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Wissenschaftlicher Verlag für Architektur
Scholarly press for architecture Gemeinsam mit internationalen Partnern sichert er den weltweiten Vertrieb.

Der gta Verlag veröffentlicht seit 1985 Publikationen zur Architektur und ihren Nachbardisziplinen mit besonderem Fokus auf Geschichte und Theorie. Als Teil des Instituts für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur (gta) am Departement Architektur der ETH Zürich gibt er externe und interne Arbeiten von hoher wissenschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Relevanz heraus. Seine Publikationen richten sich

an ein professionelles Fachpublikum ebenso wie an interessierte Laien und fungieren als Schaltstellen zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis, akademischer und öffentlicher Debatte, lokalem und internationalem Austausch. Der Verlag versteht Publizieren als integralen Bestandteil der Forschung und Forschung als essentiellen Bestandteil des Publizierens. Mit einem erfahrenen Team, das sämtliche Schritte der Buchproduktion vertritt, begleitet er seine Veröffentlichungen von der ersten Idee bis in die Herstellung und garantiert so eine herausragende inhaltliche und gestalterische Qualität. Das Bekenntnis des Verlags zum gedruckten Buch wird ergänzt durch sein Engagement für Open Access und Experimente mit hybriden und digitalen Publikationsmethoden. The gta Verlag, founded in 1985, publishes works on the history and theory of architecture and related disciplines. As part of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at the Department of Architecture of ETH Zurich, it engages with external and internal research of high scientific and social relevance. Its publications address both professional and nonprofessional audiences and act as an interface between science and practice, academic and public debate, and local and international exchange. The Verlag views publishing as an integral component of research, and research as essential to publishing. A team experienced in every stage of book production accompanies publications throughout their development and thus guarantees outstanding quality in terms of content and design. International partners ensure worldwide distribution. The Verlag’s commitment to books in print is complemented by its support of open access and experiments with hybrid and digital publishing methods.

20/12/2025

Women Writing Architecture 1700–1900
Expanding Histories

From India to Chile and Britain to Senegal, have influenced for centuries by exerting power over space through their . By exploring a wide variety of sources, from diaries and travelogues to inventories and political pamphlets, this publication expands to include these women. The contributing authors reveal female spatial agencies using rare written sources, novel methodologies, and in-depth re-readings of canonical histories. Housewives, princesses, novelists, travellers, nurses – writing as clients, users, or critics – are all relevant voices for understanding the past of the built environment. Examining specific spaces such as churches, homes, gardens, boulevards, kitchens, or shacks, this book proposes a novel take on feminist historiographies.

Edited by Anne Hultzsch (), Sol Pérez Martínez ()

Contributions by Nitin Bathla (), Karen Burns, Alba Carballeira, Christina Contandriopoulos (), Francesca Denegri, Harriet Edquist (), Yannick Etoundi, Hilary Fraser, Adrian Forty (), Damla Göre (), Jennifer Hayward, Laura Hindelang (), Anne Hultzsch, Sigrid de Jong, Pía Montealegre (), Ana G. Ozaki (), Christian Parreno (), Barbara Penner, Sol Pérez Martínez, Michelle Prain ( ), Niloofar Rasooli (), Jane Rendell, Elena Rieger (), Matthew Lloyd Roberts (), Tania Sengupta, Helen Thomas (), Mabel O. Wilson (), Richard Wittman, Lingyu Wu ()

Designed by (Constanza Gaggero & Sergio Ramirez)

This publication has been peer reviewed according to the standards of the (SNSF).

2025. 17 × 23 cm, softcover
304 pages, 119 illustrations
ISBN 978-3-85676-489-0
Text in English

14/11/2025

Heinz Isler
Built Experiments – Entrepreneurial Networks

Thin structures of reinforced concrete are the trademark of Heinz Isler (1926–2009). The Swiss engineer’s experimental approach and entrepreneurial attitude enabled his enduring success as one of the most prolific shell designers of the twentieth century. With an impressive portfolio of over one thousand reinforced concrete shells, he stands as an internationally significant designer of spatial structures. Isler’s practice was based on experimental methodologies that differed vastly from conventional engineering approaches of his time. This same pioneering spirit led him to explore innovative materials and techniques in the building industry. The success of the ‘Isler shells’ was not only fostered by the political and economic conditions of the prosperous years after World War II. It was also based on a strong network of clients and cooperation partners.

Through essays, a catalogue of selected projects, a list of all realised projects, archival materials and current photographs, this is the first book to comprehensively investigate Isler’s work from both an engineering and cultural-historical perspective and to make his complete oeuvre accessible.

