Architecture, Art & Culture Autumn 2013
New Titles
One of the most interesting, emerging architectural offices in France Lean and sustainable architectural and urban design Beautifully designed book by Ruedi Baur
IBOS VITART. Architecture And The City Works and Projects 1990–2013 Dominique Boudet (Ed.)
2013. Approx. 340 p. 300 illus. in color Hardcover, 15,5 × 23,5 cm ISBN 978-3-99043-569-4, English / French Approx. € 53.45 | $ 69.99 | £ 44.99 Available November 2013 Available in the US December 2013
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Dear Readers and Colleagues, We are proud to present our new releases for the autumn of 2013 under our new name, AMBRA VERLAG. We hope you find our list of publications as good as we do! About AMBRA VERLAG AMBRA | V is the result of the takeover of the Architecture, Art and Culture division from Springer Verlag by Medecco Holding. The team you know, consisting of Angela Fössl, Mag. Angelika Heller, Tanja Szabo und myself shall continue to be in charge of making the publishing ideas of our editors and authors a reality with the same high quality and worldwide distribution services. With AMBRA, we would like to continue along the path that has proven so successful to date, while also keeping an eye on the possible innovations our new publishing house offers for our work. Modern Construction Envelopes The second edition of the popular textbook on building shells by Andrew Watts, the London-based façade specialist (www.newtechnic.com) is due to be released this fall. The book has been updated and received a new, crisp layout in line with that of the recently published third edition of the Modern Construction Handbook. Dense Atmosphere There has been a lack of actual construction density values and insights when it comes to creating the most pleasant living spaces possible until now. The new volume on this subject by Dietmar Eberle (ETH) and Eberhard Tröger was conceived to address this need. It is of inestimable value as a planning aid for our cities, which are increasingly becoming the preferred sites for our planet’s population. I wish you great success with our list of new releases for the upcoming autumn season and enjoy reading our catalogue for starters!
All the best, David Marold Senior Editor Architecture / Art & Culture david.marold@ambra-verlag.at AMBRA | V
from left to right: David Marold, Angela Fössl, Tanja Szabo, Angelika Heller
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Dietmar Eberle; Eberhard Tröger (Eds.)
Dense Atmosphere About building density and its conditions in the Central European city Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 480 550, 500 in color 16,5 × 24 cm Hardcover Approx. € 53.05 | $ 69,99 | £ 44,99 978-3-99043-567-0, English
Available December 2013 Available in the US January 2014
The city and its density: a quality of life indicator
Mit der Dichtekategorie 1 beginnt die Analyse in locker bebauten Quartieren an den Rändern der Städte. Wer in eine solche Lage zieht, sucht ganz bestimmte Qualitäten. In den meist freistehenden und von Gärten umgebenen Häusern leben Menschen, die ein sehr geschütztes, intimes und privates Wohnen im Kontakt zur Natur suchen.
Fotos rechte und linke Seite: Nicolas Moulin aus der Serie „Vider Paris“
Urban density defines the quality of life The first comprehensive study: from the outskirts of cities to their centers
Historisch sind diese Siedlungen fast immer Erweiterungen der traditionell gewachsenen Stadtstrukturen, die am Anfang des vorigen Jahrhunderts als Reaktion auf die sprunghaft ansteigen den Bevölkerungszahlen und die Auswirkungen der Industri alisierung entstanden. In dieser Zeit verdichtete sich das Stadt leben in dramatischer Weise und die hygienischen Zustände verlangten nach raschen Lösungen. Eine weitere Verdichtung der Innenstädte schien unter den gegebenen Voraussetzungen nicht mehr möglich. Und so entwickelten viele Städter eine starke Sehnsucht nach frischer Luft, Licht und Sonne. Unab hängig von ihrem Stand suchten besonders Familien aller Einkommensklassen nach einem gesunden Leben in grüner Umgebung. Vor diesem Hintergrund entwickelte Ebenezer Howard am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts die Idee der Gartenstadt. Vom industriell besonders belasteten Grossbrittannien aus gehend erhoffte man sich von deren Grundsätzen bald im ganzen industrialisierten Mitteleuropa eine Entspannung der überlasteten Stadtzentren. Zunächst auf genossenschaftlicher Basis fussend, bauten viele Städte nach englischem Vorbild solche Quartiere in städtischer oder privater Trägerschaft, allerdings ohne den Anspruch, je das Gesamtbild von Howards GartenstadtVision vollumfänglich umsetzen zu wollen.
Photo-documentation and schematic figure-ground diagram renderings for visualization purposes
Die durchgrünten Stadterweiterungen ergänzten eher frag mentarisch und pragmatisch die bestehende Stadt. Entweder entstanden sie in landschaftlich begünstigten Gebieten, oder auf Flächen, die auf einfache Weise die Erschliessung günstigen Baulandes ermöglichten. Gemeinsam ist den einzelnen Quar tieren eine gewisse flächenhafte Homogenität in ihrer städte baulichen Struktur. Als neue Siedlungsgebiete wurden sie planmässig am Reissbrett entworfen und nach den jeweiligen Bedürfnissen oder den Idealvorstellungen ihrer Erbauer in ihrer Zeit angelegt. Aufgrund dieser strukturellen Geschlossenheit verbinden sich bis heute viele dieser Vorstadtsiedlungen kaum mit den angrenzenden Stadtgebieten. So entstand mit den Jahren der städtebauliche Flickenteppich, der unsere Vorstädte heute prägt. Aufgrund ihrer sozialen Struktur kann man diese Siedlungen grob in zwei verschiedene Katagorien unterscheiden. Einerseits drängten schon früh wohlhabende Bürger in landschaftlich bevorzugte Lagen und bildeten Villenkolonien, die mit ihren individuell gestalteten Häusern und repräsentativen Ziergärten auf den Genuss der Natur und des eigenen Besitzes abzielten. Auf der anderen Seite wuchs der Bedarf an günstigem und gesundem Wohnraum für die vielen tausend Arbeiter in den Fabriken, deren Anlagen ebenfalls oft an den Rändern der Städte erbaut wurden. Neubaugebiete auf neu erschlossenem Bauland und die Bebauung durch kleine Einfamilienhäuser mit Nutzgärten konnte auch dieser besonders stark wachsen den Bevölkerungsschicht ein weitgehend selbstbestimmtes Leben ermöglichen und die zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts besonders wichtige Selbstversorgung sichern. Gerade in und nach den Kriegsjahren wurde dieser Aspekt existenziell wichtig.
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Die Arbeit Viderparis basiert auf einer Projektion, in der nach dem Zufallsprinzip ungewöhnliche fiktive Straßenansichten aus einem zukünftigen menschenleeren Paris abgespielt werden.
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In view of progressive landscape use and the growing flow of traffic, the discussion of the reasonable degree of construction density is becoming increasingly heated. Actual values and insights on which form of development creates the most pleasant living spaces are still missing. This book offers a thorough study of the relationship between the characteristics of construction density and the ensuing atmospheres,
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distribution of uses and their value. 36 case study examples in Zurich, Vienna, Munich and Berlin were documented and assessed, from the outskirts to the center of the city with photographs and detailed map material according to nine (9) density categories that take public space into account. This leads to a unique compendium on the character of Central European urban spaces!
Related Titles: GAM 08: Dense Cities, 978-3-99043-474-1
Architecture | Monograph | 5
Dominique Boudet (Ed.)
IBOS VITART. Architecture And The City Works and Projects 1990–2013 Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 340 300 in color 15,5 × 23,5 cm Hardcover Approx. € 53.45 | $ 69.99 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-569-4, English / French
Available November 2013 Available in the US December 2013
Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism – the first book on Ibos – Vitart One of the most interesting, emerging architectural offices in France Lean and sustainable architectural and urban design Beautifully designed book by Ruedi Baur
Ibos-Vitart stands among the most amaz ing architecture offices in France and among the few who have an international following. Jean Marc Ibos and Myrto Vitart started their career working with the office of Jean Nouvel, where they were in charge with some of his key projects. Soon after they left Nouvel, their first major work, the extension and remodeling of Lille Fine Art Museum, won the l’Equerre d’argent,
a prestigious award in France. Their design is the result of a deliberately restrained attitude. It is rooted in their profound consciousness of the responsibility of the architect in society. Delivering lasting buildings, that value and enrich a place while serving present and future users and inhabitants is their goal.This book documents 15 projects extensively – and was designed by Ruedi Baur.
