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A Difficult Heritage
A Difficult Heritage
Edited by Carmen Belmonte. Text by Mia Fuller et al.

As part of Italy’s national cultural heritage, its fascist-era architecture is protected by preservation laws—as are many artworks and monuments from that period. However, in the country’s more recent reappraisal of its fascist and colonial >>more

Silvana Editoriale
ISBN 9788836654482
US $50.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE
Hbk, 8.25 x 11 in. / 240 pgs / 102 color.
Pub Date: 06/04/2024 Awaiting stock


Architecture of Culture
Architecture of Culture

Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council’s Architecture of Culture research project explores craft preservation and its relationship to the materials, architecture and environments of the broader Emirati community. Design Labs II is a collaboration with the American >>more

Silvana Editoriale
ISBN 9788836655144
US $70.00 CAN $102.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6.5 x 8.75 in. / 640 pgs / 320 color.
Pub Date: 06/04/2024 Awaiting stock


The Nordic Window
The Nordic Window
Edited by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Siena Hirao, Akiko Tsukamoto, Daiki Chiba.

In his ongoing research into how different usages of windows influence their design, Japanese architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (born 1965) traveled to Denmark, Sweden and Finland. The result of his fieldwork is The Nordic Window: the >>more

Strandberg Publishing
ISBN 9788792596031
US $45.00 CAN $65.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 320 pgs / 256 color / 171 b&w.
Pub Date: 03/19/2024 In stock


                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

VISUAL BOOK INDEX | ACTIVE BACKLIST

25 Works, 25 Voices
25 Works, 25 Voices
Edited with text by Miquel Adrià, Andrea Griborio. Text by Tatiana Bilbao, Alejandro Echeverri, Alejandro Guerrero G., Andrea Soto Morfín, et al.

Arquine, a Mexico City–based digital and print platform, has kept abreast of global architecture for the last quarter century. This volume gathers 25 extraordinary works constructed in Latin America over the last 25 years, highlighting >>more

Arquine
ISBN 9786079489977
US $39.95 CAN $55.95 TRADE
Pbk, 6.25 x 8.5 in. / 408 pgs / 275 color.
Pub Date: 07/18/2023 In stock


AEB 1966-2016
AEB 1966-2016
By Luca Molinari.

Arab Engineering Bureau traces over fifty years of the past and future architecture of Qatar. Through a selection of about thirty projects illustrated by photographs and drawings, the book reveals the capacity of the Arab >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788857228808
US $75.00 CAN $95.00 TRADE
Hbk, 10 x 12 in. / 328 pgs / 300 illustrations.
Pub Date: 01/03/2017 In stock


Abandoned Dwellings
Abandoned Dwellings
Edited by Gregory Buchakjian, Valérie Cachard. Foreword by Valérie Cachard. Text by Gregory Buchakjian.

Over the past 150 years, Beirut has witnessed a cycle of unbridled growth, war, economic and social crises and migratory movements. It is in this unstable territory—endlessly destroyed and rebuilt, broken and regenerated—that Gregory Buchakjian >>more

Kaph Books
ISBN 9786148035111
US $75.00 CAN $102.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 240 pgs / 202 color.
Pub Date: 09/27/2022 In stock


Andina
Andina
Foreword by Jorge Pérez Jaramillo. Text by Farhid Maya, Iván Forgioni, Jorge Buitrago, José Puentes.

Andina is a joint initiative started by a group of nine emerging Colombian architecture and design studios based in various cities, each with a shared focus on the betterment of their profession and an approach >>more

Arquine
ISBN 9786079489960
US $30.00 CAN $42.00 TRADE
Pbk, 8 x 10.75 in. / 236 pgs / 164 color.
Pub Date: 07/18/2023 In stock


Anjar 1939–2019
Anjar 1939–2019
Edited with text by Vartivar Jaklian. Text by Hossep Baboyan, Susan Pattie.

The city of Anjar lies about 37 miles east of Beirut, in Lebanon. Its history borders on the miraculous. It was conceived, designed and built between the end of the 1930s and the early 1940s, >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775746656
US $60.00 CAN $85.00 TRADE
Hbk, 12 x 10.5 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color.
Pub Date: 03/17/2020 In stock


Antarctic Resolution
Antarctic Resolution
Edited by Giulia Foscari, UNLESS.

Named one of the best art books of 2021 by the New York Times

Accounting for approximately 10% of the land mass of Planet Earth, the Antarctic is a global commons we collectively neglect. Far from >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037786406
US $80.00 CAN $110.00 TRADE
Hbk, 7.75 x 10.25 in. / 992 pgs / 800 color / 200 b&w.
Pub Date: 08/31/2021 In stock


Architectural Guide to Rotterdam
Architectural Guide to Rotterdam
Paul Groenendijk, Piet Vollaard. Documenting more than 400 items, this fully revised guide to the architecture of Rotterdam gives a representative overview of the key buildings and urban projects in this city, from its earliest churches dating from the >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789064506055
US $45.00 CAN $60.00 FLAT40
Pbk, 5.5 x 8.75 in. / 300 pgs / 500 color.
Pub Date: 12/01/2007 Out of stock


