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Academia
Collegiate Gothic Architecture in the United States
William Morgan
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9780789214683
Abbeville Press
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World excluding USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia
304 mm x 228 mm
200 Pages
£40.00
The first-ever book about the architectural style (of the late 19th and early 20th centuries) that defined the image of the American college campus
An engaging text by noted architectural historian William Morgan
Spectacular colour photos of campuses from Princeton and Yale, to Vassar and Bryn Mawr, to UMich and UChicago
Special chapters on southern colleges and prep schools
An essential volume for architecture lovers and alumni of the featured schools (not to mention devotees of the Dark Academia aesthetic on social media)
This is a volume that will be informative to specialists, but also a visual delight for the average reader. An indispensable addition to the field. John Wilmerding, Sarofim Professor of American Art, emeritus, Princeton University
William Morgan offers an overview of the flowering of the collegiate Gothic style in America between the Civil War and the crash of 1929. Here is a splendidly illustrated book full of insight. New Criterion
Explore America s most breathtaking college campuses where Gilded Age wealth found a Gothic inspiration.
The Collegiate Gothic style, which flourished between the Gilded Age and the Jazz Age, was intended to lend an air of dignified history to America s relatively youthful seats of higher learning. In fact, this mash-up of Oxbridge quaintness with piles of new money gave rise at schools like Princeton and Vassar, Yale and Chicago to unprecedented architectural fantasies that reshaped the image of the college campus. Today the ivy-covered monuments of Collegiate Gothic still exercise a powerful hold on the public imagination as evidenced, for example, by their prominent place in the Dark Academia aesthetic that has swept social media.
In Academia, the noted architectural historian William Morgan traces the entire arc of Collegiate Gothic, from its first emergence at campuses like Kenyon and Bowdoin to its apotheosis in James Gamble Rogers s intricately detailed confections at Yale. Ever alert to the complicated cultural and social implications of this style, Morgan devotes special sections to its manifestations at prep schools and in the American South, and to contemporary revivals by architects like Robert A. M. Stern.
Illustrated throughout with well-chosen color photographs, Academia offers the ultimate campus tour of our faux-medieval cathedrals of learning.
William Morgan, an architectural historian, has taught at Princeton, the University of Louisville, and Brown. He is the author of Collegiate Gothic: The Architecture of Rhodes College, American Country Churches, and Snowbound: Dwelling in Winter, among others.
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Sir Edwin Lutyens
The Arts & Crafts Houses
David Cole
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Images Publishing Hardback World
300 mm x 300 mm
450 Pages 575 color
£65.00
Chronicles a suite of 45 great country houses by Sir Edwin Lutyens, one of Britain's most renowned and prolific Arts and Crafts master architects
Celebrates Lutyens's originality by capturing how Lutyens ingeniously blended the style of the Arts and Crafts movement with his own inventive interpretation of the Classical language of architecture
Provides a fresh interpretation of Lutyens's enduring architectural genius through rigorous research, insightful overviews, valuable narrative details, and comprehensive references
Brings together a rich, full-colour showcase of 575 all-new current photographs of the houses, inside and outside, along with a superb selection of drawings and floor plans
Expertly researched and written by architectural writer and practitioner, David Cole, who also authored IMAGES' successful book The Art and Architecture of C.F.A. Voysey ISBN 9781864706048
Sir Edwin Lutyens is widely regarded as one of Britain s greatest architects. In a career of over 50 years, spanning the Victorian, Edwardian and modern eras of architecture, Lutyens was prolific. His work ranged from great country houses, city commercial office buildings, his famous World War I memorials across Europe and Britain, and his magnum opus designs for New Delhi built during the 1920s and 1930s. Despite such diversity of building types across his long career, Lutyens s most celebrated works remain his country houses, which first established his reputation during the 1890s. As Lutyens s practice flourished his work became widely promoted in publications such as Country Life magazine, and his houses, particularly those designed in the vernacular manner, would subsequently give rise to an entire genre of the English country house that became known, as it is to this day, as a Lutyens-style house. Sir Edwin Lutyens: The Arts and Crafts Houses brings together in new, wide-format, fullcolour photography a definitive collection of 45 of Lutyens s great Arts and Crafts houses, in which he ingeniously blended the style of the Arts and Crafts movement with his own inventive interpretation of the Classical language of architecture. The book features 575 all-new current photographs of the houses, inside and outside, together with a selection of floor plans of the houses, and a fresh interpretation of Lutyens s enduring architectural genius.
David Cole is a specialist in the design of large-scale and mixed-use projects. His projects include the No.1 Martin Place redevelopment of the Sydney GPO, the Melbourne Park Hyatt Hotel, Channel Seven in Melbourne's Docklands, the Christchurch Art Gallery, LaLaport Shopping Centre in Yokohama, and a number of Melbourne residential apartment towers including Victoria Point Docklands, Quay West and Lucient St Kilda Road. David is currently leading the design team on the commercial office and retail AomiQ project, currently the largest project under construction in Tokyo, Japan. Other current projects that David is leading include the new 5-star hotel and residential apartment tower at 27 Little Collins Street Melbourne, and the new Silver Leaf and Richmond Gardens residential developments in Melbourne.
