Park Books International New Titles Fall 2025

INTERNATIONAL
NEW TITLES
FALL 2025

CONTENTS
4/5
Christian Dehli, Andrea Grolimund (eds.)
Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses
House in White, House in Uehara, House in
Yokohama
6/7
Kazuo Shinohara
Residential Architecture
8/9
Sean Canty
Black Abstraction in
Architecture
10/11
Beatrice Leanza
The New Design Museum
Co-creating the Present, Prototyping the Future
12/13
Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample
Public Spaces, NY
16/17
Park, Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi,
Michele Versaci (eds.)
Reinventing Heritage
A Design Compass on Adaptive Reuse
14/15
Emanuel Christ, Victoria Easton, and
Christoph Gantenbein with Giulio
Galasso, Maria Margherita Innocenti,
and Elisaveta Maria Kriman (eds.)
Typology
Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca.
Review No. IV
18/19
Swiss Architecture Museum S AM
(Andreas Ruby), werk, bauen+wohnen
(Roland Züger), on behalf of Stiftung
Architektur Schweiz SAS (eds.)
SAY 25/26
Swiss Architecture Yearbook 2025/26
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20/21
Chris Grimley, Michael Kubo, Enrique
Ramirez, Mimi Zeiger (eds.)
Late Modernism and Other
Latenesses
Architecture, Materials, and Media after Time
24/25
Anna Bokov
Avant-Garde as Method
Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space,
1920–1930
28/29
Troy Schaum, Rosalyne Shieh
Blanking
An Annotated Archive of Projects and Thoughts
on Architecture by Schaum/Shieh
32/33
Martine De Maeseneer, Dirk Van den
Brande
A Register of Wording
Martine De Maeseneer Architects
36/37
Wolfdieter Dreibholz, Michael Zinganel
(eds.)
We Günther Domenig
Reevaluation of an Architecture Legend
40/41
Heike Biechteler, Johannes Käferstein,
Stefan Kurath, Jonathan Sergison,
Institute of Architecture, HSLU School of
Engineering & Architecture (eds.)
Teaching Urbanism
Lucerne Talks
22/23
Caroline Wohlgemuth, Maximilian
Eisenköck, Stefan Oláh
The Glas House
Vienna 1933. Banished Visions
26/27
Maurice Cox, Maria Villalobos Hernandez,
Michelangelo Sabatino (eds.)
Maurice Cox
The Soul of the City
30/31
Andrea Leers, Jane Weinzapfel, Josiah
Stevenson, Tom Chung, Ashley Rao (eds.)
Somewhere, Something,
Someone
15 Projects by Leers Weinzapfel Associates
34/35
Javier Peña lbáñez, Nick Axel (eds.)
Concéntrico
Urban Innovation Laboratory
38/39
Florian Heilmeyer, Christian Holl,
Johannes Hucht, Steffen Knöll (eds.)
Form Follows Beam
Architecture for a Particle Accelerator
42/43
Recent Releases
and Key Titles
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2025 mark s the centenary of Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006), one
of the most distinguished and influential Japanese architects
of the 20th century. In homage, this stunning book, first published
by Quart Verlag in 2019 and winner of one of the 2020
Most Beautiful Swiss Books awards, becomes available again in
a new edition.
Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses analyzes three of the architect’s key
designs: the House in White (1966), the House in Uehara (1976),
and the House in Yokohama (1984). The large-sized volume features
floor plans, sections, and elevations, all newly redrawn in
true scale from Shinohara’s originals, as well as reproductions
of his hand drawings and archival photographs. Contributions by
architects David B. Stewart (1928–2015), who taught alongside
Shinohara as professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and
Shin-ichi Okuyama (born 1961) place the three private homes
within his oeuvre and offer insights into his particular working
methods. A foreword by Ryue Nishizawa, cofounder of SANAA
and 2010 Pritzker Prize laureate, highlights Shinohara’s lasting
significance and influence on contemporary architecture in Japan.
“Some books are loved for their
poetic power, others for their brilliant
theoretical ideas, still others for their
aesthetic presentation. Only a few
manage to combine all these aspects.
Here [the editors] have succeeded.”
Alexander Stumm, BauNetz, on the
first edition of 2019
Christian Dehli and Andrea Grolimund founded
their Zurich-based architecture firm Dehli
Grolimund in 2019, when they also published
their first book, Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses. In
2022, they oversaw the reconstruction of Kazuo
Shinohara’s relocated Umbrella House (1961) on
the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
ISBN 9783038604570

New edition of this standard reference on
Kazuo Shinohara, first published in 2019
Showcases three key designs by Kazuo
Shinohara
Stunning large-size book, lavishly illustrated
with newly drawn plans, sections and
elevations, original sketches, and archival
photographs
Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006) is one of the
most distinguished and influential Japanese
architects of the 20th century
Christian Dehli, Andrea Grolimund (eds.)
Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses
House in White, House in Uehara, House in
Yokohama
Book design by Elektrosmog
New edition
Paperback
212 pages, 19 color and 112 b/w illustrations,
plans, and drawings
30 × 37.5 cm
978-3-03860-457-0 English / Japanese
sFr. 120.00 | € 120.00 | £ 99.00 | $ 140.00
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Kazuo Shinohara’s (1925–2006) book Residential Architecture
is considered one of the most significant pieces of writing on
Japanese architecture of the late 20th century. First published in
Japan in 1964 as Jûtaku kenchiku, the book was mandatory reading
for generations of students of architecture in Japan, and has
deeply influenced many of the best-known Japanese designers,
such as Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, and others.
Translated by architectural historian David B. Stewart (1942–
2025) and architects Shin-ichi Okuyama and Kenichi Nakamura,
Shinohara’s reflections on housing become available in English
for the first time, making the multifaceted insights into the
ideational fundamentals of his outstanding work accessible
to a global audience. In the first of three chapters, Shinohara
writes about traditional Japanese architecture, thus explaining
the foundation of his theory and practice. This is followed by a
description of his design method, which he further illustrates
in the third part through the examples of his first seven designs
for homes.
Kazuo Shinohara’s perennial text
on residential architecture is fundamen
tal to the understanding of trad -
itional Japanese building methods
and a source of inspiration for all
great contemporary Japanese architects
to this day. Its first publication
in English makes this book available
to a global audience and marks Kazuo
Shinohara’s (1925–2006) centennial
in 2025.
Christian Dehli and Andrea Grolimund founded
their Zurich-based architecture firm Dehli
Grolimund in 2019, when they also published
their first book, Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses. In
2022, they oversaw the reconstruction of Kazuo
Shinohara’s relocated Umbrella House (1961) on
the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
ISBN 9783038604587

