ARCHITECTURE
El Croquis 229 - Aires Mateus (2018-2025)
El Croquis 2025 ISBN 9788412823448 Acqn 36908
Pb 25x34cm 336pp col ills £80
Led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Lisbon-based architecture studio Aires
Mateus is known for its wide range of work, from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs.
Grounded in collaboration, each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to
completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualised. This issue
explores their philosophy, process, and commitment to architecture as a cultural and social act.
Featured are key projects such as the refurbishment of Variedades Theatre, Pateos Guest
Houses, House in Monzaraz, MUDAC Lausanne, and more. A conversation with the architects
adds further insight.
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Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion - The Korean Pavilion 19th International
Architecture
Propaganda 2025 ISBN 9788998143916 Acqn 36909
Pb 22x33cm 364pp col ills £22.50
Published in conjunction with the Korean Pavilion's exhibition at the 19th International
Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, this volume reflects on the 30-year history of the
Korean Pavilion and re-examines the vision of sustainability and the architectural presence of the
national pavilion in the face of geopolitical shifts. The interplay between temporariness and
liveability of the pavilion is seen through the gaze of the "little toad" from a popular Korean
children's folk song. The exhibition examines architectural value and regeneration through the
exchange of old and new. The pavilion is seen as a "house of exhibitions" where memories and
narratives accumulate.
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Housing, Micropolitics, and Pedagogies - Designing and Practicing Collectivity
Ruby Press 2025 ISBN 9783944074573 Acqn 36808
Pb 14x22cm 160pp col ills £31.50
This book explores the global housing crisis, emphasizing adequate housing as a human right.
Through essays, it exampines the commercialization of housing, the political aspects of design,
and architects' roles in promoting social and spatial justice. Using historical and contemporary
projects, it highlights socially focused housing developments in Norway and Europe. It presents
housing alternatives for marginalized groups and diverse family constellations. The authors
advocate for innovative architectural solutions rooted in community, cooperation, and equality.
They show how radical, emancipatory architectural pedagogy can foster critical thinking and
collective action, urging architects, activists, educators, and students to champion social justice
through design and education.
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gta papers 9 – Amazonia
gta Verlag 2025 ISBN 9783856764722 Acqn 36811
Pb Pb 21x30cm 140pp col ills £26.50
The Amazon's ecology and history of inhabitation are deeply intertwined with the natural world. In
this issue, researchers from diverse backgrounds challenge conventional narratives of
colonisation and modernisation. By highlighting the importance of Indigenous knowledge and the
pressing need for ecological reconciliation, an intercultural understanding that respects and
integrates myriad ways of being within this vast region is advocated. Ranging from the theoretical
to the practical, contributions include analyses of the forest's architectural or metropolitan
qualities and Indigenous cosmologies, urging plural conceptions of this vital ecological and
cultural landscape.
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AV Proyectos 127 - Tierra Cruda
Avisa 2025 no ISBN Acqn 36822
Pb 21x30cm 80pp col ills £18
'AV Proyectos 127' explores earthen construction, a technique recovered in projects like those of
Boltshauser Architekten, Studio Mumbai, Assemble, or Peris+Toral, among other studios
included in this dossier that shows how tradition and innovation can intertwine to explore different
types, scales, and ways of dwelling. This approach is broadened with the perspectives of
architect Anna Heringer and rammed earth expert Martin Rauch. Furthermore, the Barcelona-
based studio TAKK works on new forms of domesticity to address the different natural and
seasonal rhythms from an economy of means. Aside from the usual news and products sections,
the issue features a piece on the Shanghai Opera House by the Norwegian office Snohetta.
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AV Monographs 271-272 - Spain 2025
Avisa 2025 ISBN 9788412903461 Acqn 36853
Pb 24x30cm 224pp col ills £77.50
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the magazine, 'Yearbook 2025' gathers a selection of 25
works, including international projects by Spanish architects. Prominent works in Spain include
the new Real Madrid Stadium by L35 and Ribas & Ribas, Emilio Tunon's renovation of a
university building in Madrid, the refurbishment of the Seville Shipyard by Guillermo Vazquez
Consuegra, and the Financial Centre in Almeria by Ayala Arquitectos. Also featured are new
works by Benedetta Tagliabue, Juan Herreros, Francisco Mangado, Barozzi Veiga, and more.
The issue covers key topics such as the housing problem and increasing depopulation in many
rural areas of Spain.
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Landscapes of Retreat (Second Edition)
K. Verlag 2025 ISBN 9783947858699 Acqn 36856
Pb 14x21cm 328pp col ills £35
'Landscapes of Retreat' explores climate adaptation through portraits of land left behind as
settlement patterns shift with a changing climate. Here, "landscape" refers to the earth alive with
creatures and organisms, while "retreat" suggests human patterns are fluid and adaptable.
