A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

Archetypes David K. Ross; Edited by Reto Geiser Standpunkte / Park Books , August 2021 Hardcover | 8-1/4 x 11 inches | 112 pages | 40 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9783038602217 | $49.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : Archetypes features a recent series by Canadian artist David K. Ross, who works at the interface of photography, film, and installation. His images of architectural mock-ups, staged at night with dramatic lighting that isolates structures from their surroundings, demonstrate how these objects have become a charged form of proto-architecture. They also change how we view the practice of architecture by documenting and framing unseen aspects of its emergence. Built at full scale, these architectural fragments—to be removed from construction sites as buildings near completion—ensure that a project can be executed exactly to design, and they provide clients with a simulation of a building that leaves little space for speculation. The task of mock-up documentation is usu...

Building Subjects De Peter Yi, Nancy P. Lin, Renata Graw, Jeremiah Chiu Standpunkte , 2019 Paperback | 6 x 9 inches | 175 pages | English | ISBN: 978-3952457719 | 30 CHF Publisher's Description : Building Subjects , the fourth issue of Standpunkte Magazine, is a collaboration between the architect De Peter Yi, the art historian Nancy P. Lin, and the graphic design studios Normal and Some All None. The publication revolves around collective housing in China, an architectural challenge expressive of the country’s ongoing negotiations between its rich history and undetermined future. The study combines typological research with the modes of the architectural manifesto by establishing an exchange between culturalhistorical observations, the consideration of contemporary socioeconomic pressures, and evolving architectural aspirations. Through a close reading of spaces from monumental utopian communes in Beijing to round earthen dwellings in the Fujian province, Building Subjec...

Bildbauten – Philipp Schaerer Reto Geiser (Editor) Standpunkte , April 2016 Hardcover | 8-1/2 x 11 inches | 96 pages | 32 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-3952457702 | $40.00 Publisher Description : Philipp Schaerer's works are the outcome of a skillful amalgamation of photographic knowledge, compositional skills, digital craftsmanship, and the specificities of architectural practice. His imaged architectures do not correspond with actual buildings but instead both challenge the role of the photograph as documentary evidence and, equally, critique how architecture is consumed today. When first released in 2010 in German and French, this book was the only comprehensive presentation of Philipp Schaerer's work available. And while the perpetual development of information technology and digital photography is continuously rebalancing the relationship between architecture and its visual representation, the architect's synthetic images continue to occupy a relevant p...