Park Books International New Titles Fall 2024

INTERNATIONAL
NEW TITLES
FALL 2024

CONTENTS
4/5
Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi
Drifting Symmetries
Projects, Provocations, and Other Enduring
Models by Weiss/Manfredi
6/7
Grace La, James Dallman (eds.)
The Middle Front
The Architecture of La Dallman
8/9
Benoît Jallon, Umberto Napolitano (eds.)
LAN—28 Projects
Architecture and Urban Designs
10/11
Casper Mork-Ulnes (ed.)
The Craft of Place
Mork-Ulnes Architects
12/13
Fredric Benesch, Katarina Lundeberg
(eds.)
In Praise of Shadows
Architecture
A Line of Thought
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14/15
Sean Canty
Black Abstraction in
Architecture
18/19
Caroline Voet, Hans W. van der Laan
A House to Live With
16 Variations by Dom Hans van der Laan and
His Companions
16/17
Jorge Silvetti
Large, Lasting & Inevitable
Jorge Silvetti in Dialogues and Writings on
Architecture as a Cultural Practice
20/21
Wienerberger AG (ed.)
Brick 24
Outstanding International Brick Architecture
22/23
Susannah C. Drake
Sponge Park
Gowanus Canal
24/25
Mikael Bergquist
Center and Periphery
Five Houses by Mikael Bergquist
26/27
Martin Tschanz (ed.)
Esch Sintzel Architekten
Buildings and Projects
30/31
Recent Releases
and Key Titles
28/29
Fonds Kirchberg (ed.)
Passerelle des Arts
Luxembourg
Marc Mimram Architecture Ingénierie &
Fabeck Architectes
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Weiss/Manfredi is a New York-based multidisciplinary architecture
firm renowned for its innovative integration of architecture,
art, infrastructure, and landscape design. Founded by Marion
Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the firm has carved a niche for itself
with a dynamic, ecological approach to public spaces and
structures. With a portfolio spanning from the Olympic Sculpture
Park in Seattle to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center,
their work is celebrated for its seamless blend of natural
and built environments.
Recent buildings and projects by
New York-based firm Weiss/Manfredi
alongside historic case studies, attest
to their multidisciplinary approach
that integrates architecture, art,
infrastructure, and landscape
Drifting Symmetries explores Weiss/Manfredi’s design philosophy,
showcasing both their own work and iconic case studies
throughout history that have informed their commitment to
sustainable, responsive architecture that enlivens public space
and engages the community. More than 550 images are supplemented
with texts by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi.
Contributions from some of the leading voices in contemporary
architecture, including Thom Mayne, Meejin Yoon, Sarah
M. Whiting, Xu Tiantian, Nader Tehrani, Hashim Sarkis, Hilary
Sample, Rahul Mehrotra, Paul Lewis, Andrea Leers, David
Leatherbarrow, Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu, Walter Hood,
Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Edward Eigen,
Charles L. Davis II, James Corner, Tatiana Bilbao, and Barry
Bergdoll, round out this beautiful book.
Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are cofounders
of Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/
Urbanism based in New York. Weiss is also
the Graham Chair Professor of Practice in
Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania’s
Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Manfredi is a
senior design critic at Harvard Graduate School
of Design.
Eric Bellin is an assistant professor of architecture
at Thomas Jefferson University’s College of
Architecture and the Built Environment.
ISBN 9783038603788

