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Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, and Casablanca – Analyses of modern and contemporary buildings in the latest volume of the Typology series

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SAY 25/26. Swiss Architecture Yearbook

Outstanding new buildings meet burning questions about the building boom, urban sprawl and sustainability

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Reinventing Heritage

Revitalizing cities and honouring cultural heritage – Milan-based collective Park shows how its done

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Buildings for People and Plants by WORKac

«Balancing social and environmental concern with an all-embracing lightheartedness» – WORKac’s latest explorations in architecture and community-centric design

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Architectural Book Awards 2025

"The Art of the Architectural Grafting" named Architectural Book of the Year!

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Living Cities. Three Centuries of Park Systems

A chronological overview of civic design based on more than 30 park systems on five continents

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New Releases

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

Teaching Urbanism

Lucerne Talks

SAY 25/26

Swiss Architecture Yearbook 2025/26

That's Brutal, What's Modern?

The Smithsons, Banham, and the Mies-Image

The Metropolitan Tower

A Pedagogical Research Initiated by Michel Kagan

Public Spaces, NY

Ebaholz Campus Extension

Building as a Common Process

Reinventing Heritage

A Design Compass on Adaptive Reuse

Josef Frank – Spaces

Maison de la Chine

A Building by Atelier FCJZ

Passerelle des Arts Luxembourg

Marc Mimram Architecture Ingénierie and Fabeck Architectes

Visiting

Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, Berlin 1966–89

Concéntrico

Urban Innovation Laboratory

The House of Doctor Koolhaas

Living Cities

Three Centuries of Park Systems

The Beauty of Impermanence

An Architecture of Adaptability from the Sharjah Architecture Triennial

The Appian Way

Adolphe Appia and the Scenography of Modern Architecture

The New Design Museum

Co-creating the Present, Prototyping the Future

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Highlights

Reinventing Heritage

A Design Compass on Adaptive Reuse

The House of Doctor Koolhaas

Dirty Old River

Esch Sintzel Architekten

Buildings and Projects

A House to Live With

16 Variations by Dom Hans van der Laan and His Companions

Peter Zumthor 1985–2013

Buildings and Projects

EM2N—City Factory

Advocating for a City of Tolerant Co-Existence

The Architecture of Public Space

Armando Ruinelli Architetti

Progetti 1982–2022. Leggere il tempo

Built

by Valerio Olgiati

Montessori Architecture

A Design Instrument for Schools

Absolute Beginners

African Modernism

The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia

Sigurd Lewerentz

Architect of Death and Life

Non-Referential Architecture

Ideated by Valerio Olgiati – Written by Markus Breitschmid

A Feeling of History

Peter Zumthor Therme Vals

Paris Haussmann

A Model's Relevance

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Reuse in Construction

A Compendium of Circular Architecture

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The Art of Architectural Grafting

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Nachhaltige Designprozesse. Leitfaden für die gestalterische Praxis und Lehre

Anders als in klar strukturierten Fachgebieten wie der Architektur und dem Bauwesen gibt es im sehr breit gefächerten Berufsfeld Design kaum vereinheitlichte Prozessabläufe. Entsprechend gross ist die Herausforderung, Nachhaltigkeitskriterien systematisch in die Arbeitsprozesse der äusserst diversen Kreativbranche zu implementieren.

Mit diesem Buch haben die Produktdesigner und Innenarchitekten Thomas Wüthrich und Yves Raschle einen praxisorientierten Leitfaden dazu erarbeitet. Klar strukturiert und mit präzisen, auf das Wesentliche reduzierten Beiträgen beleuchtet das Handbuch relevante Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit in allen Projektphasen: vom Grobkonzept über Entwurf und Konstruktion bis hin zur Ausführungs- und Nutzungsphase. Die informativen Texte werden dabei mit konkreten Handlungsempfehlungen kombiniert.

