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Can she rewrite the fate of the women who came before her? The once-rising literary star Olivia Fitzgerald is down on her luck. Her most recent novel--a retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca--was a flop, her boyfriend of nine years just dumped her and she's battling a bad case of writer's block. So when her agent calls her with a high-paying ghostwriting opportunity, Olivia is all too willing to sign the NDA. At first, the write-for-hire jo...

100 Persönlichkeiten zeigen ihr liebstes Architekturbuch und schreiben, warum sie immer wieder zu diesem Buch greifen. Die Nidus Architekturgalerie und der langjährige AD-Chefredakteur Oliver Jahn haben 100 Architektinnen, Designer, Künstlerinnen, Kulturschaffende und andere Prominente gebeten, dasjenige Buch in die Galerie zu schicken, das mit Architektur zu tun hat und das sie im Leben stets von Neuem zur Hand nehmen. Herausgekommen ist ein...

Orte und Städte haben sich entlang von Strassen entwickelt. In den letzten Jahrzehnten haben der stetige Ausbau für den motorisierten Individualverkehr und die bauliche Reaktion auf dessen Lärm die räumliche Struktur entlang der Strassen stark geprägt und vielerorts zusammen mit fehlenden Aufenthaltsqualitäten zu unwirtlichen Stadträumen geführt. Diesem Befund geht Städtebau beginnt an der Strasse nach und versucht, Abhilfe zu schaffen. Das B...

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BUREAU, with offices in Geneva and Lisbon, is directed by architects Daniel Zamarbide and Carine Pimenta, and visual artist, designer, and art educator Galliane Zamarbide. The practice operates at the intersection of architecture, scenography, design, landscape design, and education. Founded in 2012, the firm focuses on building new and converting existing structures, interior design and furniture, exhibition design, inhabitable sculptures, an...

Transversal Territory is a laboratory of urban, environmental, and artistic experimentation at the renowned Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, Switzerland. It undertakes transdisciplinary and participatory research on the relationship between us, our bodies, and our built and natural environments. Its unique approach is to explore experiences of-and reflections on-urban space through performative bodywork and on-site artistic installations....

In 2023, the new Maison de la Chine was opened as part of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP), the French capital's famous campus of student residencies founded in 1925. Designed by Beijing-based Atelier Feichang Jianzhu (Atelier FCJZ) and realized in collaboration with the French architecture firm Coldefy, the building continues the tradition of national pavilions within the CIUP. The Maison de la Chine's design bears the DN...

Densification of our cities is an imperative that inevitably brings the topic of new high-rise buildings and the addition of stories to existing buildings to the foreground of discourse. Architecture and urban design must increasingly address the issues of verticality at all stages of planning, design, and composition. Social and cultural aspects must be considered in this process as well. The French-language book De la verticalité combines t...

The Barrack, 1572-1914 tells the little-known history of a building type that many people used to register as an alien interloper in conventionally built-up areas. The barrack is a mostly lightweight construction, a hybrid between shack, tent, and traditional building. It is a highly efficient structure that sometimes also proves to be extremely durable. Easy to erect and to take down, it is-after the introduction of railways and later motor v...

Densification of our cities is an imperative that inevitably brings the topic of new high-rise buildings and the addition of stories to existing buildings to the foreground of discourse. Architecture and urban design must increasingly address the issues of verticality at all stages of planning, design, and composition. Social and cultural aspects must be considered in this process as well. The German-language book Zur Vertikalität combines tw...

The creation of park systems is a historically proven method for communities to stabilize and cultivate healthy ecological habitats in country dwellings as well as in dense urban areas. Park systems ensure clean soil, water, and air for all. Moreover, they offer intergenerational and inclusive recreational opportunities along ecological corridors. Between 1900 and 1950, civic design-a practice in urban and landscape planning explicitly oriente...

Dieses Buch ist eine pointierte Einführung ins architektonische Konstruieren von Räumen und legt das Hauptaugenmerk auf das Erkennen und Erkunden unterschiedlicher Raumtypen. Es geht also weniger darum, kleine Details der Materialisierung zu klären, sondern die grossen Fragen nach dem Charakter, der gewünschten Wirkung und den Eigenschaften verschiedener Räume ins Zentrum zu stellen. Also um die Grundlagen guter Architektur. Konzipiert wurde ...

Founded in Zurich in 2008 by architect Christian Penzel and structural engineer Martin Valier, Penzel Valier have established themselves as one of Switzerland's leading design firms. In fifteen years, they have realized projects that uniquely demonstrate the interplay between the two disciplines. Their portfolio includes a wide range of different typologies, including transportation and infrastructure buildings, office and sports structures, a...

Founded in Zurich in 2008 by architect Christian Penzel and structural engineer Martin Valier, Penzel Valier have established themselves as one of Switzerland's leading design firms. In fifteen years, they have realized projects that uniquely demonstrate the interplay between the two disciplines. Their portfolio includes a wide range of different typologies, including transportation and infrastructure buildings, office and sports structures, a...

Arata Isozaki (1931-2022) undoubtedly ranks among Japan's, and in fact the world's, most distinguished architects. He ran his own firm in Tokyo from 1963 and realized buildings in many countries, as well as holding teaching appointments at Columbia, Harvard, and Yale universities. He created a body of work that has constantly evolved and transformed over decades. His best-known designs include the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art in Fukuoka,...

Seit Jahrzehnten erfährt der Tourismus eine kontinuierliche Intensivierung und ist zu einem integralen Bestandteil unseres westlichen Lebensstils geworden. Über Tourismus beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen unserer Urlaubswünsche auf die gebaute Umwelt, das soziale Gefüge und den Klimawandel. Wann wird Tourismus eigentlich zum Übertourismus? Anschauliche Illustrationen, Beispiele und reiches Datenmaterial verdeutlichen u. a. das Zusammenspie...

X Architekten ist ein vielfach ausgezeichnetes österreichisches Architekturbüro mit Niederlassungen in Linz, Wien und Lambach. Zum 25-jährigen Bestehen erscheint nun die erste, umfassende Monografie über das Schaffen des Büros mit den wichtigsten Bauten und einer Vielzahl von Textbeiträgen bekannter Autorinnen und Autoren. Das X im Namen ist Programm, es steht als mathematische Variable für Offenheit. Das X erfordert die Mehrzahl: Ein Team mit...