Selection of Book Publications
Lehmann, S. and Feireiss, Kristin (eds), Arata Isozaki: The 3rd Generation Art Museum, AEDES Architecture Gallery, Berlin and Vienna; exhibition catalogue, with essays by Daniel Libeskind and Wulf Herzogenrath.
The exhibition catalogue of December 1993, an architecture show Lehmann curated to introduce Isozaki’s concept of the 3rd generation art gallery.
1994
Lehmann, S., Sterf, Stefan, Riccius, Tanja, and Feireiss, Kristin (eds), Huelle, Schwere, Licht (Enclosure, Gravity, Light), AEDES Architecture Gallery, Berlin.
The exhibition catalogue of October 1995
1995
Lehmann, S. and Moenninger, Michael (eds), Steffen Lehmann: breite x hoehe x tiefe. Monography, Junius Verlag, Hamburg, with an essay by Brian Hatton (in English and German).
A monograph on the work of Steffen Lehmann from 1990 to 1997, edited by Michael Moenninger, one of Germany's most eminent architecture critics.
1997
Lehmann, S. (ed.), Der Turm zu Babel: Architektur für das dritte Jahrtausend; with texts by Heinrich Klotz and Wolf Prix; Jovis Publisher/ZDF, Berlin and Mainz (in German).
This publication is the transcript of a one-hour televised debate between Lehmann, Klotz, and Prix on the future of architecture and the direction the discipline should take.
1999
Lehmann, S. and Raspe, Caroline (eds), Rethinking: Space, Time, Architecture. Staatliche Museen Berlin, UIA, and Jovis Verlag, Berlin
(in English and German).
This exhibition catalogue documents 100 site-specific installations across Berlin's city centre, each a collaboration between artists and architects.
2002
Lehmann, S., Der Weg Brasiliens in die Moderne, Eine Bewertung und Einordnung der modernen Architektur Brasiliens, LIT-Verlag, Muenster and Berlin (in German).
This authored book traces the evolution of Brazilian architecture from the avant-garde movements of the 1920s to the inauguration of Brasília in 1956.
2003
Lehmann, S. (ed.) 2005. Absolutely Public: Crossover Art and Architecture, Images Publishing, Melbourne.
This catalogue documents a collaborative exhibition featuring site-specific installations across Brisbane, Australia, each realised through a partnership between artists and architects.
2005
Lehmann, S. (ed.), Back to the City: Strategies for Informal Urban Interventions, Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart and Berlin.
This publication documents 30 site-specific installations and temporary interventions aimed at the urban regeneration of declining city centres.
2009
Lehmann, S., Al-Qawasmi, J. and Al Waer, H. (eds), Proceedings for the International Conference: Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development, Vol. I-IV, CSAAR Press / CIB and iiSBE Conference, Amman (4 volumes).
Lehmann co-organised an international conference held in the Middle East and co-edited the resulting proceedings, published in four volumes.
2010
Lehmann, S., The Principles of Green Urbanism: Transforming the City for Sustainability, Earthscan/Routledge, London and New York (editions in English and Chinese).
This 900-page authored volume presents a holistic methodology for sustainable urban development, drawing on international case studies to advocate integrated green strategies in post-industrial contexts. Widely cited, it has significantly influenced sustainable city planning and teaching worldwide, establishing key principles of resource efficiency and urban regeneration.
2010
Lehmann, S. and Crocker, Robert (eds), Designing for Zero Waste: Consumption, Technologies and the Built Environment, Earthscan for Routledge, London.
This interdisciplinary study explores the intersection of consumer behaviour, technology, and the built environment in the context of waste reduction. It advances the concept of the circular economy by reframing waste as a misallocated resource and promoting sustainable design approaches across products, buildings, and cities.
2012
Crocker, Robert and Lehmann, S. (eds), Motivating Change: Consumption, Behaviour and Sustainable Design, Earthscan for Routledge, London.
