AA BOOK PROJECTS REVIEW 2011: WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AA Features hundreds of drawings, models, installations, photographs and other materials documenting the world’s most international and experimental school of architecture. 380 pages, PB, AA, 9781907896101, $62.50

ARCHITECTURE AND VIOLENCE In this compelling volume, some of the most incisive thinkers of contemporary architectural theory make manifest the intricacies of interrelations between architecture and violent events, from propaganda exhibitions to illegal settlements. 320 pages, PB, Actar, 9788492861736, $35



ARCHITECTURE WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE This monograph is devoted to the distinguished Hungarian architect, living and working in Paris, Yona Friedman whose visionary, ground-breaking ideas have been at the forefront for several generations of architects and urban planners. 160 pages, PB, MUSAC, 9788492861941, $52

BEYOND ENTROPY: WHEN ENERGY BECOMES FORM The theme of this book derives from the urgency with which the idea of energy has been raised in recent years and charts the efforts of architects to address the debate in a wider cultural sphere. 172 pages, HB, AA, 9781907896064, $37.50



DASH: THE URBAN ENCLAVE An investigation into large scale housing projects in the inner city, both historical and contemporary, from the Adelphi in London to the Barbican 200 years later in the same city. 160 pages, PB, NAi, 9789056628093, $63

DOUBLE OR NOTHING 51N4E is a Brussels based architectural practice whose projects have draw increasing attention and renown. Accompanies an exhibition at the Architectural Association featuring 17 of their best projects. 352 pages, HB, AA, 9781907896095, $62.50



OASE #84: MODELS This issue of Oase considers the contribution that models have made in recent decades to architectural discourse, looking at the work of architects such as OMA as well as artists such as Mike Kelley and Thomas Demand. 152 pages, PB, NAi, 9789056628079, $36

ONE MILLION ACRES & NO ZONING For the past 20 years Lars Lerup has explored Houston as the prototype of the suburban city, presented here as a test case for 21st century urbanism and unregulated cities everywhere. 272 pages, HB, AA, 9781907896040, $55



OPEN 21 (IM)MOBILITY: EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF HYPERMOBILITY Open is a magazine that reflects upon contemporary public space from a cultural perspective. In this issue guest editor and media researcher Eric Kluitenberg charts the many mobility regimes and searches for a perspective on intervention. 176 pages, PB, NAi, 9789056628147 $42.50

PROJECTILES: ARCHITECTURE WORDS 6 This collection of essays brings together a number of key texts by Bernard Cache who formulated his concept of non-standard architecture in 1995 which was given the name 'objectile' by Deleuze in his book The Fold. 140 pages, PB, AA, 9781902902883, $30



ROBERTO BURLE MARX: THE MODERNITY OF LANDSCAPE Landscape architect, painter, botanist, gardener, chef and jewellery designer, this publication looks at the full scale of Burle Marx's work and the relationship between landscape and the environment. 350 pages, PB, Actar, 9788492861675, $70

TARZANS IN THE MEDIA FOREST: ARCHITECTURE WORDS 8 This eighth instalment in the AA's acclaimed Architecture Words series publishes for the first time in English a collection of architectural writings and essays by the prominent Japanese architect Toyo Ito. 188 pages, PB, AA, 9781902902906, $30



TESTIFY! THE CONSEQUENCES OF ARCHITECTURE Innovative solutions that showcase the ways architecture can transform our everyday surroundings: from a skateboarding school in Kabul to murals in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. 240 pages, PB, NAi, 97890566628239, $63

THE WHY FACTOR(Y) AND THE FUTURE CITY Founded by Winy Maas, The Why Factory concentrates on the production of models and visualizations for future cities. Includes transcripts and essays in which students, architects and urban planners share their vision for the city of the future. 168 pages, PB, NAi, 978056627812, $28