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Emilio Ambasz - Green Architecture & Design Tales
Corraini Edizioni 2022 ISBN 9788875709563 Acqn 32229
Hb 18x25cm 176pp col ills £33.25
A pioneer of sustainable architecture, the architect Emilio Ambasz has been pushing forward
pressing themes and ideas since the 1970s, from urban forestation to the reuse of existing
buildings through the revitalising use of natural elements. Wary of ideology that fades with the
passage of time, Ambasz also innovated in the way he presented his projects through the
medium of the fable, whose poetic essence resists time with the core of a truth disguised as a
children's fairy tale. This book brings together for the first time the design stories and writings with
which Emilio Ambasz accompanied his projects.
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Architectural History And Globalized Knowledge - Gottfried Semper In London
gta Verlag 2021 ISBN 9783856764098 Acqn 31533
Pb 19x23cm 224pp col ills £41
Gottfried Semper's years in exile in London (1850-1855) were a time of highly inspirational
experiences. The London of the first World Expo offered the German architect an immense trove
of objects for study and an intellectual surrounding that provided seminal impulses for his
innovative cultural-history-based theory of architecture. That revolutionary period found not only
politics and society in radical upheaval, but also the world of art and science. Internationalization,
and indeed globalization, of knowledge was thereby a particularly distinctive phenomenon, the
most important place of which was the capital of the British Empire.
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Gottfried Semper - London Writings 1850-1855
gta Verlag 2021 ISBN 9783856764036 Acqn 32146
Pb 19x26cm 224pp col ills £84.95
Gottfried Semper's years in exile in London (1850-1855) were a time of highly inspirational
experiences. The London of the first World Expo offered the German architect an immense trove
of objects for study and an intellectual surrounding that provided seminal impulses for his
innovative cultural-history-based theory of architecture. That revolutionary period found not only
politics and society in radical upheaval, but also the world of art and science. Internationalization,
and indeed globalization, of knowledge was thereby a particularly distinctive phenomenon, the
most important place of which was the capital of the British Empire.
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Lloyd's 1:1 - The Currency of the Architectural Mock-Up
gta Verlag 2021 ISBN 9783856764128 Acqn 32147
Pb 17x25cm 230pp col ills £49.50
Constructed in the early 1980s, the Lloyd's Building in London is one of the most significant
architectural projects of the late modern era. Based on a design by Richard Rogers + Partners, it
transformed concepts of the megastructure and the intelligent environment into built reality. Mock-
ups, or full-size models, played a crucial role in the building's design process, as they enabled the
testing and refinement of novel constructions, thereby minimising the risks of this ambitious
project. From the archives of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Josef Gartner, and Arup, this book
reconstructs the working methods to show how mock-ups were used as research and planning
tools.
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Everyday Matters - Contemporary Approaches To Architecture
Ruby Press 2022 ISBN 9783944074399 Acqn 32148
Pb 12x20cm 208pp col ills £27
Architects and urban planners have long oscillated between powerlessness and megalomania,
seeking to design habitats, civilisations, and even the entire planet. But in the current climate of
geopolitical uncertainty, occurring against the backdrop of unprecedented environmental change,
design professionals acknowledge once again the vulnerability of their field. 'Everyday Matters'
shows how architects have shifted their focus to the realm of the quotidian as they are confronted
with the challenges of an uncertain future.
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Kazuyo Sejima Ryue Nishizawa Sanaa 1987-2005 Vol.1 / 2005-2015 Vol.2 / 2014-2021 Vol. 3
(Japanese)
Toto 2021 ISBN 9784887063921 Acqn 32149
Hb 32x30cm 672pp col ills £284
Text in Japanese
This three-volume anthology on architects Kazuyou Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa and the world-
renowned practice they co-founded in 1995, SANAA, introduces their activities in chronological
order from 1987 to 2021. The publication encompasses a wide scope, including architecture and
urbanism, interiors and furniture, and miscellaneous objects and books, and was also designed
by Sejima and Nishizawa. As such, they considered this collection of works as a single
architecture and created it in a way similar to their architectural design process. Immerse yourself
in more than three decades of brilliant imagination from two of the finest architectural thinkers
today.
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Archives Universum 01 - Flores & Prats
C2C 2021 ISBN 9788412162530 Acqn 32157
Pb 16x23cm 146pp col ills £16.50
'Archives Universum' emerged after years of visiting different architects' studios and noticing how
life intermingles with work. The publication seeks to add to the description of work-life spaces
through an explanation of projects in progress at a given time in the featured studio. A two-fold
narrative exists in each instalment: photographic and written. Texts by the architects provide
explanation, while the images follow a narrative discourse coherent to each edition of the journal.
