Böcker utgivna av JOVIS Verlag

Buildings by Graz-based architects have for many years graced contemporary architecture with their vital, unmistakable formal language and new building typologies. This monograph focuses on works dating from 1994 - 2010, and older seminal projects, it shows the architects' memorable style and humanity and why they deserve world-wide recognition.

Although arguably the most successful Swedish architect, Gert Wingardh is far from the architype of a typical Swedish architect. His work reflects a distinct cosmopolitan influence and the solutions he develops for a range of construction tasks are similarly multiform. This title represents a comprehensive assessment of his work and ideas.

A comprehensive showcase of the Darmstadt-based practice of Pahl & Weber-Pahl that presents projects, from their multiple-award-winning railway station in Bochum and the footbridge at the IBA Emscher Park, to their internationally acclaimed interpretation of a ski jumping hill in Willingen, Germany.

Urban planning under socialism cannot be envisaged without its ideological purport. Socialist ideas were realised in buildings, street ensembles and squares, in films, literature and the visual arts. This title examines how Eastern European cities are dominated by large industrial complexes and panel buildings.

Urban planning is not just about the shaping of floor spaces or building complexes. It also implies promises for a better life. This title tackles both 'pursuits' - by those in charge and by the users of urban planning projects - assembling a dozen case studies from various European countries from the Enlightenment to the present.

Documents a project investigating different ways of seeing and contextualising the city. This book encompasses Barcelona, Berlin, London and Sofia.

Focuses on the uses of the second building for the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Leipzig and the dialogues between the architecture and the processes that occur within and around it. This work presents the artistic and curatorial exhibition concepts realised in the GfZK-2 alongside essays examining the concepts of the architectural space.

Arguably the future of architecture has increasingly more to do with technology such as 'intelligent' houses that adapt to fit their inhabitants. This title investigates the potentials of interactive technologies and to the response by architects and designers to the needs of a mobile, globally networked society.

KNOBS (Knowledge Based System) focuses on architectural design on all scales: furniture, interiors, buildings and urban design. This books is about the work, ideas and teaching of Jose Salinas.

Architects Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos from the Amsterdam practice UNStudio have become undeniable stars on the international architectural scene. This book takes the reader into the UNStudio world.

The highly anticipated international building exhibition IBA Hamburg 2013 is preparing to tackle the many challenges that apply to metropolises around the world in our era, asking difficult questions and soliciting innovative responses. Socially and geographically, how can we bring peripheral districts back into the city?

City dwellers use the greater part of our energy and yet produce the most pollutants, thus having far-reaching consequences for world climate. This book illuminates causes and examines efforts in architecture, town planning and urban development planning that reflect strategies for living and building with the effects of climate change in mind.

Part of the "Port Folio" series, this book presents important international projects by Behnisch Architekten from 1996 onwards. It features photographs and plans that document their architectural language. It also contains interviews with the architects that provide insights into the practice's philosophy and working method.

This copiously illustrated volume, the second in the Portfolio series, introduces a cross-section of work with commentary by writer and architecture critic Falk Jaeger.

Frankfurt-based Atelier Goldstein is one of Germany's most renowned venues for outsider art.

In 2020, it appears that TXL will in fact be closed. Photographer Peter Ortner captures his uniquely personal view of the airport complex with the remnants of its past glory the details so familiar to anyone who has traveled through or waited inside Tegel. Text in English and German.

Sketch for Green - a stroll through analog works and internationally realised projects from the last 40 years by landscape architect and sculptor Udo Dagenbach.

Dusseldorf - Metropolis on the Rhine gives voice to the urban developers and main actors who introduce the different approaches to sustainable growth of this timeless gem on the banks of the Rhine.

A new International Building Exhibition (IBA) focused on Social Housing

A book by Turit Froebe on Finland's official architectural policy and explores how successful it has been.