Fiona Tan: Goraiko
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Published in conjunction with Fiona Tan’s eponymous exhibition at Sprengel Museum Hannover, which celebrates her being awarded the SPECTRUM International Prize for Photography of the Stiftung Niedersachsen in 2019, this book reflects the artist’s differentiated use of photography on a comprehensive scale, taking account of the phenomenon of time and at the interface with(...)
Fiona Tan: Goraiko
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Published in conjunction with Fiona Tan’s eponymous exhibition at Sprengel Museum Hannover, which celebrates her being awarded the SPECTRUM International Prize for Photography of the Stiftung Niedersachsen in 2019, this book reflects the artist’s differentiated use of photography on a comprehensive scale, taking account of the phenomenon of time and at the interface with the medium of film. ‘Goraiko’ translates as “the coming of the light”, and refers to the sunrise as seen from the top of Mt. Fuji, the highest point in Japan.
Photography monographs
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Ecological Urban Architecture describes architectural and infrastructural design approaches to sustainable urban development. Focusing on qualitative aspects of the ecological, the book identifies fields in which architectural and urban designers can use their creative skills and methods to achieve sustainable results on the urban scale. Leading experts from around the(...)
Ecological urban architecture: qualitative approaches to sustainability
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Ecological Urban Architecture describes architectural and infrastructural design approaches to sustainable urban development. Focusing on qualitative aspects of the ecological, the book identifies fields in which architectural and urban designers can use their creative skills and methods to achieve sustainable results on the urban scale. Leading experts from around the world provide in-depth information on the complexity of ecological design in urban environments in response to four themes for creating qualitative outcomes: Materialize, Mobilize, Simulate, and Transform.
Green Architecture
Curating art now
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''Curating Art Now'' is a timely reflection on the practice of curating and the role of the art curator during a period of rapid change. Curating has a pivotal position in the art world: it is embedded in the identity and expertise of the museum and plays an ever-increasing role in the commercial art sector too. Current curatorial practice encompasses a wide range of(...)
Curating art now
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''Curating Art Now'' is a timely reflection on the practice of curating and the role of the art curator during a period of rapid change. Curating has a pivotal position in the art world: it is embedded in the identity and expertise of the museum and plays an ever-increasing role in the commercial art sector too. Current curatorial practice encompasses a wide range of activities, from the care of collections in museums to the presentation of large-scale contemporary biennials, and from collaboration with artists to presentations of work on digital platforms.
Museology
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Carscadden Thrift is structured in the spirit of the translation from drawing (speculation) to material (actual). Photographs document the messy realities of construction and are referenced to select drawings. The analogy to a set of contract documents is obvious but not superficial. It requires readers to examine both in order to understand the nature of a project --(...)
January 2012
Carscadden Thrift: selected works
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Carscadden Thrift is structured in the spirit of the translation from drawing (speculation) to material (actual). Photographs document the messy realities of construction and are referenced to select drawings. The analogy to a set of contract documents is obvious but not superficial. It requires readers to examine both in order to understand the nature of a project -- projects that taken collectively describe the culture of the studio and the firm's attempts to understand questions posited by the constraints of scale, site and schedule.
A+U 454 Beijing 2008
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A never ending succession of large-scale projects in China has attracted world-wide attention, in particular the ambitious development projects in Beijing, host city of the 2008 Olympics. Three of the most notable and eagerly anticipated are examined here – namely the National Stadium Beijing, the Beijing National Aquatics Center, and the China Central Television (CCTV)(...)
A+U 454 Beijing 2008
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A never ending succession of large-scale projects in China has attracted world-wide attention, in particular the ambitious development projects in Beijing, host city of the 2008 Olympics. Three of the most notable and eagerly anticipated are examined here – namely the National Stadium Beijing, the Beijing National Aquatics Center, and the China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters through plans and photographs. In addition a survey of the top 50 recent architectural projects in Beijing is included, accompanied by a handy map of the city which indicates their locations.
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Forma urbana : Architensions
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The projects presented in the book range from small scale to urban interventions and focus on the human experience aspects of urbanism and speed. Forma Urbana proposes buildings that work as living organisms in their own specific context. The book is divided in three sections: Collapse, Acceleration, Simultaneity and are complemented with essays by international(...)
Forma urbana : Architensions
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The projects presented in the book range from small scale to urban interventions and focus on the human experience aspects of urbanism and speed. Forma Urbana proposes buildings that work as living organisms in their own specific context. The book is divided in three sections: Collapse, Acceleration, Simultaneity and are complemented with essays by international architects and critics such as Luca Galofaro, Giancarlo Mazzanti and Yehuda E. Safran.
Urban Theory
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Blueberry Express is a collection of images from New York based / Japanese artist Misaki Kawai. The book features the larger scale paintings, sculptural installations and snapshots of her working in her New York studio over the past two years. Misaki Kawai has had solo exhibitions around the world, including the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Watari(...)
Illustration
December 2009
Misaki Kawai: blueberry express
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Blueberry Express is a collection of images from New York based / Japanese artist Misaki Kawai. The book features the larger scale paintings, sculptural installations and snapshots of her working in her New York studio over the past two years. Misaki Kawai has had solo exhibitions around the world, including the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo; and has been featured in shows at PS1 and Deitch Projects in New York. She is currently represented by Take Ninagawa in Tokyo and Galleri Loyal in Sweden.
Illustration
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2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the Mies van der Rohe Award, considered to be one of the most important awards in architecture today. The prize acknowledges the varied and rich panorama of architectural production in Europe and supports emerging new architects, encouraging work across the European Union and trans-national commissions. The jury selections for this(...)
European Union Prize for contemporary architecture: Mies van der Rohe Award 2007
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2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the Mies van der Rohe Award, considered to be one of the most important awards in architecture today. The prize acknowledges the varied and rich panorama of architectural production in Europe and supports emerging new architects, encouraging work across the European Union and trans-national commissions. The jury selections for this edition range from private houses, public housing, museums, cultural and sports facilities to large-scale urban and infrastructure projects.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Readers are taken step-by-step through the process of designing a book to give it personal style as well as visual coherence and authority. Design principles such as scale, cropping, pacing, and typography are explored in relation to each example, along with commentary on how to create effective title pages, tables of contents, captions, and more.
Indie publishing ; how to design and produce your own book
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Readers are taken step-by-step through the process of designing a book to give it personal style as well as visual coherence and authority. Design principles such as scale, cropping, pacing, and typography are explored in relation to each example, along with commentary on how to create effective title pages, tables of contents, captions, and more.
Book Design
Sanuel Hoppe: NIVAL
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"NIVAL" is a collection of photographs taken by Samuel Hoppe between 2019 and 2023 in the French Alps, the Pyrenees, and the Jotunheimen (Norway). Photographed in the higher elevations of these different mountain ranges, the subjects are stark and desolate, at once forbidding, alien, and sublime. The sweeping, panoramic vistas of peaks, snowy landscapes, and rock-strewn(...)
Sanuel Hoppe: NIVAL
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"NIVAL" is a collection of photographs taken by Samuel Hoppe between 2019 and 2023 in the French Alps, the Pyrenees, and the Jotunheimen (Norway). Photographed in the higher elevations of these different mountain ranges, the subjects are stark and desolate, at once forbidding, alien, and sublime. The sweeping, panoramic vistas of peaks, snowy landscapes, and rock-strewn slopes fill page after page, a formidable portrait of the grandiose power and limitless scale of geological time. With graphic design by Julien Hourcade.
Photography monographs