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Modern Houses in Black Susan Redman
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9781864709667
Images Publishing Hardback World
267 mm x 230 mm
280 Pages
£40.00
Explores the trend of black design in residential architecture
Carefully selected and curated, the book features 28 recently built residential projects across 19 countries
Illustrated with stunning photography showcasing beautiful and unique houses in both urban and rural locations
Informative interviews with architects examine how and why black was used in the designs
Will appeal to lovers of distinctive design, and especially those who appreciate the daring and sophistication that black offers residential architecture
A black home commands attention. Black adds drama, sophistication, and edginess to residential architecture. In Modern Houses in Black, Susan Redman explores the trend in black home design through a curated collection of twenty-eight residential properties across the world.
Illustrated with striking images of houses sited in either urban settings or remote rural landscapes, the book features these bespoke residences confidently displaying their dark exteriors, making a bold statement wherever they are located.
By including interviews with architects who explain their design choices for structure and materiality, from black-stained or burnt wood and metal cladding to black glazed brickwork and tinted concrete, Redman provides insights for current developments in the trend.
The homes featured will appeal to lovers of distinctive design, particularly to those who appreciate both the elegance and daring that black offers modern residential architecture.
Susan Redman is an Australian journalist and editor with a passion for architecture and design. This has led to a notable career writing about homes and the people who design, decorate, and live in them. She is currently the Homes Editor for Sunday Life, a Fairfax Media lifestyle magazine.
Redman has worked as a design columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Vogue Australia, and The Japan Times, and has been a regular contributor to various home and design publications, including Vogue Living, Country Style, Home Beautiful, Belle, Gardening Australia, Black + White, Houzz, and Domain. She s also written extensively about fashion, art, and travel.
In addition to Modern Houses in Black, Redman s other books are My Dream Kombi, a title that celebrates the retro design icon and the fascinating stories of the surfies, hippies, and celebrities who travelled in them; and Love Shacks, a book that not only features a collection of beautiful hideaways and retreats around the globe, but seeks to understand how people and places influence holiday home design.
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Abandoned Places
Abkhazia edition
Henk Van Rensbergen
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9789401461511
Lannoo Publishers
Hardback
World excluding Belgium, The Netherlands, China, France, Switzerland & Scandinavia
130 mm x 195 mm
160 Pages
120 color, 50 b&w
Abandoned Places
£14.95
A new selection of the best images from Henk van Rensbergen, an urban explorer pioneer, in a handy format
This revised and expanded edition of his bestselling photo book of unusual places is packed with fascinating new images, including over 50% new material
Haunting photographs
The Wall Street Journal. Henk van Rensbergen is a hero for urban explorers around the world Flanders Today. As an airline pilot, Belgian-born Henk Van Rensbergen was used to travelling the world. But he found a great way to supersize that passion: hunting for the most wonderful, secret, haunting abandoned places CNN. While his crew is resting at the pool, pilot and photographer Henk van Rensbergen explores deserted city palaces, overgrown factories or desolate areas of nature, finding beauty in the decay. This engaging book of photographs, a revised edition with new material, lets us wander through abandoned places, including Abkhazia, a break-away region bordering Georgia and Russia and the newest must-visit for every urban explorer.
Henk Van Rensbergen is the pilot of a Boeing 787 and a pioneering Urban Explorer. For more than 25 years, he has been capturing the most beautiful pictures of desolate and forgotten places. His Abandoned Places picture books (1, 2, 3 and The Photographer's Selection ) have been highly successful. A selection of his work can be found on: www.henkvanrensbergen.com.
Published 17th Jul 2019
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Winter Homes
Stylish Living for Cool Climates
Introduction by Jeanette Wall
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World
280 mm x 212 mm
256 Pages
184 color
£30.00
A beautifully illustrated and inspirational book to send a shiver down the reader s spine, and best enjoyed with a hot drink or curled up in front of a warm fireplace
Engaging descriptions of each project by the owners, detailing challenges, benefits, and full of tips and tricks from the experts
Covers a wide range of residences from across the globe, including Canada, Czechia, France, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States
Best design practices illustrated with examples for warm and cozy houses and interiors, how to design for wintery conditions, including large snow loads
There s an elemental satisfaction in living in a cozy sanctuary in the midst of a snowy landscape. It evokes feelings of warmth, security, refuge, and comfort. This revised edition of Winter Homes beautifully illustrates examples from winter wonderlands around the globe and provides ingenious solutions on how the home s design is formulated, and the architectural and interior design techniques used to create both a connection to nature and contend with biting winter conditions.
Curl up in front of the fire with this gorgeous edition, crammed full of evocative images, and take a journey through some of the world s best contemporary and stylish winter residences, be they atop mountains, deep in the valleys, forests or plains, or along coastal regions. Bask in the splendid vicarious warmth from your sofa and enjoy the beauty of a home that is perfectly designed for a moody winter landscape.
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Nordic Homes
Scandinavian Architecture Immersed in Nature Agata Toromanoff
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9789401417631
Lannoo Publishers Hardback
World excluding Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland & Scandinavia
280 mm x 220 mm
256 Pages
190 color
£50.00
Discover the harmony between Nordic architecture and the beauty of nature in this curated selection of 40 stunning locations across Scandinavia
Long summers and dark winters inspire a unique approach to building and living
Picturesque Scandinavian archipelagos and extra-long summer days create the perfect environment for dreamy homes. Summer houses that blend smoothly into their surroundings help us reconnect with and merge into nature. But even in the long, dark winters, these homes must be destined to withstand exceptional weather conditions. The main features of these houses are the abundance of light, large windows and free, minimalist interiors. This selection of 40 stunning houses defines a perfect summer escape for those Scandinavian days that seem to last forever and, at the same time, an ideal place to spend the long winter days.