Architectural Guide to The Hague
Architectural Guide to The Hague
Contributions by Gonda Buursma. Documenting more than 300 items, this guide to the architecture of The Hague gives a representative overview of the key buildings and urban projects in this city from 1250 to the present day. Divided into >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789064506864
US $45.00 CAN $60.00 FLAT40
Hbk, 5.5 x 9 in. / 344 pgs / 360 color.
Pub Date: 04/30/2013 Out of stock


Architectural Guide to the Netherlands: 1980-Present
Architectural Guide to the Netherlands: 1980-Present
Contributions by Paul Groenendijk, Piet Vollaard. With over 500 entries, this volume is an up-to-date companion to the Architectural Guide to the Netherlands (1900–2000). It contains a representative selection of recent work by de Architekten Cie., Benthem Crouwel, Claus & Kaan, >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789064506796
US $60.00 CAN $79.00 FLAT40
Hbk, 5.5 x 8.75 in. / 372 pgs / 540 color.
Pub Date: 04/30/2013 Out of stock


Architecture in India
Architecture in India
Text by Rahul Mehrotra. Pluralism, fusion and hybridity are the dominant traits of cultural change in twenty-first-century India. The resultant architecture reflects this fabric of one of the world’s largest and most populous nation states. Architect, educator and author >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775732451
US $75.00 CAN $99.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 312 pgs / 570 color.
Pub Date: 11/30/2011 Out of stock


Architecture in Mexico, 1900–2010
Architecture in Mexico, 1900–2010
Edited with text by Fernanda Canales. Foreword by Luis Fernández-Galiano.

This expanded two-volume edition of Arquine’s 2013 publication examines the architectural styles that have taken place in Mexico during the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. The book is divided into six periods: >>more

Arquine
ISBN 9786077612735
US $120.00 CAN $168.00 SDNR40
Slip, pbk, 2 vols, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 944 pgs / 2750 color.
Pub Date: 07/19/2022 In stock


Architecture in the Netherlands
Architecture in the Netherlands
Edited by Kirsten Hannema, Teun van den Ende, Arna Mackic.

The 33rd annual edition of Architecture in the Netherlands—published in collaboration with Amsterdam-based cultural center Pakhuis de Zwijger—surveys the most important developments in Dutch architecture from 2019-20, including awards, competitions, exhibitions and publications from the >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462085558
US $60.00 CAN $84.00 FLAT40
Pbk, 9.5 x 12.50 in. / 176 pgs / 280 color / 50 b&w.
Pub Date: 02/09/2021 In stock


Architecture in the Netherlands: Yearbook 2015/16
Architecture in the Netherlands: Yearbook 2015/16
Edited by Tom Avermaete, Kirsten Hannema, Hans van der Heijden, Edwin Oostmeijer. Architecture in the Netherlands is an invaluable survey of the most noteworthy and critical developments in Dutch architecture over the past year. Thirty projects are described in detail, along with an overview of the most >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462082786
US $60.00 CAN $79.00 TRADE
Pbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 184 pgs / 400 color.
Pub Date: 10/25/2016 Out of stock


Architecture of the Territory
Architecture of the Territory
Text by Ahmad Alaqra, Ali Karimi, Asaeil Al Saaed, Aseel Al Yacoub, Atef Alshehri, Balsam Madi, Ben Tosland, et al.

This publication examines the role of national narratives in defining the Arab territory through the strategic implementation of architecture and urban planning. The Arab region, home to 423,000,000 inhabitants, is almost twice the size of >>more

Kaph Books
ISBN 9786148035548
US $40.00 CAN $56.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 384 pgs / 173 color / 62 duotone.
Pub Date: 08/15/2023 Out of stock


As You Go …
As You Go …
Text by Zdenka Badovinac, Aziza Abdulfatah Busser, Robert Bobnic, Marija Glavas, Sinkneh Eshetu, Chen Liang, Salem Mekuria, Aigerim Kapar, Dragan Stojmenovic, et al.

This volume presents a long-term research inquiry into the Belt and Road Initiative, a global infrastructure plan launched by the Chinese government in 2013, and examines how it will alter everyday life in local contexts, >>more

Mousse Publishing
ISBN 9788867495344
US $29.95 CAN $41.95 TRADE
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 352 pgs / 15 color / 43 b&w.
Pub Date: 01/24/2023 In stock


Baghdad: Eye’s Delight
Baghdad: Eye’s Delight
Text by Reem Aboughazala, Amin Alsaden, Pedro Azara, Mounia Chekhab Abudaya, Magnus Bernhardsson, Kevin T. van Bladel, Peter Christensen, Tara Desjardins, et al.

This richly illustrated and researched publication heralds Baghdad as a resplendent capital of culture within the Islamic world, from its heritage as the locus of the great Abbasid caliphs (750–1258 CE) to its renewed period >>more

Silvana Editoriale/Qatar Museums
ISBN 9788836651436
US $45.00 CAN $63.00 TRADE
Pbk, 8.75 x 11 in. / 304 pgs / 200 color.
Pub Date: 05/30/2023 In stock


Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People
Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People
Edited by Mateo Kries, Jolanthe Kugler, Khushnu Hoof. Text by Balkrishna Doshi, Khushnu Hoof, Kenneth Frampton, Kazi Ashraf, Martha Thorne, Samanth Subramanian, Juhani Pallasmaa, Rajeev Kathpalia, Jolanthe Kugler.

