AA FILES 63 Features contributions by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Adrian Forty, Thomas Weaver, John Winter, Niall Hobhouse, Pamela Johnston, Alessandra Ponte, Caroline Evans, Ashley Paine, Inderbir Singh Riar, Mark Lyon, Steven Spier, Mark Crinson, Victoria Watson, Timothy Brittain-Catlin, Tao Zhu, Laurent Stalder and Mario Botta. 120 pages, PB, AA, 9781907896118, $38
ARCHIZINES From handmade fanzines and print-on-demand newsletters to magazines and student journals, ARCHIZINES celebrates the recent resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing and showcases 60 new publications from over 20 countries. 152 pages, PB, Bedford, 9781907414206, $30
AT HOME: FIGURES Highlights the variety of ways in which Home has been individually articulated and explored. It takes an original look at projects such as MVRDV’s Hagen Island residential units, AZL’s Slit House in Nanjing, Haus Walter in Malans by Bearth and Deplazes, and the Rudin house by Herzog & de Meuron. 144 pages, PB, Actar, 9788895623498, $42
CULTURAL EMERGENCY IN CONFLICT AND DISASTER This pioneering first handbook for cultural emergency relief presents practice-based examples of emergency relief in disaster and conflict situations encompassing international legal questions, political dimensions and sociocultural perspectives. 480 pages, PB, NAi, 9789056628178, $89
FUKSAS: BUILDING The work of Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas enjoys well-earned reputation for its artistic talent and its capacity to surprise with the most risky and spectacular projects. This book features their most emblematic creations as well as their most recent work including Peres Peace House in Jaffa and the St. Paolo Church in Foligno. 520 pages, HB, Actar, 9788492861781, $90
GREEN IN GREEN: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE A detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of greenery integrated within architecture and how to make best use of the combination. Featured in the book is a detailed study of all the alternative options for green roofs and walls. 96 pages, PB, Monsa, 9788415223412, $20
GSD PLATFORM 4: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN A selective sampling of agendas cultivated at the Harvard GSD during the last academic year, revealing a diverse mixture of projects, research and events. 368 pages, HB, Actar, 9788415391005, $56
HONG KONG FANTASIES Great cities have always offered an abstract quality – a quality that no single ranking system has yet been able to measure. Hong Kong Fantasies tries to define that quality, and to introduce a universal standard for its evaluation: The World-Class City Framework. 176 pages, PB, NAi, 9789056627645, $59
HOUSING DESIGN A manual on every aspect of designing housing: this revised edition has been expanded with 20 new exemplary projects, boasts an improved structure and has been enriched with a new chapter about the process of design. 448 pages, HB, 9789056628260, NAi, $95
LIVING SPACES AND WORKING SPACES Some of the newest and best projects coming out of Danish architectural studios focusing on different kinds of living and working spaces, including villas, terraced houses, and apartments of various types. 216 pages, PB, Actar, 9788791872068, $95
MANIFEST DESTINY: AMERICAN SUBURBAN HOUSING Structured through 58 short chapters, the anthology offers an architectural pattern book of suburban conditions all focused not on the unique or specific but the placeless. 144 pages, HB, AA, 9781907896057, $45
OASE 85: PRODUCTIVE UNCERTAINTY How can designers put the uncertainty of the financial crisis to productive use? OASE 85 answers this questions by means of theoretical reflections and inspiring practical examples. 128 pages, PB, NAi, 9789056628406, $38
ROMA: LIVING IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE New urban settings and future architectures mark a strategy for the Rome's transformation. This book presents 12 of the best projects, including 5+1AA, Labics, Ricci&Spaini, Actar/Nabito, Gianfriddo and Grafton. 240 pages, PB, Actar, 9788493482848, $70
VERTICAL VILLAGE The architecture practice MVRDV and The Why Factory envision a new model for the development of Asian cities: a three-dimensional community intended to bring back personal autonomy, diversity, flexibility and neighbourhood life to cities in Asia. 528 pages, PB, NAi, 978905662844, $65