This first edition features Flores & Prats, an architectural practice in Barcelona founded by Eva
Prats and Ricardo Flores in 1998. The two combine design and constructive practice with
academic activity.
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a+u 615 - 2021:12 - Paulo Mendes Da Rocha
Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2021 ISBN 9784900212725 Acqn 32067
Pb 22x29cm 160pp col ills £33.75
Hailing from Brazil, architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021) played a key role in the
creation of the country's brand of modernism through his distinct and powerful use of concrete. In
his public buildings can be found something more than materiality, however, sensed in their
profound ethic towards users and inhabitants. Together with new analyses by Jose Paulo
Gouvea, this monographic issue features six of Mendes da Rocha's most significant projects,
demonstrating his contributions to public space. In addition, it offers glimpses into his home and
office as well as a number of newly conserved and digitalised sketches and drawings from his
archive.
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Log 52 - Summer 2021
Anyone Corporation 2021 ISBN 9781736500705 Acqn 32085
Pb 17x24cm 176pp ills £21
This issue of 'Log' addresses how Black artists and designers feel socially and culturally limited
due to the way the public perceives their work. Two pieces reflect on this: a conversation on
Black social practice with Thelma Golden (director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
City), architect David Adjaye, and artist Rick Lowe; and a review of 'Reconstructions: Architecture
and Blackness in America' at MoMA (2021). Other contributions include Kurt W. Forster's travels
with Lars Spuybroek, Patrick Templeton's appraisal of follies, sizing up the superprime with
Matthew Soules, Deborah Gans's ideas of adaptation, Maya Lin's 'Ghost Forest', and more.
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DASH - Experimental Housing
nai010 publishers 2022 ISBN 9789462085855 Acqn 30682
Pb 23x28cm 160pp col ills £29.95
The new edition of DASH, concerning experimental housing, examines the subject in the
broadest sense: What is the European experience with housing experiments? What have the
Dutch prototypes brought us? In a series of articles and interviews, we look at the past, but also
at the future: if, say, a million homes have to be realized in the Netherlands by 2030, what kind of
dwellings are we talking about? In the project documentation we present experimental housing
projects based on themes that are relevant in the contemporary situation.
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A.mag 25 - Aires Mateus
A.Mag 2021 ISBN 9789895493845 Acqn 32114
Pb 24x32cm 526pp col ills £85
For its expanded tenth anniversary edition, the magazine presents a special feature on
Portuguese architects Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus. Presenting over 30 works
categorically divided in three sections - private, public, unbuilt - and filled with innumerable
drawings, plans, sections, and photographs, it offers an extraordinarily comprehensive and
detailed look at highlights from their combined body of work. Texts by Ricardo Carvalho, Marta
Sequeira, and Camilo Rebelo respectively introduce each of the three sections, adding key
critical notes and insight regarding the architecture and why these designers have become so
highly regarded in the community.
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El Croquis 212 - Palinda Kannangara
El Croquis 2022 ISBN 9788412333152 Acqn 32118
Pb 25x34cm 296pp col ills £68
The award-winning Sri Lankan architectural firm led by Palinda Kannangara is known for an
experiential architecture that hinges on simplicity and connection with the natural environment. Its
work has been recognised for a personalised approach, contextual sensitivity, experimental
material use, and a minimalism reflective of the Sri Lankan ethos. Started in 2005, Kannangara's
practice often works on small-scale projects which connect with the region, climate, and
landscape using locally available materials and technology. This issue features twelve works,
including several houses, a wellness retreat, holiday bungalows, an artist's retreat, and staff
quarters for a wind power plant.
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El Croquis - Christian Kerez (1992-2015)
El Croquis 2022 ISBN 9788412333169 Acqn 32159
Hb 25x34cm 360pp col ills £99
A special hardcover edition examines more than two decades of practice by Swiss architect
Christian Kerez. Presented are 26 varied projects, including education, housing, and commercial
and public functions. The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the Flemish Radio and Television
Headquarters (VRT), the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Muttenz, and Werkbund
Wiesenfeld Residential Estate are among the notable works. Essays, the architect's own
photographs, and two conversations (with Georg Franck and with Catherine Dumont D'Ayot, Anh-
Linh Ngo, and Nikolai von Rosen) add critical depth to this analysis of one who sees his work as
an "adventure".