The 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi is one of India's most influential architects, renowned for his harmonious designs that merge the formal language of classical modernism with Indian building traditions and local craft >>more

Vitra Design Museum
ISBN 9783945852316
US $85.00 CAN $115.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 400 pgs / 450 color.
Pub Date: 05/21/2019 Out of stock


Beijing
Beijing
By Claudio Greco, Carlo Santoro.

Over the past fifteen years Beijing has experienced unprecedented change–a change more dramatic and profound than ever before. Contemporary skyscrapers and architectural forms are gradually enclosing the historic city centre. Steel and glass structures, constructions >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788861303027
US $14.99 CAN $19.99 TRADE
Pbk, 7 x 8.75 in. / 272 pgs / 220 color.
Pub Date: 06/17/2008 In stock


Bogdanovic by Bogdanovic: Yugoslav Memorials through the Eyes of their Architect
Bogdanovic by Bogdanovic: Yugoslav Memorials through the Eyes of their Architect
Edited by Vladimir Kulic, Wolfgang Thaler. Text by Bogdan Bogdanovic, Vladimir Kulic, Martino Stierli.

Bogdan Bogdanovic (1922–2010) was a Yugoslav architect, theorist, professor and a one-time mayor of Belgrade. His idiosyncratic memorials to the victims and heroes of World War II, scattered around the former Yugoslavia, continue to attract >>more

The Museum of Modern Art, New York
ISBN 9781633450523
US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 128 pgs / 55 color.
Pub Date: 07/24/2018 In stock


Brutalist Italy
Brutalist Italy
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Introduction by Adrian Forty. Photographs by Roberto Conte, Stefano Perego.

What makes Italian Brutalist buildings different to their counterparts in other countries? Containing over 140 exclusive photographs—ranging from private homes to churches and cemeteries via football stadiums—across every region of the country, Brutalist Italy is >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9781739887834
US $34.95 CAN $49.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 200 pgs / 153 color.
Pub Date: 09/19/2023 In stock


Caribbean Modernist Architecture
Caribbean Modernist Architecture
Edited by Gustavo Luis Moré. Introduction by Barry Bergdoll. In February and March 2008, the International Program and the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized the Museum's first symposium on the modernist architecture of the Caribbean >>more

The Museum of Modern Art, New York
ISBN 9780870707759
US $30.00 CAN $40.00 TRADE
Pbk, 11 x 11 in. / 200 pgs / 416 color.
Pub Date: 06/30/2010 In stock


Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide
Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide
By Darmon Richter. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell.

Since the first atomic bomb was dropped, humankind has been haunted by the idea of nuclear apocalypse. That nightmare almost became reality in 1986, when an accident at the USSR’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant triggered >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9781916218420
US $34.95 CAN $48.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 248 pgs / 190 color.
Pub Date: 10/20/2020 In stock


Claudio Gobbi: Arménie Ville
Claudio Gobbi: Arménie Ville
Text by Martina Corgnati, Giacomo Daniele Fragapane, Sophie Jung, Filippo Maggia, Hripsimé Visser. Since 2007, Claudio Gobbi (born 1971) has been systematically documenting Armenian religious architecture from the Middle Ages to the present. Besides the photographer’s own photographs, the series, titled Arménie Ville, also comprises found images from >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775741156
US $70.00 CAN $92.50 TRADE
Hbk, 8.5 x 10.75 in. / 160 pgs / 125 color.
Pub Date: 09/27/2016 Out of stock


Czech Houses
Czech Houses
This book represents a selection of 33 family homes designed and built in the Czech Republic after 1989. Photographic documentation of each unique dwelling is accompanied by scaled drawings and plans, offering exclusive insight into >>more

Kant
ISBN 9788074371400
US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE
Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 152 pgs / 213 color / 70 b&w.
Pub Date: 08/23/2016 In stock


Dacha
Dacha
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Anna Benn. Photographs by Fyodor Savintsev.

A dacha is a country house, made of wood, used by Soviet citizens to escape the rigors of the city for a rural idyll. Widespread in the countries of the former USSR, this important cultural >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9781916218499
US $35.95 CAN $51.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 240 pgs / 215 color.
Pub Date: 09/19/2023 In stock


Desert of Pharan
Desert of Pharan
By Ahmed Mater.

Through a series of photographs, Ahmed Mater charts the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca’s origins to its more recent history over the last 5 years. It is a study of the site’s recent transformation — >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037784853
US $60.00 CAN $79.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 632 pgs / 623 images.
Pub Date: 11/21/2016 In stock


East of a New Eden
East of a New Eden
By Yann Mingard.

Europe's new eastern borders stretch from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea 1,600 heavily guarded kilometers between former “fraternal countries.” The photographers Yann Mingard and Alban Kakulya spent one and a half months on >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037781760
US $99.00 CAN $132.50 TRADE
Hbk, 9 x 13 in. / 320 pgs / 150 images.
Pub Date: 09/01/2009 Out of stock


Havana Modern
Havana Modern
Edited with text by Rubén Gallo. Text by Andrés Jaque, Darja Filippova, Guillermo S. Arsuaga, Iván López Munuera, Bart-Jan Polman, Maria Garlock, Branko Glisic, Mark Wigley, Miguel Caballero, Sylvia Lavin, Terence Gower.