Related Titles: Marte, Kapfinger (Eds.): Marte Marte, 978-3-99043-221-1
6 | Architecture | Monograph
Norbert Mayr, Tom Lechner (Eds.)
LP Architektur / Architecture Bauten und Projekte / Buildings and Projects 2006–2014 Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 280 300 in color 22 × 26 cm Hardcover Approx. € 48.63 | $ 69.99 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-562-5, German / English
Available October 2013 Available in the US November 2013
Consistent – Human – Responsible – Sexy
Monograph on a young Austrian architecture office from Salzburg 23 realized buildings Office structures, remodelling of existing historical buildings, single-family housing ...
LP architektur has created a richly varied body of work in the ten years it has existed. The office’s breakthrough came at the 2006 Winter Oympics in Turin with the emblematic Austria House, in which Tom Lechner, the LP managing partner blended tradition with modernity. LP Architektur has won a number of Austrian architecture awards since then. In an area defined by turbotourism, the Salzburg office’s buildings
have become beacons of regional identity that now reach beyond the borders of Salzburg. LP architektur sees its designs as psychograms that are the reflections of the individual desires and dreams of their clients. This selection of 23 buildings complements the works presented in the first monograph published in 2006 and shows how broad the spectrum of the architect’s work has become in the meantime.
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Andrew Watts
Modern Construction Envelopes Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 522 1100, 800 in color 21 × 29,7 cm Hardcover Approx. € 79.95 | $ 109 | £ 72 978-3-99043-559-5, English
Modern Construction Series Available October 2013 Available in the US November 2013
New and updated edition of the popular Modern Construction Envelopes Materials 01 Stone
Modern Construction Principles of the buildings’ skin
Future 06 2 Metal solar shading: louvres and mesh
Combining walls and roofs – material, construction, environmental issues Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain. Architect: Antonio Gaudi Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain. Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Production process of raw material
2nd updated edition with many new illustrations, photos and in new layout
· Low seismic resistance
Stone is cut or hewn from large blocks which have been cut, blasted or split from
Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain. Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Material selection
the bedrock. Being a natural material, the
Natural stone is a brittle material
appearance and durability of stone, even
that is strong in compression but is weak in
from the same block, can vary enormously.
tension. It is used mostly for wall facings and
To control quality, it is sometimes best to
pavings, although the high unit cost means
select cut stone at the quarry. Since no two
that it is rarely used in a traditional loadbear-
cuts produce the same appearance, when
ing capacity. Most stone has the strength and
defining the required quality it is advisable
durability of block and brickwork. The most
to define a limited band between the most
widely used types are granite, limestone,
veined and least veined stone acceptable. As
sandstone, marble and slate. Igneous rocks,
stone is a naturally occurring material, the
such as granite, are formed directly from
properties are not as controlled as man-
molten magma. Sedimentary rocks, such as
made materials such as steel. Stone from
limestone and sandstone, are made up from
a particular quarry is usually tested before
the eroded elements of earlier rocks laid
sale in order that its physical and mechanical
down in beds near the earth's surface, and
and under the facade causes the tiles to
properties are known. When stone is used in
are often composed of loose material bound
rotate and a rippling effect is achieved along
structural applications, the material undergoes
together by cement-like materials. Meta-
the length of the school in response to the
rigorous testing to determine its performance
morphic rocks, such as slate and marble, are
natural environment.
in the intended application.
igneous or sedimentary rocks which have undergone a chemical transformation due to
Natural stone has the following properties common to most types: Above. Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain. Below. casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain. Architect: Antonio Gaudi
high temperature and pressure.
Granite, within the building industry,
Shaped mesh panels used to provide shading
As well as creating a shading system in a similar way to fixed mesh, this system brings an animated approach to the facade, allow-
Double skinned facade greenhouse
Design of the metal louvres One of the aspects of the design that
This alternative to the east facade is to
was developed in detail was the metal lou-
create a glazed double skinned facade. The
vres. These were required to be thin panels
glazing can be patterned to provide shading
of a natural metal that would weather
with the void also reducing heat gain into
naturally with time. The louvres were large
the classrooms.
scale; hanging vertically from the top of the
In this example, the facade system takes
building, forward of the external wall, to
· Durable
refers to coarse-grained igneous rocks. It has
ing components which would usually be
advantage of the double skinned fabric and
provide solar shading. The louvres were also
· A heavy material, weighing as much
a wide range of colours, and is extremely
fixed to respond to the natural environment.
is used in the same way as a green house
to extend over the roof of the building and
as reinforced concrete.
hardwearing. Most granites are grey or pink,
for growing plants. These plants will act as a
so needed to support their own weight, as
· high compressive strength.
with mixtures of white/grey and pink/grey
shading system for the classrooms as well as
well as to resist live loads, mainly from the
· Low tensile strength.
depending upon their geographical source.
an educational resource for the school to
wind. Consequently, the louvre forms were
grow plants and vegetables within the facade.
designed as a frame clad in sheet metal,
· Finish can be adversely affected by
Limestone is made up from rock
weathering due to exfoliation as a result of a
material bound together by calcium car-
freeze/thaw cycle, pollution, salts, etc.
bonate, in the form of the mineral calcite.
· Low moisture movement.
Many limestones contain a proportion of
· Brittle, but high impact resistance
Profiled louvres The profile of the louvres can be manipulated across the length of the facade forming a contoured surface.
Plants in double skinned buildings bring
with the frame made from aluminium box
several advantages related to the thermal,
sections, bolted together. The shape of the
greater shading where necessary along the
aesthetic, psychological, comfort level, and
truss follows that of the metal panels, which
the mineral dolomite. The colour is gener-
facade while across other areas the depth
sound attenuations as well as creating a
were 500mm x 1000mm, with the fram-
improving with thickness.
ally light, ranging from near white through
can be varied.
comfortable indoor climate and saving
ing following the ladder-shaped form of a
· high fire resistance.
to brown and grey. chemical impurities can
energy.
Vierendeel truss. The sheet metal is secured
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The second edition of Modern Construction Envelopes was originally based on the two books by Andrew Watts, Modern Construction Roofs and Modern Construction Facades . Both volumes were gathered into one single volume and consolidated in terms of content, which permits the consideration of facades and roofs as envelopes. Using current examples by renowned architects, Watts presents the constructive and
Louvres can be deeper and thus provide
MCH_ 430
material-related details. This presentation is based on a text, photos, and standardized detail drawings, as well as 3D representations of the components. The new edition has 3D views that are easier to understand than the first edition, with sharper images and more key explanations.
8 | Architecture | Theory
Lukas Feireiss (Ed.)
Space Matters Exploring Spatial Theory and Practice Today Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 190 50 15,5 × 23,5 cm Softcover Approx. € 27.16 | $ 32.56 | £ 21.35 978-3-99043-563-2, English
Available June 2013 Available in the US July 2013
An inspiring expansion of the contemporary discourse on space
A2— ALFREDO BRILLEMBOURG & HUBERT KLUMPNER
GRAN HORIZONTE: CURRICULUM FOR A NEW CITY
closely. In the favelas, the bulk of the population is disadvantaged in one way or another. The lives of children with autism or Down’s syndrome are particularly difficult, as few public and private spaces are designed or adapted to fit their needs. In locating the school for autistic children, known as FAVA, on a sloping site, it was important for us to leave open as large an area as possible for a park, which is something rare in the center of the city. Therefore, we designed the building as a compact volume and set it in one corner of the site. As a result, the spatial program extended to a five-story structure. In Caracas, however, lifts are service-intensive installations and would make a building of this kind unsuitable for the students, many of whom experience increased anxiety in elevators. Our solution was to build a long ramp around the outside of the building. Access to the first two floors is via the sloped topography. The development was financed from a new tax conceived to flow into structures with a social role. Companies can donate up to 100 percent of their annual tax to finance such schemes. We work in a complex environment that calls for simple solutions. That means using available local materials and labor. Most people believe that low-cost construction must be inferior to expensive forms of building. We wish to overcome prejudices of this kind as well as outdated ideas regarding how a project should be developed. Only if we shift our expectations away from a product, to a process, and reconsider traditional development strategies, will we be able to find economically feasible solutions for the masses of people in the slums. And only if we do that will we have vibrant cities for every stratum of society that lives in them. Looking at our Earth as a whole, we find a new vision for our urban planet, and for all of us who live within it.○
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THE CITIES ON OUR PLANET NEED MORE THAN OFFICE TOWER BLOCKS, MUSEUMS, OPERA HOUSES, AIRPORTS, STADIUMS, ETC.
