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Delve into the award-winning Catalan architecture studio’s unique combination of material craft and avant-garde dynamismArgentinian architect Ricardo Flores (born 1965) and Spanish architect Eva Prats (born 1965) began their artistic partnership with the foundation of their studio in Barcelona in 1998. Since its conception, Flores & Prats has operated according to a design ethos that fuses craft with academia, approaching research and scholarship as a living practice that must result in the responsibility to make and to build. The studio has taken on a variety of projects with diverse functions in social housing, public spaces and university workshops. This volume compiles photography and analysis of Flores & Prats’ best-known projects, such as the Museum of the Mills, Campus Microsoft Italia, and the New Theater Sala Beckett. Also included are examinations of the studio’s experiments with portability, their use of film as a vehicle for architectural documentation and their recent menus of edible architecture created for special exhibitions in Barcelona and Copenhagen. Readers are guided through every stage of a single project’s evolution from early sketches to detailed models to final construction. In addition to reproductions of such process material, Thought by Hand includes writing by a variety of artists influenced by Flores & Prats, including the Sala Beckett theater’s director Toni Casares and renowned urban planner Manuel de Solà-Morales.

An essential guide to Mexico City, surveying more than 180 architectural works from the early 20th century to the presentThis new edition of Arquine's essential guide to Mexico City compiles more than 180 works of architecture dating from the early 20th century up to the present day, adding 30 recently constructed buildings to the previous edition. The book also includes new photos to reflect the changes in appearance of various buildings, thereby providing a more tangible and up-to-date portrait of Mexico City.To help orient readers across the city's vast terrain, the guide is divided into five areas, and includes seven maps to create a comprehensive panorama of the Mexican megalopolis. Each project includes details about the architects, the location and year of construction, as well as relevant public transport information. Mexico City Architecture Guide will prove invaluable for both international visitors and residents alike, offering a thorough account of the city and its rich architectural culture.

Sketches, essays, projects and more from the Houston-based architect and professorCosta Rican American architect Carlos Jiménez (born 1959) pursues scholarship through design—integrating drawing and writing with the making of buildings and architectural spaces. In 1983, he established Houston–based Carlos Jiménez Studio, an innovative design practice that focuses on the endurance and refinement of form and space. Jiménez was a long-term (2001–11) jury member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. This book is a 35-year journey through Jiménez’s career, exploring the discipline of architecture through practice and teaching, but also through writings, drawings and buildings. A curated collection of his essays, written from 1989 to the present day, reflect on outstanding cities, architects and buildings around the world: from New York to Houston, from Erik Gunnar Asplund to Luis Barragán, and from the Kimbell Art Museum to the Crowley House, among others.

With a poetic yet sustainable design approach, Tagliabue and her studio reshape the role of public buildings in urban settingsThis monograph brings together a selection of works by Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT, an internationally acknowledged architecture studio founded in Barcelona in 1994 by Enric Miralles (1955–2000) and Benedetta Tagliabue (born 1963) that has shaped the face of European architecture. With projects such as the Santa Caterina market and neighborhood in Barcelona, the Parliament in Scotland, the transformation of the old port of Hamburg in Hafencity and the new church and parish complex San Giacomo in Ferrara, this book presents the EMBT studio's methodology and architectural approach. Through a collection of visual materials, texts and narratives, this book weaves notable projects to showcase the design philosophy and thought process of Benedetta and Enric's studio through an approach to understanding space, connecting people, narratives and locations through an integrated architectural and contemporary lens.