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Unfinished Atlas

Ideas, references, inspirations, debates, attempts, mishaps: An experimental book by Manuel Herz Architects

Kazuo Shinohara – 3 Houses

A tribute to the 100th birthday of the Japanese architect – the new edition of the award-winning book on three of Shinoharas major works

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Public Spaces, NY

Making Manhattan more inclusive and equitable – visions by Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith

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AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers

The Barrack, 1572–1914 is among the winners!

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Typology

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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New Releases

Blanking

An Annotated Archive of Projects and Thoughts on Architecture

We Günther Domenig

Reevaluation of a Legend

Penzel Valier

Architecture, Construction, 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

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

The House of Doctor Koolhaas

Living Cities

Three Centuries of Park Systems

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Typology

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

Kazuo Shinohara – 3 Houses

House in White, House in Uehara, House in Yokohama

SAY 25/26

Swiss Architecture Yearbook 2025/26

Public Spaces, NY

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

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Herausgegeben von Bernd Schmutz und Dominik Fiederling
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Gestaltet von Esther Rieser
@estherrieser

Mehr zu lesen gibts auf unserer Website - Link in Bio.

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Garage sale at our offices in Zurich!

50% or more off selected books on art, design, photography, and architecture.

📅 Thursday, December 18
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The Maria and Neoptolemos Michaelides Residence. Intimations for a New Modernity

Neoptolemos Michaelides (1920–92) was a pioneer of modern architecture in Cyprus. All of his designs are based on the desire to develop principles that combine modern architecture with traditional Cypriot construction methods—and the knowledge preserved therein regarding the choice of materials, geographical orientation, natural climate control, and the internal organization of buildings. These principles are rooted in his studies of Western philosophy and even more in his affinity with Eastern philosophical thought, especially the spiritual importance of a harmonious relationship with nature. Between his respect for pure, natural materials and his awareness of elemental forces, his buildings seem both to worship nature and to evoke the Shintoism of Japan.

In this first ever book on the architecture of Neoptolemos Michaelides, the distinguished American architectural historian Kenneth Frampton presents his work in two essays. The first, illustrated with historical photos and documents, is dedicated to thirteen of his most important buildings. The second takes a close look at Michaelides’ own home in Nicosia. Newly taken photographs and plan drawings created especially for the book on a 1:100 scale document this extraordinary house in detail. The beautiful volume is rounded out with a concise biography of Michaelides.

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By Kenneth Frampton
@kennethframptonarchitect

Edited by Haris Hadjivassiliou
@hadjivassiliouharis

Book design by Akis Ioannides

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Living Cities offers a chronological survey of civic design based on more than 30 park systems on five continents. The examples range from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Park an der Ilm in Weimar (1778) and John Nash’s Regent Street in London (1806) to Chicago’s park system (1850), Albert Bodmer and Maurice Braillard’s plans for Geneva (1936), and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Valley (1947), as well as to contemporary and future projects in Addis Ababa, Madrid, Medellín, New York, and Seoul. Matthew Skjonsberg’s book demonstrates the ecological and social impact of park systems and highlights the diverse challenges that communities face when implementing such projects. At the same time, it encourages a reevaluation of civic design as an intergenerational practice for creating human settlements.

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By Matthew Skjonsberg

Book design by Studio Marie Lusa
@studiomarielusa

With the generous support of Halter Gruppe

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Unfinished Atlas. 19 Projects by Manuel Herz Architects

This first monograph on the widely acclaimed Basel-based firm Manuel Herz Architects features 19 built and unrealized projects from their portfolio since 2004. Developed for highly diverse locations in ten countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia, they vary greatly in terms of building program, scale, character, and vision. The projects include housing, cultural and public buildings, exhibition and furniture designs, as well as architectural and urban research.

Conceived as a critical retrospective, this book traces all stages of a project from initial sketches to completion, looking also at the afterlife of realized buildings. As the title Unfinished Atlas suggests, architecture should never be considered to be entirely completed: there is always room and potential for later interventions by and with others. Five thematic chapters highlight the ever-changing challenges for a designer that arise from working in complex environments and different socioeconomic conditions.

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Edited by Ludovic Balland, Francesca Mautone, Manuel Herz

@manuel.herz @frenchimau @ludovic_balland

Book design by Ludovic Balland Typography Cabinet with Jenny Schreiter, Annina Schepping and Jeanne La Belle

@jy_scr @anninaschepping

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Approaches to solving the challenges of the 21st century through environmentally conscious urban design and spatial strategies: 3 Park Books titles

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Towards Territorial Transition
Edited by Matthias Armengaud, Aglaée Degros with Radostina Radulova-Stahmer

Book design by AWP Agence de reconfiguration territoriale

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Wiener Hitze
Edited by Institute for Art and Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna @akbild, Christina Condak, Michelle Howard, Christina Jauernik, Linda Lackner, Lisa Schmidt-Colinet, Angelika Schnell, Eva Sommeregger

Book design by @alexandramoellner

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Sponge Park. Gowanus Canal
By Susannah C. Drake @schurchilldrake  Book design by Folder Studio @folderstudio

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