First new monograph in more than 15 years on
New York-based design firm Weiss/Manfredi
Explores Weiss/Manfredi’s design philosophy
and recent work through some 550 images,
plans, drawings, and texts
Features iconic case studies from throughout
history that have informed Weiss/Manfredi’s
sustainable, responsive architecture
Conversations with and texts by leading voices
in international contemporary architecture
offer a broader perspective on Weiss/Manfredi’s
work to date
Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi
Drifting Symmetries
Projects, Provocations, and Other Enduring
Models by Weiss/Manfredi
Edited by Eric Bellin
Book design by Daniel Koppich
Hardback
approx. 484 pages, 336 color and 161 b/w
illustrations and plans
22 × 29 cm
978-3-03860-378-8 English
CHF 69.00 | € 68.00 | £ 55.00 | $ 65.00
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The Middle Front is the first-ever monograph on La Dallman
Architects, a Milwaukee-based firm with branch offices also in
Boston and Miami. Lavishly illustrated, it articulates a profound
architectural stance amid the polarities of radical innovation and
banal convention. The firm’s founding principals, Grace La and
James Dallman, explore this middle ground through designs
that navigate between avant-garde aesthetics and pragmatic
solutions.
A profound architectural stance amid
the polarities of radical innovation
and banal convention: La Dallman
Architects
Their reflective book—born from their formative years and experiences
at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and subsequent
practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—rejects both the
spectacle of the avant-garde and the ubiquity of conventional
forms. It engages with architecture’s potential in a complex
world, seeking a balanced, inclusive disciplinary approach.
The Middle Front unfolds through essays and featured projects,
demonstrating La Dallman Architects’ commitment to a nuanced,
contextually responsive architecture that embraces the
challenges and opportunities of urban and environmental complexities.
It invites a re-examination of architectural practice, advocating
for a responsive, thoughtful approach that values depth
and connection over mere novelty or tradition.
Grace La is principal and cofounder of La Dallman
Architects and professor of architecture
at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where
she also serves as Chair of the Department of
Architecture.
James Dallman is principal and cofounder of
La Dallman Architects and a design critic at
Harvard Graduate School of Design.
ISBN 9783038603870

First-ever monograph on acclaimed
Milwaukee-, Boston-, and Miami-based firm
La Dallman Architects
Lavishly illustrated, featuring numerous
previously unpublished photographs,
visualizations, plans, and drawings
Invites a reexamination of architectural
practice and advocates for a responsive,
thoughtful approach that values depth and
connection over mere novelty or tradition
Grace La, James Dallman (eds.)
The Middle Front
The Architecture of La Dallman
Book design by Samuel Bänziger (Bänziger Hug)
Hardback
approx. 256 pages, 300 color and 100 b/w
illustrations and plans
22 × 28 cm
978-3-03860-387-0 English
CHF 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 42.00 | $ 50.00
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Realized buildings and projects by LAN
featured in the book:
Neue Hamburger Terrassen (Hamburg)
Primary school (Leipzig)
Grand Palais refurbishment (Paris)
Grande MAXXI (Rome)
Théâtre du Maillon (Strasbourg)
Pôle Léonard de Vinci (Nanterre)
Headquarters for Dimnikcobau (Ljubljana)
Euravenir Tower (Lille)
Headquarters Bank Med (Beirut)
and major housing projects in Paris, Nantes,
Charleroi, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg
Benoît Jallon and Umberto Napolitano founded their Parisbased
design firm LAN (Local Architecture Network) in 2002
with the aim of researching architecture at the interface of several
disciplines. This broad approach enables them to find new
and unconventional solutions in response to social, urban, ecological,
and functional challenges. Their designs include a vast
range of typologies and functions at various scales. They have
realized buildings in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia,
and are also pursuing projects in the Middle East and Japan.
In addition to their award-winning structures, Jallon and Napolitano
have earned wide acclaim for their research work and
the two previous books originating from it: Paris Haussmann
(2017/2020) and Napoli Super Modern (2020). LAN—28 Projects
is the firm’s first monograph, featuring 28 key designs to date
through photographs, model photos, drawings, and plans, supplemented
by concise texts.
Also available:
Paris Haussmann
A Model’s Relevance
978-3-03860-219-4
English / French
CHF 59.00 | € 48.00
£ 42.00 | $ 55.00
ISBN 9783038602194
Napoli Super Modern
978-3-03860-218-7
English
CHF 49.00 | € 48.00
£ 42.00 | $ 50.00
ISBN 9783038602187
Benoît Jallon is a founding principal with Parisbased
design firm LAN (Local Architecture
Network).
Umberto Napolitano is a founding principal
with Paris-based design firm LAN (Local Architecture
Network). He has taught at Columbia
University’s Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation in New York (2017),
the AA School of Architecture in London (2019),
and as visiting professor at TU Wien (2020–22).
9 783038 602194
9 783038 602187
ISBN 9783038602842