In the decades after World War II, from just prior to the revolution and into the mid-1980s, modernist architecture blossomed in Cuba, attracting both native talent and leading international architects from Europe. Havana Modern examines >>more

Arquine
ISBN 9786078880119
US $35.00 CAN $50.50 TRADE
Pbk, 8.5 x 10.75 in. / 280 pgs / 139 color / 103 b&w.
Pub Date: 09/05/2023 In stock


Helvécia: A Swiss Colonial History in Brazil
Helvécia: A Swiss Colonial History in Brazil
Edited with text by Dom Smaz, Milena Machado Neves. Text by Shalini Randeria, Rohit Jain, Izabel Barros, Christian Doninelli, Flávio Gomes. Photographs by Dom Smaz.

The most “African” of the Brazilian villages in the south of Bahia bears a Swiss name. Helvécia was founded 200 years ago by Swiss and German colonists, and the coffee grown on its vast estates >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037787014
US $55.00 CAN $69.00 TRADE
Clth, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 216 pgs / 109 color.
Pub Date: 01/24/2023 In stock


Hk Lab
Hk Lab
Edited by Laurent Gutierrez, Valerie Portefaix and Ezio Manzini. Essays by Ackbar Abbas, Tak Chi Lee, Stewart Clegg, Laurent Gutierrez, Norman Jackson Ford, Judith Hollow, Doreen Heng Liu, Alice Ming Wai Jim, Valerie Portefaix and Laura Ruggeri. Foreword by Deyan Sudjic. If many architects and urban planners envisage Hong Kong as a potential exemplar for the creation of future urban models--not just in China but internationally--it is because its unique geographic, economic and cultural status make >>more

Map Book Publishers
ISBN 9789628604036
US $45.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE
Pbk, 5 x 8.5 in. / 264 pgs.
Pub Date: 07/02/2002 Out of stock


Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums
Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums
By Maryam Omidi. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell.

Visiting a Soviet sanatorium is like stepping back in time. Originally built in the 1920s, they afforded workers a place to holiday, courtesy of a state-funded voucher system. At their peak they were visited by >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9780993191190
US $32.50 CAN $42.50 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 200 color.
Pub Date: 10/24/2017 In stock


In Detail
In Detail
Edited by Quim Larrea. The city of Barcelona has been known since the early twentieth century as the home of Art Nouveau. Now it has also become a center for contemporary international architecture. This follow-up to In Detail: Barcelona >>more

Ediciones Polígrafa
ISBN 9788434310902
US $45.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE
Hardcover, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 160 pgs / 140 color.
Pub Date: 08/15/2006 In stock


In Miami in the 1980s
In Miami in the 1980s
Edited with text by Charlotte von Moos. Text by Max Creasy, Kersten Geers, Niels Olsen.

This publication celebrates a lost vision of Miami: the architectural golden age it enjoyed in the 1980s, when the subtropical city experienced a profound synergy between art and architecture. In these years, Miami’s architects partook >>more

Walther König, Köln
ISBN 9783753301105
US $59.95 CAN $82.95 FLAT40
Hbk, 8.25 x 10.75 in. / 184 pgs / 137 color / 40 b&w.
Pub Date: 07/05/2022 Out of stock


Infinite Span: 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture
Infinite Span: 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture
Edited by Fernando Serapião, Guilherme Wisink. Text by Adrián Gorelik, Daniele Pisani, Jean-Louis Cohen, Ana Vaz Milheiro, Diego de Souza, Ana Luiza Nobre, Wellington Cançado.

In architecture, a span is something to be conquered, a challenge to be overcome. But span, or vão in Portuguese, also means a project or an action that ends in failure: something that was done >>more

Lars Müller Publishers/Casa da Arquitectura
ISBN 9783037785898
US $50.00 CAN $69.95 TRADE
Pbk, 8.25 x 10.75 in. / 400 pgs / 400 color.
Pub Date: 07/23/2019 Out of stock


Italy
Italy
By Giampiero Bosoni. >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788881189588
US $60.00 CAN $78.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 240 pgs / 300 illustrations.
Pub Date: 03/01/2002 In stock


Japan: Nation Building Nature
Japan: Nation Building Nature
Text by Joachim Nijs.

Joachim Nijs’ Japan: Nation Building Nature is the first book to map out the views of nature that have shaped the widely acclaimed but often misunderstood modern architecture of Japan. By connecting the dots between >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462086135
US $45.00 CAN $61.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 272 pgs / 150 color.
Pub Date: 08/31/2021 In stock


Little Global Cities: Skopje, Macedonia
Little Global Cities: Skopje, Macedonia
Text by María Cecilia Barbetta, et al. Kerber's new series Little Global Cities offers special recommendations for art and culture in 12 multilingual and multicultural cities in Eastern Europe. This first edition discusses city highlights and undiscovered treasures in Skopje, Macedonia, presented >>more

Kerber
ISBN 9783866786172
US $27.50 CAN $37.50 TRADE
Pbk, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 204 pgs / 95 color.
Pub Date: 10/27/2015 Out of stock


London Tube Stations
London Tube Stations
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Joshua Abbott. Photographs by Philip Butler.

