Cool Cities. A pointed argument that cities - not nation states - can and must take the lead in fighting climate change
Hiroshi Sambuichi deciphers the relationships between moving materials (wind, air, water, sun) and topography in an effort to derive the optimal building for a specific site.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning
The retro-futuristic epoch is one of the most visually spectacular in architecture’s history. The utopian buildings of the 1960s and 1970s never go out of style. This book compiles radical ideas, rediscovered photos, and visionary structures.
Monograph about the danish artist Gunnar Aagaard Andersen. Danish language edition
Byer i opbrud. Danish language edition. Den tiltagende urbanisering har skabt økologiske og demokratiske udfordringer. Bogen handler om de tendenser, der virker for eller modarbejder demokratiseringen af byens territorium, rum og liv.
How can we create a rich, humanist architecture that is built on a profound respect for local as well as global resources? Good Buildings on a Small Planet presents eight different answers that are framed by thoughts, ideas and new architecture.
Nordic Architects - Global Impacts, can be interpreted broadly. Referring to the challenges faced by architects the world over to create buildings and cities that are sustainable and inclusive, it is a theme that has particular resonance in the world’s northernmost regions, where many look to find benchmarks of innovation and problem-solving.
Special online offer - buy before November 1st! The City Between Freedom and Security - Contested Public Spaces in the 21st Century
SITELESS presents an open-ended compendium of visual ideas for the architectural imagination to draw from. Some may call it the first manifesto of the twenty-first century, for it lays down a new way to think about architecture. Others may think of it as the last architectural treatise, for it provides a discursive container for ideas that would otherwise...
The Strip - Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream - “Finally, the book that explains Las Vegas without reducing it to a caricature. Nearly 45 years after Learning from Las Vegas, Stefan Al brings the history of this iconic American landscape up to date.” Margaret Crawford.