Jap Sam Books
Jap Sam Books is an independent, international publishing house based in the Netherlands and specializing in architecture, art, philosophy, design and theory. Jap Sam Books has been established to reflect, connect and respond to developments in these fields, by bringing out a range of critical and reflective books for an international audience. The books that we publish are not only educational and inspirational, but also very beautifully designed, and all produced in close collaboration with our contributors.

Jap Sam Books


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Working with Architectonic DNA

Working with Architectonic DNA explores the phenomenon of designing complex architectural projects that require continuous modification, including expansion and contraction. The departure point is Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands – an airport ...

  • ISBN: 9789490322229
  • Karin Christof Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 64 pages
  • December 2010
  • €13,21 (excl. VAT)
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Woorden als daden

This book, Woorden als daden (Words as acts), is a political-philosophical reflection on the essence of a community. It discusses the practice of accepting and handing out responsibility in a profoundly individualist world, and comprises a rich ...

  • ISBN: 9789490322052
  • Henk Oosterling
  • Softcover, 420 pages
  • November 2009
  • €28,21 (excl. VAT)
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Without and Within

The richly illustrated book contains a series of essays that trace a thread of ideas, images and projections that connect the American territory as conceived by Thomas Jefferson to the contemporary continuous interior environment ubiquitous in ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730342
  • Mark Pimlott
  • Softcover, 336 pages
  • 2007
  • €37,74 (excl. VAT)
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The Wonderful World of VenhoevenCS Architects

This is the first monograph of the Amsterdam architecture firm VenhoevenCS, an ambitious and innovative office for architecture and urbanism. Their remarkable designs propose different ways in which people, animals and things can live together ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730731
  • Ton Venhoeven, et al.
  • Softcover, 296 pages
  • July 2009
  • €33,96 (excl. VAT)
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Surviving the Suburb

With contemporary, semi-self-sufficient designs Ton Matton and Wim Timmermans take open action against ecological absurdities of worn present day housing estates. In cooperation with various guests and partners on distinct levels, they develop ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730908
  • Gregor Harbusch, Martin Luce, Ton Matton, Wim Timmermans Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 128 pages
  • January 2008
  • €11,32 (excl. VAT)
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Source 04

Tippelzone Revised, this fourth edition of Source presents research and design proposals concerning the issue of drug-related prostitution in the Netherlands. At the request of the City of Eindhoven, students of the Design Academy's Master's Degree ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730854
  • Louise Schouwenberg Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 64 pages
  • 2009
  • €16,51 (excl. VAT)
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Source 03

What do beauty and sustainability have in common? The 21st century increasingly demands sustainable design that no longer burdens the natural environment. In practice, this generates products and services laden with moral undertones, which are ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730847
  • Louise Schouwenberg Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 88 pages
  • 2009
  • €16,51 (excl. VAT)
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Source 02

Perennial challenges for urban planning include the problems and the potential of old urban neighborhoods in large cities. This second volume of Design Academy Eindhoven’s smartly edited new urban design journal takes on the Dapperbuurt neighborhood ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730816
  • Louise Schouwenberg Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 88 pages
  • 2007
  • €16,51 (excl. VAT)
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Source 01

In the first issue of this impeccable new bookzine on urban design, the Dutch Government Buildings Agency collaborated with students at the Design Academy Eindhoven, IM Masters to develop a design for the new Court of Justice building in Amsterdam. ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730687
  • Louise Schouwenberg Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 64 pages
  • 2007
  • €16,51 (excl. VAT)
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Seoul Scape

South Korea in the last decades has experienced an unprecedented series of transformations at all levels in society. More specifically, its capital, Seoul, has become one of the densest urban zones in the world. After a long period of dictatorship ...

  • ISBN: 9789059730892
  • Francisco Sanin, Pal Hyung-min Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 80 pages
  • 2008
  • €9,43 (excl. VAT)
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