First English edition of Kazuo Shinohara’s
perennial book on residential architecture
Published in Japanese as Jûtaku kenchiku in
1964, this is one of the most significant texts on
Japanese residential architecture of the late
20th century
Offers deep insights into traditional Japanese
architecture and is fundamental to the understanding
of Kazuo Shinohara’s work
Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006) is one of the
most distinguished and influential Japanese
architects of the 20th century
Kazuo Shinohara
Residential Architecture
Edited by Christian Dehli and Andrea Grolimund
Translated from Japanese by David B. Stewart,
Shin-ichi Okuyama, and Kenichi Nakamura
Book design by Elektrosmog
Paperback
approx. 232 pages, 42 b/w illustrations and
plans
13 × 20 cm
978-3-03860-458-7 English
sFr. 35.00 | € 35.00 | £ 32.00 | $ 40.00
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In Black Abstraction in Architecture, Sean Canty charts the evolution
of architectural abstraction from its roots in Euclidean
geometry, through its utilization as a vehicle for colonial expansion,
to its contemporary reappropriation by Black cul -
tural practitioners. Canty’s comprehensive historical and critical
scrutiny reveals the paradoxical nature of abstraction as both
a mechanism of marginalization and a potent instrument for
socio political discourse and renewal. By focusing on the transformative
contributions of David Hammons, Amanda Williams,
and Theaster Gates, this essay illustrates how these artists
and architects employ abstraction to question, reinterpret, and
enrich architectural standards, embedding within them a rich
tapestry of cultural, political, and societal narratives.
Canty’s approach not only subverts traditional architectural
frameworks but also illuminates the potential of abstraction to
cultivate a more equitable and introspective architectural conversation.
He advocates for a methodology that is at once inventive,
inclusive, and sensitive to the intricate interplay of history,
identity, and form.
The evolution of architectural
abstraction from its roots in Euclidean
geometry, through its utilization as a
vehicle for colonial expansion, to its
contemporary reappropriation by
Black cultural practitioners
Sean Canty runs his architecture firm Studio
Sean Canty in Cambridge, MA, and is assistant
professor of architecture at Harvard Graduate
School of Design. He is also a founding principal
of Office III, an experimental architectural collective
that spans New York, San Francisco, and
Cambridge, MA.
ISBN 9783038604327

A scholarly essay on social implications of
abstraction in architectural form
Offers a unique perspective that blends
academic rigor with creative exploration
Draws parallels and insights from works of
David Hammons, Amanda Williams, and
Theaster Gates
Reflects a deep engagement with form, space,
and the sociopolitical narratives that shape
them
Sean Canty is widely recognized for his
thoughtful exploration of form and space,
pushing the boundaries of contemporary
architecture and design
Sean Canty
Black Abstraction in
Architecture
Book design by Esther Rieser
Paperback
approx. 116 pages, 80 color and 50 b/w
illustrations
16 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-432-7 English
sFr. 25.00 | € 25.00 | £ 22.00 | $ 25.00
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The New Design Museum brings together theories and voices
from leading international institutions and independent initiatives
addressing the transformed—and continually transforming—nature
of design in the 21st century and its planetary scope
in both practical and discursive dimensions. By mapping a new
landscape of institutional practices across different geographical
locations, this volume reveals how spaces of culture dedicated
to design need transformation—of their missions, programs,
and outreach platforms—to respond to an ever-expanding outlook
on design as a field that is moving beyond its traditional
presentation as an object-based practice.
The book integrates essays by Beatrice Leanza, 15 interviews
with directors and programmers—such as Carson Chan (MoMA,
New York), Ikko Yokoyama (M+ Museum, Hong Kong), Aric Chen
(Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam), Giovanna Borasi (Canadian Centre
for Architecture, Montreal), and Lucia Pietroiusti (Serpentine
Gallery, London)—and 17 case studies that encompass independent
organizations and platforms offering evidence of the
changing paradigms of public and professional engagement
with the discipline of design. The World Around (Brooklyn, NY),
African Futures Institute (Accra, Ghana), Cultures of Assembly
(Luxembourg), Loudreaders, Instituto A Gente Transforma
(São Paolo, Brazil) and Fundación Organizmo (Colombia), and
others explore global design practices invested in decolonizing
and queering agency, as well as computational, ecological, and
Indigenous knowledge, and present alternative educational and
collaborative frameworks of institutional development.
An examination of cultural institu -
tions’ critical role as engines for
knowledge production, where a
democratic politics of mutual care
and shared purpose can be explored
and exercised
Beatrice Leanza is a cultural strategist, museum
director, and critic with a background in Asian
studies. She served as executive director of the
Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology
(maat) in Lisbon, as director of the Museum of
Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (mudac)
in Lausanne, and as creative director of Beijing
Design Week. She is cofounder of The Global
School, China’s first independent institute dedicated
to design and creative research.
ISBN 9783038604389