Charles Holden's designs for the London Underground from the mid-1920s to the outbreak of World War II represent a high point of transport architecture and modernist design in Britain. His collaboration with Frank Pick, the >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9781739887827
US $34.95 CAN $48.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 200 pgs / 205 color / 10 b&w.
Pub Date: 03/14/2023 In stock


Looking for Lenin
Looking for Lenin
Photographs by Niels Ackermann. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Sébastien Gobert, Myroslava Hartmond.

In the process of decommunisation, Ukraine has toppled all its Lenin monuments. The authors have hunted down and photographed these banned Soviet statues, revealing their inglorious fate. As Russia celebrates the 100th anniversary of the >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9780993191176
US $32.50 CAN $42.50 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 176 pgs / 90 color.
Pub Date: 06/27/2017 In stock


Magnificent Milan
Magnificent Milan
Text by Dario Cestaro, Franca Lugato.

The first pop-up book on Milan, a 3D guide for children and adults. Milan revealed by the spectacular paper architecture of Dario Cestaro, in a pop-up book that recounts the city's history in simple texts >>more

Marsilio Editori
ISBN 9788831721219
US $17.00 CAN $24.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8.6 x 8.6 in. / 12 pgs / 30 color.
Pub Date: 02/23/2016 In stock


Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture
Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture
Text by Owen Hopkins. The history of architecture is a story of continual innovation, and at certain points within that story come architects whose visions completely defy convention. Mavericks focuses on 12 such figures from the history of British >>more

Royal Academy Publications
ISBN 9781910350393
US $19.95 CAN $27.95 TRADE
Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 127 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 05/03/2016 In stock


Mexican Architectures: 2021–2022
Mexican Architectures: 2021–2022
Edited by Miquel Adrià.

This is the latest in a series of biannual publications examining the most innovative examples of contemporary architecture from across Mexico, from both established and emerging architecture studios. It provides a general overview of Mexico's >>more

Arquine
ISBN 9786078880188
US $35.00 CAN $50.50 TRADE
Pbk, 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 232 pgs / 350 color.
Pub Date: 01/09/2024 In stock


Milan
Milan
Edited by Massimo Zanella.

A fascinating tour among the countless modern and traditional facets of Italy’s “big city.” An art city and a fashion, business, and nightlife capital, as well as a testing ground for urban planning with the >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788857224121
US $22.50 CAN $29.95 TRADE
Pbk, 8.5 x 11.25 in. / 176 pgs / 150 color.
Pub Date: 08/18/2015 In stock


Milan Architecture
Milan Architecture
By Maria Vittoria Capitanucci.

The new and remarkable season of Milanese architecture and its great protagonists. An interpretation of the recent and decisive transformations of Milan, with a focus on the Expo area, including the international pavilions and service >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788857228549
US $30.00 CAN $40.00 TRADE
Pbk, 7 x 8.5 in. / 208 pgs / 250 color.
Pub Date: 04/05/2016 In stock


Milano Porta Nuova
Milano Porta Nuova
By Luca Molinari.

A fresh face in the urban landscape, the architectural transformation of an important area in the center of Milan represents an occasion for experimental research in the city. The volume describes the process leading to >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788857222431
US $70.00 CAN $90.00 TRADE
Hbk, 10 x 12 in. / 360 pgs / 250 color.
Pub Date: 12/15/2015 In stock


Nairobi
Nairobi
By Shadi Rahbaran.

Nairobi, in its short history spanning just over one hundred years, has grown to be one of the most varied and international cities of our contemporary world. Migration has been shown as one of the >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037783757
US $32.00 CAN $42.50 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 6.5 in. / 176 pgs / 211 images.
Pub Date: 12/13/2013 In stock


Objective Netherlands
Objective Netherlands
Text by Reinjan Mulder, Cleo Wächter, Merel Bem, Henk Baas, Berno Strootman, Peter Delpeut, Ludo van Halem. Photographs by Reinjan Mulder, Cleo Wächter.

In 1974, artist Reinjan Mulder photographed 52 locations, chosen by overlaying a coarse grid on a map of the Netherlands, to capture the objective reality of his country. 42 years later, Cleo Wächter (born 1993) >>more

Nai010 Publishers
ISBN 9789462084643
US $55.00 CAN $75.00 FLAT40
Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 508 color.
Pub Date: 03/19/2019 Out of stock


Paris: The City of Lights
Paris: The City of Lights
By Dario Cestaro, Franca Lugato.

Children’s book author and illustrator extraordinaire Dario Cestaro (born 1971) presents the beauty of Paris through the spectacular paper architecture of a pop-up book.

Cestaro takes young—and young at heart—readers through a fascinating journey through >>more

Marsilio Editori
ISBN 9788829701056
US $19.95 CAN $29.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8.75 x 8.75 in. / 12 pgs / 40 color.
Pub Date: 02/11/2020 In stock


Port City Atlas
Port City Atlas
Text by Carola Hein, Yvonne van Mil, Lucija Ažman-Momirsk.