Agata Toromanoff is a well-known design expert and art historian who has worked for art collectors and galleries. She has written extensively for the specialised art press and is the author of books on design, architecture and photography. In 2014 she founded Fancy Books Packaging together with her husband Pierre, fulfilling a common dream of making illustrated books.
Published 25th Sep 2024
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Expect the Unexpected luis vidal + architects Philip
Jodidio
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9781864709841
Images Publishing Hardback World
300 mm x 223 mm
272 Pages
240 color, 10 b&w
£60.00
Valuable coverage of the work of Luis Vidal + Architects, including airport designs, projects that engage the community, and refurbishment and modernisation
Introduction by renowned architectural writer and critic Philip Jodidio provides valuable insights into the direction and influences of Luis Vidal, and why he places emphasis on practical issues (such as natural light, solar gain, and future expansion) in his designs
This stunning monograph features an intensely personal endeavour a private residence that encapsulates much of the thinking that has made Vidal s work so successful across the world
The text offers an insight into his careful selection of materials, and interest in signature colours, such as prismatic red for the Boston Logan International Airport Terminal E project
Projects showcase Vidal s commitment to energy-efficient solutions and design, including Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport, which is the world s first airport to obtain a BREEAM Excellent rating
Vidal is renowned for his capacity to deliver major projects on budget and on schedule
This beautifully appointed monograph features stunning full-colour photographs and richly detailed plans and diagrams showcasing the work of Spanish architect Luis Vidal and his studio, Luis Vidal + Architects. Renowned writer and international architecture expert Philip Jodidio provides valuable insights into the work of Vidal and eloquently narrates the stories of 14 distinctive projects across a wide international region.
The projects in the stunning volume, ranging from private residences and urban buildings to hospitals, airports, and educational and cultural centres, have become a world reference in architecture, design, and construction. Among the selected works are the award-winning Terminal 2 (The Queen s Terminal) at Heathrow Airport in London, Matta Sur Community Center in Santiago de Chile, and Loyola University Campus in Seville. The monograph also features an intensely personal endeavour for Vidal a private residence that encapsulates much of the thinking that has made Vidal s work so successful across the world.
Philip Jodidio is the author of more than a hundred books, specialising in contemporary art and architecture. Born in 1954 in the United States and educated at Harvard University, Jodidio lived in France from 1976 to 2005 and was the editor-in-chief of the French art journal Connaissance des Arts between 1979 and 2002. He is an editorial consultant for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Jodidio lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Best Buildings - Britain
Matthew Freedman
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9789460582554
Luster Publishing
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World excluding Benelux, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, and selected Eastern European countries. Scandinavia non-exclusive
180 mm x 130 mm
224 Pages
75 color
Best Buildings
£15.00
75 of Britain's most interesting buildings from the last 100 years, illustrated and summarised - plus lists with dozens more to discover Chosen by a diverse range of experts and practising architects including Norman Foster, Piers Gough, Jonathan Meades and Alice Rawsthorn
Ranges nationwide from Cornwall to London to Orkney, from art deco to brutalism, from Edwin Lutyens to Will Alsop
“Offers readers a chance to look again at modern British architecture through the eyes of all sorts of experts.” Architectural Digest
“Very sophisticated and thoroughly researched.” Bevis Hillier
“An eclectic selection with an unsurprising bias towards Modernism.” Design Insider
This is a compact guide to Britain s best buildings of the last 100 years, with an intriguing twist: the choices come from a wide range of experts with strong and sometimes unexpected opinions. The contributors include architects Norman Foster, Piers Gough, Charles Holland and Richard Rogers; critics and historians such as Elain Harwood, Bevis Hillier, Jonathan Meades, Alan Powers, Alice Rawsthorn and Peter York. Everyone involved contributed their ten choices, and all these lists are reproduced at the end of the book. In the main section featuring 75 key buildings, everything selected more than once is illustrated and examined in more detail.
The result is a fascinating cocktail of undisputed greats and genuinely surprising entries. Alongside the work of Wells Coates, Denys Lasdun, James Stirling and John Outram, you ll find post-War prefabs, Preston Bus Station and the ruins of St Peter s Seminary in Cardross. Whether you re after a slightly unorthodox selection of Britain s finest modern buildings, or just curious about what major architects and critics consider as their favourites, this book is your ideal guide.
All the following contributed a list of their favourite buildings: John Allan, Stephen Bates, Keith Bradley, Peter Clegg, Nigel Coates, Richard Hywel Evans, Kathryn Ferry, Jenny Fleming, Norman Foster, Piers Gough, John Grindrod, Ivan Harbour, Claire Harper, Elain Harwood, Birkin Haward, Simon Henley, Bevis Hillier, Charles Holland, Owen Hopkins, David Jenkins, Owen Luder, Jonathan Meades, David Nixon, Stefi Orazi, James Perry, Alan Powers, Alice Rawsthorn, Richard Rogers, Jonathan Sergison, Anne Ward, Peter York, Paul Zara.
Matthew Freedman has worked in art publishing as a commissioning editor, sales director and writer. He lives in Brighton, and spent his eighth birthday in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Post Office Tower.