Maps a landscape of new institutional and
curatorial practices in discussing and exhibiting
architecture and design across different
geographical locations
A reader for researchers, educators, authors,
and students of design, architecture, and
curatorial practice
15 interviews with leading directors and
programmers and 17 case studies encompass
visions and practical examples from leading
international institutions as well as independent
initiatives and platforms
Highlights changing paradigms of public and
professional engagement with design
Beatrice Leanza
The New Design Museum
Co-creating the Present, Prototyping the Future
Book design by Offshore Studio, Isabel Seiffert
Paperback
332 pages, 6 color and 17 b/w illustrations
14.5 × 21.5 cm
978-3-03860-438-9 English
sFr. 29.00 | € 29.00 | £ 25.00 | $ 35.00
Available (Europe) | August 2025 (US)
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There are no perfect public spaces. Public space is constantly
changing, shifting, never quite fixed. It is formed by laws, by regulations,
by private ownership, and by city management. Public
spaces are influenced both by the people who oversee them and
by those who use them. And because of this, public spaces are
never neutral.
In Public Spaces, NY, Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample docu -
ment and analyze Manhattan’s parks, streets, community gardens,
privately owned public spaces, recreation areas, waterfronts,
and cemeteries. Their book seeks to understand their
design, construction, and management, and provides detailed
drawings of both the spaces themselves and speculative illustrations
about how the public uses the spaces. By examining
how public spaces facilitate or hinder inclusion, and by detailing
the conflicts and negotiations they provoke, this book creates
a discourse to reimagine the future of public life in the United
States’ densest city.
There are no perfect public spaces—
but they can be improved. Michael
Meredith and Hilary Sample of MOS
point the way to more inclusive, more
equitable urban public spaces.
A sequel to Vacant Spaces, NY (published in 2021), Public Spaces,
NY invites an imagination of a more inclusive, equitable vision for
the shared urban spaces we all navigate.
Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample are the
founder-principals of MOS, an internationally
renowned architecture firm based in New York.
Meredith is also professor of architectural design
and serves as associate dean at Princeton
University’s School of Architecture. Sample
is the IDC Professor of Housing Design and
sequence director of the Core Architecture Studios
at Columbia University’s Graduate School
of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.
ISBN 9783038604341

New book by acclaimed New York-based
architects and educators Michael Meredith and
Hilary Sample
Features their latest research on legal frameworks,
private interests, and community needs
shaping urban public spaces
Highlights how public spaces can both include
and exclude and reflects on the larger social
and political structures that govern them
Invites an imagination of a more inclusive,
equitable vision for the shared urban spaces
we all navigate
A sequel to Michael Meredith and Hilary
Sample’s Vacant Spaces, NY (Actar, 2021)
Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample
Public Spaces, NY
Book design by Alex Lin
Paperback
approx. 632 pages, 462 color and 5 b/w
illustrations
15.5 × 23 cm
978-3-03860-434-1 English
sFr. 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 45.00 | $ 50.00
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This highly anticipated new volume in the Review series documents
some 200 largely unpublished buildings in Tashkent,
Genoa, Tbilisi, and Casablanca. These cities experienced rapid
development during the 20th century, with each offering its
unique response to modernism. Rather than merely providing
a historical survey, this book uncovers the underlying logic of
these cities’ urban fabric through an examination of their prevalent
built heritage.
Over four years, architects Emanuel Christ and Christoph
Gantenbein, together with teaching staff and students at their
joint chair of architecture and design at ETH Zurich’s Department
of Architecture, analyzed the featured structures to offer
a wide-ranging array of original typological solutions for contemporary
architecture and urban design. Each example is
documented with an image, site and floor plans, axonometric
projection, key data, and a brief description. An introductory text
by Emanuel Christ, Victoria Easton, and Christoph Gantenbein
relates the case studies to the theoretical framework of type and
typology. Concise essays by Shukur Askarov and Boris Chukovich
(Tashkent), Vittorio Pizzigoni and Valter Scelsi (Genoa), Levan
Kalandarishvili and Jesse Vogler (Tbilisi), and Lahbib El Moumni
and Karim Rouissi (Casablanca) explore the four cities’ historic
evolution. A photo essay with color images capturing the urban
atmosphere of the places rounds off this volume.
The much anticipated third volume of
Christ & Gantenbein’s Typology series
analyzes modern and contemporary
buildings in Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi,
and Casablanca
Also available:
Typology
Hong Kong, Rome,
New York, Buenos
Aires. Review No. II
978-3-906027-01-2
English / German
sFr. 59.00 | € 58.00
£ 40.00 | $ 60.00
ISBN 9783906027012
Typology
Paris, Delhi, São
Paulo, Athens.
Review No. III
978-3-906027-63-0
English / German
sFr. 59.00 | € 58.00
£ 45.00 | $ 65.00
ISBN 9783906027630
Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein are the
founding principals of Basel-based architecture
firm Christ & Gantenbein and jointly teach as
professors of architecture and design at ETH
Zurich’s Department of Architecture.
Victoria Easton is a partner with Christ & Gantenbein
in Basel and a researcher at the Chair
of Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein at
ETH Zurich’s Department of Architecture, where
Giulio Galasso, Maria Margherita Innocenti, and
Elisaveta Maria Kriman are working as research
assistants.
9 783906 027012
9 783906 027630
ISBN 9783038604082

An analysis of around 200 buildings in
Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca
Clear and use-oriented presentation though
image, site and floor plans, axonometric
projection, key data, and brief description
A rich source for designing architects, offering
a wide-ranging array of original typological
solutions
Swiss architects Christ & Gantenbein’s
typology-based approach to urban architectural
design is of great practical value
Emanuel Christ, Victoria Easton, and
Christoph Gantenbein with Giulio
Galasso, Maria Margherita Innocenti,
and Elisaveta Maria Kriman (eds.)
Typology
Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca.
Review No. IV
Book design by Ludovic Balland Typography
Cabinet
Hardback
approx. 296 pages, 80 color and 950 b/w
illustrations and plans
24.5 × 32.5 cm
978-3-03860-408-2 English / German
sFr. 59.00 | € 58.00 | £ 55.00 | $ 65.00
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In Reinventing Heritage, Park—a Milan-based interdisciplinary
collective of architects, designers, and researchers—explores
the transformative potential of adaptive reuse in architecture as
a key strategy to address environmental, social, and economic
challenges. Rather than demolishing and rebuilding, adaptive
reuse champions the repurposing of existing structures to extend
their life cycle, reduce waste, and foster sustainable urban
regeneration.
Milan-based interdisciplinary
architecture and design collective
Park is committed to adaptive reuse
for sustainable architecture
Through a combination of theoretical insights and practical
case studies, Reinventing Heritage highlights the diverse ways
in which adaptive reuse can revitalize cities and honor cultural
heritage while creating innovative spaces serving contemporary
demands. Contributions by leading international authors—including
curators, urban planners, ecologists, photographers,
and designers—offer a multifaceted dialogue around the future
of our built environment. The book also provides a behind-thescenes
perspective on Park’s most prominent adaptive reuse
projects, detailing their processes, challenges, and innovative
solutions. An additional design compass showcases how the
firm’s practice can be replicated worldwide.
Reinventing Heritage appeals to anyone passionate about sustainable
living, urban innovation, and the stories buildings can
tell when they are given a second life.
Park is a Milan-based interdisciplinary collective
of architects, designers, and researchers,
cofounded in 2000 by architects Filippo Pagliani
and Michele Rossi. Since then, Park has gained
international recognition for its work across
architectural, urban, landscape, interior, and
product design at the intersection of tradition
and innovation.
Michele Versaci is an architect working as a
strategy and proposal coordinator with Park.
ISBN 9783038604440