This book examines the collective forces driving behavioural change, exploring the interplay between consumption, media, and social innovation in advancing sustainable design practices.
2013
Lehmann, S. (ed.), Low Carbon Cities: Transforming Urban Systems, Routledge, London and New York.
This edited volume investigates strategies for retrofitting existing urban infrastructures toward low-carbon outcomes, addressing energy-efficient systems, resilient urban form, and sustainable mobility. It has become an essential reference for practitioners and scholars in sustainable urbanism.
2015
Lehmann, S. and Condello, Annette, Sustainable Lina: Lina Bo Bardi’s Adaptive Reuse Projects, Springer, Amsterdam and New York, with an essay by Barry Bergdoll.
This book examines the work of Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi from the 1960s to the 1990s as a socially engaged approach to sustainability. It analyses her adaptive reuse strategies — transforming existing structures rather than demolishing them.
2016
Bay, J.H. Philip and Lehmann, S. (eds), Growing Compact: Urban Form, Density and Sustainability, Routledge, London and New York.
This book addresses one of the defining challenges of future cities: contextualising urban density in response to climate change. It presents a broad discussion of urban form and density models that may guide the future configuration of cities.
2017
Lehmann, S., Urban Regeneration: A Manifesto for Regenerating UK Cities in the Age of Climate Change, Palgrave Macmillan, London; with essays by Malcolm Smith and Gerorge Ferguson.
This book functions as both a practical guide and a strategic manifesto for transforming post-industrial cities into resilient, sustainable, compact, and mixed-use urban environments. It can be read as a contemporary successor to the seminal 1999 Urban Task Force report, Towards an Urban Renaissance.
2019
Lehmann, S. and Ansari, Iman (eds), BILLBOARD. 25 Years of Design Teaching and Research, UNLV Press, Las Vegas.
This edited volume presents a curated review of selected outcomes from design studios at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Architecture.
2019
Di Raimo, Antonio, Lehmann, S. and Melis, A. (eds), Informality through Sustainability: Urban Informality Now, Routledge, London and New York.
This 25-chapter anthology reconceptualises urban informality as a sustainable, citizen-led opportunity rather than a problem, exploring how informal settlements and practices can offer resilient, locally driven responses to urban crises across both the Global South and the Global North.
2021
Lehmann, S., Trans-Atlantic Engagements: German Educators’ Contribution to and Impact on US Architectural Education, ORO Editions, San Francisco.
This authored book investigates the enduring influence of German-born architects and educators on American architectural pedagogy over the past eight decades. It examines the legacy of the Bauhaus, profiles contemporary educators, and traces the cross-fertilisation of German and American design education.
2021
Lehmann, S. and Malis, A. (eds), Resilient Communities, D-Editore, Rome, published in conjunction with the 17th International Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy (in English and Italian).
This exhibition catalogue for the Italian Pavilion explores how architecture and urban design can respond to climate change through sustainable and inclusive approaches to community building. The pavilion's theme: Resilient Communities (Comunità Resilienti).
2022
Lehmann, S., Reimagining the Library of the Future: Public Buildings and Civic Space for Tomorrow’s Knowledge Society, ORO Editions, San Francisco.
This book analyses 40 recent public and academic libraries from around the world, demonstrating through a survey of precedents how historical examples continue to inform the evolving design of contemporary libraries and civic knowledge spaces.
2022
Lehmann, S. and Szopińska-Mularz, M. (eds), Novel Trends in Urban Planning for Building Resilience, Buildings - Special Issue, MDPI Publishing, Basel, Switzerland.
This edited publication maps emerging trends in urban planning aimed at strengthening social, economic, and environmental resilience across cities of varying scales and densities.
2025
Lehmann, S., Designing for the Desert: Building and Living in an Extreme Climate, ORO Editions, 2027.
Drawing on Steffen Lehmann's ongoing research and practice, this forthcoming book examines sustainable urbanism, architectural strategies, and material innovations for living in hot, arid climates.
2027