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Island Homes Casual Elegance in Design
Peter Vincent Architects
Text by Clare Jacobson
Foreword by Malia Mattoch McManus
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9781954081611
ORO Editions
Hardback
World excluding USA, Canada, Australasia & Asia (except Japan; China non-exclusive)
304 mm x 254 mm
248 Pages
200 color
£49.95
Features twenty built works by award-winning Honolulu-based Peter Vincent Architects
Each project is beautifully photographed and illustrated
The text, crafted from interviews with managing partner Peter Vincent, tells an intimate story of each projects' unique story
Island Homes: Casual Elegance in Design presents the beautiful yet unpretentious new homes, residential renovations, and commercial buildings designed by Honolulu-based Peter Vincent Architects. A boutique firm founded in 1992, PVA specialises in custom-built architecture in a broad spectrum of styles and genres. Each project responds to the unique needs and vision of its client as well as the physical, social, and environmental opportunities and requirements offered by its site.
In stunning colour photography, the book features twenty built works by PVA. Each shows the creative design, quality materials, and exacting proportions that set PVA apart. The text, crafted from interviews with managing partner Peter Vincent, tells an intimate story of each project and discusses the various personal experiences that have influenced his architectural philosophy. A foreword by Malia Mattoch McManus, author of The Hawaiian House Now, discusses how PVA projects respect their surroundings and the culture.
Founded in 1992, Peter Vincent Architects is a boutique architecture and interior design firm located in Honolulu. PVA s work encompasses a broad spectrum of styles and genres and responds to the unique needs and vision of each client and each site. Peter Vincent Architects is the recipient of numerous awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honolulu Chapter, Building Industry Association (BIA) of Hawaii, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) Honolulu Chapter, and American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Honolulu Chapter, among others. Other contributors Clare Jacobson, author Malia Mattoch McManus, foreword, Deborah L. Stanley, Afterword.
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Modern Chinese Architecture 180 Years
Nancy S. Steinhardt
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9781961856073
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World excluding USA, Canada, Australasia & Asia (except Japan; China non-exclusive)
333 mm x 241 mm
470 Pages
400 color
£59.95
This is a clear, accurate, readable survey with superior illustrations that includes every major building constructed in China from 1840-2020
Outstanding visual record of 180 years of architecture in China
Ideal textbook for surveys of modern Chinese architecture, as well as for courses in modern architecture and Chinese architecture
Makes clear that even as Chinese architecture was becoming modern, traditional-style construction persisted. The book insists on understanding modern Chinese architecture as part of the multimillennial Chinese architectural tradition
This is a clear, accurate, readable survey of the dramatic transformation of Chinese architecture from 1840 through 2020. It narrates the change from a predominantly timber-frame tradition to construction in twisted steel and ecologically sensitive local materials. The book places the buildings in historical context.
Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years tells the dramatic story of the transformation of Chinese architecture from a predominantly modular, timberframe, single-story building system with ceramic tile roofs of anonymous, local craftsmen to skyscrapers designed by internationally acclaimed architects, from temple markets and itinerant peddlers to megamalls, and from open air stages to auditoriums and stadiums with cutting-edge acoustics. The architectural transformation occurs as China transforms from a dynasty ruled by emperors to a republic to a people s republic, from a country in which fewer than half the male population, and perhaps 10 percent of the female population could read to at least 97% literacy, and from a population that was fewer than 5 percent to more than 60 percent urban.
The development of architecture in China is explained century-by-century through five generations of architects: foreigners, China s first generation who study modern architecture abroad, their students who design in China during years of war with Japan, internal warfare, and the Cultural Revolution, the next generation who in the 1980s begin to study abroad again, and designers of this century from every continent who compete to transform the Chinese landscape. The buildings in this book come from every province.
Nancy S. Steinhardt is Professor of East Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author or editor of 13 books and more than 100 articles.
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Noguchi's Gardens Landscape as Sculpture Marc
Treib
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9781957183992
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254 mm x 254 mm
296 Pages
250 color
£55.00
s (1904 1988) interests and production spanned an exceptionally broad terrain that included furniture and lamps, stage sets for dance, plazas, courtyards - and gardens
His gardens include several of the twentieth century s most iconic landscape designs and have received almost universal praise
With images from the archives of Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum archives and the author's own photographs, the story of Noguchi's Gardens: Landscape as Sculpture will reward those interested in landscape architecture, art history, garden design, and art more broadly
While sculpture remained central to his artistic practice, Isamu Noguchi s (1904 1988) interests and production spanned an exceptionally broad terrain that included furniture and lamps, stage sets for dance, plazas, courtyards and gardens. Noguchi made no distinction between design, craft, and the so-called fine arts: in his view all of these could all be considered art should their aesthetic qualities sufficiently transcend those generated by the simple address of need.
Although his gardens include several of the twentieth century s most iconic landscape designs and have received almost universal praise, Noguchi nonetheless occupies a place removed from the normal practice of landscape architecture. As an artist he relied more on intuition bolstered by focused study where required than on objective analysis, and he shaped his landscapes as sculpture, with space as their primary vehicle. To Noguchi landscape design was a spatial and formal art, and from his earliest environmental projects to the works of his later maturity, he succeeded in conceiving and constructing a series of remarkable places.