Interdisciplinary contributions on the timeless architectural theme of “space” With pieces by Elsa Prochazka, Hubert Klumpner &amp, Alfredo Brillembourg, Markus Miessen, Michael Obrist, Lilli Hollein and many others Writen for cultural researchers and those in creative professions, such as architects, artists and curators
A EDUCATION:
As the subject of earnest discussion, the meaning of space reaches far beyond the horizon of a single discipline. Lukas Feiriss has assembled a collection of international contributions for Space Matters, a publication of the space & design strategies study program of the Univeristy of Art and Design, Linz, Austria to create an inspiring expansion of the contemporary discourse on space. The publication addresses cultural
resarchers and readers in creative professions – architects, artists, curators, scientists and students in all the related fields as well as those members of a broader audience that are interested in the incorporation of space and the pratices with which it is designed in cultural, social and humanities-oriented contexts.
Related Titles: Moravánszky (Ed.): Architekturtheorie im 20. Jahrhundert, 978-3-99043-258-7
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Ludger Hovestadt, Vera Bühlmann (Eds.)
Sheafs When Things are Whatever Can be the Case Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 585 800 15,5 × 21 cm Softcover Approx. € 64.19 | $ 89.99 | £ 53.99 978-3-99043-557-1, English
Applied Virtuality Book Series Available December 2013 Available in the US January 2014
Let yourself be inspired by the intellectual wealth of our world Inspirational Book A wealth of topics and illustration material Build your own inspiring storyboard by combining the book and the internet
“Sheafs” will not describe anything. It will not judge. It will inspire. There are no continuous texts, but a wide range of topics. How to read this book? Take the notions seriously. Search the Internet and they will lose their generalness. They will begin to speak to you vividly. Bundle these riches with the riches of other notions and they will activate each other. Also take the pictures seriously. Photograph or scan them.
Use them as an index, while searching the Internet. Again, you will find rich stories. Bundle those riches, concentrate them into new identities that are interesting to you. Let yourself be inspired by the intellectual wealth of our world. You can expand it. It is an exciting adventure, demanding and optimistic.
Related Titles: Hovestadt, Bühlmann (Eds.): Printed Physics Metalithikum I, 978-3-99043-540-3
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Photovoltaic and its capacity to capture energy by coding instead of exploitation of resources
Ludger Hovestadt, Vera Bühlmann (Eds.)
Domesticatng Symbols Metalithikum II, Applied Virtuality, vol. 2 Pages Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 230 15,5 × 23,5 cm Softcover Approx. € 35.3 | $ 49.99 | £ 29.99 978-3-99043-558-8, English
Domesticating symbols looks at the entropic dissolution of symbolic structures we are experiencing today and explores various approaches towards learning to create code. Photovoltaics and its capacity to capture energy by coding instead of exploitation of resources, and of integrating in additional or surplus quantities of energy into the ecosphere of the planet’s natural balance is the central focus of this publication. Energythereby also encompasses the genuinely abstract format of electricity, which makes it possible to convert any form of energy into any other form. This is the second volume of the Applied Virtuality book series based on the Metalithicum Conferences by the Laboratory of Applied Virtuality at the Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich.
The continuation of “Printed Physics” The relationship between humanities as well as natural and technical sciences An interdisciplinary dialogue
Applied Virtuality Book Series Available December 2013 Available in the US January 2014
Related Titles: Hovestadt, Bühlmann(Eds.): Printed Physics Metalithikum I, 978-3-99043-540-3
Experts offer new perspectives on design strategies and trans-disciplinary works
Barbara Imhof, Petra Gruber (Eds.)
What is the architect doing in the jungle? Biornametics. Pages Format Binding Price ISBN
98 28 × 18,7 cm Softcover € 32.09 | $ 49.95 | £ 26.99 978-3-99043-545-8, English
Edition Angewandte Book Series of the University of Applied Arts Vienna Available
What is the architect doing in the jungle? How can architects and natural scientists immerse themselves in a fruitful dialogue to generate new insights for cross-disciplinary innovation? This volume contributes to the current discussion of arts-based research with the interdisciplinary research project BiornaMetics – Architecture Defined By Natural Patterns. Biornametics is an emerging contemporary design practice which explores a new methodology that interconnects scientific evidence with creative design in the field of architecture. The word biornametics is generated from “ornament”, referring to the famous Austrian architect Adolf Loos, and biomimetics. It concentrates on the detection of the principles behind processes of emerging and dissolving patterns in animate and inanimate nature. Reflections on the architectural direction of Biornametics, issues of arts and science collaboration, and the application of the methodology show a diverse world of thoughts and approaches to the topic.
Contributions by internationally recognized experts from different specialized fields such as architecture, art, philosophy and biology Documentation of the biornametics research project at the intersection between art, architecture and bionics Collection of analyzed and prepared natural examples for workshops in the field of architecture and bionics
Related Titles: Gruber, P., Biomimetics in Architecture. Architecture of Life and Buildings. 2011. 978-3-99043-380-5
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Karl Stocker
The Power of Design A Journey through the 11 UNESCO Cities of Design Pages Format Binding Price ISBN
236 14 × 20 cm Softcover Approx. € 24.29 | $ 39.95 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-548-9, English
Available
A compact introduction to the current eleven UNESCO Cities of Design Guide to the 11 UNESCO Design Cities Beijing, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Graz, Kobe, Montreal, Nagoya, Saint–Etienne, Seoul, Shanghai and Shenzhen Hard facts, personal impressions, richly illustrated Shows how differently and diversely the term “design” is interpreted and used across the continents
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“The Power of Design” provides a compact introduction to the current eleven UNESCO Cities of Design. Each individual city is briefly portrayed with important statistical information and detailed facts relating to its development of design. The highly varied approaches of the individual cities in their use of design as an engine for current and future development are then described in more detail through concrete and well
illustrated examples. In addition, there are interviews with designers, activists, organizers and critical observers, which the author conducted either during his travels or through extensive correspondence. The result is a richly illustrated and handy book which combines hard facts with personal impressions and points of view.
Related Titles: Fitz et al.: Linz – Texas. 978-3-99043-196-2
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Werner Fenz, Evelyn Kraus, Birgit Kulterer (Eds.)
Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark. Projekte 2011 Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 280 350 in color 15,5 × 23,5 cm Softcover Approx. € 38.9 | $ 49.99 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-568-7, German / English
Available January 2014 Available in the US February 2014
Art isn’t only created for a museum – Art in Public Spaces in Styria Fourth and final volume in the Art in Public Spaces in Styria publication series Timeline of the development from art in construction to art in public spaces since 1930 Features around 30 contributions by Marlene Streeruwitz, Werner Fenz and Public Think Tank, among others
The fourth and last volume of the series of publications of the Institute for Art in Public Spaces in Styria, 2006–2011, focuses on the perspectives for the future of art in public spaces. Experts from arts, literature and theory address the meaning and possibilities of art in public spaces in the society of today and tomorrow. International initiatives and the different approaches they employ in their support for art in pubic
spaces is another central theme of the book. 24 projects that were realized as art in public space in Styria in 2011 are documented with a variety of images and text contributions. For the first time, a timeline traces the development from art in construction to art in public spaces in Styria since the 1930s to facilitate the understanding of this complex topic. Related Titles: Fenz, Kraus, Kulterer (Hrsg.): Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark / Art in Public Space Styria Projekte / Projects 2010, 978-3-99043-427-7
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Bernadette Reinhold, Patrick Werkner (Eds.)
