{"product_id":"ark-journal-13","title":"Ark Journal 13","description":"\u003cp\u003eARK JOURNAL VOLUME XIII contemplates the quiet force of obsession, a power that fuels creation and transformation, that drives to protect, preserve and perfect.\u003cbr\u003eObsession can be a love that nourishes, that pushes boundaries and brings ideas to fruition. In those who embrace it, obsession becomes a bridge to understanding, elevating the creator and the creation to something timeless, profound and beautifully enduring.\u003cbr\u003eIn this issue, Ark Journal celebrates the journeys of individuals across music, art, design, interiors and architecture whose passion and authenticity are united by the force of obsession.\u003cbr\u003e[MORE]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHOMES\u003cbr\u003eA country home in southern Jutland rewilded to instil a sense of history, a Philip Johnson house restored with patience, determination and humility, a joyous experimental loft in New York and obsessive nuance in a 1930s Danish beach house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINTERVIEW\u003cbr\u003eAcross seven decades of practice, the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has framed a language of his own, elemental and deeply moving, drawing on memories, the subconscious and a close reading of context and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINSERT\u003cbr\u003eFor five years, the independent and non-commercial music platform Brodie Sessions has created and hosted music in unique architectural spaces and captured them on analogue film. A tribute to lovingly crafted musical moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLIVING ARCHITECTURE\u003cbr\u003eA high point of French late modernism, Villa Weil is a pure expression of architecture, an abstract object that lies elemental in its rural landscape, preserved and shared as a cultural project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESIGN\u003cbr\u003eBent, folded and curved, the metal sculptural forms of Umberto Bellardi Ricci staged in a landmark New York penthouse, echo the angular matrix of the interior and the cityscape that inspired their shapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eART\u003cbr\u003eIn a poetic and transient tribute to the Manitoga estate of American pioneer designer Russel Wright, an artist and a photographer capture the soul of the location with a fleeting gesture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCASE STUDY\u003cbr\u003eIn a quiescent and calm interior, deceptively simple lines and nuanced tones of wood invite a contemplation of form and balance, and the rewarding paradox of rich austerity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eESSAY\u003cbr\u003eArtist Jan Gleie discusses the process of capturing the dreamy images of his photo essay, the personal, almost random choices driven by atmosphere and memories of childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArk Journal is more than just a publication; it’s a celebration of the beauty and simplicity that defines Scandinavian design and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ark Journal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47338076504284,"sku":"ARK13","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/9746\/1724\/files\/NEW-WI20258983.jpg?v=1765395852","url":"https:\/\/stoutbooks.com\/products\/ark-journal-13","provider":"William Stout Architectural Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}