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nai010 The Why Factory

(w)EGO: Tailor-Made Housing
(w)EGO: Tailor-Made Housing
Text by Winy Maas, Adrien Ravon, Javier Arpa, Felix Madrazo.

With (W)EGO: Tailor-Made Housing, the Why Factory investigates participatory processes in housing design—processes that establish the grounds for negotiation between the desires of residents, designers and architects. To achieve this, Wegocity has conceptualized a kind >>more

nai010 Publishers
ISBN 9789462085305
US $44.95 CAN $62.95 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 384 pgs / 200 color.
Pub Date: 09/27/2022 In stock


We Want World Wonders
We Want World Wonders
Edited by Winy Maas. Most celebrated works of architecture of the early 21st century are what one would describe as spectacular; incredible cantilevers, rotating towers, gigantic cupolas and exuberant shapes are features without which a contemporary building would hardly >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462081772
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 280 pages / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 01/26/2016 In stock


Barba
Barba
Text by Winy Maas, Ulf Hackauf, Adrien Ravon, Patrick Healy. How might nanotechnology—the manipulation of matter at the level of atoms and molecules—change buildings and cities in the future? The authors of Barba have imagined one possible future, shaped by a miraculous nanomaterial of the >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462082533
US $45.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 400 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 01/26/2016 In stock


Copy Paste
Copy Paste
Text by Winy Maas, Felix Madrazo, Bernard Hulsman. The tension between tradition and innovation is fundamental to the discipline of architecture, as architects borrow readily and heavily from past designs and yet scramble in a competition for originality. In Copy Paste, architects and >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462081642
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 320 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 02/27/2018 Not available


Green Dream
Green Dream
Text by Winy Maas, Pirjo Haikola, Ulf Hackauf, John Thackara. Green Dream investigates what "green" means in practical terms for design, architecture and urbanism. Led by The Why Factory, the urbanist thinktank headed by Winy Maas, experts in the field debate what is currently considered >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789056628628
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 406 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 08/31/2014 In stock


City Shock
City Shock
Text by Winy Maas, Felix Madrazo. In a world of seemingly ever-increasing instability, many urban planning decisions seem to be governed not by vision, but by fear--fear of disaster, of change, of the unknown. What can we learn from this state >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462080072
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 318 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 04/30/2013 In stock


The Vertical Village
The Vertical Village
Edited and with text by Winny Mass. Interviews with Alfredo Brillemburg, Hubert Klumpner, Lieven De Cauter, Peter Trummer Addressing East Asia’s rapid urban transformation, The Vertical Village looks at radical alternatives to the familiar standardized block architecture that has eradicated low-rise, “lighter” varieties of architecture, such as the Hutong in Beijing, Tokyo’s wooden >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789056628444
US $35.00 CAN $40.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 528 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 02/29/2012 Not available


The Why Factory and The Future City
The Why Factory and The Future City
Text by Winy Maas, Kristin Feireiss, Ole Bouman, Wouter Vanstiphout, Michiel Riedijk, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries. Founded by Winy Maas, The Why Factory concentrates on the production of models and visualizations for future cities. It runs independent research projects, PhD programs, architecture and urbanism studios, postgraduate studios at the Berlage Institute >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789056627812
US $25.00 CAN $30.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 168 pgs / 100 b&w.
Pub Date: 08/31/2011 Not available


Absolute Leisure
Absolute Leisure
Text by Winy Maas, Alexander Sverdlov, Felix Madrazo, The Why Factory. Flexible working hours, cheap flights to every far-flung corner of the planet, millions of downloadable films, television programs and songs at our disposal: we have become a society of leisure devotees and connoisseurs of pleasure. >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789056627669
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 352 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 11/22/2016 In stock


Hong Kong Fantasies
Hong Kong Fantasies
Text by Winy Maas, et al. With this ambitious volume, The Why Factory throws down the gauntlet to the city of Hong Kong. A theoretical and visual expedition into Hong Kong's future, Hong Kong Fantasies plots out alternative paths, new visions >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789056627645
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 FLAT40
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 176 pgs / 202 color.
Pub Date: 03/31/2012 In stock


Green Dream
Green Dream
Text by Winy Maas, John Thackara. Green Dream investigates what "green" means in practical terms for design, architecture and urbanism. Led by The Why Factory, the global urbanist thinktank headed by Winy Maas, experts in the field debate what is currently >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789056627416
US $35.00 CAN $40.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 408 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 09/30/2010 Not available


Visionary Cities
Visionary Cities
Edited and with text by Winy Maas and The Why Factory. Recognizing that our civic responsibilities towards our environments have drastically increased, Visionary Cities ambitiously sets the agenda for the city of the future. Amid crippling bureaucracies and economic crises, present-day thinking on city design remains >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789056627256
US $25.00 CAN $34.50 FLAT40
Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 240 pgs / 100 color.
Pub Date: 03/31/2010 Not available