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Der rasante Wandel unserer umkämpften Umwelt insbesondere in Städten fordert von urbanen Akteuren und Akteurinnen - Stadtplanerinnen, Stadtforscher, Lokalpolitikerinnen, Aktivisten - eine enorme Menge an interdisziplinärem Fachwissen. In der Praxis hingegen sehen sie sich zunehmend mit den chaotischen und oft widersprüchlichen Realitäten des städtischen Lebens konfrontiert. Wie also lässt es sich produktiv und kreativ umgehen mit dieser global vernetzten, aber ebenso radikal fragmentierten und zunehmend ungleichen urbanen Welt? Indem sie Urbanistik als pädagogisches Praxiskonzept begreifen, zeigen ausgewiesene Expertinnen und Experten des Masterprogramms Critical Urbanism an der Universität Basel in diesem Buch innovative Ansätze zum Verständnis von Städten im 21. Jahrhundert auf. Ihre Beiträge bieten Hilfestellungen in der Auseinandersetzung mit den unzähligen Möglichkeiten, den Kosmos Stadt differenziert zu denken und entsprechend vielfältig zu gestalten. Die Autorinnen und Autoren scheuen dabei nicht, den kritischen Blick auf historische Ungerechtigkeiten zu werfen, die noch heute die urbane Gegenwart prägen: Aus dieser vergleichenden Betrachtung leiten sie vielmehr neue Formen des Engagements für eine alternative städtische Zukunft ab.

Features the six winning proposals of the 2021 EUROPAN competition for the Austrian cities of Graz, Klagenfurt, and Linz that offer pioneering ideas for tackling climate change and balancing social, economic and cultural inequalities in cities.

In his new insightful book Absolute Beginners, acclaimed Spanish architect Inaki Abalos examines questions on how and why architectural creation is strongly linked to philosophical thought.

Valerio Olgiatis's latest book is about the beauty of the very varied buildings he has realized to date. This exquisite small volume features them all in seventy-nine striking color photographs, each of them supplemented by a floor plan or section serving as a visual caption. The indoor and outdoor shots demonstrate Olgiati's intuition for spectacular structures and atmospheric interiors-from the museum for the UNESCO world cultural heritage site in Bahrain to the Céline flagship store in Miami, from the office building for Baloise Insurance's headquarters in Basel to the bedroom of the French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquière in Paris, from the visitor center of the Swiss National Park to the studio house for the Swiss musician Linard Bardill in Scharans.   Valerio Olgiati, born 1958, is an architect based in in Flims, Switzerland, working on projects for public and private clients in various countries. He has published numerous internationally recognized books, most recently Non-Referential Architecture together with Markus Breitschmid.

This book documents comprehensively Algiers' new Djamaa al-Djazair, the world's third-largest mosque after those of Mecca and Medina, the construction of which constituted a truly intercultural undertaking with experts of different nationalities collaborating.

The first-ever full account of the remarkable reconstruction of the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir following the 1960 earthquake, a unique example of innovative and experimental urban design achieved in a then unprecedented joint effort of local and international architects.

The international Brick Award 22: fifty shortlisted and five winning designs once again prove the impressive versatility and timeliness of bricks as building material.

A rich collection of essays that offer essential, independent voices on architecture criticism in a highly challenging media environment.

This book contributes to the development of new architectural approaches to informal neighbourhoods and to a better understanding of human habitats that relates spatial issues to broader economic and political questions.

A building monograph on the Trinity office tower, a unique 32-storey high-rise in the futuristic business district La Defense of Paris, designed by Paris-based Cro&Co Architects.

New monograph on Swiss firm Buchner Brundler Architects, featuring around 15 completed projects from 2010 to 2020 in rich detail alongside a heavily illustrated survey of another 50 buildings and unrealised projects.

The first book to offer a deep insight into Novosibirsk's Paper Architecture movement and a comprehensive survey of this fascinating form of late Soviet-era speculative architecture from the Siberian metropolis, lavishly illustrated with material from formerly inaccessible archives.

This book tells the story of the new education centre of Advan FC on the island of Madagascar, a prime example of a bottom-up development-aid project based on pragmatism and with the goal of self-empowerment.

The first-ever book on Lausanne-based Swiss firm Farra Zoumboulakis & Associes Architectes Urbanistes, featuring three signature designs that exemplify their philosophy of sustainability and carbon neutrality. Text in French.

A unique visual tour through the work of Zurich and Los Angeles-based firm agps, spanning nearly four decades and comprising the entire range of their designs. Text in English and German.

A history of the Jewish concept of space and a documentation of the new synagogue at Babyn Yar near Kiev, Ukraine.

First volume of a multi-part monograph on successful Paris-based design studio ChartierDalix, featuring 11 projects realised 2016-2021. Text in English and French.

A new manual for a new territorial approach to urban design in the 21st century, based on 12 key concepts and introducing concrete examples of visionary spatial developments with a strong focus on practice. Text in English and German.

An insightful compendium on the development of state-subsidised housing in Europe in the 20th century, featuring exemplary social housing developments Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, Switzerland, and Spain.

This book explores the history of the architectural survey drawing and its multiple forms in order to understand how the methods of recording what already exists can also be used to imagine what might be.

The first substantial building monograph on Sigurd Lewerentz's masterpiece of modern religious architecture, St. Mark's church in Bjorkhagen, Stockholm, lavishly illustrated with new photographs and newly drawn plans.

A photo book merged with a building monograph: striking photographs by Swiss photographer Guido Baselgia of the landscape and infrastructure buildings in the Swiss Alps are combined with a documentation of new road maintenance base on the pass designed by renowned Swiss firm Bearth & Deplazes Architekten. Text in English, German, and Italian.

An inspirational reader that highlights how profoundly the place we live in matters to our wellbeing, and what social responsibility architects have in creating the built environment.

This book documents an integrative, practice-based program at the University of Liechtenstein that brings together students and trades businesses, demonstrating how concrete design and realisation processes form an integral part of architectural training. Text in English and German.

An artistic reflection on the impact of David Adjaye's architecture for the Idea Stores in London, featuring also a conversation with David Adjaye on London's new public neighbourhood libraries.

First monograph on Swiss firm Duplex Architects to date, documenting in great detail five housing designs that exemplify Duplex Architects' position, concepts, and methods.

A critical discussion of individual approaches to the representation of built space in a museum through a series of conversations with experts.

The official publication of the Israeli Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale 2021 is a unique exploration of how ideology translated into colonialism, settlement, urbanisation, infrastructure, and mechanised agriculture, radically reshaped the environment of Palestine-Israel.

Introduces New York-based DLANDstudio's pioneering and award-winning Sponge Park concept for the regeneration of the notorious Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY, offering a rich resource for communities, architects, landscape and urban designers, environmental activists, and public agencies to clean up similarly degraded sites.