In this comprehensive and richly illustrated study of Noguchi s gardens, noted landscape historian Marc Treib describes and critiques projects that date from his early unrealised projects for playgrounds and monuments to a large park in Sapporo, Japan, whose construction was completed only posthumously. The story begins with the discussion of Noguchi sculpture that relate in some way to actual landscapes, then moves to the dance set designs for Martha Graham, finally entering the realm of actual landscapes with his gardens for the Reader s Digest offices in Tokyo and UNESCO House in Paris. Many more projects followed in the United States, Japan, and Israel.
Varying in their content and structure, several chapters collectively treat subjects such as landform, water, and the courtyard, while others focus on the major gardens monographically. Accompanied by stunning images from the archives of Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum archives and the author s own photographs, the story of Noguchi s Gardens: Landscape as Sculpture will reward those interested in landscape architecture, art history, garden design, and art more broadly.
Marc Treib Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, is a historian and critic of landscape and architecture who has published widely on modern and historical subjects in the United States, Japan, and Scandinavia. Books published by ORO Editions include Landscapes of Modern Architecture; Austere Gardens; The Landscapes of Georges Descombes: Doing Almost Nothing; and Thinking a Modern Landscape Architecture, West and East; and more recently The Aesthetics of Contemporary Planting Design and Serious Fun: The Landscapes of Claude Cormier
Isamu Noguchi
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African Modernism
The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia
Edited by Manuel Herz
Edited by Ingrid Schröder
Edited by Hans Focketyn
Edited by Julia Jamrozik
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9783038602941
Park Books
Paperback / softback
World excluding Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada, and Japan
320 mm x 235 mm
640 Pages
909 color, 54 b&w
£75.00
New edition of the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date
An unrivalled study of the close relationship between architecture and nation building after African countries gained independence from their former colonial powers
Features detailed descriptions of more than 100 buildings and memorials in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia
Lavishly illustrated with photographs by distinguished artists Iwan Baan und Alexia Webster, as well as with historic images and plans
When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was showered with international praise and has been sought after ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books 10th anniversary, this landmark book will now be available again.
Over the course of the 1950s and 1960s, most African countries gained independence from their respective colonial powers. Architecture became one of the principal means by which the newly formed states expressed their national identity. African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features 100 buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster especially for the book s first edition, documenting the buildings in their present state. Each country is portrayed through an introductory text and a timeline of historic events. Additional essays on specific aspects and topics of postcolonial Africa, likewise richly illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume.
Manuel Herz runs his own design and urban planning studio in Basel and Cologne. He is assistant professor at the University of Basel.
Ingrid Schröder is an architect and director of the MPhil program in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Cambridge. She was appointed director of the Architectural Association s School of Architecture in London in May 2022 and will assume that position in August 2022.
Hans Focketyn runs his own architecture firm in Basel and teaches as a professor at Bern University of Applied Sciences School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering in Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Julia Jamrozik is an architect and assistant professor at the University of Buffalo s School of Architecture in Buffalo, NY.
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Paris Haussmann A Model's Relevance
Edited by Benoît Jallon
Edited by Umberto Napolitano
Edited by Franck Boutté
Photographs by Cyrille Weiner
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9783038602194
Park Books
Hardback
World excluding Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada, and Japan
300 mm x 250 mm
264 Pages
143 color, 345 b&w
£42.00
A unique research on Baron Haussmann's extensive rebuilding of Paris in the late 19th century
Demonstrates how Haussmann's vision and concepts continue to influence urban design in the 21st century
Features comparisons with other international metropolises
Lavishly illustrated with photographs, site plans and maps, floor plans and sections, axonometric projections, and various graphics
First published in 2017 in conjunction with an exhibition at the Pavillon de l Arsenal in Paris, this widely praised and much sought-after book becomes available again in a new edition. It offers an analytical review from today s perspective of the French capital s profound transformation during the late 19th century under the direction Georges Eugène Haussmann.
Paris Haussmann: A Model s Relevance explores and analyses the characteristics of Paris s homogenous yet polymorphous cityscape, the result of a lengthy process of changes and evolutions, even in recent times. Research was conducted at all levels to classify and compare roadways, identify public spaces, and organize the blocks and buildings according to their current geometry. For the first time, the qualities of the Haussmann model have been set forth to show how they grapple with the challenges that contemporary cities face.
Topical essays feature alongside rich illustrative material, comprising photographs by celebrated photographer Cyrille Weiner, site plans and maps, floor plans and sections, axonometric projections, and various graphics.
Text in English and French.
Benoît Jallon, born 1972, graduated as an architect from Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-La Villette and is a founding partner of LAN (Local Architecture Network) in Paris. Umberto Napolitano, born 1975, studied architecture at Università Federico II in Neapel and at the Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-La Villette. He is a founding partner of LAN (Local Architecture Network) in Paris.Franck Boutté, born 1968, is an architect and civil engineer and principal of Paris based engineering firm FBC Fanck Boutté Consultants.
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The Barrack, 1572 1914 Chapters in
the History of Emergency Architecture
Robert Jan van Pelt
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9783038603658
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240 mm x 160 mm
528 Pages
258 color, 19 b&w
£42.00
Tells the little-known history of the barrack from the late 16th century to 1914
Demonstrates how warfare, medicine, and emergency aid intersect in the history of architecture
Offers a reappraisal of the barrack s significance today, when more people than ever are forced to live in temporary accommodation
The barrack as a building type played a decisive role in shaping the political space of modernity
The Barrack, 1572 1914 tells the little-known history of a building type that many people used to register as an alien interloper in conventionally built-up areas. The barrack is a mostly lightweight construction, a hybrid between shack, tent, and traditional building. It is a highly efficient structure that sometimes also proves to be extremely durable. Easy to erect and to take down, it is after the introduction of railways and later motor vehicles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries also easy to transplant from one location to another. Originating as a standardised accommodation in the late 16th century, the barrack became a mass-produced utility of military and civilian mobilization in the 19th century, providing immediate shelter for soldiers as well as for displaced persons, disaster victims, or prisoners. The barrack played a decisive role in shaping the political space of modernity.
