Browsing: Books

“In Plain Sight: Scenes from Aridly Abundant Landscapes,” co-edited by Faysal Tabbarah and Meitha Almazrooei, published by Kaph Books for the National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ participation at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

ecoLogicStudio, founded by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, presents their new book entitled “Biodesign in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Deep Green.”

PRINT! ARCHITECTURE explores the history of additive manufacturing in architecture as well as presents and examines the technology. The book edited by Oliver Tessmann, Ulrich Knaack, Chris Borg Costanzi, Philipp Rosendahl and Bastian Wibranek.

“Geospaces: Continuities Between Humans, Spaces, and the Earth” is a extended visual essay of ideas, photos, sketches, and projects that follows Alper Derinbogaz’s work throughout the last decade, framing a strategy based on empathy with the Earth.

KOICHI TAKADA (Architecture, Nature, and Design), the recent book by Philip Jodidio, provides a range of Koichi Takada’s recent projects over the last ten years. The captivating photographs of the buildings and interiors demonstrate how the architect incorporates natural elements like light, air, water, and even sound perfectly within the built environment.

Formgiving (An Architectural Future History), the new book by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), and the latest installment in its TASCHEN trilogy is a visionary attempt to look at the horizon of time, from the Big Bang into the most distant future.

Advanced 3D Printing with Grasshopper: Clay and FDM is seen as a bridge that connects the worlds of 3D printing and Grasshopper.

The book introduces us to the concept behind LabStudio: a transdisciplinary design research laboratory where design is led by hypothesis, research, and experiments on biology, mathematics, materials, and technology as an alternative to the traditional design studios.

Generative Design: Visualize, Program, & Create with JavaScript in p5.js was published in German, English, French, and Japanese by Verlag Hermann Schmidt in 2009.

Neil Leach is an architect, professor, curator, and writer. He teaches at Tongji University, European Graduate School, and Harvard Graduate…