A behind-the-scenes perspective on
Milan-based architecture firm Park’s key
adaptive reuse projects
Combines theory, practice, and a design compass
to bridge the gap between research and
executable strategies
Serves a growing global interest in sustainability,
circular economy and construction, and the
role of architecture in tackling climate change
High visual appeal through project photographs,
design diagrams, and visual storytelling
Adaptive reuse is a key strategy to revitalize
cities, preserve cultural heritage, and create
innovative spaces that serve contemporary
demands
Park, Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi,
Michele Versaci (eds.)
Reinventing Heritage
A Design Compass on Adaptive Reuse
Book design by Park
Hardback
approx. 320 pages, 275 color and 105 b/w
illustrations
20 × 28 cm
978-3-03860-444-0 English
sFr. 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 45.00 | $ 55.00
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The Swiss Architecture Yearbook (SAY), published biannually, is
an inspiring and informative source for a wide audience interested
in architecture. It reflects the country’s remarkably diverse
architectural production and discusses current trends
and challenges in design and construction. Moreover, it provides
international visibility for the outstanding quality of Swiss architecture
and building culture.
SAY 25/26: 30 outstanding buildings
in Switzerland from 2023–24 selected
by an independent jury, and topical
essays on Swiss contemporary
architecture and building culture
SAY’s second edition of 2025/26 is again more than merely a selection
of the best: it examines topics that concern many people
in a time of construction boom and amid the increasingly
felt effects of climate change. More than 30 featured projects
were selected by an independent international jury from a list
of some 160 nominees from all parts of the country. They are
supplemented by topical essays asking what the most pressing
questions in Swiss architecture discourse are, what defines
archi tecture in Switzerland, and how a sustainable contribution
to the quality of life in all parts of the country can be made.
Stiftung Architektur Schweiz SAS, established
in 2022, supports and promotes national and
international visibility of and the professional
dialogue on architecture and building culture in
Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
The Swiss Architecture Museum S AM in Basel,
founded in 1984 and active under its current
name since 2006, is Switzerland’s leading
institution for the display of and dialogue on
contemporary architecture. Andreas Ruby is an
art historian and educator serving as S AM’s
director.
werk, bauen+wohnen, published since 1914,
is Switzerland’s foremost architecture journal.
Roland Züger is an architect, journalist, and
chief editor of werk, bauen+wohnen.
ISBN 9783038604563

Second edition of the biannually published
Swiss Architecture Yearbook (SAY)
Showcases more than 30 outstanding buildings
from the years 2023 and 2024, selected by an
international, independent jury
With thematic essays on interior densification,
open space design, transformation, innovative
building constructions and the responsibility of
contractors
Exhibition: SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook at
the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel
(September 27 to November 9, 2025)
Swiss Architecture Museum S AM
(Andreas Ruby), werk, bauen+wohnen
(Roland Züger), on behalf of Stiftung
Architektur Schweiz SAS (eds.)
SAY 25/26
Swiss Architecture Yearbook 2025/26
Book design by Claudiabasel
Hardback
approx. 272 pages, 160 color and 50 b/w
illustrations
22 × 32 cm
978-3-03860-456-3
English / French / German / Italian
sFr. 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 45.00 | $ 55.00
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Hurry up, we’re late: the early decades of the 21st century have
demonstrated that we are already behind. Concepts like Moore’s
Law, accelerationism, hyperloop, and rapid news cycles push
the notion that speed is the answer. Modern-day futurists argue
that salvation lies in technology and outer space, while architecture
has strived to keep pace with cultural events through the
late 20th century and into the present, even as we face environmental
crises and build our lives around the remnants of late
modernism.
A reaction and rebuttal to the surging
flows of finance, media, and culture
that influence architectural
production and its aligned disciplines,
seeking missing conditions that might
redefine architecture’s relationship
to its cultural moment
Late Modernism and Other Latenesses offers an understanding
of the contradictory impulses in architecture and culture from
the 1960s through the 1980s, a period rich in utopian visions and
revolution but also burdened by global expansionism and crisis.
Topical essays explore aspects of lateness, referring to concrete
buildings and architectural projects, and key texts from the period.
The concept of lateness is used not as a backward-looking
tool but as one that is simply behind the beat. The book is a reaction
and rebuttal to the surging flows of finance, media, and
culture that influence architectural production and its aligned
disciplines, seeking missing conditions that might redefine architecture’s
relationship to its cultural moment.
Chris Grimley is the founder and creative
director of Boston-based design and communications
studio SIGNALS.
Michael Kubo is an architectural historian and
associate professor at the Rhode Island School
of Design in Providence, RI.
Enrique Ramirez is a writer and a historian of art
and architecture, who is a lecturer at Taubmann
College of Architecture and Urban Planning,
University of Michigan and visiting associate
professor at the Pratt Institute in New York.
Mimi Zeiger is a Los Angeles-based critic, editor,
and curator.
ISBN 9783038604419

