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A cutting-edge blend of contemporary design and art informs the work of architecture’s enfant terrible. This first book on his firm presents an array of immersive spaces for living and working that walk the edge of practicality and imagination.
Title
Studio Malka: Habitats of the Twenty-First Century
Author
Stéphane Malka
Category
Architecture - Individual Architects & Firms - General
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https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847873227
A comprehensive survey of the work of a master of modernist design today. Alberto Campo Baeza, one of contemporary architecture’s most distinguished voices, is renowned for a body of work that exudes the power of radical simplicity.
Title
Campo Baeza: Selected Works
Author
Author Alberto Campo Baeza, Text by Richard Meier and David Chipperfield and Kenneth Frampton
Category
Architecture - Individual Architects & Firms - Monographs
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https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847872787
California, once the epitome of car culture, is now leading the green movement, transitioning away from the internal combustion engine and to some extent the car—and having to rethink how we live, as this extraordinary urban planning manifesto explores.
Title
Renewing the Dream: The Mobility Revolution and the Future of Los Angeles
Author
Edited by James Sanders, Preface by Nik Karalis, Contributions by Frances Anderton and Donald Shoup and Mark Valliantos
Category
Architecture - Urban & Land Use Planning
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https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847873296
Sanctuary: Homes and Resorts by de Reus Architects is the latest book on the work of de Reus Architects published by ORO Editions. The Monograph features sixteen recent projects, exploring the interplay between nature and craft as the basis of timeless architecture.
Title
Sanctuary: Homes and Resorts by de Reus Architects
Author
Mark de Reus, Edited by Pablo Mandel. Introduction by Joseph Giovannini
Category
Architecture, Interior design
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https://dereusarchitects.com/sanctuary/
Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission-Driven Design is about designing buildings beyond their property lines to address some of society’s most urgent challenges: the climate emergency, racial and ethnic injustice, chronic homelessness, educational crises, and the preservation of the embodied carbon and culture of existing buildings.
Title
Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission-Driven Design
Author
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Category
Architecture, Interior design
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https://oroeditions.com/product/practice-with-purpose
In architecture, the term "refractive surfaces" can refer to architectural elements that use the refraction of light to achieve aesthetic and functional effects in a design. Refraction is the phenomenon by which light changes direction when passing from one medium to another with a different refractive index.
Title
Motion Design & Refractive Surfaces
Author
Resour.Integral Projects-Jacke Huayta
Category
Architecture, Design
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From highly crafted residences to impactful cultural projects, this uniquely designed book— conceived as a double vinyl album—offers a detailed look at Skylab's innovative work. Skylab: The Nature of Buildings is the first monograph of the Portland, Oregon-based architecture and design studio.
Title
Skylab The Nature of Buildings
Author
Jeff Kovel, Introduction by Mimi Zeiger With contributions by John Hoke, Mauricio Villarreal, and Randy Gragg
Category
Architecture, Interior Design