Books published by JOVIS Verlag

The KNOT

International Building Exhibitions (IBAs) are 'booming' at present. Such heightened interest mirrors a greater demand for quality in urban development and architecture. Every IBA is unique and un-repeatable; it makes an impact because it facilitates action outside of customary routine.

Discusses strategies and offers visions for the transformation of urban spaces into Metrozones. This title shows how waste ground, unused and unoccupied spaces in cities and industrial areas can offer opportunities for creative exploitation and sustainable development.

In 2010, the last stage of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Furst-Puckler-Land takes place in the Lusatian Lakeland. This title provide us with a detailed account of developments and presents 30 large-scale and small-scale projects from the 'horizontal Eiffel Tower' to a floating diving school above a flooded mine.

Over the years, Luxembourg has advanced into a centre of contemporary architecture. Among works by prominent architects the oeuvre of one Luxembourg office stands out: Christian Bauer and Associates. This practice has enhanced the city and its surroundings. This monograph presents the practices' extensive and diverse output.

In the last three decades, the architectural partnership of Auer+Weber+Associate, based in Stuttgart and Munich, has become known for projects informed by a deep study of the design tasks at hand as well as by the conditions and chances afforded by their places of implementation.

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.