A growing awareness of existing building materials and timber constructions is reflected in the new relevance historical and simple construction techniques have gained today. Wood is increasingly being used in construction and sustainable products, as wooden joints without nails or glue inspire thinking about material life cycles and...
For more than 20 years the French duo Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal have pursued a unique approach to housing that integrates outdoor areas modeled on the winter garden. Their projects are open to the climate, transparent, and permeable, designed to work with rather than against climate. This book is...
This building monograph depicts a small summer house designed by the highly respected but hitherto scarcely researched architect Axel Kandell (1916—2003). Located in the southern part of the Stockholmv Archipelago, the ‘Master Carpenter’s Cabin’ captures the essence of Kandells limited but meticulously elaborated architectural oeuvre. The book includes an essay...
Embark on a journey around the planet and discover the world’s most beautiful tennis courts through the sun-drenched photography of Emanuele D’Angelo of Broken Rackets. Published by ERG Media, Paradise Courts features a curated selection of over 200 original images by D’Angelo, highlighting the exclusive courts of five-star hotels as...
Since The 1950s, Egypt Has Developed A Dozen New Towns In The Desert Outside Of Cairo. Intended To Alleviate A Growing Demand For Housing In The Capital, Most Have Never Been Completed. Edited By Marc Angélil And Charlotte Malterre-barthes, This Book Presents The First Systematic Exploration Of These Cities, Analysing...
’Om (Mother)' is a collaborative photography project by Barbara Debeuckelaere (BE) and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in Hebron, Palestine. The entanglement of small and heavily guarded Israeli settlements severely restricts the freedom of movement of Palestinian residents. Although both men and women suffer from this...
How do we make sense of the Earth at a moment in which it is presented in crisis?
Geostories is a manifesto for the environmental imagination that renders sensible the issues of climate change and through geographic fiction invites readers to relate to the complexity of Earth systems in their vast scales of time and space. The series of architectural projects becomes a medium to synthesize different forms and scales of knowledge on technological externalities, such as oil extraction, deep-sea mining, ocean acidification, water shortage, air pollution, trash, space debris, and a host of other social-ecological issues.
About the architect Poul Kjærholm's (1929-1980) life and work as a furniture designer. With a list of works 1948-1980.
Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980) was a trained cabinetmaker who completed his studies at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts, and became one of the icons of Danish furniture design. Using...
Over a career spanning six decades, architect Paul Revere Williams came to define what gracious living looked like for the Hollywood elite. Williams mastered an array of architectural idioms—including American Colonial, Spanish Mediterranean, English Tudor, French Normandy, Art Deco, and, of course, the California ranch style—to create the sophisticated yet...
A vase is never merely a container. As Georges Braque once said, "the vase gives form to emptiness": ever since the earliest human civilizations, this object has had a purpose that is greater than its function and it perennially invites experimentation in shape and expression.
The 1,000 vases presented in...
The twentieth century saw many developments in printing techniques and how fonts were made. Beginning with cold metal type at the start of the century, the industry moved to hot metal type, phototypesetting, and finally digitization. In each phase, certain type designers excelled in harnessing the latest techniques to create...
Over a career spanning more than thirty years and a vast array of mediums, Korean-born artist Do Ho Suh’s work has circled around a constellation of recurring themes: memory, belonging, domesticity, corporeality, monuments, and collectivity. Anatomy is the first comprehensive survey of this interrelated and expanding body of work. It...
This post-exhibition catalog revisits David Hammons’ 2019 show at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. A singular book created entirely under the artist’s direction, this publication illustrates the most expansive exhibition of this legendary artist’s work to date.
Said critic Jonathan Griffin of the original exhibition, "Alongside finished artworks, including framed...
This set of 40 postcards features 20 favorite designs from a spectacular sourcebook of Deco-era Japanese design. Launched in the late 1920s, The Complete Commercial Artist (Gendai shogyo bijutsu zenshu) showcased work by Japan’s early design visionaries in 24 volumes discussing posters, window displays, lighted signs and more. The colorful...