First monograph on the work of Paris-based
design and research firm LAN (Local Architecture
Network)
Features LAN’s 28 key designs to date through
photographs, plans, and concise texts
LAN is one of the internationally most-recognized
French firms of the younger generation
LAN’s previous books Paris Haussmann and
Napoli Super Modern are ongoing major
international successes
Benoît Jallon, Umberto Napolitano (eds.)
LAN—28 Projects
Architecture and Urban Designs
Book design by UNDO-REDO—Nicola Aguzzi
and Tommaso Pucci
Paperback
approx. 352 pages, 208 color and 106 b/w
illustrations and plans
20 × 27 cm
978-3-03860-284-2 English / French
CHF 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 42.00 | $ 55.00
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Mork-Ulnes Architects is an internationally operating architecture
firm with offices in San Francisco and Oslo. Since its founding
by Casper Mork-Ulnes in 2005, the firm has built on three
continents and worked on projects at a variety of scales, from
master plans and mixed-use buildings to ground-up residential
developments and 100-square-foot cabins. They approach projects
with both Scandinavian practicality and a Californian can-do
spirit of innovation, resulting in buildings that are characterized
by both playfulness and restraint.
Combining Scandinavian practicality
and a Californian can-do spirit of
innovation: the methods, buildings,
and projects of Mork-Ulnes Architects
The Craft of Place is Mork-Ulnes Architects’ first monograph. In
a reflective manner structured around the themes materials,
traditions, sustainability, scale, and light, this work explores the
firm’s approach to integrating architecture within diverse environments.
The book delves into their method of balancing object
and landscape, an approach rooted in the distinct cultural
topographies of California and Norway, discussing as well the
influence of local vernacular and materials.
The beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated volume showcases
Mork-Ulnes Architects’ dedication to detail, context, and
the evolution of their architecture through the interplay of tradition
and innovation.
Casper Mork-Ulnes, born in Norway and raised
in Italy, Scotland, and the United States, holds
degrees in architecture from California College
of the Arts in San Francisco and Columbia
University’s Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation in New York. Since
2005, he has directed his own firm, Mork-Ulnes
Architects, with offices in San Francisco and
Oslo.
ISBN 9783038603795

First monograph on San Francisco- and Oslobased
design firm Mork-Ulnes Architects
Explores the firm’s approach in a reflective
manner that is structured around themes of
materials, traditions, sustainability, scale,
and light
Richly illustrated with photos, visualizations,
plans, and sketches, many of them previously
unpublished
Casper Mork-Ulnes (ed.)
The Craft of Place
Mork-Ulnes Architects
With a foreword by Kenneth Frampton and
contributions by Joseph Becker and Anne Marit
Lunde
Book design by Samuel Bänziger (Bänziger
Hug), Michel Egger
Paperback
approx. 256 pages, 300 color and 50 b/w
illustrations and plans
23 × 27 cm
978-3-03860-379-5 English
CHF 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 42.00 | $ 50.00
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Founded by Fredric Benesch and Katarina Lundeberg in 2009,
Stockholm-based firm In Praise of Shadows Architecture engages
in a wide range of projects of varied scales and typologies.
This first monograph on their work features some forty buildings
and projects from the years 2009 to 2024. The selection includes
small boathouses and garden pavilions, private homes,
and housing developments, as well as retail spaces, schools,
and library buildings.
“A thought or an idea never develops
into a project in a straight line.
Architectural knowledge for us is not
only created in the studio; it has to be
gained in dialogue with actual materi -
als and building techniques on site,
and it’s important to us to keep the
line of thought from idea to realization
so that it is readable when the project
is built.”
In Praise of Shadows Architecture
The remarkable ideas and designs of In Praise of Shadows
Architecture are revealed in buildings which share an elegant
signature that manifests itself in the choice and shaping of materials,
and a focus on spatial experience. Many of them are timber
constructions, as sustainability is a core part of the firm’s
philosophy. Unexpected for a group of architects working from
Stockholm, Benesch and Lundeberg and their collaborators
take a special interest in the famous architectural culture of the
Swiss canton of Grisons.
Fredric Benesch is a founding partner of
Stockholm-based firm In Praise of Shadows
Architecture. He graduated in architecture from
Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg
and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.
Katarina Lundeberg is a founding partner of
Stockholm-based firm In Praise of Shadows
Architecture. She obtained her degree at the
Royal Danish Academy’s School of Architecture
in Copenhagen.
ISBN 9783038603801