Oskar Kokoschka – ein Künstlerleben in Lichtbildern An Artist’s Life in Photographs Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
208 250 22 × 27 cm Softcover Approx. € 36.35| $ 49.99 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-565-6, German / English
Available in June 2013 Edition Angewandte Book Series of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
First comprehensive photo-biography on Oskar Kokoschka Unusual insights into the creative oeuvre and life of an extraordinary artist. 104
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An annotated documentation of the 5,000 photographs in the artist’s estate.
Kokoschas Studienzeit in Wien Kokoschka's Studies in Vienna
Oskar Kokoschka als Student der Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule im weißen Malerkittel, Wien 1906, Silbergelatine, verso Notiz von Reinhold Bethusy-Huc: »Originalphoto aus dem Besitz von K. Swoboda […]« 2, in 11.255/ fp
Contains portraits by major photographers (including: A. Madame d’Ora, René Burri, Erich Lessing).
Oskar Kokoschka as a student at k.k. Kunstgewerbeschule in a white painter’s smock, Vienna 1906, gelatin silver print, verso carries note by Reinhold Bethsuy-Huc: »Original photo was the property of K. Swoboda […]« 2
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Im Zentrum der Donaumonarchie wird 1867 die k.k. Kunstgewerbeschule, die Vorgängerinstitution der Universität für angewandte Kunst, gegründet. Um 1900, also während OKs Studienzeit, ist die Kunstgewerbeschule mit namhaften Lehrern, u. a. Kolo Moser und Josef Hoffmann, ein internationaler Hot spot der frühen Moderne.
186 7 saw the establishment of the k.k. Kunstgewerbeschule, predecessor institution of the University of Applied Arts, in the capital of the AustroHungarian monarchy. Around 1900, during OK’s years of study, the Kunstgewerbeschule boasted prominent teachers, including Kolo Moser and Josef Hoffmann, and had become an international hotspot of early Modernism.
OK ist schon in jungen Jahren mit dem Kunsthistoriker Karl Maria Swoboda (1889 – 1977) befreundet, aus dessen Besitz das Foto stammt. 1920 entsteht der Lithografie-Zyklus Das Konzert, der Swobodas Frau Camilla beim musikalisch-seelischen Erlebnis eines Hausmusikabends in Wien zeigt. Already as a young man, OK was a friend of the art historian Karl Maria Swoboda (1889 – 1977), who owned this photograph. In 1920, OK made the series of lithographs Das Konzert, which portrays the musical and emotional experience of Swoboda’s wife Camilla during an evening of music-making at home.
The photographic estate of Oskar and Olda Kokoschka comprises approximately 5,000 photographs. It contains portraits by renowned photographers, including Madame d’Ora (Dora Kallmus), Hugo Erfurth, Brassaï, George Platt Lynes, René Burri, Trude Fleischmann or Erich Lessing. Apart from artistically composed images, the estate also features numerous press photographs and astonishing snapshots. With its exten-
Studenten der Klasse Anton von Kenner, darunter Oskar Kokoschka, Wien 1905/06, Silbergelatine, verso beschriftet: »Jahrgang 1905/06 (unvollständig) / v. li. n. re. Fischer, Strauss, Braidotti, Degner / Tyzckowski, Geyer, Kokoschka, L. Frank, Revy, Milan, / Hans Frank«, in 14.278/1/fp Students of Anton von Kenner’s class, among them Oskar Kokoschka, Vienna 1905/06, gelatin silver print, inscription on verso: »class of 1905/06 (incomplete) / from left to right: Fischer, Strauss, Braidotti, Degner / Tyzckowski,
Geyer, Kokoschka, L. Frank, Revy, Milan, / Hans Frank« Die hier erstmals veröffentlichte Aufnahme zeigt OK (stehend, halb verdeckt, 3. v. rechts) im Kreis von Studienkollegen aus der Klasse von Anton von Kenner (Kurs für Lehramtskandidaten für das Freihandzeichnen an Mittelschulen). In alter studentischer Tradition nimmt man das Studium, konkret das künstlerische Anatomiestudium, humorvoll auf die Schaufel: Studenten dozieren aus Lehrbüchern vor lebenden und (scheinbar) toten (Akt-) Modellen sowie einem Skelett.
Ab ca. 1890 sind leichte Handkameras üblich – die Aufnahme ist vermutlich von einem studentischen Amateurfotografen geknipst.
models and a skeleton. As of ca. 1890, light-weight hand cameras had become common – the picture was presumably made by a student amateur photographer.
Published for the first time, this photo shows OK (standing, partly concealed, 3 rd from right) among fellow students from Anton von Kenner’s class (class for teacher candidates for free-hand drawing at secondary schools). In good old student tradition, they made fun of their studies, more precisely of anatomy for artists: the students are reading from textbooks in front of living and (ostensibly) dead (nude)
sive commentary, this first photo-biography of Kokoschka provides an insight into the artist’s many-faceted work and eventful life. The publication offers a vivid record of the evolution of photography and a historico-cultural journey through the 20th century as reflected by the mirror of this extraordinary artist.
Exhibitions: KOKOSCHKA – in photos, Kokoschka Haus, Pöchlarn, Lower Austria, from 4. 5 to 27. 10. 2013 and Oskar Kokoschka – The Sensitive Titan. An artist’s life in paintings and photographs with images from the Kokoschka Estate Collection of the Vienna University of Applied Arts, Leopold Museum Vienna, 4. 10. 2013–27. 1. 2014
Related Titles: Kern, Reinhold, Werkner: Grafikdesign von der Wiener Moderne bis heute. 978-3-99043-296-9 Bast, Husslein-Arco, Krejci, Werkner: Wiener Kinetismus/ Viennese Kineticism. 978-3-99043-295-2
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An overview of the Viennese art scene in the 1970s
Berthold Ecker, Johannes Karel (Eds.)
Die 70er Jahre. Körper – Konzept – [De] Konstruktion Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 500 970 in color 22,5 × 28 cm Hardcover Approx. € 38.86 | $ 49.99 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-560-1, German / English
The period between 1970 and 1979 led to far-reaching social change in Austria, the themes and positions of which were reflected in the currents that influenced the contemporary art of the time. The effects of the Realities exhibition held at the Viennese Secession in 1968 were still being felt at the beginning of the new decade. The influence of actionism also faded, whereas art with a feminist orientation gradually took center stage in the public’s interest. Artists used photography and video for their work, which also showed a performative dimension. “New media” successfully emerged in an artistic context during the 1970s. Towards the end of the decade, the art of figuration and ingenious gestures experiences a revival. The individual catalog contributions bring light to the development of the collection, the political culture and the cultural policies of Vienna, as well as the status of women in the art of the 1970s.
Available June 2013 Available in the US July 2013
Comprehensive catalog with almost 1000 color illustrations Detailed illustrations section with 300 large format color illustrations Third volume in the multi-part catalog series on the contemporary art collection of the City of Vienna
Andric Branko, Ein Blick in die Zukunft durch zerbrochene Elemente, 1976, Tusche, Filzstift auf Papier, 50 × 70 cm
Related Titles: Ecker/Hilger (Eds.): Die fünfziger Jahre. The 1950s., 978-3-99043-329-4. Ecker/Hilger (Eds.): Die sechziger Jahre. The 1960s., 978-3-99043-416-1.
The first monograph on an extraordinary Austrian artist and musician
Gunda Achleitner, Berthold Ecker, Elisabeth Voggeneder (Eds.)