Robert Jan van Pelt traces nearly 350 years of barrack history up to 1914. That year, in which the Great War broke out, proved to be a turning point in the perception of the barrack, away from pragmatic emergency shelter and towards sinister forced housing. Richly illustrated with some 250 images, van Pelt s book records the traditions of barrack design and the technological inventiveness that went into it in the late 19th century.
Robert Jan van Pelt is a Dutch author, architectural historian, and Holocaust scholar. He teaches as a Professor of Cultural History in the Faculty of Architecture at Waterloo University in Ontario, Canada.
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Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich
London 1950 2000
Ana Francisco Sutherland
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9783038603429
Park Books
Hardback
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216 mm x 135 mm
416 Pages
87 color, 261 b&w
£35.00
The book features 65 buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich by 38 architecture firms through images, plans, and concise texts
Explores the evolution of modern English architecture between 1950 2000, as well as the context of social and housing policies of the time
With new images by distinguished British architecture photographer Pierce Scourfield
An enclosed map with route suggestions makes the book also an unusually detailed architectural guide
Blackheath and Greenwich, in the southeast of London, proved to be an unusually fertile ground for modern architecture in the decades following WWII. Housing in particular became the prime field of work for many architecture firms, who designed a large number of residential buildings of various typologies, using new concepts and trying new solutions, inspired by the spirit and political developments of the time.
Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich is based on an extensive research project by architect Ana Francisco Sutherland. It analyses and celebrates outstanding buildings by well-known architects such as Eric Lyons, Patrick Gwynne, Peter Moro, Walter Greaves, and Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, alongside works by lesser-known firms. A total of 65 individual buildings and housing developments by 38 architects are featured with images, plans, and concise texts.
Sutherland also takes a broader look at the evolution of modern English architecture in the context of social and housing policies of the time. Brief biographical portraits reveal personal connections between protagonists that made Blackheath and Greenwich such an extraordinary field of design experimentation over five decades.
An enclosed map with suggested routes makes the volume also a guide of extraordinary detail for architects and architecture lovers alike.
Ana Francisco Sutherland has run her own London-based studio, Francisco Sutherland Architects since 2015. Prior to that she worked with Kees Christiaanse Architects and Planners in Rotterdam and Allies & Morrison in London. She lives in Blackheath (London) and has done the designs for the reconstruction of a number of postwar modernist apartments and houses.
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Lost Futures
The Disappearing Architecture of Post-War Britain
Owen Hopkins
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9781910350621
Royal Academy of Arts
Hardback
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230 mm x 170 mm
128 Pages
70 color
£14.95
Examines a wide variety of British building types dating from 1945 to 1979, with exquisite photographs of them as they were originally conceived
Includes the works of an important array of architects, including Richard Seifert, Alison and Peter Smithson, and Erno Goldfinger Published to complement the display Futures Found at the Royal Academy in February 2017
Lost Futures looks in detail at the wide range of buildings constructed in Britain between 1945 and 1979. Although their bold architectural aspirations reflected the forward-looking social ethos of the postwar era, many have since been either demolished or altered beyond recognition. Photographs taken at the time of their completion are accompanied by expertly researched captions that examine the buildings design, creation, the ideals they embodied and the reasons for their eventual destruction.Lost Futures covers many building types, from housing to factories, commercial spaces and power stations, and presents the work of both iconic and lesserknown architects. The author charts the complex reasons that led to the loss of these projects ambitious futures, and assesses whether some might one day be recaptured.
Owen Hopkins is a writer, historian and curator of architecture. He is Architecture Programme Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts. He is the author of Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture (RA Publications, 2016), From the Shadows: The Architecture and Afterlife of Nicholas Hawksmoor (Reaktion, 2015) and Architectural Styles: A Visual Guide (Laurence King, 2014).
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Peter Zumthor 1985 2013
Buildings and Projects
Contributions by Peter Zumthor
Edited by Thomas Durisch
Photographs by Hélène
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9783039422487
Scheidegger & Spiess
Hardback
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300 mm x 240 mm
856 Pages
367 color, 395 b&w
£290.00
New edition of the comprehensive monograph on celebrated architect Peter Zumthor, covering his entire career until 2013
Features all key buildings and projects through photographs, plans, drawings, and texts written by Peter Zumthor
The first edition of 2014 won the 2014 Filaf d'argent (Festival International du Livre d'Art & du Film) and the 2014 DAM Architectural Book Award 2014
Few architects are as patient and exacting as Peter Zumthor, and this monograph captures the materiality and intangible spirit of his work in drawings, photographs, and his brief texts. It was an inspired idea to divide this rich concentration of work into five slim volumes, rather than cram it into one of the mega-publications that entomb other celebrated architects. Each is a delight to hold and page through, and a model of Swiss design from the gray silk covers to the crisp typography and spacious layouts. Rarely has haptic architecture been better expressed in print. Michael Webb, The Architects Newspaper, on the 2014 edition
With the same rigor and poetry of his architecture Zumthor offers us his opera omnia. But so laconic is he that who knows if this is the last. Eduardo Prieto, ArcitecturaViva, on the 2014 edition
Peter Zumthor, 2009 Pritzker laureate, is one of the best-known and most acclaimed architects of the present day. Widely admired for his precision and thoroughness, he creates buildings that are responsive to their location and function, and that are remarkable both for their materials and the atmospheric quality of the spaces they enclose. This five-volume survey of his work until 2013 features 43 buildings and projects, including some that have never been published before. On 856 pages with more than 750 photographs, plans, sketches, drawings and watercolours, and with texts written by Peter Zumthor himself specially for this monograph, it documents a wide range of projects from several world-famous buildings to some that never left the drawing board. The first edition of 2014 won the 2014 Filaf d argent (Festival International du Livre d Art & du Film) and of the 2014 DAM Architectural Book Award.