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Imagination And Participation - Next Step In Public Library Architecture
nai010 publishers 2021 ISBN 9789462086623 Acqn 32119
Pb 23x28cm 192pp col ills £41
How can the public library fulfil its classic social mission in our individualised and sometimes
fragmented society? And how does such a library fit into the urban public space, in which
commerce and consumption seem to reign supreme? This requires innovative architecture, the
strength of imagination and the willingness to think countercyclically. In 'Imagination and
Participation' librarians Rob Bruijnzeels and Joyce Sternheim examine the most important
transitions in public library work. With insight from experts and top Dutch architects who have
designed public libraries in the Netherlands and abroad.
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a+u 616 22:01 - Dwelling Studies and Japan’s Women Architects
Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2022 ISBN 9784900212732 Acqn 32120
Pb 22x29cm 176pp col ills £28
The first issue of 2022 is entirely dedicated to a special feature, "Dwelling Studies and Japan's
Women Architects". Beginning with an introduction by Atelier Bow-Wow co-founder Momoyo
Kaijima, it includes insightful written contributions from Yuzuru Tomonaga, Izumi Kuroishi,
Namiko Minai, and Michelle L. Hauk. A wide array of works by women architects is presented,
among them projects by Yuki Ishiguro, Akiko Miya, Rie Azuma, Masako Hayashi, and SANAA co-
founder Kazuyo Sejima. The feature also includes an interview with Nobuko Ogawa and a
conversation between Kazuyo Sejima and Satoko Shinohara, architect and professor at Japan
Women's University.
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Cellular Transformations Between Architecture And Biology
Damdi 2021 ISBN 9788968011030 Acqn 32121
Pb 19x26cm 256pp col ills £27.50
'Cellular Transformations' presents a course developed for students who are interested in
emerging technologies and cross-disciplinary approaches in design strategies. Relying on how
advances in engineering and biology are influencing design production and implementation,
professors Ram Dixit and Sung Ho Kim at Washington University in St. Louis explore the premise
that structure (or form) and function are inexorably linked in both the natural and artificial worlds.
By leading a course of experimentation and research that is embedded in technical and design
issues which are transferable to real-world applications, they aim to change our expectations of
the built environment.
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Urban Oases - Dutch Hofjes As Hidden Architectural Gems
nai010 publishers 2022 ISBN 9789462086609 Acqn 32128
Pb 21x26cm 192pp col ills £41
Dutch hofjes have been capturing the imagination for six centuries; their special architecture
makes these small, hidden urban oases unabatedly topical. In every period architects have
innovated the 14th-century archetype in response to changing societal needs. Residents and
visitors always experience a special, urban intimacy in an atmosphere of collectivity. 'Urban
Oases' unravels the sustainable manifestation of the hofje. It takes the reader into the alleyways
of ancient cities and also addresses an important contemporary question: How can we create
high-quality, compact residential environments that bring peace to the often chaotic urban
environment?
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Glass Design Innovations In Architecture
nai010 publishers 2021 ISBN 9789462086722 Acqn 32129
Pb 21x30cm 192pp col ills £41
Many buildings are made with standard or system products. However, a whole new world opens
up when the architect, in line with his or her design, designs parts that specifically match the
architectural expression of the building. The hidden possibilities of glass are a great source of
inspiration for this. This book covers product development in glass facades, glass roofs and even
applications of cold bent and cold turned double laminated glass. Based on many examples
realized in the Netherlands and abroad, Mick Eekhout shows how to design new glass
components and develop them step by step from wild ideas to certified building components that
enhance the specific character of the building.
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Faschismus und Architektur - Max Bacher's confrontation with Albert Speer
M Books 2021 ISBN 9783944425153 Acqn 32195
Pb 16x23cm 276pp col ills £16.50
Architect Max Bacher established himself at the forefront of West German post-war architecture,
considerably influencing the state's architectural development from 1960 through the 21st
century. In particular, he studied the architecture of fascism as a historical phenomenon. In this
publication, Frederike Lausch analyses his extensive collection of documents for the first time,
including on the National Socialist period. Bacher himself met Nazi architect Albert Speer in 1973.
The previously unpublished record of that exchange is the starting point for this examination of
Bacher's intensive search to reveal the complex relationship between architecture and fascism.