Claus Mayrhofer Barabbas. Gegenwelten eines Grenz gängers Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
“Claus Mayrhofer Barabbas. Opposing Worlds, Crossing Borders”, is the first documentation of the life and work of the artist, who died in Australia in 2009. Born in Vienna in 1943, he left school at the age of 15 to become an artist. During the sixties he captivated the art scene with his unconventional paintings and world of music as the co-founder of the avant-garde “Masters of Unorthodox Jazz” formation. This publication covers his complete works as a painter. One of the high points of his creative output was the monumental painting, “The Big Bang”, which is included in the catalog as a foldout, but the volume also studies Claus Mayhofer Barabbas’ work as a musician.
The artist’s oeuvre during the 60s and 70s in Vienna, Bali and Australia Sheds light on the musical side of Claus Mayrhofer Barabbas, who was one of the founders of the Viennese free jazz movement Includes a fold-out of “The Big Bang”, the monumental painting completed by Barabbas in 1975
Approx. 200 130 in color 18 × 23 cm Softcover Approx. € 24.27 | $ 39.99 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-556-4, German / English
Available May 2013 Available in the US June 2013
Related Titles: Rauchenberger (Ed.): Alois Neuhold. Flashbacks from 1980 to 2012., 978-3-99043-520-5.
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René Stettler (Eds.)
The Politics of Knowledge Work in the Post-Industrial Culture Understanding the Dissemination of Knowledge of the Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts Pages Il l s. Format Binding Price ISBN
Approx. 240 63 13 × 19 cm Softcover Approx. € 42.79 | $ 59.95 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-546-5, English
Available September 2013 Available in the US October 2013
An outline of an epistemology for cultural work chapter i
Introduction
course about private and public virtue” (Ibid.). If we assume that cultural work might be on the verge of a new period of intellectual and educational accomplishment, a number of issues such as human excellence and a new ecological-cosmopolitical understanding (Sloterdijk 2010:37) of what we do and how we act pose fundamental challenges for the post-industrial cultural workplace. In order to create an awareness of the consequences of our behaviour, as well as to contribute to more sustainable foundations for a global society and culture,20 the particular challenge lies in developing a new compass that could help us to shift values, “reprogram” our destructive pursuits, and rethink accumulated habits and collective aspirations, as Reto Ringger suggests (2009:20).21 However, the underlying question regarding the future of social, economic and ethical practices is whether the imperatives of globalised consumer culture and the forces of commodification and marketization—to which the production and dissemination of knowledge are vulnerable—have rendered the world incontestable.22 Different authors have problematised these issues from social, economic, political and ecological perspectives (for example, Altvater 2007; Capra 2002; Castells 2000; Gibbons et al. 1994; Horkheimer and Adorno 1947). While some have suggested “remoralising” social, economic and educational practices in the “search for place” (Banks 2007:145), others have called for future paths towards a renewed ethic of civic virtue.
The Fragmentation of the Humanities and Arts Since World War II research and education have focused overwhelmingly on science and technology, which has resulted in the marginalization of the humanities with negative repercussions for both knowledge and the human community. While the humanities appear to play an ambi-
2
The book conducts in-depth inquiries into the practices, nature and theory of postindustrial cultural work and the humanities – and arts – based civic dialogues which cultural work promotes. The aim of the book is to outline an epistemology for cultural work as well as to reflect upon the prospects for educational cultural work practices. A major focus of the book is on the epistemological, ecological, ethical and political
In-depth inquiries into the practices, nature and theory of postindustrial cultural work and the humanities Epistemological, ecological, ethical and political dimensions of cultural work
Fig. 1.1
20 I do not attempt to provide much elaboration on the term culture, which, especially in recent years, has undergone yet more transformations of meaning. I use the term in a broader sense to refer to ways of life, the arts, the media, political, educational and religious culture, and attitudes to globalization. For the purpose of this book, I suggest that culture, as it is expressed in the arts, literature, film, and different practices of mediation and representation, draws from and participates in the construction of culture as a system of human values, beliefs and behaviours. 21 Ringger is a Swiss pioneer of the concept of sustainability investments. 22 Banks notes: “Yet, even now, ongoing transformations in the structure of capitalism appear to provide cultural industries with the opportunity to obtain even greater shares of wealth, power, and control (...) [T]he social and economic impacts of globalization now appear to have exacerbated the scale and scope of the cultural ‘standardization, commercialization, and rigidification’ that Adorno (...) first identified in the high-modern period” (2007:25). In an essay published after his death, Adorno in fact reiterated that the “entire practice of the culture industry transfers the profit motive naked onto cultural forms” (1981; 1991:99), thus anticipating the commercial control of all kinds of social practices that we can observe today.
Cultural work and knowledge are central topics of this book
valent role in modern culture, their intellectual values are at the same time formed by the social context in which they evolve and are practised, and, according to Gibbons et al., thus become entangled in markets in a “more diffuse sense” (1994:91). Formally and academically, the humanities represent our usual human activities as well as the meaning and values that we construct in different ways by looking at the world and thinking about life. Yet, the work of the humanities and the knowledge which they involve are not one particular thing. Their outcomes and the many forms of knowledge that they provide are all around us and present in our daily lives. They are the newspaper we read, the news we watch on television, or the exhibition we visit in the local art museum. Whether we watch an episode of Star Trek, read Stefan Zweig’s biography of Marie Antoinette, listen to the Ritual Orchestra and Chants of the Khampagar Buddhist Monastery, or visit San Francisco’s Exploratorium, these activities are all part of the humanities. The humanities are always a manner of commitment that embraces human knowledge with a central concern for human beings and our self-conscious awareness of how we know, what we know and how we act. In short, the 3
dimensions of cultural work. This includes the prospects for a new form of communal workspace for knowledge and cultural learning. Cultural work and knowledge are the central topics of this book.
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Südtiroler Künstlerbund, Kunst Meran – Merano Arte (Eds.)
2006–2012 Architetture recenti in Alto Adige | New Architecture in South Tyrol ff Overview
of current trends in architecture in South Tyrol ff Featuring buildings from Alles Wird Gut, Feld 72, Christoph Mayr Fingerle, ff Höller Klotzner, Arnold Gapp, Werner Tscholl and many more
Lars Hesselgren, Shrikant Sharma, Johannes Wallner, Niccolo Baldassini, Philippe Bompas, Jacques Raynaud (Eds.)
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012 ff Latest
examples by international Top-Specialists ff With many colored pictures ff Proceedings to Conference in Paris in 09. 2012 2013. 343 p. 285 illus. in color. Hardcover € 50 | $ 69.95 | £ 45.99 978-3-99043-493-2, English
2012. 336 p. 450 illus. in color. Softcover € 45.41 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-479-6, German / Italian / English
Rudolf Finsterwalder, Wilfried Wang (Eds.)
Álvaro Siza Von der Linie zum Raum / From Line to Space ff Accompanying
catalogue to the exhibition at the Museum of Architecture on the Island of Hombroich ff Sketches and models reveal Alvaro Siza’s philosophy and working methods ff Bibliophile-friendly design 2011. 120 p. 150 illus. Softcover € 22.68 | $ 39.95 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-445-1, German / English
Milena Stavrić, Predrag Siđanin, Bojan Tepavcević
Sabine Seymour
Sonja Stummerer, Martin Hablesreiter
Architectural Scale Models in the Digital Age Design, Representation and Manufacturing
Fashionable Technology The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology
Food Design XL
ff Advanced
ff Highly
digital technology and parametric design in architecture ff Focus on modeling ff Tutorials, practical advice and examples of today’s architectural practice 2013. 256 p., Hardcover € 53.49 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-526-7, English
topical, unpublished projects of well-known designers, companies and researchers ff A compact introduction to the theory and application of electronic textiles and wearable technology ff A unique list of all the pertinent information on a world-wide basis 2009. 249 p. illus. Softcover € 24.95 | $ 39.95 | £ 22.99 978-3-99043-225-9, English
ff The
previous book “Food Design” was awarded the international “Gourmand World Cook Book Award” ff An engaging read with many historical facts 2010. 350 p. illus. Hardcover € 37.34 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-314-0, German / English
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Rudolf Finsterwalder (Ed.)
Arkan Zeytinoglu (Ed.)