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Von Thomas Wüthrich und Yves Raschle

Gestaltet von Nadine Wüthrich
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Lithografie von Marjeta Morinc
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Produktbilder Slides 1 & 6: © Franz Rindlisbacher
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Ebaholz Campus Extension. Building as a Common Process

In 2024, the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz opened its Ebaholz campus extension. Design and realization of the building’s interior was entrusted to students from the Craft & Structure Studio at Liechtenstein School of Architecture. Their key task was to create new working environments and to offer space for social interaction. The building’s structural conditions were the only limits to the design process. Students had to deal with materials and tectonic aspects of designing wall systems, furniture, and lighting, as well as all the issues of space and atmosphere for creative teamwork. Supported by experts of scenography, acoustics, and color design, they experimented with spatial concepts, atmospheres, materials, and colors. The entire planning was done on a 1:1 scale and eventually realized in collaboration with craftspeople from local construction firms.

This book highlights these didactics of design-build used at the Craft & Structure Studio under the direction of Urs Meister and Carmen Rist-Stadelmann and places it in the international framework of architectural education.

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Multilingual Edition – German & English!

Edited by Carmen Rist-Stadelmann and Urs Meister

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Book design by Studio Joost Grootens
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Image processing by Marjeta Morinc
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“… balancing social and environmental concern with an all-embracing lightheartedness.” – Architectural Record

Buildings for People and Plants by WORKac – available worldwide!

This book is a thoughtfully curated architectural exploration by Amale Andraos and Dan Wood, the New York-based design firm’s co-founders. The compelling volume, featuring ten of WORKac’s most recent projects, such as the North Boulder Library, the Rhode Island School of Design’s Student Success Center, and the Miami Museum Garage, navigates through the interconnected realms of architecture, environment, and social sustainability.

Find out more on our website or at your local bookstore.

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By Amale Andraos, Dan Wood

With contributions by Miles Hardingwood, Nicolai Ouroussoff and Heidi Zuckerman
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Book design by Atelier Dyakova with Tom Baber
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Teaching Urbanism. Lucerne Talks

Conceived as a compendium and reference for students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners of architecture and urbanism, Teaching Urbanism explores current topics in urban design and development, responding to questions such as: What is the role of architecture in urban transformation? How can architectural practice respond to challenges such as climate change, migration, social segregation, or technology and mobility? And above all, how can urbanism and urban design be taught in a timely way and be made relevant for research? As a written dialogue between participants of the 2023 Lucerne Talks conference, the texts offer a shared understanding of applying different, multidisciplinary approaches, attitudes, and methods in tackling these challenges.

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Edited by Heike Biechteler, Johannes Käferstein, Stefan Kurath, Jonathan Sergison, HSLU Technik & Architektur
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Book design by Carla Crameri
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Wir freuen uns sehr, dass die Jury des DAM Architectural Book Award auch in diesem Jahr wieder zwei unserer Bücher als Gewinner ausgewählt hat:

Jaretti & Luzi. Wohnbauten in Turin – Herausgegeben von Bernd Schmutz und Dominik Fiederling, gestaltet von Esther Rieser

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Zur Vertikalität – Von François Charbonnet, Marine de Dardel und Patrick Heiz, gestaltet von Atlas Studio

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle, die an der Entstehung dieser aussergewöhnlichen Bücher beteiligt waren, und ein grosses Dankeschön an das @architekturmuseum.

Mehr über die Gewinner gibt’s auf unserer Website zu lesen (Link in Bio).

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SAY 25/26. Swiss Architecture Yearbook 2025/26

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. The essays delve into burning issues facing construction and design: challenges such as climate change and construction in the context of limited resources; how to densify existing fabrics and make open spaces more appealing; what factors help preservation and transformation projects to succeed; and the key role of socially and environmentally conscious clients and developers.

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Edited by S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Andreas Ruby, werk, bauen + wohnen, Roland Züger and SAS Stiftung Architektur Schweiz

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Book design by Claudiabasel

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