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In 2006, Pirmin Amrein and Claudio Herzig produced an exemplary contemporary replacement for a farmhouse. The stringent building volume has diverse analogies with traditional farmhouses and is able to further develop the simplicity and nobility of the traditional type. Other notable residential buildings by the Central Swiss architects have all been developed with sophisticated floor plans and spatial disposition.

The first comprehensive monograph on Japan's most creative, experimental and visionary architect, Sou Fujimoto Occasionally an architect emerges whose vision is so fresh that it causes us to reconsider the very nature of architecture. Sou Fujimoto is one of those architects. Guided by instinct and keen observation, he casts convention aside. Instead he blurs boundaries and routinely rethinks basic building blocks. Both comfortably familiar and curiously enigmatic, Fujimoto's dynamic work grabs o...

Their many various achievements are featured in the book, but Mauro Poponcini and Patrick Lootens also take the time to reflect on architecture in conversations with five prominent partners (Filip Canfyn, Bob Van Reeth, Kristiaan Borret, Bart Verschaffel, Henk Visch), about the architectural practice in Flanders and various other themes that they care about.

A profile of architect Peter Marino's extensive, collaborative process of commissioning art for luxury brand spaces and private clients worldwide. Dubbed 'The Leather Daddy of Luxury' by New York Magazine, Peter Marino is the go-to architect for the highest echelons of luxury design worldwide, perhaps best known for his work on luxury brand spaces, including for Chanel, Dior, and Louis Vuitton, in cities including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Munich, Singapore and Tokyo. This is the f...

The mechanics of lightness "The array of buildings by Renzo Piano is staggering in scope and comprehensive in the diversity of scale, material, and form. He is truly an architect whose sensibilities represent the widest range of this and earlier centuries." Such was the description of Renzo Piano given by the Pritzker Prize Jury citation as they bestowed the prestigious award on him in 1998. Whereas some architects have a signature style, what sets Piano apart is that he seeks simply to apply a...

Michael Wilford: Buildings and Projects 1992-2012 is written by Robert Maxwell, Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Princeton University, and author and academic Professor Anthony Vidler, Dean of Cooper Union School of Architecture. Original writing by Michael Wilford is also included, presenting the architect's work, together with his partners Laurence Bain, Russell Bevington, and Manuel Schupp, in detail from both a historical and theoretical perspective. Michael Wilford: Buildings and Proje...

Helmut Dietrich and Much Untertrifaller are among the most important protagonists of the Vorarlberg architectural scene, which has become an established force in contemporary European architecture since the 1990s. This volume presents a significant selection of their extensive work and includes an in-depth introduction by the renowned Arts Editor of the NZZ. Text in English and German. 98 colour and 45 b/w illustrations

A representation of the principle styles and themes that emerges from Harry Bertoia's printmaking and structure work.

From the first idea to the opening day, the project is followed step by step through a long picture-report. Phrases by Renzo Piano serve as comments for the pictures and guide the reader though this journey. The main text, that can be found at the end of the book, is the testimony of Renzo Piano himself, recorded for this special occasion. Moreover, some sketches have been made especially for this book. The choice not to use any caption for the pictures, but to leave Renzo Piano's voice as a...

The buildings compiled in this volume by the Augsburg architects Titus Bernhard are committed to classical modernism. They are extremely sculptural and highly experimental in terms of their choice of materials. Based on those principles, an extensive, superior body of work has been developed since 1995.

The school extension in Andeer stands confidently and memorably beside the existing 1950s building. The building is a typical example of the intensive work by the Zurich architects Peter Joos and Christoph Mathys. Their buildings draw from the architectural potential of the location and transform it in their buildings with an enhanced degree of dignity and poetry.

As America's most beloved architect, Frank Lloyd Wright's work, life, and legacy, have been the subject of countless exhibitions and publications. Through his poetic treatment of space, plan, light, and materials, Wright revolutionized American architecture. His buildings broke free of the Arts and Crafts movement, establishing him as one of the preeminent modernists of the twentieth century, and continue to thrill a wide-ranging audience of architects and nonarchitects alike.Wright Sites-one of...

Originally published in 1975 as a memorial to the Kimbell Art Museum's architect, Louis I. Kahn, Light Is the Theme provides an extended expression of the major themes articulated in his design for the museum. The text consists solely of Kahn's own words and explores his innovative use of natural light and playful employment of materials, which achieve their most refined state in the Kimbell, widely regarded as the architect's crowning achievement and admired as one of the greatest museum buildi...

Buildings by these Graz-based architects have for many years graced contemporary architecture with their vital, unmistakable formal language and new building typologies. This new monograph focuses on works dating from 1994 - 2010, and older seminal projects, it clearly shows the architects' memorable style and humanity and why they deserve world-wide recognition.

Jean Nouvel, winner of the 2008 Pritzker Prize, is widely regarded as France's most original and important contemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970 he assisted influential architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio, before creating his own practice in Paris. His first widely acclaimed project was the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris (1981-87). Since then he has completed the Lyon Opera House and the Fondation Cartier, Paris. His major completed projects since 2000 include the Culture and Convent...

Young Belgian architects are showing a renewed approach to architecture. While the older generation grew up in a booming economy in which there was time and money to endlessly study details, proportions and create minimalist designs, the younger generation are increasingly aware of functionality. Lower budgets have forced them to approach projects from a fresh perspective. Among this new wave of young architects are Tom Verschueren and David Driesen, whose office dmvA is situated in Mechelen, Be...

Nikolaus Hamburger, Dario Pfammatter and Francisco Ferrandiz are the protagonists of the Zurich office HDPF. Within only a few years, the architects have produced an impressive oeuvre. The projects are mostly apartment buildings and single-family homes that are incisive in terms of their structural clarity, stringent material selection, the sculptural quality of their exterior and their pronounced tectonics. Text is in German, but with a sheet with English translation included.

"A commemoration of the legendary architect Le Corbusier and his masterpiece the city of Chandigarh - Features essays by world-famous architects and urban planners on Le Corbusier and his vision - Includes almost 250 images, maps and rare sketches by Le Corbusier himself, on the city of Chandigarh. With the recent recognition of Chandigarh's Capitol Complex as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the spotlight on its creator, Le Corbusier considered the 20th century's greatest architect-planner attains...

The Profile Series is comprised of books on single buildings, which together communicate the firm's sensibilities. Corresponding to Ennead Architects' philosophy of creating a singular and appropriate architectural response to the particular program, site, and client conditions, each book is, itself, a distinct reflection of the individual building and its makers. The Designer of the building is deeply involved in the book's design and evolution: the building is translated, shared and re-explore...