Plans and Images
An Archive of Projects on Typology in Architecture 2013–2018
Plans and Images offers insight into how architects are trained by examining the teaching and research approach of the Laboratory of Elementary Architecture and Studies of Types EAST (Laboratory EAST), a satellite studio of the EPFL School of Architecture in Lausanne.
Paper $80.00
Contrast and Cohesion
Architecture and Urban Planning
The first book to document G8A Architects’s achievements to date, Contrast and Cohesion reflects the firm’s work in Switzerland and Hanoi. Featuring twenty seven of the firm’s projects through drawings, photographs, plans, and descriptive texts, the book also brings together essays that expand on the different concerns and challenges that accompany the creation of architecture in Central Europe and Southeast Asia.
Cloth $55.00
At Home in Steel
Residential Construction in Steel–Thoughts on Space and Structure
Drawing on recent research at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Constructive Design, the essays in At Home in Steel reflect on steel residential architecture from today’s perspective and feature contemporary examples by Atelier Bow Wow, Christian Kerez, Lacaton and Vassal, and Made In, among others.
Paper $35.00
Building Additions in Steel
The Architecture of Vertical Extensions
Building Additions in Steel looks at the largely ignored topic of steel additions in architecture and engineering, documenting an ambitious, interdisciplinary research project by architects, engineers, teachers, and students at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Constructive Design. The book offers basic theoretical and technical information on a selection of outstanding steel additions alongside more than one hundred illustrations, including plans and photographs.
Paper $35.00
Portugal Lessons
Environmental Objects. Teaching and Research in Architecture
Architecture is often seen as confronting the natural environment. However, by questioning the distinction between landmarks and the landscape they adjoin, architectural objects can themselves be environmental objects that amplify nature and increase our awareness of it. Portugal Lessons is a project of laba, or Laboratory Basel. The book presents the studio’s case studies of the country and processes of urbanization.
Paper $49.00