First monograph on the work of Stockholmbased
firm In Praise of Shadows Architecture
Features some 40 of their designs through
previously unpublished photographs, plans
and drawings, and texts
Sustainability is a core part of In Praise of
Shadows Architecture’s philosophy, and the
firm has a focus on sophisticated timber
construction
Fredric Benesch, Katarina Lundeberg
(eds.)
In Praise of Shadows
Architecture
A Line of Thought
With contributions by Daniel A. Walser and
Elisabet Yanagisawa
Book design by Stinsensqueeze
Paperback
approx. 192 pages, 130 color and 90 b/w
illustrations and plans
20 × 27 cm
978-3-03860-380-1 English
CHF 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 42.00 | $ 55.00
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Thought Forms is a new series featuring provocative essays that
analyze and reimagine the built and managed environments
through the lenses of social and environmental justice. Edited
by Esther Choi and featuring established and emerging BIPOC
voices—both scholars and practitioners re-envisioning architecture’s
expanded field—the series positions architecture within
social, cultural, environmental, economic, and political landscapes,
and invites readers to consider spatial practices through
situated perspectives. The authors encourage us to engage with
architecture and space as dynamic and potent platforms for justice,
community, and innovation. Taken together, the essays look
to history and philosophy to understand the recent past and, importantly,
embrace a spirit of speculation in which worldmaking
can aspire to heal and repair the planet towards collectivized
futures.
The inaugural volume of Thought
Forms, a new series of provocative
essays that analyze and reimagine
the built and managed environments
through the lenses of social and
environmental justice.
In this inaugural volume of Thought Forms, architect and scholar
Sean Canty focuses on the social implications of abstraction
in architectural form, drawing parallels and insights from the
world of Black abstraction as seen in the works of three notable
painters. His contributions reflect a deep engagement with
form, space, and the sociopolitical narratives that shape them,
presenting a unique perspective that blends academic rigor with
creative exploration.
Sean Canty runs his architecture firm Studio
Sean Canty in Cambridge, MA, and is assistant
professor of architecture at Harvard Graduate
School of Design. He is also a founding principal
of Office III, an experimental architectural
collective that spans New York, San Francisco,
and Cambridge, MA.
Esther Choi is an architecture activist and
scholar based in New York.
ISBN 9783038603832

Thought Forms is a new series of provocative
essays that analyze and reimagine the built and
managed environments through the lenses of
social and environmental justice
Thought Forms features established and
emerging BIPOC voices
The series positions architecture within social,
cultural, environmental, economic, and
political landscapes
Sean Canty is widely recognized for his
thoughtful exploration of form and space,
pushing the boundaries of contemporary
architecture and design
Sean Canty
Black Abstraction in
Architecture
Edited by Esther Choi
Thought Forms I
Book design by Alex Lin
Paperback
approx. 112 pages, 15 color illustrations
15 × 23 cm
978-3-03860-383-2 English
CHF 19.00 | € 19.00 | £ 12.00 | $ 18.00
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Jorge Silvetti looks back on a long career as both a designing
architect and an architectural teacher and theoretician. Born in
Argentina, he was one of the founding members of Arquitectos
Asociados, an experimental group formed by six advanced architecture
students at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1965.
In the early 1970s, while continuing his studies and lecturing at
the University of California, Berkeley, Silvetti began his association
with Rodolfo Machado—which continues today as Machado
Silvetti Associates, with offices in Boston and Buenos Aires.
Silvetti’s teaching, projects, and writing have significantly shaped
contemporary architectural discourse.
The seminal writings of Argentinian-
American architect Jorge Silvetti have
significantly shaped contemporary
architectural discourse
Large, Lasting & Inevitable is a reflection on Jorge Silvetti’s impactful
five decades in architecture, set against the backdrop of
fervent discussions about discourse, history, cultural politics,
and practice today. Featuring a selection of Silvetti’s seminal
texts since the 1970s, alongside engaging dialogues with Mark
Lee, Erika Naginski, Elisa Silva, Nader Tehrani, and Alfredo
Thiermann, the book illuminates foundational moments that
have shaped contemporary thought. This journey through
Silvetti’s perspective is marked by his profound curiosity and
clear understanding of architecture’s vast issues and the tangible
realities of building, offering readers a deep dive into the
evolution and influence of his architectural ideology.
Jorge Silvetti is cofounder of Machado Silvetti
Associates, based in Boston and Buenos Aires,
and the Nelson Robinson, Jr. Professor of
Architecture, emeritus, at Harvard Graduate
School of Design.
Nicolás Delgado Alcega is a principal with
Rome-based architecture firm Alliata / Alcega,
a founding editor of Harvard Graduate School
of Design’s journal Pairs, and a lecturer at
the University of Washington’s Department of
Architecture in Seattle.
ISBN 9783038603740

