Books published by Oro Editions

This is the eighth issue of the LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture put out by UPenn.

Artistic principles of presentation are the most influential factors in formation of the observer's interpretation of a certain object.

The projects featured in Close to Home are within a 15-mile radius of where Louisville architect Michael Koch was born, raised, and has practiced for almost forty years.

MASTERcrit was inaugurated in 2015 as a hybrid series of events that encompassed lectures, critiques and a charrette.

Further exploring the themes first presented at the 2016 Woltz Symposium at the University of Virginia, Ecologies of Prosperity for the Living City is structured as a reader for students, practitioners, and enthusiasts of design with original material and exclusive interviews with speakers.

re]TOKYO explores a wide, understanding vision of the transformative processes of one of the most influential and unknown metropolitan areas in the world, from large scale efforts such as Tokyo's land engineering transformations, to smaller examples such as its capital vending machine system.

This publication documents Trajan's Hollow, a transformative reproduction of Trajan's Column in Rome, to address issues of critical importance in contemporary architectural practice: a reconsideration of architectural poch (both programmatic and material), the use of scale shift as a tool for transforming shape and content.

This book is a compendium of American building types and other elements, buildable in today's world, that serve walkable neighbourhoods - a resource that should prove indispensable to those interested in dense communities and cities.

Pratt Sessions presents a series of conversations between notable practitioners and thinkers. It is a distributed symposium that is curated and yet open-ended.

Issue 07 of LA+ Journal brings you the results of the LA+ IMAGINATION open international design ideas competition, in which we asked designers to create a new island.

Pressing Matters VI is an exciting compilation of design and research performed at PennDesign's Department of Architecture.

By nature Herb Cohen was actually an observer but he became a participant in the lives of his camera's reticent subjects because, simply, he loved engaging with the people he befriended.

Native Places is a collection of sixty-four watercolor sketches that are paired with mini-essays about architecture, landscape, everyday objects, and nature.

This book portrays the exquisite beauty that is found amid the ruins of a handful of tiny trading towns located along an ancient trade route in Rajasthan, India.

Modern to Classic II: Residential Estates by Landry Design Group explores the Los Angeles firm's recent work, defined by an eclectic range of references and styles.

The field of robotics is coming of age. Robotics and artificial intelligence represent the next cutting edge technology to transform the fields of architecture and design.

A graphic survey of the endangered ancient stone mosques of the Maldives.

Highlights the recent work of this leading global design firm, including architecture, interior design, planning, urban design and product design.

Showcase of the new building by Belzberg Architects, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, with its innovative concepts in building design and merger of sustainability with aesthetics.

The story of Blackbarn, the home that Mark Zeff designed and built for himself and his family.