Offers an understanding of the contradictory
urges of architecture and culture from the
1960s through to the 1980s
Based on the findings of collective research
investigating the ceaseless transformations
of architecture and related fields of cultural
production of that period
Presents a reaction and rebuttal to the surging
flows of finance, media, and culture that
influence architectural production
Topical essays by distinguished architects,
critics, curators, educators, and writers
explore aspects of lateness, referring to key
texts from the period and to concrete buildings
and architectural projects in the US, Britain,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and
Ukraine
Chris Grimley, Michael Kubo, Enrique
Ramirez, Mimi Zeiger (eds.)
Late Modernism and Other
Latenesses
Architecture, Materials, and Media after Time
Book design by SIGNALS, Chris Grimley
Paperback
approx. 320 pages, 400 color illustrations
17 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-441-9 English
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In 1933, when Hans Glas designed the villa for physicians Annie
and Philipp Rezek on Wilbrandtgasse in Vienna, in the Austrian
capital’s 18th district, it was one of the city’s most visionary buildings
of its kind. The “Glas House,” as the Rezek family called
their home, is a quintessential example of modern architecture
and the associated philosophy of living in 1930s Vienna. Viennese
architect Hans Glas (1892–1969), a student of Adolf Loos, has
today largely fallen into oblivion in Austria.
Architect Hans Glas’s Villa
Rezek in Vienna: “One of the
most significant, and arguably
also most mysterious,
Viennese residences of the
early 1930s.” Friedrich
Achleitner, architect and writer
This book describes the Villa Rezek in detail, illustrated with numerous
historical and new photographs by Stefan Oláh, plans,
and historic documents. It also sheds light on entirely novel aspects
of Vienna’s architectural history of the 1930s and tells the
stories of both the architect and his clients, all of whom were
forced to emigrate due to their Jewish heritage following the annexation
of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938.
The Rezek family fled to the US. Hans Glas went to Calcutta,
where he was able to successfully continue his career as an
archi tect. Forced emigrations like these not only implied human
tragedies. 1938 also brought an abrupt end to the flourishing of
Vienna’s modern architecture and living culture. Yet Glas’s ideas
and design principles are more relevant today than ever.
Caroline Wohlgemuth is a Vienna-based author
focusing on the biographies of displaced and
forgotten artists, architects, and designers, as
well as on escape, expulsion, and exile in art,
architecture, and design.
Stefan Oláh is an Austrian photographer working
at the interface between art, design, architecture,
and contemporary history. He specializes
in the representation of different architectural,
living, and cultural spaces.
Maximilian Eisenköck is a freelance architect
based in Vienna. In addition to designing
extraordinary new buildings, he focuses on the
preservation and restoration of 20th-century
buildings, such as the Villa Rezek of 1933 in
Vienna.
EN
ISBN 9783038604464
GE
ISBN 9783038604457

Villa Rezek, designed by architect Hans Glas in
1932/33, is an outstanding monument of Viennese
modernism of the interwar period
This book is the first comprehensive account
of the architecture, history, and significance
of the building that is also known as the “Glas
Haus”
Richly illustrated with historical photographs,
plans, and documents
With a newly produced photo essay documenting
the recently restored Villa Rezek
Caroline Wohlgemuth, Maximilian
Eisenköck, Stefan Oláh
The Glas House
Vienna 1933. Banished Visions
Book design by Willi Schmid
Hardback
approx. 192 pages, 32 color and 90 b/w
illustrations
17 × 22.5 cm
978-3-03860-446-4 English
978-3-03860-445-7 German
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With her groundbreaking book Avant-Garde as Method, architect
and historian Anna Bokov offered the first scholarly exploration
of art and technology education in the Soviet Union. This
new, revised, and expanded edition reflects the latest findings of
Bokov’s ongoing research on the Higher Art and Technical Studios
in Moscow, commonly known as Vkhutemas, and its pedagogical
program. It features rich additional visual material that
has been discovered in various archives since the publication of
the first edition in 2020.
“This magnificent book demonstrates
how Vkhutemas’s dynamics, mission,
personalities—and particularly its
achievements in design, art and architecture—have
stood the test of time,
unlike any other educational project
in modern history. […] Every page is
a revelation.” Michal Boncza, Morning
Star, on the first edition
Vkhutemas was the first school to implement mass art and
technology education, which was seen as essential to the Soviet
Union’s dominant modernist paradigm. It combined longstanding
academic ideas with more nascent industrial-era practices
to initiate a new type of pedagogy that took an explorative approach
and drew its strength from the continuous feedback and
exchange between students and educators. Elaborating on the
ways the Vkhutemas curriculum challenged established canons
of academic tradition by replacing it with open-ended inquiry,
Bokov shows how this pedagogy came to be articulated in architectural
and urban projects within the school’s advanced studios.
Anna Bokov is an architect, urban designer,
educator, and historian, teaching and researching
as an assistant professor adjunct at Cooper
Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
in New York.
ISBN 9783038604334

New revised and expanded edition of the
authoritative study on Higher Art and Technical
Studios (Vkhutemas) in Moscow and its
pioneering curriculum
Reflects the latest findings of Anna Bokov’s
ongoing research on Vkhutemas
Features numerous newly discovered images
and documents that were not included in the
first edition of 2020
The first edition was named one of the Most
Beautiful German Books 2021 and a winner of
the 2021 DAM Architectural Book Awards
Anna Bokov
Avant-Garde as Method
Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space,
1920–1930
Book design by Bonbon
Revised and expanded new edition
Hardback
approx. 640 pages, 980 color and 100 b/w
illustrations
24 × 31 cm
978-3-03860-433-4 English
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Maurice Cox, architect, urban designer, educator, and civic leader,
has for more than three decades been working passionately
to regenerate American cities through the lens of social justice
and design excellence. He does so against considerable odds,
while achieving remarkable economic and social results. As a
visionary leader in cities across America and beyond, Cox has
occupied diverse roles ranging from professor and city commissioner
to mayor.
This book is the first to present and discuss his multifaceted
achievements for a diverse audience of academics, community
leaders, and professionals. Its seven chapters, focused chronologically
on the cities—New York, Florence, Charlottesville,
Washington, DC, New Orleans, Detroit, and Chicago—in which
he lived and operated, consist of a series of interviews with Cox
and collaborators with the stated goal of identifying recurring
concepts and strategies, presented against the background of
changing discourse and practice of regenerative approaches to
American cities.
Regenerate the city through the lens
of social justice and design excel -
lence: the relentless engagement of
Maurice Cox, architect, educator, and
public servant
Combining archival materials, including Cox’s sketchbooks, with
period and contemporary photography and artwork, this volume
sheds light on the complex process associated with redrawing
a city from the ground up. It provides hope and guidance for future
generations of city-makers who seek to continue in the approach
so fearlessly spearheaded by Maurice Cox.
Maurice Cox is the Emma Bloomberg Professor
in Residence of Urban Planning and Design
at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. An
architect, urban planner, educator, and civic
leader, he served as commissioner of planning
and development for the city of Chicago, as director
of planning and development for Detroit,
and as mayor of Charlottesville, VA
Maria Villalobos Hernandez is associate professor
and director of the Master in Landscape
Architecture and Urbanism program at IIT in
Chicago.
Michelangelo Sabatino is an architectural historian,
curator, preservationist, and professor
of architectural history and heritage at IIT in
Chicago.
ISBN 9783038604358

