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Residential Architecture

Kazuo Shinoharas herausragendes Buch zum Bauen von Wohnhäusern – einer der wichtigsten Texte zur japanischen Architektur in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, erstmals in englischer Übersetzung

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Meditations in Entropy

Über den Umgang mit dem Klimawandel, unterschiedlichsten Herausforderungen und Dringlichkeiten – achtzehn architektonische Antworten in Bangladesch

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Das Glas Haus. Wien 1933. Vertriebene Visionen

Die Villa Rezek von Architekt Hans Glas – modernes Bauen und Wiener Wohnkultur der 1930er Jahre

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Penzel Valier

Die erste grosse Monografie zu einem der führenden Architektur- und Ingenieurbüros der Schweiz

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Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2025

«Jaretti & Luzi» wird mit Gold geehrt

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Unfinished Atlas

Manuel Herz Architekten reflektiert über 19 Projekte rund um die Welt mit höchst unterschiedlichen Bedingungen

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Kazuo Shinohara – 3 Houses

Eine Hommage zum 100. Geburtstag des japanischen Architekten – die Neuausgabe des preisgekrönten Buches über Shinoharas Hauptwerke

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Typology

Taschkent, Genua, Tiflis und Casablanca – Analysen moderner und zeitgenössischer Bautypologien im neusten Band der Typology-Reihe

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Neuerscheinungen

Architecture by Peter Celsing Photographed by John Håkansson

Jon Lott – Proximities

Residential Architecture

Meditations in Entropy

The Work of Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA

The “Glas House” 1933

Visionary Architecture in Vienna and Exile

Ernst Sommerlad: Architekt 1895–1977

Bauen im Fürstentum Liechtenstein, in den Kantonen St. Gallen, Appenzell AR, Graubünden und in Vorarlberg

Blanking

An Annotated Archive of Projects and Thoughts on Architecture

Wir Günther Domenig

Korrekturen einer Legende

We Günther Domenig

Reevaluation of a Legend

Das Glas Haus

Wien 1933. Vertriebene Visionen

Penzel Valier

Architecture, Construction, Design 2007–2024

Penzel Valier

Architektur, Konstruktion, Design 2007–2024

The Maria and Neoptolemos Michaelides Residence

Intimations for a New Modernity

Unfinished Atlas

19 Projects by Manuel Herz Architects

Typology

Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca. Review No. IV

Kazuo Shinohara – 3 Houses

House in White, House in Uehara, House in Yokohama

Faszination Sichtbeton

Werke des Architekten Bernhard Heid

Teaching Urbanism

Lucerne Talks

Nachhaltige Designprozesse

Leitfaden für die gestalterische Praxis und Lehre

Aufs Dorf gekommen

atelier-f architekten. Bauten und Projekte 1998–2025

Wir liefern versandkostenfrei nach Deutschland, Österreich und in die Schweiz!

Highlights

Concéntrico

Urban Innovation Laboratory

Das Glas Haus

Wien 1933. Vertriebene Visionen

Penzel Valier

Architecture, Construction, Design 2007–2024

Penzel Valier

Architektur, Konstruktion, Design 2007–2024

Typology

Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca. Review No. IV

Kazuo Shinohara – 3 Houses

House in White, House in Uehara, House in Yokohama

Nachhaltige Designprozesse

Leitfaden für die gestalterische Praxis und Lehre

Aufs Dorf gekommen

atelier-f architekten. Bauten und Projekte 1998–2025

SAY 25/26

Schweizer Architektur Jahrbuch 2025/26

That's Brutal, What's Modern?

The Smithsons, Banham, and the Mies-Image

Public Spaces, NY

Reinventing Heritage

A Design Compass on Adaptive Reuse

Visiting

Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, Berlin 1966–89

Buildings for People and Plants by WORKac

Dirty Old River

Esch Sintzel Architekten

Bauten und Projekte

A House to Live With

16 Variations by Dom Hans van der Laan and His Companions

Jaretti & Luzi

Wohnbauten in Turin 1954–1974

The Craft of Place

Mork-Ulnes Architects

Drifting Symmetries

Projects, Provocations, and other Enduring Models by Weiss/Manfredi

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Kazuo Shinohara’s (1925–2006) book Residential Architecture is considered one of the most significant pieces of writing on Japanese architecture of the late 20th century. First published in Japan in 1964 as Jūtaku kenchiku, the book was mandatory reading for generations of students of architecture in Japan, and has deeply influenced many of the best-known Japanese designers, such as Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, and others.

Shinohara’s reflections on housing are now available in English for the first time, translated by architectural historian David B. Stewart (1942–2025) and architects Shin-ichi Okuyama and Kenichi Nakamura. The multifaceted insights into the ideational fundamentals of his outstanding work are thus accessible to a global audience.

