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OASE 104
nai010 publishers 2019 ISBN 9789462085176 Acqn 30062
Pb 17x24cm 144pp col ills £21.50

Metabolism is the conversion of one form of matter into another. Urban design and architecture
are currently paying a great deal of attention to the charting and controlling of material flows that
have been severely disrupted by industrialization. OASE 104 explores the context of locations in
which metabolism took place.

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Pyongyang 2050 Spatial Futures

Damdi 2019 ISBN 9788968010835 Acqn 29516
Pb 19x26cm col ills £26

Envisioning scenarios for how the reunification of Korea might occur and projecting the impact
that alternative scenarios of unification could exert on the urban form of the North Korean capital
of Pyongyang in a future unified Korea, is the subject of this book's investigation. Since the end of
the Korean War more than 60 years ago, the economic and political ideologies of the two
countries have inscribed themselves on the physical and spatial form of the capitals of Seoul and
Pyongyang. The contrast between a democratic, free market economy and a totalitarian, Juche
ideology is examined through topics such as urban planning, transportation, spatial wealth, and
monuments.

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Aires Mateus - Light

C2C 2019 ISBN 9788494767869 Acqn 30001
Hb 25x34cm 210pp col ills £44

Architectural photographer Juan Rodriguez brings his keen eye and perceptive sense of form,
mass, and light to this extensive and beautifully shot series of photographs featuring the
architecture of Manuel Aires Mateus. In documenting work by this famed Portuguese architect,
which has a strongly sculptural nature, Rodriguez has opted for the stark contrasts and dramatic
lighting effects of black-and-white film. The buildings with their geometric shapes are usually
white, possessing characteristic clean lines and bold volumes that stand out dramatically in their
respective contexts, whether a natural landscape or urban setting.

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Archives 5 - Manuel Gallego

C2C 2019 ISBN 9788494767876 Acqn 30083
Pb 17x24cm 300pp col ills £26.50

Although Manuel Gallego's architecture cannot be formally assigned to any form of fashion and is
without any stamp or signature that distinguishes it from other architects, his work has been
absolutely personal and completely consistent through the years. Gallego's coherence is the
starting point for this overview of his practice, all of which has taken place in Galicia, in north-
western Spain. A professor of urban planning whose work is characterised by attention for detail,
he is a master of all scales. This publication brings these perhaps less widely known yet
important buildings to the forefront, while also acknowledging the debt Spanish architecture owes
to his singular vision.

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Villages & Towns 9 - Iberia (Part 2)

A.D.A.Edita Tokyo Co. Ltd. 2019 ISBN 9784871404624 Acqn 30118
Pb 21x29cm 140pp col ills £39

The ninth volume of the revised 'Villages and Towns' series completes the journey through the
Iberian Peninsula that began with volume eight. The focus here is on the rough terrain and harsh
natural landscape that stretches from central to north-west Spain. Four villages were selected to
represent the architecture that has developed in this seemingly inhospitable climate. Going
beyond the heritage of vernacular architectures, the study also examines how these communities
live in harmony with local features. Rather than trying to control nature, they give it respect, doing
their best to become part of it. With photography by Yukio Futagawa and texts by the late Maria
Lluisa Borras.

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In Between - The Urban Architecture of Donna van Milligen Bielke

The Architecture Observer 2019 ISBN 9789492058072 Acqn 30188
Pb 15x20cm 160pp col ills £27

For Donna van Milligen Bielke architecture begins and ends with architectura. Even if she never
menrions it explicitly, for her, architecture suffices to make architecture. Just as a language
comprises all its words, including the ones that are rarely used, architecture is based on all its
forms and manifestations. Wittingly or unwittingly, every architect stands in relation to all
architecture that has ever been made. Not every architect fully acknowledges this, but Van
Milligen Bielke certainly does. In her work it is possible to see the depth of the discipline's history.

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AV Proyectos 094 - Miralles Tagliabue EMBT

Avisa 2019 no ISBN Acqn 30190
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £12.95

AV Proyectos 94 devotes its dossier to Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, covering some of the studio's
most recent projects in Europe and China. The next chapter includes the six finalist proposals of
the competition for the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao, in which the project of the team formed by
Norman Foster and Luis Maria Uriarte was chosen over those of BIG, Rafael Moneo, Nieto
Sobejano, Sanaa, and Snohetta. The construction chapter includes four observatory towers
located in natural environments in Asia and Europe and completed with two materials: wood and
metal. The detail section is dedicated to Abalos + Sentkiewicz, and analyzes Proyecto Planta, a
prototype for the Fundacion Sorigue that functions as museum and observatory.

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AV Monographs - 218-219 : Kengo Kuma 2014-2019

Avisa 2019 ISBN 9788409146383 Acqn 30191
Pb 24x30cm 216pp col ills £61.75

It is not easy to name an architect who can invent as much, and as poetically and rigorously, as
Kengo Kuma. This issue of AV Monographs takes stock of his firm's extensive output of the past
five years through 32 works and 8 projects, presenting them in five groups. From the New
National Stadium of Japan which is nearing completion for the Olympic Games to the competition
the studio won recently to extend the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, via works like the Victoria
& Albert Museum in Scotland, the Cultural Village in the Portland Japanese Garden, the
refurbishment of a traditional courtyard-house in Beijing or the Camper Store in Barcelona. This
taxonomy gives a good idea of the scope of his ambition.