A multitude of port cities dot Europe’s coastline, each with its own history and relationship to sea transportation and development. In the era of climate change, these cities can offer paradigms and guidance for sustainable >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462087422
US $70.00 CAN $98.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6.75 x 8.75 in. / 320 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 10/03/2023 In stock


Richard Neutra: The Story of the Berlin Houses 1920–1924
Richard Neutra: The Story of the Berlin Houses 1920–1924
Text by Harriet Roth.

Mention of the name Richard Neutra conjures the light-flooded bungalows that characterize the architectural style of the West Coast around Los Angeles. Because he is so closely associated with Los Angeles, it is sometimes overlooked >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775745154
US $75.00 CAN $105.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 304 pgs / 185 color.
Pub Date: 04/23/2019 In stock


Rome
Rome
Text by Dario Cestaro, Franca Lugato.

The first pop-up book on Rome, a 3D guide for children and adults with evocative images and texts that stimulate the reader's curiosity. Rome presented through the spectacular paper architecture of Dario Cestaro, in a >>more

Marsilio Editori
ISBN 9788831726733
US $22.50 CAN $29.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8.75 x 8.75 in. / 12 pgs / 6 color.
Pub Date: 09/04/2018 Out of stock


Rome: Eternal City
Rome: Eternal City
Edited by Marco Iuliano, Gabriella Musto.

Rome: Eternal City presents Rome seen through the eyes of over a century and a half of architectural experts. The breathtaking photographs collected in this volume are drawn from the archives of the Royal Institute >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788857239194
US $45.00 CAN $62.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 248 pgs / 150 color / 50 b&w.
Pub Date: 02/19/2019 In stock


Soviet Asia
Soviet Asia
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Photography by Roberto Conte, Stefano Perego.

Soviet Asia explores the Soviet modernist architecture of Central Asia. Italian photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego crossed the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, documenting buildings constructed from the 1950s until >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9780995745551
US $34.95 CAN $48.00 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 140 color.
Pub Date: 05/21/2019 In stock


Soviet Bus Stops
Soviet Bus Stops
By Christopher Herwig. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Owen Hatherley.

After the popular and critical success of his first book, Soviet Bus Stops, photographer Christopher Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more. In this second volume, as well as discovering >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9780993191183
US $32.50 CAN $42.50 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 160 color.
Pub Date: 09/26/2017 In stock


Soviet Bus Stops
Soviet Bus Stops
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Foreword by Jonathan Meades. Text by Vera Kavalkova-Halvarsson, Christopher Herwig. Photographer Christopher Herwig first noticed the unusual architecture of Soviet-era bus stops during a 2002 long-distance bike ride from London to St. Petersburg. Challenging himself to take one good photograph every hour, Herwig began to >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9780993191107
US $32.50 CAN $42.50 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 160 color.
Pub Date: 09/29/2015 In stock


Soviet Cities: Labour, Life & Leisure
Soviet Cities: Labour, Life & Leisure
Photographs by Arseniy Kotov. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell.

In recent years Russian cities have visibly changed. The architectural heritage of the Soviet period has not been fully acknowledged. As a result many unique modernist buildings have been destroyed or changed beyond recognition.

Russian photographer >>more

FUEL Publishing
ISBN 9781916218413
US $34.95 CAN $48.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 240 pgs / 215 color.
Pub Date: 10/06/2020 In stock


Sun Seekers
Sun Seekers
By Lyra Kilston. Edited by Ananda Pellerin.

Since the mid-19th century, the idea of California has lured many waves of migrants. Here, writer and editor Lyra Kilston explores a less examined attraction: the region’s promise of better health. From ailing families seeking >>more

Atelier Éditions
ISBN 9780997593587
US $29.95 CAN $45.00 TRADE
Pbk, 7 x 9.25 in. / 192 pgs / 60 b&w.
Pub Date: 04/23/2019 Out of stock


Sun Tropes
Sun Tropes
Edited by Aljoscha Weskott, Kesting Marietta, Leslie Witz, Jeanne van Eeden, Ivan Vladislavic, David Goldblatt, Kgebetli Moele, Shaheed Saleem, Gwen Gill. The South African answer to Las Vegas, Sun City is a luxury entertainment bubble filled with palatial hotels and casinos. This volume reconstructs Sun City as a mythic oasis of late capitalism and a wholly >>more

August Verlag
ISBN 9783941360044
US $49.95 CAN $67.50 TRADE
Pbk, 4.5 x 7.25 in. / 292 pgs / 16 color / 14 b&w.
Pub Date: 08/31/2010 In stock


Taking Stock of Power: An Other View of the Berlin Wall
Taking Stock of Power: An Other View of the Berlin Wall
Edited with text by Annett Gröschner, Arwed Messmer. Text by Greg Bond, Olaf Briese, Florian Ebner, Matthias Flügge. Photographer Arwed Messmer and author Annett Gröschner embarked on a long-term project on the “early Berlin Wall,” based on historical photographs taken by East German border troops. In this two-volume edition, with 600 panoramas, they >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775740951
US $150.00 CAN $200.00 TRADE
Hbk, 2 vols, 8.5 x 11.75 in. / 1,328 pgs / 1,450 color.
Pub Date: 08/23/2016 In stock


Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Edited by Data Chigholashvili, Nini Palavandishvili, Marike Splint.

