core element of knowledge transfer-aligns with the principles of the award through four key educational categories, and how the...

Metropolis 7 provides an overview of projects taken on by the International Building Exhibition, Hamburg. It explores three themes--Cosmopolis, Metrozones, and Cities and Climate Change--as well as celebrating all those whose participation has played a key role in the success of the IBA Hamburg.Author:...

New Architectureal Impulses Towards a New Culture of Responsibility What kind of architecture does Berlin stand for? Architects take a stand. With selected projects that demonstrate the enormous diversity of today's building culture. From a repurposed asphalt square to a stylish penthouse, from a...

This volume examines one year of research and pedagogy at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, engaged in the conditions ofthe built environment, relative to 3 states of Flux, Stasis and Crisis.The questions we ask are: What is the impact of design on...

The latest spectacular celebration from Architizer of the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globeThe Architizer A+Awards represent 2019's best architecture and products, celebrated by a diverse group of influencers within and outside the architectural community. Entries are judged by more than 400...

Candide is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring the culture of knowledge specific to architecture. It is released twice a year in English and German. Each issue of Candide is made up of five distinct sections. This frame- work responds to the diversity of...

For the past decade, bilingual architectural magazine Speech: has been devoted to the most important topics in contemporary architecture. Issue 22 investigates the space of media--an essential form of architecture in today's society--from television studios to the facades that create artificial boundaries between the...

The 21st issue of Speech: presents a series of case studies illustrating the functions and forms of the community center, revealing how such spaces help communities to join together in tackling important social issues and illustrating how centers adapt to the scale and geography...

Zweisprachige Ausgabe (englisch/russisch) / Bilingual edition (English/Russian) Die 19. Ausgabe des Architekturmagazins speech: untersucht das Thema Vorschriften. Dieses auf den ersten Blick besonders technisch und nomenklatorisch wirkende Thema hat einen ganz entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Architektur, indem es sowohl die visuelle Gestaltung als auch...

Zweisprachige Ausgabe (englisch/russisch) / Bilingual edition (English/Russian) Die 20. Ausgabe von speech: widmet sich dem Thema Landschaft. Untersucht wird die harmonische Interaktion zwischen Architektur und Natur sowohl in ländlichen Gegenden als auch innerhalb moderner urbaner Ballungsräume. Wie sieht ein moderner Park aus und welche...

Science and the City tracks the history of Hamburg's path into architectural academia.Author: Walter PelkaISBN-10: 3868594582ISBN-13: 9783868594584Publisher: Jovis VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2017Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.50w x 0.70d

Since 2008, Austria's national architecture museum, Architekturzentrum Wien, has published Best of Austria, a biennial volume dedicated to the award-winning architecture developed in Austria or by Austrian architects. The latest edition once again brings together 153 projects, from public buildings and spaces to offices,...

Contemporary architecture in the German capital by local architects as well as projects elsewhere by architects based in Berlin, complemented by essays on current topics giving impulses for the global architectural discourse.Today, building culture also means resource-saving conversion culture. Reconsidering buildings and neighborhoods that...

Berlin is experiencing another construction boom - and the world looks on in fascination as contemporary architecture meets the needs of an expanding metropolis. It is not just new homes either. Each year, the city's architects complete a host of projects - in the...

Learning from Tri-ciprocal Cities is more than a document of the 2011?12 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi?City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture; it is a reflection on its themes and concepts which attempts to build an international theory of urban design and arrangement. The book is...

Over 700 images create a portal into the architectural style of Oaxaca, Mexico's most colonial city. Oaxaca's Spanish Colonial architecture dates back to the early sixteenth century, and these images explore an aesthetic that has hardly altered in all that time. Great wooden doors,...

Retrospecta catalogs activity at the Yale School of Architecture. Each volume is a snapshot of evolving architectural and graphic design trends. The book demarcates events such as lectures, publication releases, and outstanding circumstances that have uniquely impacted the academic, social, and political environment at...

Each year, Retrospecta celebrates exceptional student work and aims to capture what distinguishes an education at the School of Architecture. Much of what makes Yale unique stems from the varied and hearty experiences within its academic structure: the 6on7s, the Thursday receptions, the events...

The work of the faculty of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture represents the perfect blend of rigorous academic ideas and practical application of these theories within the public realm. This book and the accompanying exhibition are the products of the faculty's...

Leading architecture platform and design authority ArchDaily inspires readers with insight into extraordinary architectural projects from around the world. ArchDaily's Guide to Good Architecture will be the first of a series of titles produced by ArchDaily and gestalten--in it, the editors will present architecture...

The seventh in a series of annual reports exploring infrastructure investment and trends around the world, this book examines the subject from both national and global perspectives and provides key insights on the future of infrastructure planning and funding. Based on interviews with infrastructure...

In The Shoup Doctrine: Essays Celebrating Donald Shoup and Parking Reforms, edited by Daniel Baldwin Hess, 37 city planners, economists, journalists, and parking professionals analyze three major parking reforms proposed by Donald Shoup, a Distinguished Research Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA. First, remove...

Insights into an architectural practice that combines art with technology, and building with inventingBrussels-based architectural firm Baukunst, founded in 2012, has both art and technology built into its name ("bau" for building and "kunst" for art). Maintaining a high level of abstraction, its fluid...

Dedicated to architects from the 20th century onward moving "from macro to micro" through furniture designWhy do architects think about, design and even make furniture? OASE 121 combines theoretical research into the role of furniture within architectural practice and discourse with case studies of...

At a time when fundamentals of design education are being questioned and studios are being used as laboratories for everything ranging from design-build and fabrication practices to community service, material research, and multidisciplinary incubators, this volume of Catalyst positions the current pedagogy at the...

Master Finite Element Methods - Fast. Practical. Problem-Focused.Ready to demystify one of the most powerful tools in modern engineering and design? Introduction to Finite Element Methods with Solved Problems is your go-to guide for understanding FEM the smart way - through real problems and...

In The Shoup Doctrine: Essays Celebrating Donald Shoup and Parking Reforms, edited by Daniel Baldwin Hess, 37 city planners, economists, journalists, and parking professionals analyze three major parking reforms proposed by Donald Shoup, a Distinguished Research Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA. First, remove...

On Uzbekistan's solar furnace, a beacon of modernist infrastructure, and its potential role in shaping the country's sustainable developmentThe companion to the Uzbekistan Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, A Matter of Radiance investigates the "Sun" heliocomplex built in 1987 near Tashkent. Its...