Dietmar Offenhuber, Katja Schechtner (Eds.)
Form Follows Nature A History of Nature as Model for Design in Engineering, Architecture and Art.
Geometry of Light The Architecture of Arkan Zeytinoglu
Inscribing a Square Urban Data as Public Space
ff Richly
illustrated overview of the history of nature in architecture / civil engineering / art ff Interview with Frei Otto ff Anonymous engineering, light construction, organic engineering, animal buildings, etc. 2012. 512 p. 450 illus. in color. Hardcover € 63.59 | $ 89.95 | £ 57.99 978-3-99043-446-8, German / English
ff First
monograph on architect Arkan Zeytinoglu ff Realized buildings in the fields of hotel, residing, gastronomy, administration, etc. ff Austrian Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai 2011. 335 p. Hardcover € 45.41 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-409-3, English
ff Senses:
Environmental Information as a Shared Resource ff Systems: new Infrastructures for Civic Action ff Places: the Redefinition of Public Space 2012. 96 p. 54 illus., 46 illus. in color. Softcover € 19.95 | $ 29.95 | £ 17.99 978-3-99043-471-0, English
Jesko Fezer, Martin Schmitz (Eds.)
Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt
Bryan Cantley, Dora Epstein-Jones (Eds.)
Lucius Burckhardt Writings. Rethinking Man-made Environments Politics, Landscape & Design
Maciunas’ Learning Machines From Art History to a Chrono logy of Fluxus
Mechudzu: New Rhetorics for Architecture
ff Enables
ff Bibliophile-friendly
ff Collection
of the most important essays by Burckhardt, first time in English ff Interdisciplinary Analysis of man-made environments ff How we change the world and how the changing world shapes us in turn 2012. 288 p. 32 illus. Softcover € 39.95 | $ 59.95 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-495-6, English
students, researchers, and interested people to quickly enter into art history, avantgarde, and Russia ff Comprises about 65 partly large-format diagrams related to history, art history, and avantgarde, mainly as reprints ff Includes 37 maps related to Russian history 2011. 216 p. 224 illus. with two posters. Softcover € 46.99 | $ 69.99 | £ 42.99 978-3-99043-396-6, English
ff Experimental
architecture design ff The latest volume in the RIEAch series 2011. 118 p. Softcover € 29.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 26.99 978-3-99043-435-2, English RIEAeuropa Book-Series
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T. Waltjen, W. Pokorny, T. Zelger, K. Torghele, H. Mötzl, B. Bauer, P. Boogmann, G. Rohregger, U. Unzeitig (Eds.)
Passivhaus-Bauteilkatalog | Details for Passive Houses A Catalogue of Ecologically Rated Constructions ff 100
standard cross-sections and 75 connection specifications with full-colour drawings to scale ff 100 construction materials giving their technical characteristics, ecological durability and characteristic values ff A comprehensive description of the construction physics 2009. 347 p. illus. in color. Hardcover € 93.41 | $ 129 | £ 82 978-3-99043-317-1, German / English
Matthias Boeckl (Ed.)
Brigitte Groihofer (Ed.)
Paul Ott Photography about Architecture / Fotografie über Architektur
Raimund Abraham [UN]BUILT
ff A
monograph on one of the most outstanding architectural photographers of our time ff Photo documentation of significant European buildings since 1989 ff Photography as an artistic transformation of our surroundings
Per-Johan Dahl, Caroline Dahl
Remix Theory: The Aesthetics of Sampling
smog studio: LOFT P Tracing the Architecture of the Loft
on the roots of Remixing and Sampling ff Includes Art, Music and New Media ff Particular emphasis on Music of the 1970s and ’80s in Relation to art 2012. 179 p. 59 illus. in color. Softcover € 27 | $ 39.95 | £ 24.99 978-3-99043-499-4, English
one and only book on Raimund Abrahams complete work ff Updated re-edition contains all of his latest realizations ff Bibliophile design, based on Abrahams own layout-ideas 2011. 348 p. 340 illus., 200 illus. in color. Hardcover € 69.95 | $ 99 | £ 62.99 978-3-99043-392-8, English
2012. 224 p. 271 illus. in color. Hardcover € 54.5 | $ 79.95 | £ 49.99 978-3-99043-428-4, German / English
Eduardo Navas
ff Analysis
ff The
ff Spectacular
architecture for living in a loft ff Extrapolates the architectural significance of the loft ff Given example by detailed documentation of a loft in Malmö 2012. 78 p. 141 illus. in color. Softcover € 19.99 | $ 29.99 | £ 17.99 978-3-99043-497-0, English
Studio Zaha Hadid Institute of Architecture, Patrik Schumacher, Zaha M. Hadid (Eds.)
Total Fluidity Studio Zaha Hadid, Projects 2000–2010 University of Applied Arts Vienna ff Cutting
edge design agendas 10 years of unique academic research in parametric architecture ff Perfect presentation with fascinating architecture graphics and illustrations ff Featuring
2011. 248 p. 955 illus. in color. Softcover € 34.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 31.99 978-3-99043-397-3, English Edition Angewandte Book Series of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
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Klaus Bollinger, Florian Medicus
Manfred Wakolbinger (Ed.)
Unbuildable Tatlin?!
Unter der Oberfläche / Under the Surface Mit Beiträgen von / With contributions by Christoph Ransmayr and Wolf D. Prix
ff Documentation
of a world famous
monument ff Background
material on the history
of its design ff Construction
feasibility study using scientific methods
2013. 141 p. 95 illus., 20 illus. in color. Hardcover € 22.68 | $ 39.95 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-307-2, German / English
ff The
mysterious world of underwater life portraits of exotic sea life ff Essays by Christoph Ransmayr and Wolf D. Prix ff Insightful
Die Walverwandtschaften, Cordula Rau, Eberhard Tröger, Ole W. Fischer (Eds.)
What Architects Desire ff 250
contemporary architects draw their desire ff Facsimile of the original drawings ff Handy, bibliophilic format 2010. 369 p. 200 illus. Hardcover € 27.23 | $ 39.95 | £ 24.99 978-3-99043-379-9, English
Edition Angewandte Book Series of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
2012. 179 p. 250 illus. in color. Softcover € 36.32 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-477-2, German / English
Cordula Rau, München, Germany (Ed.)
Wojciech Czaja
Wonderland, Silvia Forlati, Anne Isopp (Eds.)
Why Do Architects Wear Black?
Wohnen in Wien 20 residential buildings by Albert Wimmer
Wonderland Manual for Emerging Architects
ff 100
contemporary architects, designers and draftsmen explain ff Collection of handwritten explanations in an A6-format notebook ff Contains statements by Peter Eisenman, Francoise-Helene Jourda, Jaques Herzog, Rem Koolhaas and many more 2009. 228 p. 111 illus. Hardcover € 19.95 | $ 29.95 | £ 17.99 978-3-99043-215-0, English
impressions of living in Vienna: concept vs. everyday life ff 20 buildings designed by Albert Wimmer are put to the test ff Interviews by Wojciech Czaja, photographs by Lisi Specht
step by step guide for managing young practices ff Indispensable for beginners and all who want learn about their chances and options ff Based on experiences of young offices throughout Europe
2012. 206 p. 340 illus. in color. Hardcover € 36.32 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-465-9, German / English
2012. 352 p. 100 illus. in color. Softcover € 34.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 31.99 978-3-99043-430-7, English
ff First-hand
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(IN)VISIBLE Learning to Act in the Metaverse Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss 2009. 168 p. Softcover € 22.99 | $ 39.99 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-190-0 English
Alois Neuhold Flashbacks from 1980 to 2012 Johannes Rauchenberger (Ed.) 2012. 542 p. Hardcover € 45.41 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-520-5 German / English
Architecture in Linz 1900–2011 Bina, Potocnik (Eds.) 2012. 321 p. Softcover € 29.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 26.99 978-3-99043-433-8 English
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2010 Ceccato, Hesselgren, Pauly, Pottmann, Wallner (Eds.)