Composed of artistic accounts that critically reflect on recent urban and social changes in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, this book unveils multifaceted perspectives on a city trying to negotiate its complex heritage, its contentious present and >>more

Onomatopee Projects
ISBN 9789493148109
US $20.00 CAN $29.95 FLAT40
Pbk, 6.75 x 9 in. / 216 pgs / 109 color / 8 b&w.
Pub Date: 11/26/2019 In stock


Tehran: Life Within Walls
Tehran: Life Within Walls
Foreword by Salomon Frausto. Text by Amir Djalali, et al. Epilogue by Michiel Riedijk. Life in Tehran proliferates and thrives in its interiors. When public space is policed and controlled, domestic interiors become art galleries, clubs, cultural centers, factories and offices. Interiors cease to be the exclusive domain for >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775741439
US $55.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE
Pbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 224 pgs / 100 color.
Pub Date: 02/27/2018 Out of stock


Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies
Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies
Edited with text by by Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani.

Lafayette Park, a middle-class residential area in downtown Detroit, is home to the largest collection of buildings designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the world. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, it remained one >>more

Metropolis Books
ISBN 9781942884408
US $29.95 CAN $45.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 304 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 05/21/2019 Out of stock


The Amsterdam Agenda
The Amsterdam Agenda
Text by Daan Roggeveen, Michiel Hulshof, Frances Arnold.

Based on a 2018 lecture series at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, this volume gathers contributions from 12 of today’s leaders in architecture, planning and activism on contemporary design challenges—including over-tourism, migration, climate change, civic >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462085428
US $35.00 CAN $49.00 FLAT40
Pbk, 4.25 x 7 in. / 168 pgs.
Pub Date: 05/26/2020 In stock


The Hague
The Hague
Text by Maarten Schmitt. The Hague boasts work by numerous leading architects of the day, among them Koolhaas, Kollhoff and Moneo. A broad zone reaching from Central Station deep into the old town is the scene of major developments >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789064506994
US $39.95 CAN $53.95 FLAT40
Pbk, 8.75 x 10.25 in. / 80 pgs / 100 color.
Pub Date: 04/30/2013 Out of stock


The Inevitable Specificity of Cities
The Inevitable Specificity of Cities
By Christian Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, Manuel Herz, Christian Schmid, Milica Topalovic.

What is a city? What determines its specific city? What shapes its quality? The evolution of the contemporary city does not follow a linear movement. It is shaped by transformation processes that are directed toward >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037783740
US $65.00 CAN $87.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.75 x 6.75 in. / 312 pgs / 263 images.
Pub Date: 03/25/2015 In stock


The Italian Legacy in the United Arab Emirates
The Italian Legacy in the United Arab Emirates
Edited by Lucia Pizzinato.

Over the past two decades, the urban and industrial development of Dubai and Abu Dhabi has been accelerated by a forceful interplay of international influences. This volume highlights the contributions of Italian companies, tracing the >>more

SKIRA
ISBN 9788857247120
US $50.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 192 pgs / 143 color.
Pub Date: 09/26/2023 In stock


The Object of Zionism
The Object of Zionism
By Zvi Efrat.

Contrary to popular belief, the architecture and spatial politics of the State of Israel were not born haphazardly out of emergency or speculation. The Israeli built environment is the deliberate response to a unique objective—how >>more

Spector Books
ISBN 9783959051330
US $70.00 CAN $92.50 TRADE
Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 1,000 pgs / 1,200 b&w.
Pub Date: 02/19/2019 In stock


The Wonders of Florence
The Wonders of Florence
Text by Dario Cestaro, Franca Lugato.

The first pop-up book on Florence. Dario Cestaro's spectacular drawings and paper architecture reveal Florence and its treasures in a pop-up book telling the city's history with straightforward texts and interesting facts. This fascinating journey >>more

Marsilio Editori
ISBN 9788831719216
US $22.50 CAN $29.95 TRADE
Hbk, 8.75 x 8.75 in. / 12 pgs / 40 color.
Pub Date: 03/24/2015 In stock


To Build a City in Africa
To Build a City in Africa
Edited with text by Rachel Keeton, Michelle Provoost. Text by Edgar Pieterse, Peter Gotsch, David Sims, Israel Marques, Preston Mendenhall, Antoneh Tona, Wajiha Ibrahim, Antoni Folkers, Coen Beeker, Femke van Noorloos, Ellen Geurts, Alonso Ayala Aleman, Henk Ovink, Anne Erdl.

Africa’s population and economic growth make it the world’s fastest urbanizing continent. While some might still associate Africa with rural development, the future of Africa is, in fact, very urban. This urbanization poses a huge >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462083929
US $50.00 CAN $67.50 TRADE
Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 456 pgs / 150 color.
Pub Date: 08/20/2019 In stock


Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980
Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980
Edited with text by Martino Stierli, Vladimir Kulic. Text by Tamara Bjazic Klarin, Vladimir Deskov, Andrew Herscher, Sanja Horvatincic, Theodossis Issaias, Ana Ivanovska Deskova, Jovan Ivanovski, Jelica Jovanovic, Anna Kats, Juliet Kinchin, Martina Malesic, Maroje Mrduljas, Arber Sadiki, Luka Skansi, Lukasz Stanek, Matthew Worsnick, Mejrema Zatric. Photographic portfolio by Valentin Jeck.

