Atlas of Novel Tectonics
Any book that starts with an essay on 'The Judo of Cold Combustion' deserves a place on our summer reading list. The authors offer reflections on matter and force, material science, art and architectural history, and the interrelationship of architecture and culture. --Architect Magazine, July 2007Reiser and Umemoto are deep and original thinkers and I look  forward to a renaissance in their work that fully reflects the wealth of  clear ideas that populate this text. --The Architectural Review, October 2006This cerebral little manual probes some of the more esoteric  aspects of architecture in pursuit of novel approaches to design --Metropolis, June 2006This is a book that swims courageously against the tide... it reclaims the autonomy of theoretical discourse in relation to built architecture.  That alone makes it an event...Atlas of Novel Tectonicsis nothing if not a fascinating collection of finely wrought conceptual miniatures.  Most are of Borgesian brevity (or shorter), and there are gems among them.  My favourite is the tale of the 'devolved' glass nose of the Heinkel III bomber. --AA Files, July 2007