Architecture Book Description
Publication Date: January 2, 2011
This issue focuses on the office of the brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus. 24 projects have been collected including the Sines Cultural Centre, the Santa Maria Lighthouse Museum, a Hotel in Dublin, the Home for the Elderly in Alcácer do Sal, a Hotel and Restaurant in Biscaia, the Lisbon Central Library and Municipal Archive, a Multipurpose Building in Dubai, a School in Vila Nova da Barquinha, a House in Coruche, a House in Monsaraz, a House in Leiria, the EDP Head Office, a Call Center in Santo Tirso, the Furnas Monitoring and Research Centre, the Parque de los Cuentos Museum, the Bom Sucesso Housing, the Mar de Oriente Shops and Office Building. Interview with Aires Mateus by Ricardo Carhalvo and an essay by Juan Antonio Cortés.
produced in the years 2005-2010. The VitraHaus is extensively documented, next to works like the TEA, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, the CaixaForum in Madrid, the transformation of the Tate Modern in London, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. With an introduction and an interview with the architects by Jean-François Chevrier.
developed his appreciation for vernacular architecture early on. Documenting more than 30 years of his career, the numerous houses and other projects highlighted in this monograph confirm the respect and appreciation for simplicity and small-scale building Murcutt has earned. From the Magney House and Fletcher-Page House to the Arthur and Ivonne Boyd Education Centre and a new mosque for the Newport Islamic Society, all aspects of his work are detailed. A Conversation with Glenn Murcutt , by Sean Godsell, and the essay Feathers of Metal , by Juhani Pallasmaa, complete the volume 
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. Projects include the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne, and a Multifunctional Building for the Serralves Foundation in Porto, the Neruda Tower in Guadalajara, the Elche Palmerial Viewpoint in Alicante, The Shakujii Apartments in Tokyo, the Hyundai Card Hall in Seoul, the Okurayama Apartments in Yokohama, the Carina Store in Aoyama, the Toyota Aizuma Hall in Aichi, a villa in Hayama (Kanagawa), an Office Building in Shibaura (Tokyo), the Towada Art Center in Aomori, the Teshima Art Museum in Kagawa, the Inujima Art House Project and others. Included is an interview with Sejima and Nishizawa by Mohsen Mostafavi.
(1949), the father of modern architectural minimalism, is El Croquis featured architect. Pawson s architectural career up to date has spanned a wide variety of projects: from Bruce Chandler s private studio to Calvin Klein s flagship store in Manhattan. This edition of El Croquis surveys 19 of his architectural projects. These include: the remodelling of churches in Hungary, Germany and France, the interiors of two yachts, a New Cistercian Monastery in rural Bohemia, and the walkway across the lake at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. All projects are presented alongside texts, plans and photographs and are introduced with essays and a conversation between Pawson and Julie V. Lovine.
. Presenting an extensive overview of their work during the past five years, the magazine also includes an essay by Josep María Montaner and an interview with the architects by William Curtis. 
is a human infrastructure of skilled craftsmen and architects who design and build the work directly. Gathered through time, this group shares an environment created from an iterative process, where ideas are explored through the production of large-scale mock-ups, models, material studies, sketches and drawings. 
is an architectural firm founded by Inaki Abalos (b. 1956) and Juan Herreros (b. 1958) in Madrid, Spain. The founders were involved in the last throes of La Movida Madrileña and later produced a 1997 monograph called Areas of Impunity.
