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The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture / Travel Edition
 The pocket-sized The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Travel Edition is the essential companion to The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Comprehensive Edition. Weighing in at less than a twentieth of its ground-breaking predecessor, it documents the same 1,052 best buildings since 1998 - this time with additional maps, an address and telephone number and an indication of whether each building can be visited and if an appointment is necessary.
Flexi-cover / 440 pages / text English / 2005
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New European Architecture 08 09
Hans Ibelings, Kirsten Hannema
 An atypical cross-section of recent European architecture that celebrates a distinct approach is collected in the 20 projects presented here. The selection is intended to show the possibility of achieving exceptional results in more normal and everyday circumstances. Residential houses, public buildings, commercial office and recreational facilities have been drawn from all over Europe – each introduced with a short commentary and accompanied by photographs, plans and elevations. Edited by Hans Ibelings and Kirsten Hannema and containing essays and interviews, this survey is an invaluable survey of the current state of European architecture.
Paperback / 160 pages / text in English / January 2009
Edition 07 08 is still available.
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Belgium new architecture 4
 Focused on the search for a form of sustainable architecture that can embrace the uncertainties of climate change and the demand to reduce emissions, the newest edition of ‘New Belgian Architecture' fittingly begins with a brief survey of a new International Observation station that will be built in the Antarctic. What follows are some 36 architecturally innovative projects produced in Belgium over the last two years that take these concerns in varying degrees into account. Covering the fields of housing, the office, public spaces and cultural spaces all projects are accompanied by a rich assortment of photographs, plans, elevations and textual explanations.
Paperback / 264 pages / text Dutch, French, English / 2008
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A+U Special 05:05 Beijing Shanghai Architecture Guide
 Timely guidebook which introduces modern and contemporary architecture from around the year 1900 up until the present from two thriving metropolitan centres. Divided into sections which cover different parts of each city, each building is clearly marked on the location map and is accompanied by a short description.
Paperback / text English, Japanese / 2005
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AV Monographs 109/110 CHINA BOOM / Growth unlimited
 China's opening-up to capitalism has brought about a greater diversity in the architecture that local professionals have been carrying out in recent years. Documenting 18 projects by Chinese practices, among which Yung Ho-Chang and Gary Chang, this issue also presents 28 projects by other international offices chosen to develop large works, including the Jian Wai Soho complex by Riken Yamamoto, a housing complex in Hangzhou by David Chipperfield, and the Olympic Stadium by Herzog & de Meuron.
Paperback / text English, Spanish / 2006
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ARCHILAB 2006 JAPAN / Nested in the City
 Archilab 2006 is dedicated to a new generation of Japanese architects that have emerged over recent years. The catalogue of this exhibition richly documents the projects of 30 invited architects, with particular emphasis on the house as a space for architectural creation and exploration. Participating architects include: Jun Aoki, Shigeru Ban, Sejima & Nishizawa, Takaharu & Yui Tezuka, Mitsuhiko Sato and Atelier Bow Wow.
Paperback / 296 pages / text in English, French / 2006
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Wallpaper City Guide: Stockholm
 Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design-conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities.
Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or vacation, we've done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars and hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores and sites, and the most enticing architecture and design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city's landscape and the satisfaction you've seen all that you should.
Wallpaper* City Guides are compiled by the magazine's travel experts, both by in-house editors, and correspondents who actually live in the highlighted cities, providing up-to-the-minute information.
Paperback / text English / 2006
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Swiss Made
Steven Spier, Martin Tschanz
 Switzerland has produced some of the most refined buildings and revered architects in the world today. Presented through plans, drawings and specially commissioned photography, these works by emerging and established Swiss architects demonstrate an impressive degree of craftsmanship, material precision and formal invention.
Hardcover / text English / 2003
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