Squeezed between the two rival Cold War blocs, Yugoslav architecture consistently adhered to a modernist trajectory. As a founding nation of the Non-Aligned Movement, Yugoslavia became a major exporter of modernist architecture to Africa and >>more

The Museum of Modern Art, New York
ISBN 9781633450516
US $65.00 CAN $87.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 200 pgs / 235 color.
Pub Date: 06/26/2018 In stock


Up Up: Stories of Johannesburg’s Highrises
Up Up: Stories of Johannesburg’s Highrises
Edited by Nele Dechmann, Fabian Jaggi, Katrin Murbach, Nicola Ruffo. Photographs by Mpho Mokgadi. Up Up presents a selection of buildings in the inner city of Johannesburg, focusing on the tall modernist towers that stood out at the time they were constructed. Witnesses to profound shifts in the political >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775740937
US $60.00 CAN $79.00 TRADE
Pbk, 7.5 x 10.75 in. / 334 pgs / 265 color.
Pub Date: 08/23/2016 Out of stock


Venice Lab: Reconsidering St. Mark’s Square
Venice Lab: Reconsidering St. Mark’s Square
Edited by Luca Molinari. Text by Andrew Hopkins, David Chipperfield, Guido Guidi, Adele Re Rebaudengo, Paolo Pejrone, Aldo Mazzocco, Guadalupe Nettel, Michel Lussault, Itai Palti, Renata Codello, Cesare Benelli, Davide Rampello, Arthur Brooks, Emma Ursich, Ico Migliore, Orna Cohen. Photographs by Guido Guidi, Diana Bagnoli.

This volume follows the long-anticipated restoration work on the Procuratie Vecchie in St Mark’s Square in Venice, as overseen by David Chipperfield Architects. Thousands of people walk past the landmark each year, oblivious to what >>more

Marsilio Arte
ISBN 9791254630143
US $45.00 CAN $63.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 256 pgs / 175 color.
Pub Date: 09/20/2022 In stock


Visions from Abroad
Visions from Abroad
Edited by Mona Khazindar.

Arabia, with its holy cities in Hejaz and its Bedouin-populated deserts, holds a special place in the Western imaginary. Visions from Abroad explores this fantasy, presenting Saudi Arabia as it was seen by visitors born >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788857239460
US $80.00 CAN $110.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 300 pgs / 200 color / 100 b&w.
Pub Date: 06/25/2019 In stock


Winter: Images of Contemporary Chilean Architecture
Winter: Images of Contemporary Chilean Architecture
Edited by Cristóbal Molina Baeza. Text by Consuelo Valdés Chadwick.

Here, 15 leading architectural photographers—including Aryeh Kornfeld, Bleda y Rosa, Cristóbal Palma, David Bestué, Erieta Attali, Felipe Fontecilla, Guy Wenborne, Ignacio Acosta, Leonardo Finotti, Louise Oates and Iwan Baan—capture some of Chile’s most important works >>more

Arquine
ISBN 9786079489700
US $35.00 CAN $49.00 TRADE
Pbk, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 128 pgs / 98 color.
Pub Date: 09/01/2020 In stock



       

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Architecture In Vorarlberg
Architecture In Vorarlberg
Essay by Otto Kapfinger. Architects include: Carlo Baumschlager, Marianne Burkhalter, Dietmar Eberle, Ernst Giselbrecht, Roland Gnaiger, Hermann Kaufmann, Christian Lenz, Wolfgang Ritsch, Bruno Spagolla, Christian Sumi, Peter Zumthor. >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775711289
US $24.95 CAN $27.50 TRADE
Paperback, 4.75 x 7 in. / 336 pgs / 420 duotone.
Pub Date: 09/02/2003 Not available


Brasilia - Chandigarh Living With Modernity
Brasilia - Chandigarh Living With Modernity
By Iwan Baan.

In 1960, Brasilia was celebrated as the realisation of an urban planning vision based on designs by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. At the same time, the sectoral city of Chandigarh was rising according to >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037782286
US $60.00 CAN $79.00 TRADE
Pbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 240 pgs / 200 images.
Pub Date: 08/01/2010 Not available


Insular Insight
Insular Insight
Edited by Lars Müller.

The islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea are places of pilgrimage for friends of contemporary art and architecture. Alongside works in public spaces as well as site-specific installations, the islands >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037782552
US $70.00 CAN $90.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 6.5 in. / 464 pgs / 259 images.
Pub Date: 07/25/2011 Not available


Josef Hoffmann: Architecture Guide
Josef Hoffmann: Architecture Guide
Edited by Peter Noever, Marek Pokorny. Text by Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Rainald Franz. This guidebook is the first comprehensive guide to architect and designer Josef Hoffmann's most important surviving and accessible public buildings in central Europe--including the building that now houses the Josef Hoffmann Museum, in Brtnice, Czechoslovakia. >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775727334
US $40.00 CAN $50.00 TRADE
Pbk, 5 x 9.5 in. / 200 pgs / 100 color / 170 b&w.
Pub Date: 01/31/2011 Not available