ARCHITECTURE

Reverse Perspective - Wim Goes & Volkmar Muhleis

Grafische Cel 2020 ISBN 9789492574121 Acqn 31079
Pb 14x21cm 152pp col ills £21.95

'Reverse Perspective' revolves around practice-based architectural, art historical, and

philosophical research on presence via images, buildings, and texts. In the book, Belgian
architect Wim Goes explores three of his main projects: Yohji Yamamoto Boutique Antwerp,
Royal Belgian Sailing Club, and Refuge II. Crucial to the book's introspection is the conversation
between Volkmar Muhleis, professor of philosophy and aesthetics at LUCA School of Arts in
Brussels and Ghent, and Bulgarian art historian Clemena Antonova, who discuss the concept of
reverse perspective in relation to Orthodox icons, cubism, the cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, and
paintings by David Hockney.

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Building With Limestone In Paris - H2o Architects

Building Books 2020 ISBN 9782956781530 Acqn 31080
Pb 17x24cm 88pp col ills £22.50

This is the first book of a collection of monographic books on the projects of h2o architectes. It
showcases the construction of a 32-home building in the 15th arrondissement in Paris that
features 24 cm ashlar masonry facades. Requiring neither firing nor the addition of other
products, stone material allows a 60% reduction in CO2 in comparison to concrete where the
construction phase is concerned, and a 35% reduction over a period of 50 years. h2o architectes
successfully demonstrate that load-bearing stone, a geo-sourced material, represents an
economical alternative and has the advantage of offering a higher-quality standard of finish.

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Pavlo Makov - Do Po
Ist Publishing 2020 ISBN 9789669765765 Acqn 31086
Pb 20x25cm 148pp col ills £51

Ukrainian graphic artist Pavlo Makov's fourth book derives from his notebooks with drawings of
city plans, which describe both fictional and real cities. The drawings, originally envisioned as
sketches for future works, were digitised for this book in collaboration with designer Tania
Borzunova. Cities are one of the most predominant themes in Makov's practice, in which he
focuses on future cities and the products of interactions between contemporary humans and
digital technologies. The buildings and plans are derived from hexagrams and linked by a single,
continuous line. Also included is an enlarged reproduction of a map of the city, created as an
engraving comprised of four large parts.

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a+u 600 - Mad Architects Dreams

a+u Publishing Co. Ltd. 2020 ISBN 9784900212558 Acqn 31120
Pb 21x29cm 168pp col ills £31.50

MAD Architects was established by Chinese architect Ma Yansong in 2004, and has since
become a global practice. Its futuristic designs have been bold and experimental since the start.
For the partners at MAD, it is important that the environment they build maintains spiritual and
emotional connections with people through nature. This combination of technology and nature
results in a sort of fictional architecture with a strongly artistic component. This issue details a
selection of seventeen projects, taking readers from early design concepts to final realities.
Featured works include Harbin Opera House, Xinhee Design Centre, Floating Island, and the
Ordos Museum in Mongolia.

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a+u 601 2020 - 10 Valerio Olgiati - Non-referential Architecture

Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd. 2020 ISBN 9784900212565 Acqn 31141
Pb 22x29cm 160pp col ills £32

The magazine's second monograph dedicated to Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati, whose buildings
can be typified by their "non-referential" character. It includes an essay by Olgiati and Mark
Breitschmid, as well as a short piece by Go Hasegawa that engages the reader's senses in an
intimate encounter with Villa Alem, designed by Olgiati in Portugal. The issue introduces a total of
fifteen diverse works, each accompanied by textured drawings and a text by the architect, who is
considered to operate in a cultural rather than political manner. Among these are Pearling Site in
Bahrain, Torre San Felipe in Lima, the Celine flagship store in Miami, and Zurich's School
Building Schauenberg.

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