[Image: Cover and contents of Temporary Urban Spaces. Photograph by JJ Yeo. All copyrights of book belongs to their respective owners] TEMPORARY URBAN SPACES: Concepts for the Use of City Spaces Edited by Florian Haydn, ...

[Image: Cover and contents of Europan 8. Photograph by Adib J. All copyrights of book belongs to their respective owners] EUROPAN 8. European Urbanity Edited by Europan Europe Published by Europan Europe. ISBN 2-914296-07-X Book comes with CD-ROM of featured works. ————— 5 ...

[Image: Cover and contents of Situating. Photograph by Adib J. All copyrights of book belongs to their respective owners] SITUATING Foreword by Keller Easterling & introduction by A.Rieselbach. Produced by The Architectural League of New York. Published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York. ISBN 1-56898-573-8 --------------- SITUATING is the seventh in an annual series of publications and showcases the work of 6 young architectural practices; Greg Kochnowski, ROEWUarchitecture, Lateral Architecture, Dan Hisel, LinOldhamOffice and Interboro. Selected by the Architectural League of New York, these practices use their works as a vehicle to understand their place within the larger realm of architecture.

THE FUNCTION OF ORNAMENT Edited by Farshid Moussavi & Michael Kubo Actar Publishing / Harvard Graduate School of Design ISBN 84-96540-50-2 If you were hoping for a lengthy discourse unravelling the complexities and myths behind architectural ornament, then this is not the book for you. Filled with startlingly clear diagrams and graphics, this volume has but a single essay on the Function of Ornament, by Iranian architect Farshid Moussavi, founder of the acclaimed British practice, Foreign Office Architects. The book’s appeal lies in its largely graphical and diagrammatic approach to documenting examples of architectural ornamentation - a return to architectural research as drawing.