Features a selection of seminal texts from five
decades by distinguished Argentinian-American
architect Jorge Silvetti
Engaging dialogues with Mark Lee, Erika
Naginski, Elisa Silva, Nader Tehrani, and
Alfredo Thiermann supplement Silvetti’s
writing
Jorge Silvetti is one of the most revered
architectural teachers and theoreticians today
Jorge Silvetti’s teaching, projects, and writing
have significantly shaped contemporary
architectural discourse around the world
Jorge Silvetti
Large, Lasting & Inevitable
Jorge Silvetti in Dialogues and Writings on
Architecture as a Cultural Practice
With contributions by Mark Lee, Erika Naginski,
Elisa Silva, Nader Tehrani, and Alfredo
Thiermann
Edited by Nicolás Delgado Alcega
Book design by Konst and Teknik
Paperback
approx. 424 pages, 200 color and 30 b/w
illustrations
17 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-374-0 English
CHF 39.00 | € 38.00 | £ 35.00 | $ 40.00
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Today, Dom Hans van der Laan (1904–91) is something of a cult
figure of European postwar architecture. The Dutch Benedictine
monk and architect dedicated his life to the search for fundamental
principles of architecture, and his thoughts on numerical
relationships and dimensional systems were highly influential in
mid-twentieth-century architectural theory.
A House to Live With is the first book to comprehensively explore
the residential buildings designed by Van der Laan and
some of his students in the Ecclesiastical Architecture course
in s-Hertogenbosch, which he directed between 1946 and 1973.
Sixteen of them, built between 1966 and 1985, are featured in
full detail through photographs and plans newly produced for
this book, and analyzed with regard to their compositional and
design principles. Essays examine the mathematical relationships
of numbers and volumes that are fundamental to Van der
Laan’s designs, alongside a discussion of how he was influenced
by ancient Roman architecture. Light is shed on the interplay of
house and garden and house and patio, and the positioning of
the one large table in the house, which to Van der Laan was of
key significance.
The houses of Dom Hans van der Laan,
an exceptional figure of European
postwar architecture
Thoroughly researched and highly readable, this volume introduces
Dom Hans van der Laan’s architectural ideas and housing
designs in full, thus forming a rich and useful source for
contemporary architects.
Caroline Voet is an associate professor at the
Faculty of Architecture at KU Leuven and runs
her own firm, Voet Architectuur, in Antwerp. Her
previous book, Dom Hans van der Laan: A House
for the Mind, won a DAM Architecture Book
Award in 2018.
Hans W. van der Laan is a Dutch architect and a
nephew of Dom Hans van der Laan, with whom
he worked closely on some of the projects documented
in the book.
ISBN 9783038603764

Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Dom
Hans van der Laan was an unconventional and
influential protagonist of European postwar
architecture and is something of a cult figure
today
First comprehensive monograph on Van der
Laan’s houses
Features 16 of Van der Laan's housing designs
with newly produced photographs and plans,
archival plans, and other documents, showing
architectural details and furniture
Highly readable texts explain Van der Laan’s
philosophical considerations, mathematical
design and construction principles
Pays tribute to Van der Laan’s network of
fellow architects and friends, with whom he
collaborated on his buildings
Caroline Voet, Hans W. van der Laan
A House to Live With
16 Variations by Dom Hans van der Laan and
His Companions
With contributions by Elizabeth Hatz, Theo
Malschaert, and Nicola Panzini
Book design by Undercast—Reg Herygers and
Annelies Vannoost
Hardback
approx. 432 pages, 850 color and 150 b/w
illustrations and plans
21 × 28 cm
978-3-03860-376-4 English
CHF 69.00 | € 68.00 | £ 60.00 | $ 75.00
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Bricks—blocks of fired clay—are known to have been used for
the construction of buildings since around 2800 BCE. Highly appreciated
for well over four millennia, this immensely versatile
and sustainable building material continues to be used today for
an almost unlimited range of applications in construction.
Exceptional brick architecture
from around the world: the
nominees and winners of the
2024 International Brick
Award demonstrate again the
versatility of this timeless
construction material
Since 2004, Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest manufacturer
of bricks and other clay building materials, has biannually presented
the International Brick Award as a scene for outstanding
achievements in brick architecture. In 2024, the eleventh edition
of this global master class saw 743 submissions from 53 countries
that were reviewed by an international jury of renowned
experts. Brick 24 features the 50 nominees and the winning
designs in five categories. They are presented through concise
texts, atmospheric images, as well as site and floor plans, views,
elevations, and sections. Topical essays are contributed by distinguished
practitioners and teachers of architecture, publicists,
and historians, including Peter van Assche, Adolfo Baratta, Eva
Guttmann, Maren Harnack, and Vendula Hnídková.
Wienerberger AG, established in Vienna in 1819,
is the world’s largest manufacturer of bricks
and other clay building materials.
ENG
ISBN 9783038603863
GER
ISBN 9783038603856

Features the winning designs of the 2024
International Brick Award, chosen by a topclass
international jury of architects
Documents 50 outstanding achievements in
contemporary brick architecture
All buildings are presented through atmospheric
images, plans, and concise texts
Five topical essays by distinguished international
authors and architects
Wienerberger AG (ed.)
Brick 24
Outstanding International Brick Architecture
With essays by Peter van Assche, Adolfo
Baratta, Eva Guttmann, Maren Harnack, and
Vendula Hnídková
Book design by Bruno Margreth
Hardback
284 pages, 270 color and 120 b/w illustrations
and plans
24 × 30 cm
978-3-03860-386-3 English
978-3-03860-385-6 German
CHF 59.00 | € 58.00 | £ 52.00 | $ 60.00
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Before there were sponge cities, there were sponge parks.
Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal is the site of the Sponge Park master
plan and pilot projects that instigated a widespread movement
toward greater urban permeability. Designed by Susannah
Drake and her former Brooklyn-based firm DLANDstudio Architecture
+ Landscape Architecture, their execution was completed
in 2016 and the projects were recognized with National AIA
and ASLA Urban Design Awards as well as the inaugural Cooper
Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Award for Climate Action
in 2020.
The Gowanus Canal was the channelized remainder of a former
freshwater creek and tidal marsh. Industrial use in the 19th
and 20th centuries left a legacy of heavy pollution in the soil
and water. Historic industrial buildings lined the canal so that
residential neighborhoods had scarce opportunity to access the
water’s edge. Today’s Sponge Park is conceived as a series of
public urban waterfront spaces that slow, absorb, and filter dirty
surface water runoff to clean contaminated canal water, reduce
combined sewer overflow, and add open space in a park-starved
neighborhood. Revealing the form, distribution, and size of natural
ecological patterns in relation to the shape and patterns of
infrastructure, neighborhoods, and political jurisdictions were
among key components of the design.
The Sponge Park master plan and
pilot projects for the regeneration of
Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal: a pioneering,
successful, and award-winning
concept that instigated a widespread
movement toward greater urban
permeability
This book introduces the Sponge Park in great detail with photos,
illustrations, plans, and diagrams. It demonstrates the concept’s
potential as a component of a larger vision for a new paradigm of
coastal urbanism, upland adaptation, and right-of-way design in
the 21st century. Sponge parks proactively address how to manage
stormwater runoff from increasingly severe storm events
and reduce detrimental impacts. This work is a must-read for
design students, architects, and academics as well as for elected
officials, policy-makers, and community activists.
Susannah Drake is a principal with Sasaki
Associates and an Associate Professor Adjunct
at the Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School
of Architecture in New York. She founded her
Brooklyn-based firm DLANDstudio Architecture
+ Landscape Architecture in 2005, which she
merged with Sasaki Associates in 2022.
ISBN 9783038602491

