What is architecture—in your language? Twenty-five architects answered this question. This editorial project, led by Katie Filek and Marc-Antoine Durand, explores the diversity of contemporary conceptions of architecture through translation.
THE PUBLICATION
Pavillon de l’Arsenal Publications
Edited by Katie Filek & Marc-Antoine Durand
Co-published with As Foundas part of FAIRE PARIS
Authors: Adrian Phiffer, AGIT STUDIO, Al Borde, Argyro Pouliovali, Avneesh Tiwari, BAST, CENTRALA, Chen Xi, Cierto Estudio, Craig Nener, Đoàn Thanh Hà, Ibon Salaberria, Jacques Boulet, Jade Kake, Kim Lenschow, Kuutti Halinen, Mio Tsuneyama, Mjölk architekti, PAVA Architects, Sol Camacho, Sigrún Sumarliðadóttir, Soukaina Laabida, Tosin Oshinowo, Waleed Arafa, Yasaman Esmaili, Zoë Toledo
Translators: Aïda Tavakoli, Alex Zucker, Andrew McDougall, Annie Montaut, Aude Fondard, Béatrice Pépin, Beth Fowler, Christine Laferrière, Danh-Thành Do-Hurinville, Daniela Calciu, Débora Farji Haguet, Eeva Parviainen, Eliza Ariadni Kalfa, Françoise Chardonnier, Frédéric Bonnet, George Olusola Ajibade, Gounaud Chung, Hanako Murakami, Ibon Salaberria, Isabelle Piette, Ishaan Anavkar, Jade Kake, Juli Martí Casals, Katerina Bong, Katie Filek, Keana Gorman, Larissa Kyzer, Leilei Chen, Lis-Britt Dalkarl, Louise Pichard-Bertaux, Łukasz Mojsak, Mai Trang, Marc-Antoine Durand, Marie-Hélène Fabre, Monika Szymaniak, Patrick Fitzsimons, Rasmus Meldgaard Harboe, Rebecca James, Rowena Galavitz, Sara Khalili Jahromi, Soukaina Laabida, Tao Mao, Waleed Arafa
April 2026
Graphic design: Matthieu Becker
13 x 19 cm - 156 pages - French - English
Price: 19 euros
ISBN: 978-2-35487-086-7
PROJECT PRESENTATION
Translating : Architecture explores the diversity of contemporary notions of architecture through the tool of translation. As a mediator between cultural differences and an instrument of resistance to dominant narratives, translation invites us to renew architectural discourse by opening up to multiple frames of reference. To this end, twenty-five architects from around the world were invited to write, in their own language, a short essay on their view of architecture. Translated into French and English, these contributions are accompanied by commentaries from the translators, together revealing frictions, gaps, and discoveries inherent to the act of translation.
Pavillon de l’Arsenal Publications
Edited by Katie Filek & Marc-Antoine Durand
Co-published with As Foundas part of FAIRE PARIS
Authors: Adrian Phiffer, AGIT STUDIO, Al Borde, Argyro Pouliovali, Avneesh Tiwari, BAST, CENTRALA, Chen Xi, Cierto Estudio, Craig Nener, Đoàn Thanh Hà, Ibon Salaberria, Jacques Boulet, Jade Kake, Kim Lenschow, Kuutti Halinen, Mio Tsuneyama, Mjölk architekti, PAVA Architects, Sol Camacho, Sigrún Sumarliðadóttir, Soukaina Laabida, Tosin Oshinowo, Waleed Arafa, Yasaman Esmaili, Zoë Toledo
Translators: Aïda Tavakoli, Alex Zucker, Andrew McDougall, Annie Montaut, Aude Fondard, Béatrice Pépin, Beth Fowler, Christine Laferrière, Danh-Thành Do-Hurinville, Daniela Calciu, Débora Farji Haguet, Eeva Parviainen, Eliza Ariadni Kalfa, Françoise Chardonnier, Frédéric Bonnet, George Olusola Ajibade, Gounaud Chung, Hanako Murakami, Ibon Salaberria, Isabelle Piette, Ishaan Anavkar, Jade Kake, Juli Martí Casals, Katerina Bong, Katie Filek, Keana Gorman, Larissa Kyzer, Leilei Chen, Lis-Britt Dalkarl, Louise Pichard-Bertaux, Łukasz Mojsak, Mai Trang, Marc-Antoine Durand, Marie-Hélène Fabre, Monika Szymaniak, Patrick Fitzsimons, Rasmus Meldgaard Harboe, Rebecca James, Rowena Galavitz, Sara Khalili Jahromi, Soukaina Laabida, Tao Mao, Waleed Arafa
April 2026
Graphic design: Matthieu Becker
13 x 19 cm - 156 pages - French - English
Price: 19 euros
ISBN: 978-2-35487-086-7
PROJECT PRESENTATION
Translating : Architecture explores the diversity of contemporary notions of architecture through the tool of translation. As a mediator between cultural differences and an instrument of resistance to dominant narratives, translation invites us to renew architectural discourse by opening up to multiple frames of reference. To this end, twenty-five architects from around the world were invited to write, in their own language, a short essay on their view of architecture. Translated into French and English, these contributions are accompanied by commentaries from the translators, together revealing frictions, gaps, and discoveries inherent to the act of translation.
PROJECT TEAM
As Found is an editorial project dedicated to the histories of modernity and its contradictions in architecture, exploring the variety and inventiveness of the forms of the text in architecture: manifestos, essays, interviews, correspondences, reviews... through the document and the archive, through the text and its translation.
Marc-Antoine Durand is an architect, graduate of ENSA Paris la Villette, Senior Lecturer at ENSA Clermont-Ferrand, researcher at UMR Ressources. He worked in 2017 and 2018 on the archives of Reyner Banham at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, research that now feeds a doctoral thesis, which he is conducting at the University of Paris Cité - CERILAC. His field of investigation intersects with theories and critiques of modernity and the history of the architectural text. He created As Found in 2018.
Katie Filek is an architect, a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Politecnico di Milano, and a PhD student and researcher in architecture at the University of Toronto. Her work focuses on transnational exchanges within the post-war Italian intellectual debate. Translation is an important part of her work, whether from French, German or Italian. After a first editorial experience at GAM (Graz Architecture Magazine), she joined As Found in 2021.
As Found is an editorial project dedicated to the histories of modernity and its contradictions in architecture, exploring the variety and inventiveness of the forms of the text in architecture: manifestos, essays, interviews, correspondences, reviews... through the document and the archive, through the text and its translation.
Marc-Antoine Durand is an architect, graduate of ENSA Paris la Villette, Senior Lecturer at ENSA Clermont-Ferrand, researcher at UMR Ressources. He worked in 2017 and 2018 on the archives of Reyner Banham at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, research that now feeds a doctoral thesis, which he is conducting at the University of Paris Cité - CERILAC. His field of investigation intersects with theories and critiques of modernity and the history of the architectural text. He created As Found in 2018.
Katie Filek is an architect, a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Politecnico di Milano, and a PhD student and researcher in architecture at the University of Toronto. Her work focuses on transnational exchanges within the post-war Italian intellectual debate. Translation is an important part of her work, whether from French, German or Italian. After a first editorial experience at GAM (Graz Architecture Magazine), she joined As Found in 2021.
