The first of a two-part series on Adolf Loos, divided into four chronological chapters that follow Loos's techniques and approaches to each project and site. Includes early urban residences, rural villas, and "Raumplan" concept, the edition focuses on Loos's rationality and economy as manifested in his spaces. Guest edited by Yoshio Sakurai, Tokyo University professor and an expert on Loos.

The second of a two-part series on Loos. Introduces 36 works divided into four chapters: “Residential Addition and Alternation Plans”, “Interior Design”, “Collective Housing”, and “Mixed-use Facilities”. Includes many unbuilt housing and mixed-use projects, as well as new models, graphics, and drawings offering insight into Loos's perspective on these typologies. Guest edited by Yoshio Sakurai, Tokyo University professor and an expert on Loos.

Projects by the innovative, collaborative European firm which emphasizes discursive practice. Includes Building Kölner Brett, Apartment and Office Building, Geisselstrasse, Studio and Courtyard, Klimazone_n, Stavenhof Pavilion. 270 pp.

Catalogue of an exhibit first held in Mexico City, the wonderful watercolors from Carme Pigem. Watercolor studies have accompanied every single one of their projects. Divided into series, sketches, works. 184 pp.

An exhaustive analysis of one of Scarpa's most famous projects, the Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy, by one of the foremost scholars of his work. The book takes Scarpa's work apart detail by detail, using text, photographs, drawings, and historical images. Richard Murphy

A study of the parallel lives of two mid-20th-century architects, Lina Bo Bardi and Albert Frey. Although they never met, both were immigrants to the Americas from Europe whose innovative approaches to design formulated a new, living type of modernism in Sao Paulo and Southern California, respectively. 192 pages. Bw & color illustrations and photos.

Thames & Hudson - Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects showcasing use of minimal materials to their maximum effect. Over 100 projects engaging Nova Scotia's climate and landscape. This is the new edition, showing the modern vernacular of MacKay-Lions, in the landscape and climate of maritime Nova Scotia.

Thought by Hand documents the work of Flores & Prats, an architecture studio founded in 1997 by Ricardo Flores and Eva Parts, that combines working on projects and constructions with a busy academic schedule at various universities. The book reflects the essence of its authors by displaying their design processes that range from sketches and drawings to detailed models of each one of their projects. It compiles works including renovations, social housing, public spaces, neighborhood participation, and university workshops. Texts written by Miquel Adriá, Eva Prats, Ricardo Flores, Juan José Lahuerta, Adriá Goula, Joan Enric Prats, Cesc Segura, Manuel de Solá-Morales, Manuel Arguijo, Carlota Coloma, Adriá Lahuerta, Soraya Smithson, Miralda and Toni Casares.

a+u Special Issue, 2021, Tokyo, paper.

The definitive monograph on the celebrated Italian architect Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978), unmatched by any other publication on the modern master. 288 pages, 175 colour and 175 black & white illustrations. Robert McCarter