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The «best of» the international
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
The concept of sustainability stands at the
center of efforts to develop an architecture
capable of meeting the challenges of the
future. In urban structures as well as in design
and the details of execution, sustainable
architecture demands a value-preserving,
resource-friendly approach to materials and
construction. It was in large part in order to do
justice to this development that in 2007, the
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine and
Jana Revedin created the international Global
Award for Sustainable Architecture, which
honors architects who have specifically
excelled in the area of sustainability.
Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin
Sustainable Design
Towards a New Ethic in
Architecture and Town
Planning
pAGES approx. 200
ills. approx. 140 in color, 120 b/w
Format 23.0 x 28.0 cm
binding Hardcover
price approx. EUR 49.90 / GBP 45.99
ISBN 978-3-7643-9938-2 English
Available June 2009
This book documents the work of the
prizewinners for 2007 and 2008. A first With a foreword by Glenn Murcutt
section introduces the work and thought of
each architect, while a second takes an An authoritative overview of the latest
in-depth look at two or three projects that developments in the field of sustainability
illustrate their distinctive approach. The 2007
prizewinners are Stefan Behnisch, Germany;
Balkrishna Doshi, India; Françoise-Hélène
Jourda, France; Herman Kaufmann, Austria;
and Wang Shu, China. For 2008, the honorees
are Fabrizio Caròla, Italy/Mali; Philippe
Samyn, Belgium; Carin Smuts, South Africa;
Andrew Freear and his Rural Studios, USA;
and Alejandro Aravena for Elemental, Chile.
Related Titles:
Energy-Efficient Architecture; 2006;
978-3-7643-7253-8; EUR 79.90 / GBP 59.90
Engineering for a Finite Planet; 2008;
978-3-7643-7220-0; EUR 59.90 / GBP 46.90
Integrated Design in Contemporary Architecture; 2008;
978-1-546898-745-3; EUR 46.90 / GBP 40.00
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4 | Theory/history
Bauhaus: inspiration and legacy for the present
Scarcely any other movement in architecture
and design had such a lasting impact as the
Bauhaus; indeed, for many it is synonymous
with classic modernism. On the occasion of
the institution’s 90th birthday this traces the
themes and the aesthetics of Bauhaus for our
time. It shows twelve of the most important
works of Bauhaus architecture from 1923-
1930 und juxtaposes them with contemporary
projects. The sensitive and careful
photography by Gordon Watkinson delineate
formal and conceptual connections between
the classic and the new buildings and thus
demonstrate the strong influence that the
Bauhaus still exerts today.
Gordon Watkinson
With texts from Falk Jaeger, Michael Siebenbrodt,
Peter Cachola Schmal
Bauhaus Twenty-21
An Ongoing Legacy
Pages approx. 232
ILLS. approx. 190 in b/w
Format 24.0 x 29.0 cm
binding Hardcover
price ca. EUR 59.90 / GBP 46.90
ISBN 978-3-0346-0054-5 English
Available in March 2009
Classic Bauhaus design in dialogue with
contemporary architecture
Attractive duotone photographs created
specifically for this publication
Exhibition at DAM Frankfurt
March 7 - April 26 and
Krakow International Cultural Centre
May 7 - July 5, 2009
In this sense, the "House am Horn" in Weimar
by Georg Muche and Adolf Meyer from 1923
corresponds with "House of the Present" in
Munich by Allmann Sattler Wappner
Architects (2005). House Tugendhat in Brno by
Mies van der Rohe, a masterpiece of modern
architecture, challenged traditional concepts
of housing – just as the experimental House R
128 in Stuttgart by Werner Sobek (2001) did.
And the German Pavilion by Mies van der
Rohe in Barcelona from 1929 turns out to be a
source of inspiration for the Skywood House
in Denham, UK, by Graham Phillips some 70
years later.
Related Titles:
Mies van der Rohe; 2007;
978-3-7643-7960-5; EUR 49,90 / GBP 39,90
 Design | 5

Gerrit Terstiege

The Making of Design

From the first sketches to the
final product
PAges approx. 180
ILLS: approx. 300 in color
Format 17.0 x 24.0 cm
binding Softcover
Price approx. EUR 29.90 / GBP 24.90
ISBN 978-3-0346-0089-7 English

Available in May 2009

From the first sketches to the final product

This book takes an in-depth look at design
processes, with twenty-five depictions of “the
making of” products from a wide variety of
industries. Its primary focuses are furniture
design, transportation design, and household
appliances.
Renowned designers like Konstantin Grcic,
the Bouroullecs, Stefan Diez, Hella Jongerius,
and Sir Norman Foster offer step by step
accounts of how they go about designing From sketch to finished product
products for Vitra, Grundig, Jura, and
Authentics – the tools they use for visualization Twenty-five depictions of “the making of”
and how projects change during the model various products
phase. Plus: an interview with design legend
Dieter Rams on realized and unrealized A in-depth look at design processes
products for Braun.
Celebrated designers and design firms

32 Kapitel: Name Artikel 33 Kapitel: Name Artikel

Wie kommt die Farbe an die

Wand? Der erste Prototyp
musste vor dem Rollen noch
wie bcht werden. Jetzt gibt
eei Methoden. Wie kommt
die Farbe an dim Maler in
den Farbeimer getaucht
werden. Jetzt gibt es zwei
Methoden. Wie kommt die
Farbe an die Wand? Der ers-
te Prototyp musste.

Related Titles:
The Force is in the Mind; 2008;
978-3-7643-8980-2; EUR 34.90 / GBP 28.90
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The Swiss contribution to the Biennale Art in Venice
Silvia Bächli was invited to design the official
contribution for the Swiss Pavilion at this
year’s Biennale in Venice. This book offers a
look inside her studio and documents the
preparation of her works for the Biennale,
illustrating her working process with spatial
situations and snapshots that show her trying
out various constellations as well as focusing
on individual works and groups. The works
and pictures from the artist’s studio are
combined with photographs of her working
stay in Iceland.
Bächli has developed her body of drawings
over the course of three decades, using
varying formats and techniques. Drawing, for
her, is a movement of seeing, of gentle
Bundesamt für Kultur (Ed.)
Silvia Bächli - before
(working title)
pages approx. 192
ILLS. approx. 60 in color
Format 13.0 x 19.5 cm
binding Softcover
price approx. EUR 22.90 / GBP 17.90
ISBN 978-3-03778-155-5 German / English
Available in May 2009
deviations and displacements within the
gravitational field of an aimless attentiveness The publication on Switzerland’s official
to things and dreamlike phenomena that contribution to the 2009 Venice Biennale
doesn’t really come to rest even in the finished 7 June - 22 November 2009
drawing.
The result is not just painterly moments; the With the artist’s own photographs of her
drawings often seem to capture, as if in film working process in the studio
stills, a cinematic look way of looking at
bodies and things or their details, at A high-quality artist’s book with numerous
landscapes, gestures, structures, and illustrations
processes.
The celebrated writer Jamaica Kincaid has
taken Silvia Bächli’s work as the inspiration
for a literary text that is published here for the
very first time.
Related Titles:
Lidschlag - How It Looks; 2007;
978-3-03778-115-9; EUR 29.90 / GBP 21.90
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