Maurice Cox is a renowned American architect,
urban designer, educator, and civic leader
The first book to present and discuss Maurice
Cox’s multifaceted achievements in the fields
of architecture and urban design, academia,
and public service
Sheds light on the complex process associated
with redrawing the city and provides hope and
guidance for future generations
Maurice Cox, Maria Villalobos Hernandez,
Michelangelo Sabatino (eds.)
Maurice Cox
The Soul of the City
Book design by Jon Key/Morcos Key
Hardback
approx. 256 pages, 300 color illustrations
26 × 30 cm
978-3-03860-435-8 English
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In this first book on the work and vision of Houston-based
architecture firm Schaum/Shieh, founders Troy Schaum and
Rosalyne Shieh invite their readers into the studio. This is a real
and conceptual space where they work on recurring themes:
operating within the city at the scale of building (urbanism); the
interrelation of materiality, units of form, and building products
(tectonics); and ways to collaborate with the life of a building in its
context (preservation), among others. In addition to visual material
drawn from all stages of the design process, what is equally
important to Blanking is what is said and what can be heard in
the studio. So much of architectural thinking and knowledge is
presented, formulated, and traded in spoken words: the pinup,
the meeting, the walkthrough. This material is the medium
within which projects are formulated. Those exchanges inform
this book, in which ideas and knowledge that are usually only
spoken are written down and made accessible to readers.
The book is also informed by a process borrowed from metal
fabrication called blanking. In the context of Schaum/Shieh’s
practice, the term describes the collaborative formulation of
ideas around a collection of terms and images that make up a
conceptual lexicon for practice. Projects drawn from 15 years
of collaboration are set within a wide range of textual material,
reframing the studio practice away from individual works and
toward the navigation of values, questions, and propositions as
knowledge.
The work and vision of Houston-based
architecture firm Schaum/Shieh
Troy Schaum and Rosalyne Shieh are architects
and educators and the founding principals of
Houston-based firm Schaum/Shieh Architects.
Schaum is associate professor at Rice Univer
sity’s School of Architecture. Shieh is an
assistant professor at MIT.
ISBN 9783038604006

First monograph on the work of Houston-based
architecture firm Schaum/Shieh
Explores Schaum/Shieh’s projects and methods
through a wide range of textual material
Lavishly illustrated, the majority of images
published here for the first time
Bridges the gap between conceptual and real
space in the design practice
With contributions by distinguished authors including
Stanley T. Allen, Ana Miljački, Toshiko
Mori, and Sarah M. Whiting
Troy Schaum, Rosalyne Shieh
Blanking
An Annotated Archive of Projects and Thoughts
on Architecture by Schaum/Shieh
Book design by The Normal Studio, Renata
Graw
Paperback
approx. 328 pages, 206 color and 86 b/w
illustrations
17 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-400-6 English
sFr. 39.00 | € 38.00 | £ 35.00 | $ 45.00
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Somewhere, Something, Someone, the second monograph of
Boston-based architecture firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates
since its formation in 1982, captures the essence of their unique
practice. It addresses the power of place, making, and human
needs in architecture, and the integral link between them. In
one sense, this book assumes the form of a traditional architectural
monograph, highlighting projects with interludes by
guest contributors. In another sense, it adopts the attitude of
a self-portrait, a more personal narrative that explores LWA’s
collaborative practice as an unfinished continuum.
An exploration of Boston-based
Leers Weinzapfel Associates’ built
work since 2011
Leers Weinzapfel Associates present 15 of their recent architectural
projects since 2011 through photography, diagrams,
drawings, and supportive texts and annotations. Somewhere,
Something, Someone functions both as the book’s title and
organ izing principle. Essays by contributors including Jeanne
Gang, Thom Mayne, Adele Santos, and other fellow architects,
as well as a conversation on mass timber construction, round
off this volume.
Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel are the founding
principals of Leers Weinzapfel Associates
in Boston and lead the practice alongside principals
Josiah Stevenson, Tom Chung, and Ashley
Rao. Committed both to practice and educating
the next generation, they have collectively
taught and lectured widely at institutions such
as the Harvard GSD, MIT, Auburn University, and
Wentworth Institute of Technology.
ISBN 9783038604396