Edited by Giulia Boller (), Matthias Beckh (), Rainer Schützeichel (), Joseph Schwartz, Laurent Stalder (.gta)

Contributions by Bill Addis, Kouros Azar-Pey, Matthias Beckh, Alessia Bertini (), Giulia Boller, Heinz Bösiger, John Chilton, Yvan Delemontey, Elke Genzel, Hans Glanzmann, Franz Graf, Sascha Gsell, Lukas Ingold (), Duks Koschitz, Toni Kotnik, Egor Lykov, Leo Müller, Sarah Nichols, Ekkehard Ramm, Rainer Schützeichel, Joseph Schwartz, Cyrille Simonnet, Laurent Stalder, Pamela Voigt (), Georg Vrachliotis ()

Translated by Thomas Skelton-Robinson, Jill Denton With photographs by Georg Aerni (), Hannes Henz Designed by Studio NOI ()

2025. 22.5 × 30 cm, hardcover
332 pages, 254 illustrations
ISBN 978-3-85676-477-7
Text in English

23/10/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥
The International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design (ILAUD)

The International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design (ILAUD) aimed to rethink the city in terms of discourse and pedagogy. It brought prominent architects – including its founder Giancarlo De Carlo and members of Team X – together with teachers and students from Europe and North America. Together they explored issues such as user participation, building reuse, and eclecticism.

was a barometer and active shaper of theoretical discussions in urban design and architecture in the 1970s and 1980s. Nevertheless, academics have largely overlooked its impact. In this volume, contributors narrate the complex history of the laboratory’s early years and explore its archive through their own conceptual, methodological, and geographical expertise. They shed new light on this pivotal experiment in architecture education, eschewing heroic narratives and individuals in favor of multivocal accounts of design pedagogy.

Edited by ,

Contributions by Elke Couchez, Filippo De Pieri (), Isabelle Doucet (), , , Hamish Lonergan, Setareh Noorani (), Lucia Pennati (), Avigail Sachs (), Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi ()

Designed by Nadine Wüthrich (), Reinhard Schmidt (),

2025. 14.5 × 22.5 cm, softcover
192 pages, 46 illustrations
ISBN 978-3-85676-478-4
Text in English

15/10/2025

, ed.
trans 47: s⃣ o⃣ f⃣ t⃣

in all its facets: in the built environment, bodily experiences, ecological and political spaces, and within us. Part one of 𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩, ‘On the Planetary’, describes how softness stems from subtle processes that shape our complex world, from river silt and glacial ice to microplastics. ‘At a Breaking Point’ addresses norms, institutions, and housing blocks to reveal how architecture carries the weight of ideologies. Politics takes shape in textures, surfaces, and personal histories. ‘Through Interaction’ weaves stories from threads, organisms, and codes under the logic of malleability to question the idea of architecture as neutral or complete. Lastly, ‘From the Margins’ recognises everyday forms of resistance, from the quiet strength of women’s lacework to homemaking in refugee camps.

Contributions by Mathias Bernhard (), Amelie Bimberg, Caitlin Blanchfield (), Carolina Catarino Gomes (), Lieselotte Düsterhus (), Beverly Engelbrecht (.engelbrecht), Cristina Fusco (), Estelle Gagliardi (), Cruz García (), Anna García Molina (), Vittoria Guglielmi (), Leon Hofmann (), Martin Kohlberger (.khol), Fabian Kohler (), Jim König (), Janus Lafontaine Carboni (), Anne Sophie Loretan (), Ijlāl Muzaffar, Alexandra Pereira-Edwards (), Miranda Reynolds (), Eva Ruof (), Ozayr Saloojee (.saloojee), Andrea Shin Ling, Nicolas Sigron, Julia Strömland (.stromland), Myriam Treiber (), Salim Umar (), Virginia Zaretskie (.layne), Qianer Zhu ()

Designed by Pierre Benoit (.akashi

26/08/2025

Almut Grunewald, ed.
𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚄𝚙 𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜: 𝙸𝚜𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗

in her own words. The woman at ’s side as a committed journalist and narrator. An intimate view into her own position as a woman and a at the crossroads of and .

im Originalton. Die Frau an der Seite von als engagierte Journalistin und Erzählerin. Ein intimer Blick auf ihre eigene Position als Frau und ein zwischen und .

Edited by ()
Contributions by Almut Grunewald, Anne Hultzsch (),
Foreword by Irina Davidovici ()
Designed by Martin Stoecklin & Melina Wilson ()

2025
21.6 × 27.9 cm, softcover, half cloth
152 pages, 69 illustrations, 67 facsimile
ISBN 978-3-85676-454-8
Text in English

29/07/2025

S.E. Eisterer, ed. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎
𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚢

In 1991, poet, author, and professor June Jordan encouraged radical alterations of the built environment as crucial to “A New Politics of Sexuality,” the title of her address to the Bisexual, Gay, and Le***an Student Association at Stanford University. She elicited the attendees to conceive what a space would look like in which they could live without terror, “in the daylight of our existence.” This book takes up Jordan’s premise to work against normative ideas about gender and sexuality through environmental transformation. It traces feminist and LGBTQIA+ efforts for more just spaces for housing, health care, and artistic production.

Edited by S.E. Eisterer (.e.eisterer)

Contributions by Candace Borders, Molly M. Brandt, S.E. Eisterer, Ladi’Sasha Jones (.sasha), Davy Knittle, Torsten Lange (), M.C. Overholt (), Germán Pallares-Avitia (), Malcolm Rio (.archi), Catherine George Weilein

Designed by Nadine Wüthrich (), Reinhard Schmidt (),

2025. 14.5 × 22.5 cm, softcover
288 pages, 112 illustrations
ISBN 978-3-85676-475-3
Text in English

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