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URBAN STUDIES AND THEORY

PUBLISHER
Arquine

BOOK FORMAT
Clth, 7 x 9.5 in. / 288 pgs / 100 color / 45 bw.

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Catalog: FALL 2022 p. 160   

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ISBN 9786079489922 TRADE
List Price: $40.00 CAD $56.00 GBP £33.00

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In stock

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WORLD Excl LA Portugal Spain

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On Specific Ambiguity by the Idea of Tropical Space or the Reasoned Practice of the Forms of Transition

By Camilo Restrepo. Prologue by Mark Lee.

A leading Colombian architect’s inventive conception of tropical architecture’s unique qualities

Appraising the “tropical architecture” of Latin America, On Specific Ambiguity, authored by Colombian architect Camilo Retrespo (born 1973), is a manifesto-cum-monograph on the notion of tropical space. Retrespo argues for a form of architecture that “accepts contradiction and ambiguity, as a space, as an attitude: Specific Ambiguity as a double way of thinking and creating an ambivalent, complex and contradictory, imprecise, mestizo, and multireferential architecture.”
Retrespo is cofounder (with Juliana Gallego Martinez) of the Medellin-based firm AGENdA, and a large portion of this volume is devoted to a selection of works by the firm, mostly located in Medellin and Mexico. In 2020 AGENdA was selected as one of the most creative, interesting and promising emerging architects by Domus magazine.


On Specific Ambiguity by the Idea of Tropical Space or the Reasoned Practice of the Forms of Transition

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FORTHCOMING AND NEW: ARCHITECTURE

On Architecture and Construction

ON ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775764018
USD $24.00
| CAD $34

Pub Date: 2/16/2027
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The Transformation of Great European Cities

THE TRANSFORMATION OF GREAT EUROPEAN CITIES

nai010 publishers

ISBN: 9789465490076
USD $39.95
| CAD $59.95

Pub Date: 12/1/2026
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Building with what Remains

BUILDING WITH WHAT REMAINS

nai010 publishers

ISBN: 9789462089969
USD $29.95
| CAD $44.95

Pub Date: 2/9/2027
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By Women for Better Living

BY WOMEN FOR BETTER LIVING

nai010 publishers

ISBN: 9789462089921
USD $49.95
| CAD $75.95

Pub Date: 2/9/2027
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Through Bodies and Buildings

THROUGH BODIES AND BUILDINGS

Set Margins’ publications

ISBN: 9789083657554
USD $29.95
| CAD $44.95

Pub Date: 11/3/2026
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The Activist City

THE ACTIVIST CITY

nai010 publishers

ISBN: 9789462089853
USD $34.95
| CAD $52.95

Pub Date: 11/17/2026
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Models of Architecture in Archaeology

MODELS OF ARCHITECTURE IN ARCHAEOLOGY

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775763646
USD $24.00
| CAD $34

Pub Date: 11/24/2026
Forthcoming


Architects with Attitudes

ARCHITECTS WITH ATTITUDES

nai010 publishers

ISBN: 9789462086807
USD $45.00
| CAD $68

Pub Date: 2/9/2027
Forthcoming


(Hidden) Narratives of Spatial Resistance

(HIDDEN) NARRATIVES OF SPATIAL RESISTANCE

nai010 publishers

ISBN: 9789465490045
USD $39.95
| CAD $59.95

Pub Date: 2/9/2027
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Adolf Loos: Ruminations and Revisions

ADOLF LOOS: RUMINATIONS AND REVISIONS

KANT

ISBN: 9788074374661
USD $25.00
| CAD $35

Pub Date: 9/29/2026
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Degree Zero in Architecture

DEGREE ZERO IN ARCHITECTURE

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959059053
USD $40.00
| CAD $56

Pub Date: 9/1/2026
Active | In stock


On Behalf of the Environment: Pedagogies of Unrest

ON BEHALF OF THE ENVIRONMENT: PEDAGOGIES OF UNREST

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959059183
USD $15.00
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Pub Date: 8/25/2026
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