2G #94: b+ is the first monograph dedicated to b+, the collaborative architecture practice that treats buildings not as finished objects but as active participants in larger urban and social systems — a position with real consequences for how existing structures are valued and transformed.
About This Book
b+ — led by Arno Brandlhuber, Olaf Grawert, Jonas Janke, and Roberta Jurcic — operates from a conviction that architecture is an open, ongoing process rather than a sequence of completed works. This monograph charts that position across a range of projects and scales, from urban intervention to furniture design, revealing a practice equally at home in Berlin towers and Minneapolis art spaces as in the staging of fashion shows. What holds it together is a systemic thinking about the built environment: the latent possibilities within what already exists, and the transformative potential of activating them. Texts by Aaron Betsky and Antje Stahl frame the work, alongside a reflection by the architects themselves on their practice within an international context.
Key Features
- 160 pages of black-and-white documentation spanning architecture, interiors, and furniture
- Edited by Moisés Puente; texts by Aaron Betsky and Antje Stahl
- Notable projects include the San Gimignano Lichtenberg towers in Berlin, Midway Contemporary Art Garage in Minneapolis, and fashion shows for Trussardi
- Published by Walther König
What You'll Discover
- How b+ frames architecture as an open process — one in which buildings remain subject to transformation rather than being treated as resolved, singular works
- The practice's approach to the existing built environment as a reservoir of latent possibility, resisting the default logic of demolition and replacement
- The range of scales at which systemic thinking can operate, from the civic scale of Berlin towers to exhibition design and furniture
- Critical frameworks from Aaron Betsky and Antje Stahl that position b+ within broader architectural discourse, alongside the architects' own account of their international practice
About the Author
Moisés Puente is the editor of this volume. The practice b+ is led collaboratively by Arno Brandlhuber, Olaf Grawert, Jonas Janke, and Roberta Jurcic, who understand architecture as a systemic and transformative discipline engaged with the conditions of the existing built environment.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 160
- Dimensions: 305 × 235 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783753307824
- Publisher: Walther König
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and theorists interested in adaptive reuse, systemic approaches to urban practice, and the work of contemporary European collaborative studios