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The Roofless Truth. Planning and Architecture for Homelessness

Eine umfassend recherchierte und sorgfältig gestaltete Auslegeordnung zu Obdachlosigkeit, Stadtplanung und Architektur

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New Schools on the Block

Ein Jahrzehnt gelebter Schulbaupraxis des Kollektivs AFF Architekten – ein typologischer Fundus

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Die Schönsten Schweizer Bücher 2026

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Totems

Architekturhistoriker Irénée Scalbert beschäftigt sich in 10 Essays mit Urbanismus, Natur und zeitgenössischer Architektur

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Meditations in Entropy

Über den Umgang mit dem Klimawandel, unterschiedlichsten Herausforderungen und Dringlichkeiten – achtzehn architektonische Antworten in Bangladesch

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Residential Architecture

Kazuo Shinoharas herausragendes Buch zum Bauen von Wohnhäusern – einer der wichtigsten Texte zur japanischen Architektur in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, erstmals in englischer Übersetzung

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Das Glas Haus. Wien 1933. Vertriebene Visionen

Die Villa Rezek von Architekt Hans Glas – modernes Bauen und Wiener Wohnkultur der 1930er Jahre

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Neuerscheinungen

The Roofless Truth

Planning and Architecture for Homelessness

Global – Neutral

Architecture from Austria in Africa and Asia 1955–1989

Über das Werk des Architekten Josef Lackner

Zwölf Thesen und eine Annäherung

New Schools on the Block

Ein typologischer Fundus

New Schools on the Block

A Typological Inventory

Somewhere, Something, Someone

Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Defining Architectural Quality

Black Architect

Monsters and Mutants

Explorations in the Architecture-Nature Continuum

Antifascist Architecture

SHIFT

Architecture in Times of Radical Change

Totems

Selected Essays on Architecture

Seoul Urban Architecture

Rising from the Crushing Bowl

Architecture by Peter Celsing Photographed by John Håkansson

Jon Lott – Proximities

Residential Architecture

Meditations in Entropy

The Work of Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA

The “Glas House” 1933

Visionary Architecture in Vienna and Exile

Ernst Sommerlad: Architekt 1895–1977

Bauen im Fürstentum Liechtenstein, in den Kantonen St.Gallen, Appenzell AR, Graubünden und in Vorarlberg

Blanking

An Annotated Archive of Projects and Thoughts on Architecture

Wir liefern versandkostenfrei nach Deutschland, Österreich und in die Schweiz!

Highlights

Totems

Selected Essays on Architecture

Residential Architecture

Das Glas Haus

Wien 1933. Vertriebene Visionen

Penzel Valier

Architecture, Construction, Design 2007–2024

Penzel Valier

Architektur, Konstruktion, Design 2007–2024

Typology

Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca. Review No. IV

Kazuo Shinohara – 3 Houses

House in White, House in Uehara, House in Yokohama

Nachhaltige Designprozesse

Leitfaden für die gestalterische Praxis und Lehre

Aufs Dorf gekommen

atelier-f architekten. Bauten und Projekte 1998–2025

SAY 25/26

Schweizer Architektur Jahrbuch 2025/26

That's Brutal, What's Modern?

The Smithsons, Banham, and the Mies-Image

Public Spaces, NY

Reinventing Heritage

A Design Compass on Adaptive Reuse

Visiting

Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, Berlin 1966–89

Urban Innovation Laboratory

Buildings for People and Plants by WORKac

Dirty Old River

Esch Sintzel Architekten

Bauten und Projekte

A House to Live With

16 Variations by Dom Hans van der Laan and His Companions

Jaretti & Luzi

Wohnbauten in Turin 1954–1974

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Penzel Valier, 2008 gegründet, ist eines der führenden Architektur- und Ingenieurbüros der Schweiz. Zu den vielfach ausgezeichneten Projekten des Büros gehören etwa die Perrondächer der Tramhaltestelle am Flughafen Zürich, das Restaurant Lily’s Factory, das Haus Langstrasse und das News- und Sportcenter des Schweizer Fernsehens SRF in Zürich. Abgesehen davon gehören auch der Innenausbau und die Möblierung spezifiischer Gebäude zu den Stärken von Penzel Valier.