Again the Metaphor Problem and Other Engaged Critical A Conversation between Baldessari, Gillick and Weiner
Alles eine Frage der Kultur / A Question of Culture Kunstbank Ferrum –Kulturwerk stätte, NÖ Landesbibliothek (Eds.)
2010. 242 p. Hardcover € 49.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-370-6 English
2007. 141 p. Softcover € 17.76 | $ 25 | £ 13.99 978-3-99043-068-2 German / English
2011. 120 p. Softcover € 18.14 | $ 29.95 | £ 16.99 978-3-99043-447-5 German / English
An envelope for arts, sciences, politics and us Mixing realities and mediating myths & methods Valerie Deifel, Bernd Kräftner, Virgil Widrich (Eds.)
An Open System Meets an Open System Sarah Morris and Hans Ulrich Obrist in Coversation Cristina Bechtler, Sarah Morris (Eds.)
ArchiCAD Best Practice: The Virtual Building™ Revealed Bob Martens, Herbert Peter
Architecture as City Saemangeum Island City Florian Beigel, Philip Christou (Eds.)
2011. 244 p. Softcover € 24.95 | $ 39.95 | £ 22.99 978-3-99043-450-5, English
2013. 131 p. Softcover € 24.99 | $ 39.95 | £ 22.99 978-3-99043-462-8, English
2007. 296 p. numerous illus., partly in color. Hardcover € 53.45 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-080-4, English
2010. 152 p. Hardcover € 49.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-387-4, English
Architecture in Vienna 1850 to 1930 Historicism – Jugendstil – New Realism Bertha Blaschke, Luise Lipschitz
Architecture Vienna 700 Buildings Andrea Lyman, August Sarnitz
Architekturkarte Wien / Architectural Map of Vienna 30 aktuelle Bauwerke / 30 recent Buildings architektur.aktuell (Eds.)
Lower Austria – The Architectural Landscape – Waldviertel Region Kunstbank Ferrum – Kulturwerkstätte, ORTE Architekturnetzwerk NÖ (Eds.)
2011. 31 illus. Map € 9.05 | $ 19.95 | £ 8.99 978-3-99043-403-1 German / English
2012. 264 p. Softcover € 25.41 | $ 39.95 | £ 22.99 978-3-99043-418-5 German / English
ARTISTS-IN-LABS: Networking in the Margins Jill Scott (Ed.)
Artists-in-Labs: Processes of Inquiry Jill Scott (Ed.)
Basics Architecture and Dynamics Franziska Ullmann
2010. 212 p. Softcover € 39.99 | $ 59.99 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-374-4 English
2006. 136 p. Softcover € 32.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 29.99 978-3-99043-058-3 English
2011. 208 p. Softcover € 39.95 | $ 59.95 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-376-8 English
99+ IOA Studios. Hadid, Lynn, Prix Selected Student Works 2004–8. Design = Thinking Wolf D. Prix (Eds.) 2009. 208 p. Softcover € 19.95 | $ 29.95 | £ 15.99 978-3-99043-285-3 English
2003. 247 p. Softcover € 25.45 | $ 35 | £ 20.99 978-3-99043-256-3, English
Art in the Age of Technoscience Genetic Engineering, Robotics, and Artificial Life in Contemporary Art Reichle, Custance, Zwijnenberg 2009. 422 p. Softcover € 39.99 | $ 59.99 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-187-0, English
Art, Fashion and Work for Hire Demand, Saville, Slimane, Obrist and Bechtler in Conversation Demand, Bechtler, Saville, Slimane, Obrist (Eds.) 2008. 112 p. Softcover € 23.32 | $ 39.95 | £ 20.99 978-3-99043-174-0, English / German
2008. 592 p. Softcover € 31.77 | $ 49.95 | £ 28.99 978-3-99043-143-6 English
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Bau[t]en für die Künste Building[s] for the Arts Contemporary Architecture in Lower Austria Grassegger, Tischer (Eds.)
Baumschlager – Eberle 2002–2007 Architecture | People and Resources Winfried Nerdinger (Ed.)
2010. 288 p. Hardcover € 32.66 | $ 49.95 | £ 28.99 978-3-99043-297-6 German / English
2008. 232 p. Hardcover € 46.68 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-133-7 German / English
Biomimetics in Architecture Architecture of Life and Buildings Petra Gruber
Blanc de Titre / Blank of Title The Art of Susanna Fritscher Susanna Fritscher (Ed.)
Caramel. Forget Architecture, Schätzchen Andreas Russ-Bovelino (Ed.)
2012. 394 p. Softcover € 49.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-475-8 English / French / German
2012. 432 p. Hardcover € 45.41 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-404-8 German / English
Dietrich | Untertrifaller Buildings and Projects since 2000 Walter Zschokke (Ed.)
Eastmodern Architecture and Design of the 1960s and 1970s in Slovakia Hurnaus, Konrad, Novotny
Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz Metasprache des Raums / Metalanguage of Space Wolfgang Fiel (Ed.)
2008. 308 p. Softcover € 53.22 | $ 79.95 | £ 47.99 978-3-99043-136-8 German / English
2007. 238 p. Softcover € 39.95 | $ 59.95 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-137-5 English
2010. 440 p. Hardcover € 56.03 | $ 59.95 | £ 49.99 978-3-99043-304-1 German / English
Ernst Logar – Invisible Oil Ernst Logar (Eds.)
Fashion in Context Gerda Buxbaum (Ed.)
2011. 96 p. Hardcover € 22.68 | $ 39.95 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-391-1 German / English
2009. 352 p. Softcover € 32.66 | $ 49.95 | £ 28.99 978-3-99043-198-6 English
Functional Aesthetics Visions in Fashionable Technology Sabine Seymour
GAM 07. Zero Landscape. Unfolding Active Agencies of Landscape. Fakultät für Architektur Technische Universität Graz (Eds.)
GAM 08 Dense Cities Architecture for Living Closer Together Fakultät für Architektur Technische Universität Graz (Eds.)
2011. 352 p. Softcover € 18.14 | $ 29.95 | £ 16.99 978-3-99043-408-6 German / English
2012. 324 p. Softcover € 18.14 | $ 29.95 | £ 16.99 978-3-99043-474-1 German / English
2011. 280 p. Softcover € 59.95 | $ 89.95 | £ 53.99 978-3-99043-380-5 English
Die sechziger Jahre: Eine phantastische Moderne The 1960s: A Fantastic Modernism Wolfgang Hilger (Ed.) 2011. 559 p. Hardcover € 36.32 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-416-1 German / English
Baumschlager Eberle Annäherungen | Approaches Gert Walden (Ed.) 2010. 148 p. Hardcover € 27.99 | $ 39.95 | £ 24.99 978-3-99043-199-3 German / English
2010. 232 p. Hardcover € 39.95 | $ 59.95 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-372-0 English
Beyond Art: A Third Culture A Comparative Study in Cultures, Art and Science in 20th Century Austria and Hungary Peter Weibel (Ed.) 2005. 616 p. Softcover € 49 | $ 69.95 | £ 38.99 978-3-99043-039-2, English
Coded Cultures New Creative Practices out of Diversity Georg Russegger (Ed.) 2011. 384 p. Softcover € 49.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-390-4 English
Bembé Dellinger Architects pictures and plans 1999–2009 Felix Bembé, Sebastian Dellinger 2010. 736 p. 680 illus., 620 illus. in color. Softcover € 49.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 42.99 978-3-99043-333-1 German / English
Die fünfziger Jahre The 1950s Kunst und Kunstverständnis in Wien / Art and Art Appreciation in Vienna Wolfgang Hilger (Ed.) 2010. 432 p. Hardcover € 37.34 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-329-4 German / English
Elementares zum Raum | A Primer to Space Roger Boltshauser Werke | Works Aita Flury, Roger Boltshauser 2009. 230 p. Hardcover € 51.36 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-213-6 German / English
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GAM 09 Walls: Spatial Sequences Fakultät für Architektur Technische Universität Graz (Eds.) 2013. 264 p. Softcover € 18.17 | $ 29.95 | £ 16.99 978-3-99043-542-7 German / English
Hermann Kaufmann WOOD WORKS ökorationale Baukunst – architecture durable Otto Kapfinger (Ed.) 2009. 256 p. Hardcover € 56.03 | $ 79.95 | £ 49.99 978-3-99043-210-5 German / English/French
Light Shadow Space Architectural Rendering with Cinema 4D® Horst Sondermann
Geometry and its Applications in Arts, Nature and Technology Georg Glaeser 2012. 512 p. Hardcover € 39.95 | $ 59.95 | £ 35.99 978-3-99043-528-1 English
Housing Density Inst. of Arch. and Design HB2 Dpt. f. Building Constr. and Design (Eds.) 2012. 182 p. Softcover € 34.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 31.99 978-3-99043-385-0 English
Living Streets – Wohnwege Access Galleries in Residential Buildings LWW, Ebner, Klaffke (Eds.)