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By Kazuo Shinohara

Edited by Christian Dehli, Andrea Grolimund
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Translation: David B. Stewart, Shin-ichi Okuyama, Kenichi Nakamura, Tokyo

Book design by Elektrosmog, Zurich; Natalie Rickert, Marco Walser
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For the first time, Switzerland has its own architecture yearbook. Properly Swiss – in English and three national languages.

The Swiss Architecture Yearbook (SAY), published biannually, is an inspiring and informative source for a wide audience interested in architecture. It reflects the country’s remarkably diverse architectural production and discusses current trends and challenges in design and construction. Moreover, it provides international visibility for the outstanding quality of Swiss architecture and building culture.

SAY’s second edition of 2025/26 is again more than merely a selection of the best: By way of 30 outstanding designs realized between 2022 and 2024, selected by an independent international jury from a list of 160 nominees from all parts of the country, and six topical essays, it once again showcases the diversity and exceptional quality of Swiss architecture.

Find out more about the upcoming traveling exhibition venues and discourse events on www.say.ch – Link in Bio!

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«Räume prägen Menschen. (…) Sie sind ausschlaggebend für unsere Stimmungen, unsere physische und psychische Gesundheit, unser soziales Leben und unsere Lebensqualität. Architekt:innen sind diejenigen Menschen, die wie keine andere Berufsgruppe diese Räume gestalten und prägen. Sich dieser Verantwortung bewusst zu sein, ist der erste wichtige Schritt in Richtung des ganzheitlichen Verständnisses der Baukultur.» Reiner Nagel, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Bundesstiftung Baukultur

Raum für Alle befasst sich mit der theoretischen Entwicklung einer kleinen Idealstadt. Anhand von Analysen vorhandener Siedlungsstrukturen, mittels gebauter Projekte, im Kern aber mit dem Modellaufbau eines fiktiven Stadtmodells überprüft der Architekt Stefan Traxler, ob ein Hybrid aus dörflichen und städtischen Genen dem erhofften Idealbild näherkommt. Und er formuliert 14 Thesen zur Architektur, in denen es um ein Hauptanliegen der heutigen Zeit geht: Eine reale Utopie für die gebauten Lebensräume der Zukunft zu entwickeln. Für die Grossstadt, das Dorf oder auch für die Kleinstadt, deren Potenzial als städtebauliches Modell oft unterschätzt wird.

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Von Stefan Traxler
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Gestaltet von Klaus-Peter Deimann, deimann design communications

Gestaltungskonzept von Bureau Sandra Doeller
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Reinventing Heritage appeals to anyone passionate about sustainable living, urban innovation, and the stories buildings can tell when they are given a second life.

In this book, Park—a Milan-based interdisciplinary collective of architects, designers, and researchers—explores the transformative potential of adaptive reuse in architecture as a key strategy to address environmental, social, and economic challenges. Rather than demolishing and rebuilding, adaptive reuse champions the repurposing of existing structures to extend their life cycle, reduce waste, and foster sustainable urban regeneration.

Edited by Park, Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi and Michele Versaci
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Book design by Marco Sorrentino

Image processing by Marjeta Morinc
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Blanking. An Annotated Archive of Projects and Thoughts on Architecture

In this first book on the work and vision of the architecture firm Schaum/Shieh, founders Troy Schaum and Rosalyne Shieh invite their readers into the studio. This is a real and conceptual space where they work on recurring themes: operating within the city at the scale of building (urbanism); the interrelation of materiality, units of form, and building products (tectonics); and ways to collaborate with the life of a building in its context (preservation), among others. In addition to visual material drawn from all stages of the design process, what is equally important to Blanking is what is said and what can be heard in the studio. So much of architectural thinking and knowledge is presented, formulated, and traded in spoken words: the pinup, the meeting, the walkthrough. This material is the medium within which projects are formulated. Those exchanges inform this book, in which ideas and knowledge that are usually only spoken are written down and made accessible to readers.

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By Troy Schaum and Rosalyne Shieh
schaumshieh @rfshieh @troyschaum

Edited by Emily Nemens
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Associate Editor: Pouya Khadem
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Book design by Normal (Renata Graw and Lucas Reif) with the support of Kim Upstill, Austin Watson, and Paul Zdon

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From 24 December, our offices are closed for an extended break over the Holidays. We’ll be back on January 5 with a whole sack full of new exciting books for 2026!

Until then, we would like to wish you and your loved ones a very merry Festive Season and a wonderful start to the New Year!  #happyholidays #happynewyear #giveabookthischristmas #booksmakethebestgifts #parkbooks