Thomas Durisch is a founding principal with Zurich-based firm Azzola Durich Architects. He worked at Peter Zumthor's Atelier 1990 94 and was the curator of the 2008 exhibition Peter Zumthor Buildings and Projects 1986 2007 at Kunshaus Bregenz. Peter Zumthor works with his Atelier of around thirty people in the alpine setting of Haldenstein, Switzerland, producing architectural originals like Kunsthaus Bregenz, Therme Vals, Museum Kolumba Köln, the Steilneset Memorial in Vardø, and currently the new building for the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA).
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The definitive book on Facadism
The Creeping Plague of Ghastly Facadism
The Gentle Author
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9780995740167
Spitalfields Life Books
Hardback
World exlcuding USA & Canada
224 mm x 156 mm
122 Pages
60 color
£15.00
Essential book for all architects and those interested in contemporary architecture
Novelty binding that folds out to become a facade
A humorous analysis of facadism in London why it is happening and what it means accompanied by a gallery of the most notorious examples guaranteed to induce laughter and horror in equal degree.
Since 2009, The Gentle Author has published a daily story at SPITALFIELDS LIFE amounting to over 5,000 tales about the culture of London and the East End. Drawing a large international audience, SPITALFIELDS LIFE was chosen byThe Guardian as the best London blog among the best city blogs around the world. The Gentle Author has published numerous books includingSpitalfields Life, The Gentle Author s London Album, Spitalfields Nippers, The Cries of London, The Life & Times of Mr Pussyand The Creeping Plague of Ghastly Facadism, and written features for The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, World Of Interiors, New Statesmanand Frieze
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Greenhouses Cathedrals for Plants
Werner Pawlok
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9783961714575
teNeues Books
Hardback
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370 mm x 290 mm
304 Pages
200 color
£89.95
Unique combination of art photography and some of the most beautiful greenhouses in Europe Enlightening texts including a short cultural history of greenhouses and their botanical treasures
Photographer Werner Pawlok takes us on a journey to enchanted places like Kew Gardens or the Royal Greenhouses in Laken
Botanical gardens represent people s centuries-old fascination with exotic plants. Werner Pawlok has photographically explored special tropical greenhouses within Europe and shows us here his most beautiful pictures in his usual colourfully expressive manner from the Palm House in the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen, to Kew Gardens in London, and the Great Palm House at Schönbrunn. The scent of the warm earth and the breath of the plants can almost be felt when looking at the large-format and colourful pictures. Fascinating interplays of colour allow the filigree architecture of famous master builders and the impressive plants to shine in a special light. Pawlok, self-taught and intuitive photographer, captures these magical places in a fascinating way. Each photo is a work of art in itself.
Interesting texts about the cultural history of greenhouses, from the simple wooden construction to the efficient glass dome, accompany this extraordinary photo book. Let yourself be inspired by Pawlok s high-end photographs and embark on a nostalgic journey. As Pawlok himself puts it: Being allowed to enter these wonderful glass palaces and explore their green-scented, tropical interiors with my camera felt like an expedition into the heart of the 19th century.
Text in English and German.
Werner Pawlok, born in Stuttgart in 1953, founded the first photo gallery in southern Germany in 1980. In the late eighties, his work gained great recognition through his participation in group exhibitions with works by Warhol, Richter, Mapplethorpe and Polke. His well-known works include his 50 x 60 cm Polaroids as well as his unconventional fashion and celebrity photographs of John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper or Juliette Binoche.
Whether he portrays writers from Siri Hustvedt to Salman Rushdie to Jonathan Franzen - as in the series Faces of Literature - or traces the spirit of the abandoned Ford factories in New Orleans - Pawlok's works have a very individual character and exert a great attraction on his viewers.
As a self-taught artist, Werner Pawlok has developed a style over decades that lies beyond the mainstream and has led to worldwide recognition of his works in museums, galleries and among collectors. His visual language is characterised by the search for constantly new visual ideas and possibilities of expression.
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Norman Foster
Edited by Frédéric Migayrou
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9781788842273
ACC Art Books Hardback World
280 mm x 240 mm
264 Pages
328 color, 143 b&w
£50.00
Monograph of globally celebrated architect, Norman Foster
Published in partnership with the Centre Pompidou, Paris, to accompany the major exhibition running from 10 May - 7 Aug 2023
Explores more than 80 of Foster s projects, with sketches and photographs
Includes an interview with Foster and essays by Frédéric Migayrou and Philip Jodidio
A very inspiring book that shows that visions do not have to be castles in the air
Lovely Books Germany
The clouds the limit: an opulent book as an appreciation for a big-thinking designer. Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Norman Foster is a globally recognised figure in architecture. His agency has created more than 300 projects around the world, many of which have profoundly marked and transformed the cities and landscapes in which they reside.