2008. 238 p. Hardcover € 49.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.99 978-3-99043-104-7 English
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NiVo Journal for Architecture and Cement Composite Manuela Hötzl, Kornel Ringli (Eds.)
On the Beyond A Conversation between Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw, and John C. Welchman Kelley, Bechtler, Shaw, Welchman (Eds.)
2012. 114 p. Softcover € 27.02 | $ 39.95 | £ 24.99 978-3-99043-483-3 English
2011. 132 p. Softcover € 24.99 | $ 39.99 | £ 22.99 978-3-99043-357-7, English
Handbook of Detailing The Graphic Anatomy of Construction Edward Allen, Ralph W. Liebing 2009. 424 p. Hardcover € 59.95 | $ 89.95 | £ 55.99 978-3-99043-293-8 English
Julie Monaco 19972011 Gerald Bast (Ed.) 2012. 172 p. Hardcover € 36.32 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-389-8 German / English
Marte.Marte Architects Stefan Marte, Otto Kapfinger, Bernhard Marte (Eds.) 2008. 415 p. Hardcover € 54.95 | $ 79.95 | £ 49.99 978-3-99043-221-1 English
Orientation & Identity Portraits of Way Finding Systems Erwin K. Bauer, Dieter Mayer (Eds.) 2009. 480 p. Hardcover € 84.07 | $ 119 | £ 73.5 978-3-99043-214-3 German / English
hands have no tears to flow … reports from | without architecture With Contributions by Jauernik, Steinlechner, Tschapeller Arno Ritter (Eds.)
Harald Szeemann – with by through because towards despite Catalogue of all Exhibitions Tobia Bezzola, Roman Kurzmeyer (Eds.)
2012. 156 p. Softcover € 35 | $ 49.95 | £ 31.99 978-3-99043-512-0, English
2007. 759 p. Hardcover € 89.95 | $ 129 | £ 81 978-3-99043-252-5, English
Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark / Art in Public Space Styria Projekte / Projects 2010 Fenz, Kraus, Kulterer (Eds.)
Land schaf[f]t Wissen / Research[in]g the Region Life and Science in Lower Austria Amt der NÖ Landesregierung (Eds.)
2012. 288 p. Softcover € 36.32 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-427-7 German / English
2013. 340 p. Hardcover € 45.41 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-491-8 German / English
Mashup Cultures Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss (Ed.)
Mediatecture The Design of Medially Augmented Spaces Christoph Kronhagel (Ed.)
2010. 256 p. Softcover € 34.99 | $ 49.99 | £ 31.99 978-3-99043-335-5 English
Photoshop® in Architectural Graphics Horst Sondermann 2009. 328 p. Hardcover € 44.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-146-7 English
2010. 448 p. Hardcover € 63.59 | $ 89.95 | £ 57.99 978-3-99043-367-6 English
Pictures of Architecture – Architecture of Pictures A Conversation between Jacques Herzog and Jeff Wall Wall, Herzog, Ursprung 2004. 76 p. Softcover € 19 | $ 25 | £ 15.99 978-3-99043-010-1 English
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Printed Physics Metalithikum I, Applied Virtuality, vol. 1 Ludger Hovestadt, Vera Bühlmann (Eds.)
Reinberg. Ökologische Architektur / Ecological Architecture Georg W. Reinberg, Matthias Boeckl (Eds.)
Rob|Arch 2012 Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, Johannes Braumann (Eds.)
2013. 232 p. Softcover € 29.99 | $ 49.95 | £ 26.99 978-3-99043-570-0 English
2008. 348 p. Hardcover € 46.68 | $ 69.95 | £ 40.99 978-3-99043-078-1 German / English
2013. 320 p. Hardcover € 59.95 | $ 89.95 | £ 53.99 978-3-99043-535-9 English
solarCity Linz-Pichling Sustainable Urban Development Martin Treberspurg, Beverly Blaschke, Stadt Linz (Eds.)
Space Affairs | Raumaffären | Affaires d’espace Marc Mer (Ed.)
Space Out Sotirios Kotoulas
2008. 216 p. Hardcover € 46.68 | $ 69.95 | £ 42.99 978-3-99043-069-9 German / English
The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account Kenneth Frampton 2007. 159 p. Softcover € 32.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 29.99 978-3-99043-072-9 English
Utopia and Monument Exhibition for the Public Space. steirischer herbst 2009–2010 Sabine Breitwieser, Steirischer Herbst (Eds.) 2011. 223 p. Hardcover € 34.99 | $ 49.99 | £ 31.99 978-3-99043-417-8, English
2012. 192 p. Softcover € 22.68 | $ 39.95 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-513-7 German / English
2005. 103 p. Softcover € 21.95 | $ 29.95 | £ 19.99 978-3-99043-038-5 English RIEAeuropa Concepts Series
The Mexican Roof Revisited (Techo en Mexico 2) Wolf D. Prix (Eds.)
Roman Pfeffer. Umordnung. Rearrangement. Jacques Carrio (Eds.) 2012. 152 p. Hardcover € 27.23 | $ 39.95 | £ 24.99 978-3-99043-524-3 German / English
Style and Scale, or: Do You Have Anxiety? A Conversation with Adam, Bechtler, Fritsch and Obrist. Adam, Fritsch, Obrist, Curiger 2009. 120 p. Softcover € 23.32 | $ 39.95 | £ 20.99 978-3-99043-313-3 German / English
Schlangenlinien / Serpentine Lines von Moos, Thomkins, Walker, Ernst, Kurzmeyer 2011. 96 p. Softcover € 15.41 | $ 29.95 | £ 13.99 978-3-99043-414-7 German / English
Synthesis and Nullification Works 1991–2011 Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss 2012. 203 p. Softcover € 34.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 31.99 978-3-99043-460-4 English
The Other Architecture Tasks of Practice Beyond Design Ralph W. Liebing
Über Wohnbau / House-ing Carlo Baumschlager & Dietmar Eberle Liesbeth Waechter-Böhm (Ed.)
2011. 428 p. Hardcover € 59.95 | $ 89.95 | £ 53.99 978-3-99043-358-4 English
2000. 191 p. Hardcover € 21.45 | $ 39.95 | £ 15 978-3-99043-241-9 German / English
vie metamorphosis The Extension and Transformation of Vienna Airport. 2004–2012 Roman Bönsch (Ed.)
Visual Catalog: Greg Lynn’s Studio at the University of Applied Arts Vienna Kristy Balliet, Greg Lynn, Brennan Buck (Eds.)
Wo Kunst entsteht. Art Starts Here. Work (Spaces) in Lower Austria Am der NÖ Landesregierung, Alexandre Tischer (Eds.)
Drawing as Universal Language. Graphic Works of SoutheastAsia and Melanesia. Hugo A. Bernatzik Collection Doris Byer, Christian Reder (Eds.)
2013. 288 p. Hardcover € 36.32 | $ 49.95 | £ 32.99 978-3-99043-522-9 German / English
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UNFOLD A Cultural Response to Climate Change David Buckland, Chris Wainwright (Eds.) 2010. 120 p. Hardcover € 29.95 | $ 49.95 | £ 26.99 978-3-99043-347-8 English
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