About This Book
Rebuilding Is Not a Metaphor brings together 23 contributions from around the world, all engaged with rebuilding as a practice rooted in the built environment — not as an abstraction. Initiated by the Royal Danish Academy's Institute of Architecture and Technology, the book gathers voices, experiences, and methods from people directly involved in reconstruction across vastly different geographies, political conditions, and cultural contexts.
Key Features
23 visual, written, and combined contributions from architects, planners, community organizers, and activists including Yasmeen Lari, Marwa Al-Sabouni, and Rizvi Hassan, among many others. Edited by Ingeborg Hau and Bhawna Jaimini. Contributions range from hands-on and material practices to argumentative and theoretical essays, in formats spanning statements, visual essays, and feature articles.
What You'll Discover
How rebuilding practices responding to environmental disaster, postindustrial blight, and conflict — though deeply local — share common threads that generate understanding across contexts; and a platform for knowledge exchange centred on sustainable, locally rooted approaches to reconstruction.
About the Editors
Ingeborg Hau and Bhawna Jaimini co-edited this volume as part of a project initiated by the Royal Danish Academy – Institute of Architecture and Technology, led together with Natalie Mossin and Adam Linde Nielsen.
Specifications
Format: Softcover
Dimensions: 17 x 24 cm
Pages: 224
Language: English
ISBN: 9788774077640
Publisher: Danish Architectural Press
Publication Date: April 2026
Perfect For
Architects, planners, and anyone interested in community-led reconstruction and the built environment after disaster or conflict.