This new monograph, published in partnership with the Centre Pompidou, presents more than 80 of Foster s key projects, from the Cockpit (1964), a private house in Cornwall, through to Spaceport America (2006-2014), the world s first terminal for space tourists, built in the desert landscape of New Mexico. Each project is illustrated with drawings, sketches and photographs, placed alongside insightful text.
The book also features an essay by Frédéric Migayrou, curator of an attendant Centre Pompidou exhibition on Foster; a biography by celebrated architectural critic, Philip Jodidio; and an extensive interview with Foster himself. Foster has also contributed an anthology of six analytical texts, written across the broad span of his career.
Published 30th May 2023
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The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens Volume 1: Country-Houses
A.S.G. Butler
With George Stewart With Christopher Hussey
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One of the most important books about domestic architecture
Containing hundreds of detailed plans and photographs
9781788842181
ACC Art Books
Hardback
World
360 mm x 300 mm
300 Pages
382 b&w
The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
£125.00
The quality of the reprint is nearly perfect, with a good selection of papers for the three sequential parts of the book: the texts, the drawings, and the black-and-white photographs. Text and drawings are on matte heavyweight pages, while the photos are on glossy paper. The inks make everything read well; in particular, the drawing reproductions are exquisite. Archidose
Edwin Lutyens, one of the most famous architectural names of the 20th century, died in 1944. As a memorial, three large volumes of his drawings and photographs were commissioned from the thousands found in his office, and were published byCountry Life
All three volumes will be republished in 2023. The first volume contains his own plans, elevations and copious details of the finest examples of his domestic buildings, on which his huge reputation principally rests. The book embodies the quintessence of the man and his work; the variety of style and design seen in the houses brings together in one volume the many strands of Lutyen s fertile mind. Two further volumes will include his corporate and public buildings.
The genius of Lutyens is now universally recognised. In the work featured in this book, we can now see not just the professionalism of a great architect, but also the loving care with which he set down the most minute detail, with the result that this is one of the few books in existence that can be used to provide working drawings. Published 28th Apr 2023
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Third volume of Edwin Lutyens work
The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens Volume 3:
Public Buildings and Memorials
A.S.G. Butler
With George Stewart With Christopher Hussey
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9781788842501
ACC Art Books
Hardback
World
360 mm x 300 mm
256 Pages
283 b&w
The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
£125.00
Includes the Cenotaph at Westminster, the Thiepval Memorial, The Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool, and the colossal Midland Bank building in Manchester, as well as numerous townhouse renovations
One of the few books in the world that can provide working drawings
Beautiful black-and-white photographs
The product of extensive archival research by members of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, these editions make newly accessible the work of the accomplished British designer. Architectural Record
The genius of Edwin Lutyens is now universally recognised. When the acclaimed English architect passed away in 1944, three large volumes of his drawings and photographs were commissioned from the thousands found in his office and were published byCountry Life . In 2023, all three volumes will be republished by ACC Art Books.
This third and final volume showcases Lutyens detailed plans and elevations for the greatest examples of his townhouse renovations, memorials and public buildings, including the Cenotaph at Westminster, the Thiepval Memorial, and the colossal Midland Bank building in Manchester.
These reissues are once again bringing to the world s attention not just the professionalism of a great architect, but also the loving care with which he set down the minutiae of his visions. They are among the few books in existence illustrated with his working drawings, as well as pristine photos of the finished masterpieces themselves. A beautiful tribute to a monumental figure in the history of modern architecture.
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The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
Volume 2: Gardens, Delhi, Washington
A.S.G. Butler
With George Stewart
With Christopher Hussey
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Volume two of The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
Demonstrates the loving detail of his designs
9781788842303
ACC Art Books
Hardback
World
360 mm x 300 mm
292 Pages
398 b&w
The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
£125.00
Includes the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Washington Embassy and the Viceroy s Palace in New Delhi
One of the few books in the world that can provide working drawings
Beautiful black-and-white photographs
In an era dominated by traditionalism on one hand and the emergence of modernity on the other, Lutyens work serves as a compelling testament to the brilliance of harmonizing these contrasting approaches. ArchEyes
Edwin Lutyens was one of the most famous architects of the 20th century. After he died in 1944, three large volumes of his drawings and photographs were commissioned and published by Country Life as a tribute.
All three volumes are in the process of being reissued. Having earned his reputation designing domestic buildings, he was soon given scope to expand his practice to the outdoors and to public projects. This second volume contains his extensive contributions to garden design and town planning, as well as the finest examples of his bridges and a selection of monumental civic constructions. These include various university buildings, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Washington Embassy and the Viceroy s Palace in New Delhi.
The genius of Lutyens is now universally recognised. In the work featured in this book, we can now see not just the professionalism of a great architect, but also the loving care with which he set down the most minute detail, with the result that this is one of the few books in existence that can be used to provide working drawings.
Also available: The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens: Volume 1, Country Houses ISBN 9781788842181.
Published 13th Sep 2023