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New Public Spaces
M Books 2022 ISBN 9783944425122 Acqn 32196
Pb 23x30cm 384pp col ills £62.50
Public spaces are being renegotiated in the 21st century. Throughout Europe, there are demands
for car-free, climate-compatible, diversely usable, and aesthetically attractive places where
people can gather. Urban squares play a key role in this respect. This publication highlights 32
squares located in 16 European countries, all of which have been designed or redesigned in last
20 years. Among these are Trafalgar Square, London, Benthemplein, Rotterdam, Stephansplatz,
Vienna, and Norre Voldgade, Copenhagen. The book introduces the current debate and methods
for organising and designing such places, then goes on to present detailed analyses of the
selected examples.
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Arquitectura Viva 240 - Herzog & de Meuron
Avisa 2022 no ISBN Acqn 32198
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £19.25
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have been successful in combining an artistic idea of
architecture with an efficient response to the changing scenarios of globalisation. On the other
hand, they display a stubborn militancy in their design discipline and have a firm grasp of the
economic and logistical demands faced by a firm that is simultaneously a "brand" and an
"enterprise". This issue features three of their recently completed museums: M+Museum in Hong
Kong, Kuppersmuhle Museum extension in Duisburg, and SONGEUN Art Space in Seoul. Also in
this issue, projects that show how dwellings designed for animals can still be sensitive, inspiring
architecture.
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Gta Papers 6 - The Cornice
gta Verlag 2021 ISBN 9783856764173 Acqn 32201
Pb 21x30cm 150pp col ills £27
Cornices are everywhere in architecture. But it is in their nature to be viewed indirectly or
observed inadvertently. Once the focus of attention, their omnipresence is almost irritating. So a
particular ambivalence persists around the cornice in architecture. In terms of design and
composition, it seems to be among the essential elements, like the column, wall, and beam. Yet it
can also be too decorative, even artificial. These ambiguities lend the cornice a particular status.
Celebrated, censured, and condemned, it emerges as a key witness to fundamental debates
about architecture, both as a design problem and a cultural practice. This edition examines the
cornice in all its facets.
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Oase 110 - A Project Of The Soil
nai010 publishers 2021 ISBN 9789462086555 Acqn 32202
Pb 17x24cm 128pp col ills £24.25
For a long time, the theme of soil has been the quasi exclusive subject of agriculture, geography,
and soil science. Only in the last few decades, due to a rapidly growing awareness of climate
change, has soil increasingly come into focus in urban design, in particular as a matter that can
also provide ecosystem services in urban environments. The editors of OASE 110 believe that
soils, although degraded and fragmented, call to be looked upon with a new gaze. They should
be rearticulated in a new project aimed at the construction of a shared, productive and inhabited
nature, containing different elements of urbanity and offering - at the same time - a more resilient
and sustainable environment for all.
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H+N+S Landscape Architects - 30 Years Of Innovative, Careful And Radical Design
Blauwdruk Publishers 2021 ISBN 9789492474346 Acqn 32204
Pb 23x30cm 192pp col ills £33.75
H+N+S Landscape Architects has enjoyed a prominent role in landscape architecture in the
Netherlands ever since their successful debut with Plan Stork over 30 years ago. Their designs
are a testament to deep insights and long-term perspectives, while water management and our
relationship with nature feature strongly in their portfolio. The practice has evolved over the years
from being primarily a "thinking office" to becoming a "making office" as well. This edition features
over 30 projects by H+N+S, including Rotterdam's Maasvlakte II, Van Abbemuseum, IJburg in
Amsterdam, and Belle-Vue Park in Leuven, as well as contributions from Hans van der Meer and
Siebe Swart.
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Scape 17 - Landscape Architecture Urbanism
Blauwdruk Publishers 2022 ISBN 9789492474490 Acqn 32205
Pb 17x24cm 224pp col ills £25.95
The bulk of this edition is devoted to a dossier on designers who work in the margins of the
profession, in areas where "world-class" is not relevant. Traversing the globe, from the slums of
Cape Town and degraded farmlands in Kenya, to a refugee camp in Jordan and a Peruvian
rainforest, new concepts are of lesser importance where the desire for change is a lot more
urgent. Six projects are featured in which the designers are driven by a sense of "loyalty" to our
capacity to alter environments and make a spatial difference that matters. Several of them were
also invited to talk about these aspirations, including from the landscape architecture firms OKRA,
BALJON, and H+N+S.
