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Trees, Time, Architecture!

Ein Plädoyer für eine langfristig tragfähige Beziehung zwischen Bäumen und Bauwerken

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Neues Zirkuläres Bauen

Das Architekturbüro Ilmer Thies präsentiert ein Vorzeigeprojekt zirkulären Bauens – das Bürohaus Müllerstrasse Zürich

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The Home We Share

Drei fröhlich-poetische, verspielte Raumgestaltungen für die Princeton University von R&R Studios in Miami

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Typostruktur

«Es ist höchste Zeit, das Thema Nachhaltigkeit auch in der architektonischen Disziplin selbst anzugehen. Was kann Architektur an sich selbst ändern, um einen Beitrag zu leisten?»

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Neuerscheinungen

Visiting

Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, Berlin 1966–89

Fawad Kazi KSSG – OKS

Band III: Haus 07A

Architecture as Built Criticism

DEON

Ein Werkbuch

Buildings for People and Plants by WORKac

Einhausung & Hochpark

Gestaltung der Autobahneindeckung und des Ueberlandparks in Zürich Schwamendingen

Genuine Construction

Zhang Pengju’s New Regionalism in Inner Mongolia

Zwischen den Kontinenten

Ehrentraut Katstaller-Schott, Karl Katstaller und die Architekturmoderne Mittelamerikas

Neues Zirkuläres Bauen

Bürohaus Müllerstrasse Zürich. Ilmer Thies Architekten

Performance

Performanz

Trees, Time, Architecture!

Entwerfen im Wandel

Trees, Time, Architecture!

Design in Constant Transformation

Dirty Old River

The Home We Share

Three Social Sculptures for Princeton University

Large, Lasting and Inevitable

Jorge Silvetti in Dialogues and Writings on Architecture as a Cultural Practice

Typostruktur

Sehnsucht nach architektonischer Relevanz

Esch Sintzel Architekten

Bauten und Projekte

Center and Periphery

Five Houses by Mikael Bergquist

A House to Live With

16 Variations by Dom Hans van der Laan and His Companions

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

Highlights

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

Peter Zumthor 1985–2013

Bauten und Projekte

Peter Zumthor 1985–2013

Buildings and Projects

Städtebau beginnt an der Strasse

Architektur Klima Atlas

Klimabewusst entwerfen in Forschung, Lehre und Praxis

The Art of Architectural Grafting

Architektenfutter

Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz – Freunde des Wohnungsbaus

EM2N – Stadtfabrik

Plädoyer für eine Stadt des toleranten Nebeneinanders

EM2N—City Factory

Advocating for a City of Tolerant Co-Existence

The Playground Project

The Architecture of Public Space

Armando Ruinelli Architekten

Bauten 1982–2022. Leggere il tempo

Built

by Valerio Olgiati

Montessori Architecture

A Design Instrument for Schools

Innenputz

Absolute Beginners

African Modernism

The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia

Bauteile wiederverwenden

Ein Kompendium zum zirkulären Bauen

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Biennale Architettura 2025 x The New Design Museum by Beatrice Leanza   The New Design Museum brings together theories, voices and case studies from leading international institutions and independent initiatives addressing the transformed–and continually transforming–nature of design in the 21st century and its planetary scope in both practical and discursive dimensions.

By mapping a new landscape of institutional practices across different geographical locations, the book examines the critical role of cultural institutions as engines for knowledge production, where a democratic politics of mutual care and shared purpose can be explored and exercised.

Beatrice Leanza, Park Books and Golden Goose kindly invite you to the book launch at the Venice Biennale opening weekend!

The author and Julie Cirelli will be in conversation about design and future institutions.

Book design by OFFSHORE, with illustrations by Martin Groch. 
@beabiyue @offshore________ @goldengoose @juliecirelli
  ***  GOLDEN GOOSE HAUS  Via dell’Atomo 2, Marghera, Venice  Saturday, May 10th  12:30 to 14:30 PM

Image Slide 1: Cielo Oscuro / Matali Crasset, Concéntrico 08 – 2021 © Photo Josema Cutillas - Concéntrico

Image: Loudreaders © Loudreaders Tradeschool and WAI Architecture Think-Tank

Architecture as Built Criticism

Can buildings themselves express criticism? Wasn’t modernist housing a collective criticism of unsustainable living conditions? Can a state’s embassy convey differentiated, critical messages to the home and host country? Can architects express explicit criticism with their buildings? And if so, how can they do so? The essays collected in this volume present a wide range of effective built criticisms. Their authors’ concise analyses broaden our view of an insufficiently explored field of knowledge.

