Ricardo Bofill is one of the 20th century’s most unique architects and radical visionaries. His visions for urban and communal life challenged preconceived notions of shared space and proposed alternative styles of living.
This monograph explores his revolutionary approach by profiling his greatest projects like La Fábrica, Walden 7, La...
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documents, plans, images, sketches and memories of distinguished visitors, ambitioning to shed light about this unpublished and largely unknown masterpiece and unique cultural establishment.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.
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.
Having stood empty for almost forty years since being decommissioned in 1983, Battersea Power Station reopened its doors to great fanfare in 2022. Originally designed in the 1930s by renowned architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the Grade II* Listed Power Station’s thirty-year neglect had created a modern ruin. It was...
Manthey Kula was founded in 2004 by architects Beate Hølmebakk and Per Tamsen. The office works at the intersection of architecture, landscape architecture and art, paying special attention to site, form and narrative.
Projects by Manthey Kula have been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2009,...
This book accompanies the 'Materiae Palimpsest' exhibition at the Moroccan Pavilion’s debut in the 19th Venice Biennale. More than a showcase of the scenographic installation, it explores the Pavilion’s core theme: construction techniques using local materials. Extending this reflection through a multiscalar lens, it examines climate challenges, ecological responsibility, knowledge...
The ultimate resource on international graffiti writing culture, newly expanded and back in print.
First published in 2009, All City Writers: An Oral History in Times of Change set a new standard for books on graffiti writing. With a revolutionary approach, the book reconstructed the story of the "graffiti diaspora"...
148 Oblique Drawings by Serban Ionescu (and 1 large machine made of words) lures readers into Serban Ionescu’s sketchbook where the artist’s vibrant creations, with their playful, architectural spirit, live alongside a poem made with the help of friends and family of the Ionescu–Apartamento universes. The art book compiles a...
The stucco workshops of Cairo blur the lines between atelier, showroom, and artistic statement. Their facades and interior walls are adorned with patterns that double as catalogs of ornate designs, where the decorative systems of the Belle Époque collide with pop culture icons—acanthus leaves meet Mickey Mouse—in a striking visual...
"Arturo Soto (MX) grew up listening to his father's stories about his youth in the twin cities of Juárez (Mexico) and El Paso (USA), fascinated by how much things had changed in just a generation. Over time, he compiled and narratively shaped his father's memories, then photographed the sites where...
At the age of fifteen, Sofia Coppola took up a summer internship at the Chanel studio in Paris, moving from her family home in Northern California. This indelible experience initiated a relationship with the fashion House which has flourished over decades and resulted in numerous collaborations. The latest is this...
Developed and published by ERG Media, Artifacts is as an art book providing an unparalleled view into the Porsche Historic Archive, a curated collection from the millions of items that have weaved the fabric of Porsche over the last 75 years, from engineering notebooks to the original sketch of the...
The new edition of the benchmark work originally published by the Dieter and Ingeborg Rams Foundation and Jo Klatt.
Few product designs have the staying power of creations by Dieter Rams. Almost everything produced by one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century is today considered a classic....
The career of the pioneering designer Muriel Cooper, whose work spanned media from printed book to software interface; generously illustrated in color.
Muriel Cooper (1925–1994) was the pioneering designer who created the iconic MIT Press colophon (or logo)—seven bars that represent the lowercase letters “mitp” as abstracted books on a...
Otto Neurath’s famous “Modern Man in the Making”, first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1939, captures and describes the state of the world in the 1930s by using text and figurative illustrations. From 1925 onwards, Neurath and his team...
Adrian Henri (1932-2000) was a painter, poet, musician and a pioneer of happenings and events in Britain. This book covers his work from the 1960s and 70s when it was at its most radical, irreverent, innovative and collaborative through paintings, collages, prints, artefacts and ephemera, rock posters, annotated scripts,...
Clara Istlerová (born 1944) was one of few female designers in the male-dominated field of Czech typography. Born into an artistic family, she studied under František Muzika at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Working entirely in analog processes, she created the design for one of...