Introduces the pioneering and award-winning
Sponge Park master plan and pilot projects
for the regeneration of the notorious Gowanus
Canal in Brooklyn, NY
Offers a resource for communities, architects,
landscape and urban designers, environmental
activists, and public agencies to rehabilitate
similarly degraded sites
The comprehensive approach integrates ecological
and urban design and makes the project
a unique and compelling strategy for improving
urban climate resilience
The Gowanus Canal Sponge Park is the only
project to date that has succeeded in both
branding an idea for greater public acceptance
and actually performing on the promises of the
planning
The Gowanus Canal Sponge Park has been
recognized with the 2020 AIA and ASLA Urban
Design Awards and with the inaugural Cooper
Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Award for
Climate Action
Susannah C. Drake
Sponge Park
Gowanus Canal
Book design by Takumi Ahin
Paperback
approx. 144 pages, 80 color and 10 b/w
illustrations
17 × 24 cm
978-3-03860-249-1 English
CHF 39.00 | € 38.00 | £ 35.00 | $ 40.00
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This book brings together five vacation homes in Sweden designed
by Stockholm-based architect Mikael Bergquist. Realized
over more than two decades, they are all located in the
Swedish countryside and rooted in the Nordic tradition of timber
construction and the simplicity and economy of Sweden’s
historic farm buildings. Bergquist’s great attention to detail and
careful choice of materials characterize these houses. They are
united also by a close relationship to the surrounding landscape
and nature, which is enhanced as an experience by the concepts
of movement and the placement of passages between the outside
and inside.
At the periphery of Europe, in
the center of Scandinavia’s
timber construction tradition:
holiday homes by Swedish
architect Mikael Bergquist
The houses are documented with photographs as well as plans
and sections. In his supplementary essay, Bergquist writes
about the special position of working as an architect on Europe’s
periphery. He paints a picture of Swedish architecture that is
marked by what he calls “fruitful misunderstandings” of current
movements, and one in which the austerity of the rural population
has been a major factor in the evolution of the design and
construction of dwellings.
Also available:
Mikael Bergquist
Josef Frank
Villa Carlsten
978-3-03860-136-4
English
sFr. 29.00 | € 29.00
£ 25.00 | $ 29.00
ISBN 9783038601364
Mikael Bergquist is an architect and writer
based in Stockholm, where he has been running
his own studio since 1996. He is also a lecturer
in the master’s program at Stockholm’s KHT
Royal Institute of Technology.
9 783038 601364
ISBN 9783038603771

Features five holiday homes in Sweden
designed by Mikael Bergquist, one of the
country’s leading specialists in small-scale
timber architecture
Each house is documented with newly taken
photographs as well as plans and sections
Offers a comprehensive survey of contemporary
small-scale timber construction in
Sweden, which is little known outside the
country
Sustainable architecture and building with
locally sourced materials are highly topical
concerns
Mikael Bergquist
Center and Periphery
Five Houses by Mikael Bergquist
With a foreword by Charlotte von Moos and
photographs by Mikael Olsson and Åke E:son
Lindman
Book design by Daniel Bjugård Design
Hardback
approx. 64 pages, 42 color and 19 b/w
illustrations and plans
17 × 21 cm
978-3-03860-377-1 English
CHF 29.00 | € 29.00 | £ 25.00 | $ 35.00
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Esch Sintzel Architekten, founded in Zurich in 2008, is one of the
most influential voices in contemporary Swiss architecture. The
range of the firm’s award-winning designs includes varied typologies
such as infrastructure buildings, schools, and market
halls. Yet, at the core of their work are housing projects in which
challenging conditions often lead to the emergence of very specific
solutions and qualities to the benefit of both the individual
house or apartment and the city as a whole. Esch Sintzel Architekten’s
work is characterized by the prudent use of available
resources as well as great respect for the existing fabric and its
careful further development. The virtuoso mastery of structural
means enables them to translate technical requirements into
expressive, beautiful designs.
Swiss architecture firm Esch Sintzel
Architekten has won much recognition
for its exemplary designs that
continue to build the city and navigate
between the realms of housing,
urban design, and sustainability
This monograph offers a comprehensive survey of Esch Sintzel
Architekten’s entire body of work, exploring its full range while
also focusing on specific constructive details and placing it in a
wider context. It features all realized designs and a selection of
projects through plans, images, and texts.
Martin Tschanz is an architect and architectural
historian. He has been a lecturer for the history
and theory of architecture at ZHAW’s School of
Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering in
Winterthur, Switzerland, since 2005.
ISBN 9783038603917

