#books #architecture | Hutong metabolism : ZAO-standardarchitecture

Hutong metabolism : ZAO-standardarchitecture / editor, Cristina Steingräber ; with contributions by Nondita Correa Mehrotra [ et al.].
Berlin : ArchiTangle, [2021].
287 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – China / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – China / Beijing (China) / Inmuebles para vivienda

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9783966800150
Cita APA-7: Steingräber, Cristina I. (ed.) (2021). Hutong metabolism : ZAO/standardarchitecture. ArchiTangle.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-728.2 HUT
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1287238387

[.en] Small stone hutongs, built within a courtyard-and-alley system, are emblematic of Beijing’s traditional inner-city architecture which still contends with modern, cooperate redevelopments to shape the character of the city. In one of the oldest cities in China, the important tasks of preservation and revitalization require particular sensitivity. Captured at the centre of the battlefield between development, conservation and renovation, the hutongs, on the verge of erasure, call into question the paradoxical nature of these paradigms. The Micro Hutong Renewal series by ZAO/standardarchitecture focusses on small structures which residents have added to hutong courtyards in the last 60 years. The anchor project of this publication is the Hutong Children’s Library & Art Centre, which won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016.

A foreword from the Aga Khan Award director, Farrokh Derakhshani, and a series of photographs and drawings by the architect will present this project alongside another project from the series; The Micro Hutong and Co-living Courtyard, as well as ZAO/standardarchitecture’s social housing projects in the center of Beijing. In addition, scholarly essays from across disciplines will explore alternative perspectives of China’s historical cities and the challenges they face. Several interviews with different people involved with the Hutong projects, such as residents and users of different ages will ensure a broad range of perspectives. The holistic message of the book will illustrate how ZAO/standardarchitecture’s work considers the city and its components as living organisms. This is what gives rise to the title: Hutong Metabolism.

#books #architecture | Arvo Pärt Centre & Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos : a common denominator

Arvo Pärt Centre & Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos : a common denominator = Ühine nimetaja / editor = toimetaja, Michael Pärt.
212 p. : il.+ 1 suplemento en alemán y español.
Berlin : ArchiTangle, 2020.
Ed. bilingüe inglés – estonio.
/ EN / ET / DE / ES / Libros / Centros culturales / Música y arquitectura / Nieto-Sobejano

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9783966800037
Cita APA-7: Pärt, Michael (ed.) (2020). Arvo Pärt Centre & Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos : a common denominator = ühine nimetaja. ArchiTangle.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-727 ARV
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1240169002

[.en] The book embodies a bridge between the dimensions of music, architecture and landscape: the music of Arvo Pärt with the architecture of Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano in the surrounding pine forest landscape in Laulasmaa, Estonia, to form one infused entity. This book is many books. The first takes the reader on a journey throughout the spaces within the Arvo Pärt Centre. The second is a book of words. It reveals quotations from Arvo Pärt's musical diaries. The third book embraces us with score elements turning into architecture elements. The fourth book is an architecture sketchbook. It contains a graphical description of the whole project from an architectural view. Plans, sections, elevations, structural schemes of the landscape project, the main building, and the tower and the chapel show technical details and proportions of the spaces. Finally, the fifth book provides a deeper view on the synthesis of the arts through the words of five authors: Michael Pärt, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano, Kristina Kõrver, Nikita Andrejev and Covadonga Blasco Veganzones. It's beautiful and minimalistic design, specially finished with the architectural drawings on integrated transparent paper, make this book a truly unique object both in terms of content and manufactured book production.

#books #architecture | Book of models

Book of models / Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus ; edited by Camilla De Camilli ; photographs by Marco Cappelletti.
Berlin: ArchiTangle, 2021.
[200] p. : principlamente il.
/ EN / Libros / Aires Mateus Associados / Modelos Arquitectónicos

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9783966800112
Cita APA-7: Mateus, Manuel Aires, & Aires Mateus, Francisco (2021). Book of models. ArchiTangle.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-721.021.23 BOO
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1250021857

[.en] This poetic and minimalist anthology presents 10 years of heritage of Aires Mateus design studios at the Accademia di Archittettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland.100 images oflargescale models built by students of Aires Mateus are brought together to create afamily portrait. Each expertly staged model is pictured with the essential schemes necessaryto understand the volumes portrayed. Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus’ many years ofexperience in pedagogy and the use of models in practice are brought together in a manifestowhich precedes the anthology of images. The importance of the model in the formation ofarchitectural ideas and throughout the design process, as well as its potency as a standalonestatement are highlighted. The evocative photographs in this book reveal abstract spacesproduced by artistic interpretations of light, volume and materiality.