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Yearbook Landscape Architecture and Urban Design in the Netherlands 2021
Blauwdruk Publishers 2021 ISBN 9789492474469 Acqn 32206
Pb 23x30cm 206pp col ills £33.75
Through a selection of 23 examples from current practice, landscape architects and urban
designers in the Netherlands demonstrate the power of their creativity. Inspiring solutions are
offered by Glifberg-Lykke's inviting skatepark in Amsterdam, an "urban country estate" in
Vlissingen by H+N+S, an innovative district in Woerden and the expansion of the national
cemetery by Karres en Brands, West 8's new Coolsingel in Rotterdam, and more. In addition, the
inclusion of a forest area conceived by Bosch Slabbers for Zeeland draws attention to the
importance of research. Further analysis of the selected projects is provided by articles,
interviews, and a photo reportage.
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Robin Gibson Architect - Light, Space, Place
Uro Publications 2020 ISBN 9780648685838 Acqn 32209
Hb 24x29cm 344pp col ills £62.50
Australian architect Robin Gibson (1930-2014) built prolifically and at expansive urban scales,
and his projects also helped to redefine the culture and identity of the major capital city of
Brisbane. While he seldom wrote or published on his own architecture, Gibson was well-
respected in the city and awarded high honours for his contributions to architecture in Australia.
While some critics have attempted to situate him within the conventional field of international
modernism, or even brutalism, this volume reveals that his body of work was in fact underpinned
by a distinctive vision of Brisbane as a subtropical metropolis, sensitive to climate and place, and
alive with people.
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AV Monographs 239 - El Equipo Mazzanti
Avisa 2021 ISBN 9788409341481 Acqn 32212
Pb 24x30cm 112pp col ills £36
Author of some of the most prominent buildings completed in Colombia in the past years, like the
Spain Library and the Sport Centers in Medellin, or the extension of Santa Fe Foundation in
Bogota, Giancarlo Mazzanti (Barranquilla, 1963) takes inspiration from construction games to
generate, starting from geometric elements and modular pieces, spatial structures that become
living spaces for the community. Understanding architecture as a collective action, the Bogota-
based studio focusses its work on play, experimentation, and exchange of ideas among a variety
of professionals, including engineers, sociologists, and artists.
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AV Monographs 240 - Barozzi Veiga
Avisa 2021 ISBN 9788412454123 Acqn 32213
Pb 24x30cm 112pp col ills £36
Founded in 2004 by Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga, the Barcelona-based studio Barozzi
Veiga has become one of the most prominent Spanish firms on the international scene. Since
then, along with teaching and research, they have worked on public and private projects,
focussing on cultural, civic, and education buildings. This issue presents eighteen works and
projects that track the evolution of a language marked by serene and bold geometries, control of
scale and light, and a determination to combine the autonomy of the building's form with the
specifics of context.
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Arquitectura Viva 239 - Expo Dubai 2020
Avisa 2021 no ISBN Acqn 32214
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £19.25
Themed 'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future,' the first universal exposition ever to be held in
the Middle East will until 31 March 2022 showcase proposals that the participating nations have
brought, in the spirit of strengthening ties and confronting current challenges together. Mobility,
opportunity, and sustainability are the conceptual threads of the Expo, around which the rest of
the pavilions are arranged. Arquitectura Viva takes stock of the event through an article by the
Dubai-based Spanish architect Ignacio Nieto de la Cal and a selection of twelve pavilions.
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Paul Andreu - Architect and Engineer
HYX 2022 ISBN 9782373820201 Acqn 32227
Hb 24x30cm 104pp col ills £27
Paul Andreu is a key figure in international architecture, renowned for his design and construction
of Charles de Gaulle airport from 1968 onwards. The book presents the architect's major projects,
most of which were completed: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (T1/1968-1974 and T2/1975-
2008), Grande Arche de la Defense (1984-1989), Kumihama Golf (study, 1991), Seoul
Metropolitan Airport (competition, 1992), Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (competition, 1998), Osaka
Maritime Museum (1993-2000), Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre (2000-2004), National Centre fotr
the performing art, Beijing Opera (1999-2007).
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a+t 55 - Is this Rural? The Intermediate
a+t Ediciones 2022 ISBN 9788409369294 Acqn 32230
Pb 24x32cm 120pp col ills £27.50
The third and final instalment in the "Is This Rural?" series focuses on the intermediate territory:
the most indeterminate in terms of use, the setting where the most complex situations occur, and
where the mix of uses is part of its identity. An analysis of this diffuse and increasingly expanded
portion of the environment originates a series of explorations towards possible futures in which
architecture is obliged to enter into dialogue with the natural sciences. Besides essays by
architect and urbanist Javier Mozas and Wroclaw-based PROLOG +1, it also features works by
Colectivo C733, B-Architecten, Atelier Fanelsa, KOSMOS Architects, Rural Office for
Architecture, and others.
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