New monograph on Boston-based architecture
firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates (LWA)
Captures the essence of LWA’s unique practice
since 2011 through 15 exemplary designs
Richly illustrated with photography, diagrams,
and drawings, most of which are published
here for the first time
With contributions by distinguished authors
including Jeanne Gang, Thom Mayne, and
Adele Santos
Andrea Leers, Jane Weinzapfel, Josiah
Stevenson, Tom Chung, Ashley Rao (eds.)
Somewhere, Something,
Someone
15 Projects by Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Book design by Ben Fehrman-Lee
Paperback
approx. 192 pages, 200 color illustrations
17 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-439-6 English
sFr. 39.00 | € 38.00 | £ 35.00 | $ 40.00
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Martine De Maeseneer and Dirk Van den Brande, principals
of Brussels-based practice Martine De Maeseneer Architects
(MDMA), are not “compulsive builders.” From the outset in 1988,
they have advanced an architecture self-consciously embedded
in text, oscillating between theorization and realization. In their
award-winning built and conceptual work, MDMA’s interest is
in spatial organizations that initiate nonlinear stories and shift
identities.
The first of two intended volumes, A Register of Wording assembles
the practice’s text-based production to show how writing
establishes a fertile—if unstable—ground for design. The book
is more than a presentation of words: it unfolds thought expansively,
across pages and decades, meandering yet distinctively
committed to the search for a wide field of motives and plots for
architecture.
Explores the theory and thought
behind the work of Brussels-based
practice Martine De Maeseneer
Architects
It offers previously published essays conjuring the energy of the
1990s and early 2000s alongside unpublished explorations that
extend, recast, and complexify earlier lines of thinking. Departing
from an early analysis of existing buildings, MDMA’s texts
become more autonomous over time, invoking an unexpected
array of visual, creative, and philosophical references. Sources
are sampled, interrogated, circled around, juxtaposed, and
played with to provide a distinctive perspective, without shying
away from provocation.
Martine De Maeseneer is principal of Brusselsbased
firm Martine De Maeseneer Architects
(MDMA), which she founded in the late 1980s,
and professor of architecture and design at KU
Luewen.
Jayne Kelley is an editor and writer based in
Chicago and clinical assistant professor at the
School of Architecture, University of Illinois
Chicago, where she directs the Architecture and
Design Open Archive.
Dirk Van den Brande is a principal with MDMA in
Brussels.
ISBN 9783038604372

First book by Brussels-based firm Martine De
Maeseneer Architects (MDMA), offering a collection
of new and previously published texts
from more than three decades
Evidences the intellectual trajectory of MDMA,
a practice for which writing is crucial
Offers a rich and unexpected variety of images
from artistic, popular, and architectural sources
First of a set of two books, the second of which
will present MDMA’s design work
Martine De Maeseneer, Dirk Van den
Brande
A Register of Wording
Martine De Maeseneer Architects
Edited by Jayne Kelley
Book design by Elektrosmog
Hardback
approx. 304 pages, 300 color illustrations
19 × 26 cm
978-3-03860-437-2 English
sFr. 39.00 | € 38.00 | £ 35.00 | $ 45.00
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Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory reflects on the first decade
of the international Concéntrico festival in Logroño, Spain,
and the 150 projects and designs commissioned for it. The festival’s
aim is to serve as a laboratory searching for creative ways
of using architecture and design to strengthen communities and
to support the dialogue between designers and citizens.
The book offers a unique meditation on the transformation of
cities and the relevance of architecture and design in the 21st
century. It introduces meaningful ways to address and engage
with pressing urban issues—from identity and heritage to temporariness,
collectivity, ecology, play, and domesticity—through
the lens of selected Concéntrico commissions since 2015. Lavishly
illustrated and with concise texts, it features 86 projects
by artists, architects, and designers from 20 countries. These
are prefaced and held together by a conversation between the
editors Javier Peña Ibáñez and Nick Axel, who speak about the
festival’s context, evolution, and the knowledge it has produced
over a decade.
The Concéntrico architecture and
design festival in Logroño, Spain: an
innovative laboratory to search for
creative ways of using architecture
and design to strengthen communities
Javier Peña Ibáñez is a Spanish architect
based in Madrid working as a curator, educator,
researcher, and consultant. He is founder
and director of Concéntrico, the international
festival of architecture and design in Logroño,
Spain.
Nick Axel is an architect, editor, educator, and
curator. He is deputy editor of e-flux Architecture
and head of the architectural design
department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie,
Amsterdam.
ISBN 9783038604433

Reflects on the first decade of the international
Concéntrico architecture and design festival in
Logroño, Spain
Introduces meaningful ways to address and
engage with pressing urban issues
Offers a highly visual survey of an international
discourse on the importance of architecture
and design in the 21st century
Features 86 projects by artists, architects, and
designers from 20 countries that exemplify
Concéntrico’s purpose
Javier Peña lbáñez, Nick Axel (eds.)
Concéntrico
Urban Innovation Laboratory
Book design by Estudio Casao–Terrazas
Paperback
320 pages, 306 color and 20 b/w illustrations
17 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-443-3 English / Spanish
sFr.35.00 | € 35.00 | £ 32.00 | $ 40.00
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Wir Günther Domenig is an attempt to correct traditional biographies
on architects. The case at hand is Günther Domenig
(1934–2012), a towering figure of 20th-century Austrian architecture.
This book does not question his outstanding ability to
invent complex sculptural architecture, his obsession with total
control of space, and his fighting power to enforce his ideas (with
inevitable collateral damage). Yet, it does make clear: he was not
on his own—Günther Domenig were many!
We Günther Domenig charts his career from the perspective of
clients, partners, employees, and collaborators from other professional
fields. Just as they were inspired by him, they also
shaped the personality and designer Günther Domenig. They all
sought, and found, in him an occasionally stubborn partner to
realize their own visions.
The book showcases “his” buildings and unrealized projects,
supplemented by short biographies of the key participants, reflecting
their respective roles in joint undertakings. Moreover, it
explores Domenig’s two decades as a professor at Graz University
of Technology’s Faculty of Architecture (1980–2000). Teaching
boosted his own career and induced a back-and-forth flux
of knowledge and people—students and employees of different
generations—between his studio and the university.
A unique book on Austrian architect
Günther Domenig and an urgently
needed correction of traditional
architect biographies
Wolfdieter Dreibholz held leading positions in the
Austrian federal state of Styria’s department
of building and construction and was chief
executive of Vienna-based architecture firm
Coop Himmelb(l)au. In 2022, he initiated the
exhibition Wir Günther Domenig at Kunsthaus
Muerz, Austria.
Michael Zinganel is an architectural theorist,
cultural historian, artist, and curator based in
Graz and Vienna. In 2022 he was curator of the
exhibition Wir Günther Domenig at Kunsthaus
Muerz, Austria.
EN
ISBN 9783038604556
GE
ISBN 9783038604549