#books #architecture | Architecture of coexistence : building pluralism

Architecture of coexistence : building pluralism / edited by Azra Akšamija.
Berlin : ArchiTanglee, 2020.
284 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Filosofía / Arquitectura y sociedad / Multiculturalismo

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9783966800082
Cita APA-7: Aksamija, Azra (2020). Architecture of coexistence : building pluralism. ArchiTanglee.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:316 ARQ
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1250017670

[.en] This book investigates how architecture can shape an open-minded and inclusive society, highlighting three internationally renowned projects: the White Mosque in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1980); the Islamic Cemetery Altach, Austria (2012); and Superkilen park in Copenhagen, Denmark (2011). Scholarly essays across various disciplines, along with interviews with the architects and users of these projects, provide intriguing insights into architecture’s ability to bridge cultural divides. Soliciting a wide array of questions about migration, transculturalism, visibility, inclusion, and exclusion, the book sheds light on the long-term social processes generated between architectural form and its users. ‘Architecture of Coexistence’ offers a truly interdisciplinary perspective on a very timely subject: “Building pluralism” means designing for a respectful inclusion of different cultural needs, practices, and traditions.

#books #architecture | Architecture in dialogue : Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Architecture in dialogue : Aga Khan Award for Architecture / edited by Andres Lepik ; translation: Anastasia Grishina, Amy Klement.
Berlin : ArchiTangle 2019.
351 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Premios y recompensas / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI / Arquitectura islámica

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9783966800020
Cita APA-7: Lepik, Andres (ed.). (2019). Architecture in dialogue : Aga Khan Award for Architecture. ArchiTangle.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.038 ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1199054867

[.en] Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is one of the most prestigious and renowned awards for architecture worldwide. Since 1980 the Award has been given every three years to projects that combine social and ecological aspects and translate them into innovative and exemplary design. The Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence. This publication presents the shortlist of the 2017–2019 award cycle. From a group of almost 400, 20 projects have been shortlisted by the Master Jury and evaluated by an expert group of technical reviewers. Some of these projects have been honoured with the Aga Khan Award. In addition to detailed descriptions of all projects, this book gathers a series of personal statements from the members of the Steering Committee and the Award’s Master Jury on key issues that were crucial in the discussions for the final selection and assignment of the award recipients. Assembled together, this book presents a selection of the outstanding examples of sustainable and socially relevant architecture in the world today and opens up fundamental perspectives for the planning of the future.

#books #architecture | Balkrishna Doshi : writings on architecture & identity

Balkrishna Doshi : writings on architecture & identity / edited by Simone Vera Bader.
Berlin : ArchiTangle 2019.
222 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – India / Balkrishma Vithaldas Doshi

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9783966800013
Cita APA-7: Bader, Simone Vera (ed.) (2019). Balkrishna Doshi : writings on architecture & identity. ArchiTangle.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72DOSHI BAL
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1158594493

[.en] This book presents a curated selection of Balkrishna Doshi’s exceptional writings since the 1950s, with some published here for the first time. The collection of 15 lectures, articles and essays is richly illustrated with more than 50 of Doshi’s personal hand-drawn sketches. Balkrishna Doshi (born 1927 in Pune, India) played a pivotal role in shaping of postcolonial architecture in India. He is a pioneer in addressing crucial issues of social housing and urbanization in India. Doshi influenced the development of Indian architecture significantly through his teaching and lecturing activities and played a major role in the development of Ahmedabad into a center of Indian architectural education. This anthology assembles a selection of his writings, such as lectures, articles and essays. Doshi, who worked for Le Corbusier in Paris for six years in the 1950s, has also always sought contacts with Western architects, for example by promoting the work of Louis Kahn in India. Doshi is a practitioner of architecture for over 70 years, has received numerous awards and he has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2018.

#books #architecture | Toshiko Mori architect : observations

Toshiko Mori architect : observations / with contributions by Landon Brown ... [et al.].
Berlin : ArchiTangle 2020.
239 p.: il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI / Toshiko Mori /

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9783966800044
Cita APA-7: Brown, Landon (2020). Toshiko Mori architect : observations. ArchiTangle.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72MORI TOS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1159667346

[.en] Toshiko Mori is a New York-based architect and Professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design for many years. As a long-time member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities, Mori led research and inquiry into sustainable architecture, enhancing cities’ livability, and creating efficient urban services. Mori is also on the board of Dassault Systems, a company connecting technology to environment and life science. And she has founded the platform VisionArc, a think tank dedicated to exploring the role of design within complex social and environmental issues. This book will focus on TMA’s projects based on research, and the impact of socially valuable projects to society. The book will illustrate how the observation of the architect operates as opposed to how the imagination of the architect manifests itself. Different chapters in the book are describing various ways of approaching the task of observation. Seven chapters are divided into specific projects and provide a look at the hidden thought processes that can take place behind the ideas, solutions, and physical manifestations or architecture. Presented projects include the Portable Concert Hall, called Paracoustica, which is an ongoing nonprofit work to come up with an affordable and sharable concert hall among many constituents in remote and underserved community; the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research focusing on socialization among scientists as a new model of work that promotes further discovery and teamwork. And i.e. the research on the role of libraries in the future using the example of the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch. Another chapter is dedicated to the vernacular typology development in Senegal with the Albers Foundation, and the research on social spaces for collaborative educational environments.