An der Vernissage wird die erste umfassende Monografie von Penzel Valier im Zentrum stehen, welche Arbeiten aus einem Zeitraum von mehr als 15 Jahren dokumentiert. Das Gespräch führen Kommunikationsleiterin Daniela Schwarz, das Penzel-Valier-Geschäftsleitungsmitglied Friedrich Tellbüscher sowie Architekt und ZHAW-Dozent Martin Tschanz.

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Penzel Valier. Architecture, Construction, Design 2007–2024 – now available worldwide!

Founded in Zurich in 2008 by architect Christian Penzel and structural engineer Martin Valier, Penzel Valier have established themselves as one of Switzerland’s leading design firms. In fifteen years, they have realized projects that uniquely demonstrate the interplay between the two disciplines. Their portfolio includes a wide range of different typologies, including transportation and infrastructure buildings, office and sports structures, as well as housing, interior design, and objects.

This first monograph on Penzel Valier combines the fundamentals of their design principles with a presentation of their key buildings and projects. Essays by distinguished authors examine the firm’s work from different perspectives. A detailed illustrated complete catalog of their built, unrealized, and ongoing projects since 2007–2024 rounds off the beautiful volume.

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Edited by Leonore Daum, Christian Penzel, Friedrich Tellbüscher and Martin Valier
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Book design by Bruno Margreth
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Defining Architectural Quality

The essays collected in this volume cover the spectrum of issues that determine the quality of architecture. For example: What exactly is architectural quality? Is it based on physical facts? Is it a matter of cultural context? Does it lie in the eye of the beholder or is it actually beauty that matters? Do architects’ intentions and ideas provide the keys to a building’s evaluation? Does it rest primarily in its form? Or in the ethical attitude it expresses? Or is it just a group of critics deciding these issues among themselves?

While quantitative-technical evaluations of buildings abound internationally, the qualitative assessment of architectural works has so far been largely neglected. This unique anthology on definitions of architectural quality ranges from general observations and theories to case studies, and lays a rigorous foundation for assessing works of architecture.

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Edited by José Manuel Pozo and Wilfried Wang

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Book design by Sabine Hahn

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Typology. Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca. Review No. IV – now available in bookstores worldwide!

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.

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Edited by Emanuel Christ, Victoria Easton, Giulio Galasso, Christoph Gantenbein, Maria Margherita Innocenti, Elisaveta Maria Kriman

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Book design by Ludovic Balland Typography Cabinet with Annina Schepping and Jeanne La Belle
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Photographic essay by Tommaso Mola Meregalli
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Jon Lott—Proximities is an exploration into the practice of Para Project, and the philosophies of its founder Jon Lott. Lott’s work, characterized by its openness to reconfiguration and its dialogue with context, is presented through five key projects: Haffenden House, Pioneertown House, Stump House, Brugge Diptych, and Couple Lean-tos.

The book probes the significance of proximity and approximation in Lott’s work and emphasizes how these elements facilitate a deeper engagement with the surroundings. Structured around thematic prompts such as „Readings/Reflections,“ „Proximities/Aapproximations,“ and „Diptychs/Doubles,“ it offers a multifaceted examination of Lott’s design approach and also highlights the playful and improvisational aspects of Lott’s methodology.

Featuring theoretical discourse and practical insights, Proximities is both an architectural monograph and a philosophical inquiry into the nature of creating and experiencing space.

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Edited by Julie Cirelli
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With contributions by Jon Lott, Toshiko Mori, Charles Shafaieh and Julie Cirelli
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Book design by Elektrosmog, Zurich
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Unfinished Atlas. 19 Projects by Manuel Herz Architects – now available in bookstores worldwide!

This first monograph on the widely acclaimed Basel-based firm Manuel Herz Architects features 19 built and unrealized projects from their portfolio since 2004. Developed for highly diverse locations in ten countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia, they vary greatly in terms of building program, scale, character, and vision. The projects include housing, cultural and public buildings, exhibition and furniture designs, as well as architectural and urban research.

Conceived as a critical retrospective, this book traces all stages of a project from initial sketches to completion, looking also at the afterlife of realized buildings. As the title Unfinished Atlas suggests, architecture should never be considered to be entirely completed: there is always room and potential for later interventions by and with others. Five thematic chapters highlight the ever-changing challenges for a designer that arise from working in complex environments and different socioeconomic conditions.

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Edited by Ludovic Balland, Francesca Mautone, Manuel Herz
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Book design by Ludovic Balland Typography Cabinet with Jenny Schreiter, Annina Schepping and Jeanne La Belle
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