Explores for the first time the achievements
of Austrian architect Günther Domenig as the
result of his close cooperation with clients,
partners, employees, construction firms, and
supporters in politics and the media
Takes a fresh look at Günther Domenig, freed
of traditions in art and architecture history
and the usual focus on his personal style and
thought
Highlights the significance of Günther
Domenig’s teaching at Graz University of
Technology and the back-and-forth flux of
knowledge and people between his studio
and university
Lavishly illustrated with photographs, plans,
and documents from Günther Domenig’s estate
in the collection of Architekturzentrum Wien
and private archives, many of which are published
here for the first time
Wolfdieter Dreibholz, Michael Zinganel
(eds.)
We Günther Domenig
Reevaluation of an Architecture Legend
Book design by atelier dreibholz
Paperback
approx. 264 pages, 150 color and 50 b/w
illustrations, plans, and drawings
16 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-455-6 English
978-3-03860-454-9 German
sFr. 39.00 | € 38.00 | £ 35.00 | $ 45.00
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The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) near Darmstadt,
Germany, has been under construction since 2012. One
of the world’s most complex structures for cutting-edge research,
it features a ring accelerator with a circumference of
1.1 km (0.68 miles) and 14 adjoining research buildings with
laboratories, workshops, cooling systems, energy supply, and
a high-performance computing center. FAIR will supply matter
of unprecedented density and temperature, and accelerate particles
to nearly the speed of light, enabling vital research into
matter and states that do not occur naturally on Earth. The architecture
of this mega-project was designed by ion42, a joint venture
between German architecture firms DGI Bauwerk (Berlin)
and schneider+schumacher (Frankfurt am Main).
Form Follows Beam provides deep insights into the genesis and
execution of this extraordinary and spectacular architectural
task, lavishly illustrated with plans, drawings and sketches, visualizations,
and photographs. In conversation, architects and
engineers speak about the evolution facility’s shape and why
careful architectural and landscape design is essential even for
a facility so strongly determined by technical requirements. Supplementary
essays explain how FAIR works and what is being
researched in it, and what makes Darmstadt its ideal location.
Meters-thick walls, reinforced
concrete ceilings, lead-lined gates
weighing tons: the FAIR accelerator
facility near Darmstadt, Germany, is
an architectural task of Babylonian
proportions
Florian Heilmeyer is a Berlin-based author,
editor, critic, and curator in the fields of architecture
and urbanism.
Christian Holl is an author, publicist, curator,
and managing director of BDA Hessen. He also
works as co-editor of German online architecture
magazine marlowes.
Johannes Hucht and Steffen Knöll are communication,
type, and book designers. They both
work with Studio Tillack Knöll in Stuttgart,
founded in 2018 by Steffen Knöll and Sven
Tillack, and joined by Johannes Hucht in 2021.
EN
ISBN 9783038604525
GE
ISBN 9783038604518

Documents the design and construction of
the FAIR accelerator facility near Darmstadt,
Germany, one of the world’s most complex
structures for cutting-edge research
FAIR enables research into matter and states
that do not occur naturally on Earth
Offers insights into the work of architects and
engineers on a task beyond routines and usual
rules and regulations
Highlights the relevance of architectural thinking
on the example of a highly complex project
largely determined by technical requirements
Illustrates the interplay of cutting-edge
research and the architecture housing it
Florian Heilmeyer, Christian Holl,
Johannes Hucht, Steffen Knöll (eds.)
Form Follows Beam
Architecture for a Particle Accelerator
Boom design by Studio Tillack Knöll, Design
Practice
Paperback
approx. 286 pages, 200 color illustrations,
60 plans and drawings
22 × 31 cm
978-3-03860-452-5 English
978-3-03860-451-8 German
sFr. 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 45.00 | $ 55.00
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Conceived as a compendium and reference for students, teachers,
researchers, and practitioners of architecture and urbanism,
this book looks into current topics in urban design and development:
What is the role of architecture in urban transform ation?
How can architectural practice respond to challenges such as
climate change, migration, social segregation, or technology
and mobility? And above all, how to teach urbanism and urban
design in a timely way and make it relevant for research? As a
written dialogue between participants of the 2023 Lucerne Talks
conference, the texts offer a shared understanding of applying
different, multidisciplinary approaches, attitudes, and methods
in tackling these challenges.
Teaching Urbanism is also a call for taking responsibility and
pos ition in political, social, and cultural matters and with regard
to planning policies. Living spaces and buildings must be designed
collectively rather than individually. The essays and brief
texts expand the discussions at the 2023 Lucerne Talks on how
to achieve this and what architecture can contribute to these
complex processes.
Urban planning and urbanism: topic
of the fifth Lucerne Symposium on
Architectural Education
Also available:
Drawing in Architecture
Education and
Research
Lucerne Talks
978-3-03860-330-6
English
sFr. 49.00 | € 48.00
£ 42.00 | $ 50.00
ISBN 9783038603306
Heike Biechteler is an architect, curator, and
lecturer in the Institute of Architecture at HSLU
Engineering & Architecture in Lucerne.
Johannes Käferstein is cofounder and principal
of Käferstein & Meister Architekten in Zurich.
He was director of the Institute of Architecture
at HSLU School of Engineering & Architecture
in Lucerne (2008–24).
Stefan Kurath runs the architecture and urban
design firm urbaNplus in Zurich and is director
of the Urban Landscape Institute at ZHAW
School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering
in Winterthur.
Jonathan Sergison is a founding principal of
Sergison Bates Architects in London, directing
the firm’s Zurich office since 2010, and a
professor of design and director of the Institute
of Urban and Landscape Studies (ISUP) at the
Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio.
9 783038 603306
ISBN 9783038604501

An inspiring compendium on the importance
of urban design in architectural education and
practice
Introduces strategies to define architecture’s
role in urban transformation processes
Explores options of architectural practice to
respond to current challenges, such as climate
change, migration and social segregation, technology
and mobility
Highlights timely methods in teaching urbanism
and urban design and make both relevant
for research
Brings together perspectives and positions
of practitioners, teachers, researchers, and
students
Heike Biechteler, Johannes Käferstein,
Stefan Kurath, Jonathan Sergison,
Institute of Architecture, HSLU School of
Engineering & Architecture (eds.)
Teaching Urbanism
Lucerne Talks
Book design by Carla Crameri
Paperback
approx. 224 pages, 90 color illustrations
17 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-450-1 English
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