2G 78 : Junya Ishigami
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Japanese architect Junya Ishigami (born 1974) became known for his proposal for the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2008. The following year, he completed the Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop, and with these two works he was already acclaimed as one of the most innovative Japanese architects. Issue 78 of 2G surveys his career to date.
August 2019
2G 78 : Junya Ishigami
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Japanese architect Junya Ishigami (born 1974) became known for his proposal for the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2008. The following year, he completed the Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop, and with these two works he was already acclaimed as one of the most innovative Japanese architects. Issue 78 of 2G surveys his career to date.
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An unnamed narrator, beset by nervous ailments, journeys across Europe to Vienna, Venice, Verona, Riva, and finally to his childhood home in a small Bavarian village. He is also journeying into the past. Traveling in the footsteps of Stendhal, Casanova, and Kafka, the narrator draws the reader, line by line, into a dizzying web of history, biography, legends, literature,(...)
Vertigo
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An unnamed narrator, beset by nervous ailments, journeys across Europe to Vienna, Venice, Verona, Riva, and finally to his childhood home in a small Bavarian village. He is also journeying into the past. Traveling in the footsteps of Stendhal, Casanova, and Kafka, the narrator draws the reader, line by line, into a dizzying web of history, biography, legends, literature, and — most perilously — memories.
Literature and poetry
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This publication gathers the interior photographs of Amy Simon. Like the apartment depicted in these images, the places where Simon works hold special significance for her, attuned as she is to the mood and suggestiveness of interiors. Further exploring Simon's engagement with issues of domesticity, the book features a series of new drawings and wallpaper designs recently(...)
Amy Simon: a different state of mind
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This publication gathers the interior photographs of Amy Simon. Like the apartment depicted in these images, the places where Simon works hold special significance for her, attuned as she is to the mood and suggestiveness of interiors. Further exploring Simon's engagement with issues of domesticity, the book features a series of new drawings and wallpaper designs recently exhibited at the Venice Biennale.
Photography monographs
Log 20 Fall 2010
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Log 20, published on the occasion of the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale, considers curating architecture both within its contemporary guises and historical lineage. Practitioners from New York to Paris, Montreal to Tokyo propose curating as advocacy, as atmosphere, and as architecture itself, assembling in this special thematic issue what is arguably the first(...)
Log 20 Fall 2010
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Log 20, published on the occasion of the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale, considers curating architecture both within its contemporary guises and historical lineage. Practitioners from New York to Paris, Montreal to Tokyo propose curating as advocacy, as atmosphere, and as architecture itself, assembling in this special thematic issue what is arguably the first compendium of contemporary practices on this emerging discourse.
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20 + years of Witte de With
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Since its inception in 1990, Witte de With has exhibited some 300 artists and, through its publications, lecture programs and participation in events such as the Venice Biennale and the Shanghai World Expo, the center continues to shape international discourse on art and its institutions. On the occasion of its twentieth anniversary, Witte de With Publishers presents a(...)
Art Periods and Styles
February 2011
20 + years of Witte de With
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Since its inception in 1990, Witte de With has exhibited some 300 artists and, through its publications, lecture programs and participation in events such as the Venice Biennale and the Shanghai World Expo, the center continues to shape international discourse on art and its institutions. On the occasion of its twentieth anniversary, Witte de With Publishers presents a survey celebrating these achievements.
Art Periods and Styles
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Dynamically moving through media - from paint to bronze, papiermache to concrete - Belgian artist Valerie Mannaerts playfully arranges sculptural elements to create spatial installations, settings without stages. The first monograph for this artist - who represented Belgium at the 2003 Venice Biennale - covers two solo exhibitions from 2010, Blood Flow (Extra City(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
May 2011
Valérie Mannaerts: An exhibition another exhibition
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Dynamically moving through media - from paint to bronze, papiermache to concrete - Belgian artist Valerie Mannaerts playfully arranges sculptural elements to create spatial installations, settings without stages. The first monograph for this artist - who represented Belgium at the 2003 Venice Biennale - covers two solo exhibitions from 2010, Blood Flow (Extra City Kunsthal Antwerp) and Diamond Dancer (de Appel Arts Center Amsterdam).
Contemporary Art Monographs
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This book tells the story of the VENTO project, a cycling route from Venice (VENezia) to Turin (TOrino) running along the River Po. A new cultural paradigm to live differently in open spaces and the ways in which they change. A project of reanimating a landscape that is capable of offering new employment and economic diversification for the sustainable development of the(...)
Urban Theory
October 2015
Vento: the gentle revolution cycling its way through the landscape
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This book tells the story of the VENTO project, a cycling route from Venice (VENezia) to Turin (TOrino) running along the River Po. A new cultural paradigm to live differently in open spaces and the ways in which they change. A project of reanimating a landscape that is capable of offering new employment and economic diversification for the sustainable development of the country’s inland areas.
Urban Theory
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Inspired by venerable cities like Kyoto, Vienna, and Venice, and by the great successes of L’Enfant’s Washington, Haussmann’s Paris, and Burnham’s Chicago, Buras combines theory and a host of examples to arrive at clear guidelines for best practices in classic planning for today’s world. The Art of Classic Planning celebrates the enduring principles of urban design and(...)
The art of classic planning: building beautiful and enduring communities
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Inspired by venerable cities like Kyoto, Vienna, and Venice, and by the great successes of L’Enfant’s Washington, Haussmann’s Paris, and Burnham’s Chicago, Buras combines theory and a host of examples to arrive at clear guidelines for best practices in classic planning for today’s world. The Art of Classic Planning celebrates the enduring principles of urban design and invites us to return to building beautiful cities.
Collective Housing
Green cities of Europe
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Green Cities of Europe draws on the world's best examples of sustainability to show how cities can become greener and more livable. Timothy Beatley has brought together leading experts from Paris, Freiburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Venice, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and London to illustrate groundbreaking practices in urban planning. These cities are creating greenways, improving(...)
Green cities of Europe
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Green Cities of Europe draws on the world's best examples of sustainability to show how cities can become greener and more livable. Timothy Beatley has brought together leading experts from Paris, Freiburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Venice, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and London to illustrate groundbreaking practices in urban planning. These cities are creating greenways, improving public transit, conserving energy, instituting "green audits" for government, and strengthening their city centers.
Green Architecture
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Alfredo Jaar's immersive site-specific installation in the Chilean pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale, Venezia Venezia is a call to examine how today's culture, composed of increasingly complex global networks, can be adequately represented on a world stage. This publication features essays by 18 prominent, international authors from different fields of work and(...)
Alfredo Jaar: Venezia Venezia
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Alfredo Jaar's immersive site-specific installation in the Chilean pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale, Venezia Venezia is a call to examine how today's culture, composed of increasingly complex global networks, can be adequately represented on a world stage. This publication features essays by 18 prominent, international authors from different fields of work and thought, including political and philosophical thinkers, critics, theorists, art historians and curators.
Contemporary Art Monographs