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Attitude As Style - Rahel Belatchew, Architect

Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing 2019 ISBN 9789187543876 Acqn 30110
Hb 22x25cm 240pp col ills £33

Rahel Belatchew is the founder of Belatchew Architects. Her architecture can be best understood
as an innovative attitude rather than a certain style. The projects are based on careful analysis
and reflect an attitude that treats each one as unique, with an individual - often sculptural -
expression. There is consequently no general 'building kit' that the office utilises, and the results
express the significant element of playfulness. The office, based in Stockholm, is also known for
the experimental studio Belatchew Labs.

This monograph covers several key projects of Belatchew's architecture -such as the
StrawScraper, the BuzzBuilding, Stockholm Loop, Discus, and Tensta Torn. It also includes texts
by Daniel Golling, Paul Finch and Martin Rorby, as well as an interview with Rahel Belatchew by
Nils Forsberg.

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It Begins With Curiosity - Works By Henning Larsen Architects

Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing 2019 ISBN 9789187543852 Acqn 30176
Hb 21x29cm 304pp col ills £61.50

Since its founding 60 years ago, Henning Larsen Architects has worked from a simple
foundational ethos: people come first. A deep curiosity for the world has guided the Danish studio
to adapt their approach to Nordic modernism across countless contexts and communities, from
the electric cityscapes of Hong Kong and New York to the rugged slopes of the Faroe Islands.

In every project from concert venues and schools, to city halls and workspaces Henning Larsen
Architects pushes the envelope to encourage social interaction. Instead of looking at architecture
as a stand-alone object, the studio treats it as a medium formed for and by the social and
environmental systems in and around it.

This book presents a selection of the office's recent projects, such as Harpa Reykjavik Concert
Hall and Conference Center, Moesgaard Museum, Eystur Town Hall, and the French
International School of Hong Kong. Descriptions of the projects, alongside essays by Kent
Martinussen of the Danish Architecture Center and architectural historian Hans Ibelings, offer
insight into an office that operates at the vanguard of Danish design, always tuned to the needs of
our changing world.

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Arkis Architects - Natural Elements

Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing 2020 ISBN 9789187543722 Acqn 28652
Hb 22x24cm 224pp col ills £44.50

Arkis Architects is an Icelandic architecture studio based in Reykjavik, which is engaged in the
development of local knowledge based on sustainable design through a broad range of
approaches - such as a local green building council, teaching and publishing. Founded in 1997,
the studio is one of the largest architecture firms in Iceland, and has created significant works
both in Iceland and abroad. This book presents a selection of their most important projects, such
as Reykjavik University, Apotek Hotel, Snaefellsstofa Visitor Centre and Holmen Aquatics Center.
It also includes texts by Sigridur Magnusdottir, Atli Magnus Seelow and Livio Dimitriu, as well as
an interview with representatives of the studio.

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ToolBook - Addressing Design Process

AMAG Editorial 2019 ISBN 9789895462025 Acqn 30229
Hb 21x29cm 440pp col ills £87

With 'ToolBook', Diogo Brito authors a practical publication about architectural practice in the
everyday life of architects. From a formal perspective, the book is written as if it were a
screenplay for a movie, as both the scriptwriter and the architect must be creative within a set of
rules, assumptions, conditions, or limitations. Brito, a founding partner of the Portuguese office
OODA, looks at projects by Foster + Partners, Steven Holl, Fernando Romero, Bjarke Ingels,
Kengo Kuma, and Eduardo Souto de Moura in order to analyse the working processes of
architects through critical narration of various ways of being and doing, thereby building a set of
useful tools for both students and architects.

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Toshiharu Naka - Two Cycles

Lixil 2019 ISBN 9784864800426 Acqn 30231
Pb 14x21cm 160pp col ills £29

This book by architect Toshiharu Naka establishes specific concepts based on two systems: a
"Social Cycle", or a cycle coexisting with small economies, and an "Ecological Cycle", or a cycle
of natural energy and resources. He illustrates his macroscopic idea to integrate the two through
his architectural works. Naka's detailed speculation includes the live/work house, places for
spontaneous activity, landscapes of grouped houses, realising possibilities for fusion, and
dynamic programme theory. He proposes intermediate areas as spaces for interaction with the
outside, giving visibility to the social cycle, or as thermal environments, allowing the ecological
cycle to become visible as well.

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JA 116 - Place + Urbanism

Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2019 ISBN 9784786903113 Acqn 30240
Pb 23x30cm 128pp col ills £30

With this issue, Shinkenchiku-sha launches a new series entitled 'Place + Urbanism'. "Place"
refers to more than just locations in the city. Rather, it looks towards the character that defines
neighbourhoods as places which support the lives and activities of the people who live and work
there, and as situations that include architectural spaces. "Urbanism" refers not only to top-down
urban planning but also bottom-up approaches in the form of shared ideals about life in the city.
The complementary relationship between place and urbanism thus forms the essential basis of
the series. This inaugural issue looks at changes taking place in 21 cities around the world.

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