Featuring field studies from Nijinomatsubara Forest (Japan), Maule River (Chile), Niugtaq Village
(Alaska), Langtang Park (Nepal), and Gaspesie Peninsula (Quebec), the stories emphasize that
valuing landscapes fosters community resilience. Cutting across history, fieldwork, and
geography, 'Landscapes of Retreat' rethinks "change" as a shared pathway toward adaptive,
collaborative climate futures. Winner of the 2024 J.B. Jackson Book Award from the Landscape
Studies Initiative at the University of Virginia.
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Arquitectura Viva 271 - More Housing
Avisa 2025 no ISBN Acqn 36857
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £30
Housing is just one of the many problems besieging the European continent. Immersed in a
residential crisis that threatens the very foundations of its welfare system, the resulting fissures
(social, political, economic, climatic) extend across Europe. This special issue takes stock of the
current need for housing through four sections corresponding with geographical zones: Central
Europe, Switzerland, France, and Spain. Each area is represented by a pair of projects that
express the variations of the demand for "more" and address the challenges of collective housing.
These include works by feld72, MAIO, Esch Sintzel Architekten, LAN, Lopez Rivera Arquitectos,
and others.
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Arquitectura Viva 272: Liu Jiakun - Pritzker Prize 2025
Avisa 2025 no ISBN Acqn 36907
Pb 24x30cm 80pp col ills £30
The magazines of AV had barely published flashes of the exquisite and silent work of Liu Jiakun,
an architect who at the outset was keener on persevering in his career as a novelist than on
mastering the art of building. But in the heat of his recent distinction with the Pritzker Prize,
Arquitectura Viva offers a run-through of his trajectory through six projects of civic scope that melt
into intense spatial and narrative experiences where memory and the everyday overlap poetically.
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a+u 654 25:03 Reinterpretations of Sacredness Generative AI within Architecture
Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2025 no ISBN Acqn 36860
Pb 22x29cm 160pp col ills £25.50
The magazine investigates sacredness and how it manifests in architectural space. Taking
examples from religious works of architecture in different parts of the globe, this issue
endeavours to establish a language of light and shadow, materiality, and scale. AI complicates
the notion of "sacred space" further. Using this theme, guest editor Erwin Viray introduces
generative AI tools to illuminate the direction that architectural design may take as well as
confront human sensibilities and shared ideas about architectural space. Fourteen nonreligious
projects offer alternative perspectives on how this same sense of awe and serenity can be
translated into our everyday lives.
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a+u 655 25:04 More-Than-Human Architecture
Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2025 ISBN 9784900213173 Acqn 36895
Pb 22x29cm 160pp col ills £25.50
This issue features Spanish architect, writer, and curator Andres Jaque and his international
practice, the Office for Political Innovation (OFFPOLLIN), based in New York and Madrid. It
presents the office's investigation of the more-than-human dimension of the built environment
through the concept of transspecies architecture, which counters unilateral anthropocentric
thinking by imagining architecture as a gathering of heterogenous entities, with permeable layers
and varying scales. The issue furthers this critical dialogue by bringing together architects from
around the globe, including TAKK from Spain and Studio mnm and Fuminori Nousaku from
Japan.
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Landscape Architecture Europe #7
Blauwdruk Publishers 2024 ISBN 9789492474674 Acqn 36864
Hb 17x24cm 336pp col ills £45
How to design European landscapes in times of profound changes on a planet profoundly shaped
by humans? In this 7th edition of the triennial bookseries of 'Landscape Architecture Europe' the
focus is on the architectural aesthetics of the design. This volume presents more than 40 recent
projects on climate change and transformation of cultural and industrial heritage, and on projects
that deal with the diversities of Europe. How can designers accommodate landscapes that
mediate and foster respect, appreciation, coexistence, and engagement? The projects are
selected by an international and independent jury. Introductions, essays and portraits deepen the
selection.
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Nature-inclusive Urban Development
nai010 publishers 2025 ISBN 9789462089020 Acqn 36867
Pb 17x24cm 128pp col ills £26.50
The construction industry is keen to expand the role of nature in area development, but the path
from ambition to realisation and management is a challenging one. This book looks back to the
very first European eco-districts from the final decade of the 20th century and examines what the
concept has delivered for residents and nature. It assesses the effectiveness of several
pioneering international points systems in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Malmo, Stockholm, and
other cities. Using valuable solutions gleaned from interviews with practitioners in key positions,
the authors explore the operation and benefits of such systems and seek ways to make cities
more biodiverse.
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