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The long-awaited monograph on the Turner Prize–winning architecture collective Assemble, gathering more than a decade of their groundbreaking collaborative work.

Architecture collective Assemble has transformed the definition of a successful young practice by working on temporary, small-scale, community-based projects, often reusing sites and materials. Described by architecture critic Edwin Heathcote as “young, widely admired and increasingly influential,” they are the future of architecture and the antithesis of the faceless corporate juggernaut.

This retrospective of the first decade or so of Assemble’s dynamic work highlights how their methods, working practices, interest in craft and building, and focus on reuse and material choices set them apart from other architecture practices. Based on extensive interviews with partners, and the group’s archives and documentation of their projects, the book is itself a collaborative labor of love, drawing together nearly forty major pieces of work through stunning photography, drawings, and text. Their projects range as widely as Granby Four Streets—a community-led project to rebuild a derelict neighborhood in Liverpool—to a brewery in rural Japan and a train depot renovation in Arles.

A stunning celebration of the architect’s residential masterpieces

Louis Kahn (1901–1974), one of the most important architects of the postwar period, is widely admired for his great monumental works, including the Kimbell Art Museum, the Salk Institute, and the National Assembly Complex in Bangladesh. However, the importance of his houses has been largely overlooked. This beautiful book is the first to look at Kahn’s nine major private houses. Beginning with his earliest encounters with Modernism in the late 1920s and continuing through his iconic work of the 1960s and 1970s, the authors trace the evolution 

Recent builds from the architecture firm known for its theory of “specific neutrality” and its manifesto on collective housing.

Founded in Rotterdam in 2000, architectural firm Atelier Kempe Thill is renowned for its neutral, economical and innovative designs. A sequel to Hatje Cantz’s 2012 publication, Atelier Kempe Thill 2 presents...

This publication presents five Swiss architects providing insight on their “good plans” with short texts and images: Elli Mosayebi (EMI Architekten); Jeannette Kuo (Karamuk Kuo Architects); Maria Conen (Conen Sigl Architekt:innen); Lütjens Padmanabhan (Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten); Philipp Esch (Esch ­Sintzel Architekten).

Apartment floor plans have a decisive influence on our lives....

The book 'Diagrams' is intentionally unfinished to show readers the various stages of the production process. The codes and colours refer to shared standards, provide useful production data and function as diagrams. The pages have been printed, folded and sewn, but not cut. The printed sheets inside are fully exposed....

Originating in 1832 in Chicago with a balloon-framed warehouse designed by George Washington Snow, the technique of timber framing—also known at the time as “Chicago construction”—introduced softwood construction to the world. Timber frame construction quickly came to...

This introductory volume launches a new series that reflects on architect Norman Foster’s career from the 1970s until today, through his sketchbooks. Edited by architectural historian Jorge Sainz, more than 500 drawings are presented in a comprehensive collection which contains insights into the design process of Foster’s most influential projects,...

This volume presents sketches of both realized and unrealized designs by the Czech architect Martin Rajnis (born 1944), accompanied by Rajnis' personal reflections on the field of contemporary architecture and his life and working methods.

The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883–1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His extraordinary Art Deco furniture is avidly collected and his visionary glass house, the Maison de Verre, is celebrated, but the breadth of his design genius has been little explored. Chareau linked architecture, fine arts, and style;...

As his starting point for the aesthetic we have come to love as Art Deco, French furniture and interior designer E.-J. Ruhlmann’s pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes presented the fair’s most celebrated displays and thereby began our enduring appreciation for the international design...

The country house dining room was an elaborate theatre for Georgian elites to entertain their guests and, more importantly, show-off their wealth, power and social status. Every detail was carefully orchestrated, usually by the lady of the house, from the decor and tableware to the food and drink served.

Decorated...

With ‘Architecture à Emporter’, interior architect Marion Mailaender explores design in all its forms, from architecture to DIY and open-source practices. Architecture is explored as a work in progress, where the aesthetics of the unfinished are celebrated. The project highlights the construction phases that shape space, serving as a reminder...

With his houses flooded with light, Austria-American architect Richard J. Neutra (1892-1970) shaped the scene of Californian Modernism. From there he rose to be one of the most influential names in the history of modern architecture. However, in contrast to his peers - such as Aalto, Breuer, Jacobsen and Prouvé...

Chicago was a well-loved subject of writer Carl Sandburg. Committed to the working class, his poems vividly recount the people who labored to make and remake the city during its heady period of growth in the 1910s and 1920s: the “shovel stiffs” and “work plugs” breathing life into “the junk...

On graphic design's complicity in power and what can be done to transform the field
Moving beyond the usual forms endemic to the graphic design canon, Designing History studies bureaucratic instruments such as money, passports, certificates, property deeds and more. Such documents produce identity, assign ownership and ascribe value. They stabilize...

Typography is the heartbeat of graphic design. It's more than the gateway to an enjoyable and efficient reading experience. It's a language that expresses more than mere words and sentences – an art form that speaks volumes in silence.
New Aesthetic delves into the enigmatic realms of creative expression, uniting a...

Brands aren’t just intruding on culture, they are our culture: they are the sponsored mechanisms for constructing and manipulating meaning and human identity. But should we cede such a fundamental human need to the market? If not, why not, and is there an alternative?

A compact pocketbook composed of four...

Identity Is Variable explores the intimate connections between who we are and how we express ourselves through type. Design studios XYZ Type and Polymode collaborated to invite 15 diverse voices from the design world to discuss the ways their personal and cultural identities resonate with typography, through personal narratives, critical...

In this project Gamper collected disused chairs from alleyways and friends' homes and reassembled them — one per day — into poetic and often humorous forms.

William Morris (1834–1896) was a pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Movement and one of the most influential designers of all time. This exquisitely designed and richly illustrated book brings together more than four hundred of Morris’s ingenious textile and wallpaper patterns in a fascinating, broadly chronological sequence, offering an...

Murano glass production at the prestigious Venetian event from the 1910s to the 1930s.

The presence of Murano glass at the Venice Biennale dates back to the early twentieth century when these precious, fragile artefacts were occasionally exhibited at the event. It was only from the 1910s onwards that glass works...

Tactile and playful textiles, ceramics, furniture and more from Hella Jongerius' studio archive.

For over three decades, Dutch designer Hella Jongerius (born 1963) has played a seminal role in shaping the field of industrial design, bridging craft and industry, theory and intuition. Her work spans textiles, ceramics, furniture and interiors--always...