In 1954 there existed in Amsterdam around 200 playgrounds designed by Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck, which in turn gave him the opportunity to design what is considered one of the most significant buildings in modern architectural history: the Amsterdam Orphanage. Completed in 1960, the building has been visited...
The Berlin design firm AAS, founded in 1999 and helmed by Pierre Jorge Gonzalez and Judith Haase, has established a formidable global reputation. Their purist yet offbeat style has left its mark on built spaces around the world, from large-scale art installations to retail stores to luxurious private dwellings to...
In 1976, 10 years after his retirement from the practice of architecture, Barragan accepted the commission of two young publicists passionate about his architecture and designed the Giraldi House. This masterpiece was the last built project of Pritzker Prize winner Luis Barragan ́s prolific career.
Gilardi House aims to disseminate the complete history of the project, from the first sketch to its construction. It presents for the very first-time documents, plans, images, sketches and memories of distinguished visitors, ambitioning to shed light about this unpublished and largely unknown masterpiece and unique cultural establishment. This book not only unpacks original documentation of the project, but also includes critical reflections by contemporary architects and critics who have visited this private house, sharing a critical approach and a unique lesson for today’s architecture.
Born from his fascination with ancient architecture and a personal rediscovery of its beauty through materials such as wood, stone, earth and thatch, the aspiring architecture student Yukio Futagawa set out in the mid-1950s to photograph ‘minka’, the traditional rural houses of Japan. This experience would be instrumental in shifting...
Like light passing through a prism to reveal its many colors, the myriad expressions of the Earth unfold through the seasons. We’ve long moved with their simple and sacred rhythm; they are the primary gateway through which the human engages with cycles of creation, destruction, and renewal. But today we...
Watch your front lawn as it transforms into a work of art. Mounds, rings, sculptures and forms you could never imagine emerge from once-flat grass lawns. A perfect example of 16 artists’ using nature’s resources, this book highlights the innovative style of these artists who use grass lawns as their...
Following the calamitous events of 2011 in Japan, Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama began to look at the link between materials and energy related to daily life, such as household goods, homes, food, and waste. They sought ways to reinvent how we live, from dependence on infrastructure and industry...
Experiments in architectural education in the post–World War II era that challenged and transformed architectural discourse and practice.
In the decades after World War II, new forms of learning transformed architectural education. These radical experiments sought to upend disciplinary foundations and conventional assumptions about the nature of architecture as much...
Architectural research is in re/action to this climate crisis. “Transcalar Prospects in Climate Crisis” offers a vital compilation of research projects and essays reflecting the investigative efforts at EPFL Architecture. Addressing critical issues like material uses, land and soil degradation,...
Written and visual contributions from social scientists and artists offering a vibrant and multifaceted perspective on the phenomenon of walking
Walking is as much a cultural practice as it is an embodied experience. The contributions in this book highlight the interrelations between bodies, knowledge, places, affects and other materialities through...
Reyner Banham: A Set of Actual Tracks brings a contemporary critical lens to the work of Reyner Banham, one of the most prescient architectural and design critics of the 20th century.
Sixteen of the acerbic historian’s essays and book chapters have been selected by the book’s contributors, ranging from classics such...
Social Design includes all design-related movements that support a sustainable lifestyle and present alternatives to current social and economic systems and solutions. This book explains the concept of Social Design in an interdisciplinary, visual and accessible manner. It serves as a reference work for professionals and students, and as a...
Francois Halard's unique photographic sensibility--old-world elegant and bohemian, accessible and personal--is unmistakable. Each image is imbued with the intimate knowledge of design history, each story a lesson in a master's point of view.
This book is a continuation of his last volume of gorgeous photography of grand interiors, artists' studios,...
Essential: A Design Guide for Life by acclaimed Spanish designer Miguel Milá (1931–2024) is a braided narrative weaving artist manifesto with family history with notes on living and living well. Originally published in Spanish as Lo esencial to much success in 2019 and translated into English by the award-winning Valerie...
New York Living Rooms is the first instalment in Dominique Nabokov’s holy trinity of interior photography works, re-issued by Apartamento Publishing more than two decades after it was first published in 1998. Originally commissioned as a photo essay for the
Apartamento is excited to re-release Paris Living Rooms almost two decades after it was first published in 2002. The second instalment in Dominique Nabokov’s holy trinity of interior photography works, it also follows the re-release of New York Living Rooms earlier this year. Nabokov calls these images her interior ‘portraits’...
More than three decades after its original publication, this new edition of Tokyo Style revives a cult classic and token collector’s item. Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s timeless photographs offer an intimate look at Tokyo homes as they are truly inhabited, presented here with a refreshed design that preserves the original book’s generous...
For Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats, their architectural practice is approached through drawing – meticulous and meditative to the point of fixation. This is how they describe it in this issue, which explores their unique design process, featuring their projects, drawings, and models, and covering more than 25 years...
The PIN–UP Domesticity Issue, guest-edited by Frida Escobedo. This issue brings together critical work by Escobedo’s friends and colleagues and her own research archive on domesticity, its theoretical implications, and its material challenges. From intimate conversations about family rituals to beautiful interiors that defy how we think about comfort and luxury. Cover image by Asger Carlsen.
The only comprehensive book on the fascinating life and work of the celebrated architectural designer, John Pawson
This visual biography brings together John Pawson’s architecture, life, clients, travel, photography, design, books, and ideas. Written by Deyan Sudjic, an architectural historian and long-time friend, it explores the full scope of Pawson’s...
A captivating exploration of Mexican architecture, from iconic homes by legendary masters to new groundbreaking work shaping the future of design.
Mexico has long been a wellspring of inspiration for designers, with its rich architectural heritage shaping both national and international discourse. Visionary architects featured in this book such as Agustín...