This book is published following the International Conference on Architecture as Built Criticism held on October 12, 15, 21, and 22, 2023 at Tongji University, CAUP, Shanghai.

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Edited by Wilfried Wang and Li Xiangning

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Book design by Sabine Hahn

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We are delighted to announce that Park Books has been named Best Imprint at the prestigious Monocle Design Awards, presented annually by the international design magazine “Monocle”.

The “Best Imprint” award is one of 50 Monocle Design Awards and the only one related to the world of books. The winners come from 27 countries on six continents and were selected by an international team of editors and correspondents from the design scene.

“Zürich-based architecture and design imprint Park Books makes publications that are both sources of knowledge and beautiful objects. This commitment to the craft of publishing has stood Park Books in good stead.” says Monocle in its statement.

The award ceremony will take place on April 28, 2025, in Paris.

More info about the award and Monocle magazine at the link in bio!

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Genuine Construction. Zhang Pengju’s New Regionalism in Inner Mongolia

Zhang Pengju’s buildings explore the intersection of architecture and landscape as topographical art. His architectural practice is deeply rooted in the terrain and local history of China’s Inner Mongolia region and at the same embodies contemporary architecture at its best. He engages in defining and cultivating topographical order and demonstrates how creative thinking can transform the fragments of our living conditions and our lives into images of a unified world.

The seventeen realized designs featured in Genuine Construction exemplify the architect’s approach. Each project is introduced by a concise text and presented through color photographs, plans, drawings, and sketches showing the use of natural materials, smooth lines, and humble models that skillfully blend these buildings into their surroundings.
Genuine Construction showcases outstanding designs that are also manifestations of a new and noteworthy trend in contemporary architecture worldwide.

Edited by Zhang Pengju

Design Concept by Bureau Sandra Doeller
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Biennale Architettura 2025 x Building for People and Plants by WORKac

Buildings for People and Plants by WORKac offers an exploration of ten recent projects by New York-based firm WORKac, navigating through the interconnected realms of architecture, environment, and social sustainability, showcasing their latest explorations in architecture and how their architectural projects engage with their specific cultural and environmental contexts to support both people and plants.

WORKac and Park Books kindly invite you to the two events connected to the launch of their new book at the Venice Biennale opening weekend!

*** Book Launch ***
Serra Dei Giardini
Friday May 9th
5:30 to 7:30 PM
Space is limited, RSVP for attendance at the link in bio!

*** Exhibition Opening ***
La Toletta SpazioEventi
Saturday May 10th
6:30 to 8 PM

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Image Slide 1: A home for an art collector and his family on the Mediterranean. © Imagen Subliminal

Image Slide 3: WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos collaborated on new community centers in Mexico City. © Ramiro del Carpio

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Performanz

Der Begriff Performanz, 1955 vom britischen Sprachphilosophen John L. Austin geprägt, bezeichnet prozesshafte, «performative» Aspekte, die anstelle starrer Zustände und festgeschriebener Normen ins Zentrum der Betrachtung rücken. Er hat Eingang in unterschiedlichste Bereiche von Wissenschaft und Technik gefunden und taucht in jüngerer Zeit auch im architektonischen Kontext auf. In den Bau- und Forschungsprojekten von EMI Architekt:innen (EMI) ist Performanz seit Langem ein wiederkehrendes Thema.

Das eigene Werk bildet den Auslöser für eine vertiefte Auseinandersetzung von EMI mit der Performanz, die nun in diesem Buch dargelegt wird. Die Texte von Elli Mosayebi, Joseph Schwartz, Laurent Stalder und Nina Zschocke – alle als Dozierende an der ETH Zürich tätig – sowie künstlerische und dokumentarische Fotografien, Pläne und Zeichnungen beleuchten das Phänomen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven.

Also available as English Edition!

Herausgegeben von EMI Architekt:innen, Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin @emiarchitektinnen

Gestaltet von NORM, Zürich
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