Comprehensive monograph on the work of
Zurich-based Esch Sintzel Architekten
Features all of Esch Sintzel’s realized designs
and a selection of projects through plans,
images, and texts
Offers detailed floor plans, drawings of
construction details, and information on
construction materials
Esch Sintzel Architekten are among the most
influential voices in contemporary Swiss
architecture
Martin Tschanz (ed.)
Esch Sintzel Architekten
Buildings and Projects
With contributions by Akos Moravánszky, Astrid
Staufer, Martin Tschanz, and Esch Sintzel
Architekten
Book design by Jürg Schönenberger, Schön &
Berger
Paperback
approx. 400 pages, 250 color and 170 b/w
illustrations and plans
19 × 25 cm
978-3-03860-391-7 English / German
CHF 69.00 | € 68.00 | £ 65.00 | $ 75.00
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The Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian and cycling bridge in
the Quartier Européen Sud in Luxembourg’s Kirchberg neighborhood.
It links the Avenue J. F. Kennedy, Kirchberg’s mobility
backbone, with the Contemporary Art Museum of Luxemburg
(MUDAM) and the Musée Dräi Eechelen. Designed by the local
firm Fabeck Architectes and Paris-based Marc Mimram Architecture
Ingénierie, the Passerelle des Arts is characterized by
its sculptural design as well as the goal of preserving its natural
environment, considered a green treasure in the heart of the city.
Winding through the trees of the urban forest, with benches installed
in the curves, the architecture encourages people to slow
down and take a contemplative stroll. The close relationship between
nature and culture strongly influenced the choice of materials:
the bridge’s main structure is made of polished stainless
steel that is combined with light-colored concrete elements for
the deck and glass railings. This results in an ever-changing
materialization of the whole throughout the seasons—and depending
on the weather.
A masterpiece of structural engineering
for pedestrians and cyclists in
Luxembourg, designed by Marc
Mimram Architecture Ingénierie and
Fabeck Architectes
This book documents the entire concept, design, and construction
process of the Passerelle des Arts through photographs,
plans and drawings, and texts.
The Fonds Kirchberg is a public entity under the
supervision of Luxembourg’s Ministry of Public
Works which oversees the urban design and
development of the Plateau de Kirchberg in the
city of Luxembourg.
ISBN 9783038603948

Documents the Passerelle des Arts in Luxembourg,
designed by Marc Mimram Architecture
Ingénierie and Fabeck Architectes
Introduces the concept and design in rich detail
and illustrates the construction process of this
piece of outstanding civil engineering for slow
traffic
A book for architects, structural engineers,
and other engineering enthusiasts
Fonds Kirchberg (ed.)
Passerelle des Arts
Luxembourg
Marc Mimram Architecture Ingénierie &
Fabeck Architectes
With contributions by Marc Mimram, Salomé
Jeko, and Martine Hemmer. Photographs by
Christian Aschman and Erieta Attali
Book design by Miriam Rosner, MONOGRAM
Hardback
approx. 160 pages, 150 color illustrations and
plans
29.7 × 23 cm
978-3-03860-394-8 English / French
CHF 39.00 | € 38.00 | £ 35.00 | $ 45.00
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