Jan Albers
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Jan Albers is part of a young generation of conceptual artists whose work is defined by its openness. They confront modernity`s tight vocabulary of images, exploring the manner in which this vocabulary penetrates the world in which we exist. His view is directed to elements of our familiar surroundings and he uses his work to distil them so they appear new and unexpected to us.
Contemporary Art Monographs
January 1900, Frankfurt am Main, Goslar
Jan Albers
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Jan Albers is part of a young generation of conceptual artists whose work is defined by its openness. They confront modernity`s tight vocabulary of images, exploring the manner in which this vocabulary penetrates the world in which we exist. His view is directed to elements of our familiar surroundings and he uses his work to distil them so they appear new and unexpected to us.
Contemporary Art Monographs
Fiona Tan: vox populi: Tokyo
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Following Vox Populi, Norway and Vox Populi, Sydney this is the third in the series of Vox Populi publications, each one presenting us with a social portrait of a people taken from images selected from personal and private family photo albums. Drawing on the documentary tradition, in combination with contemporary concerns of participation and egalitarianism, Vox Populi,(...)
Fiona Tan: vox populi: Tokyo
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Following Vox Populi, Norway and Vox Populi, Sydney this is the third in the series of Vox Populi publications, each one presenting us with a social portrait of a people taken from images selected from personal and private family photo albums. Drawing on the documentary tradition, in combination with contemporary concerns of participation and egalitarianism, Vox Populi, Tokyo continues this ever-expanding mappo mundi.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Produced between 2019 and 2023 when peace negotiations were taking place between the US government and the Taliban, Lorenzo Tugnoli’s "It can never be the same," follows the disintegration of the Afghan republic and its army, and the subsequent new regime in Kabul. The images depict a country in upheaval, as experienced by a foreign photographer who has spent over a(...)
Lorenzo Tugnoli: It can never be the same
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Produced between 2019 and 2023 when peace negotiations were taking place between the US government and the Taliban, Lorenzo Tugnoli’s "It can never be the same," follows the disintegration of the Afghan republic and its army, and the subsequent new regime in Kabul. The images depict a country in upheaval, as experienced by a foreign photographer who has spent over a decade navigating its complexities.
Photography monographs
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Gather, Navigate, Welcome, Fortify, Surrender, Save, Listen, Make Mistakes. These are some of the messages renowned artist Nikki McClure affirms in this monograph of her papercuts. Organized by season, McClure’s work reminds us of the important things such as the change of seasons, slowing down the world for a moment so we can actually experience it, and looking up at the(...)
Nikki McClure: You are not too late
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Gather, Navigate, Welcome, Fortify, Surrender, Save, Listen, Make Mistakes. These are some of the messages renowned artist Nikki McClure affirms in this monograph of her papercuts. Organized by season, McClure’s work reminds us of the important things such as the change of seasons, slowing down the world for a moment so we can actually experience it, and looking up at the stars to dream.
Contemporary Art Monographs
BXL Beat Streuil
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Swiss-born artist Beat Streuli's central motif is the urban environment and its inhabitants. But his quietly mesmerizing photographs are neither documentary nor conceptual: rather, they lead us to a form of aesthetics that could be described as the "glamor of the usual." In this beautifully produced volume, Streuli brings together a new series of images taken in his(...)
BXL Beat Streuil
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Swiss-born artist Beat Streuli's central motif is the urban environment and its inhabitants. But his quietly mesmerizing photographs are neither documentary nor conceptual: rather, they lead us to a form of aesthetics that could be described as the "glamor of the usual." In this beautifully produced volume, Streuli brings together a new series of images taken in his current home town of Brussels.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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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
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This book describes how foodies,100-milers, urbanites, farmers, gardeners and chefs across Canada are creating a new local food order that has the potential to fight climate change and feed us all. Combining front-line reporting, shrewd analysis and passionate food writing to delight the gastronome, Locavore shows how the pieces of a post-industrial food system are being(...)
Locavore
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This book describes how foodies,100-milers, urbanites, farmers, gardeners and chefs across Canada are creating a new local food order that has the potential to fight climate change and feed us all. Combining front-line reporting, shrewd analysis and passionate food writing to delight the gastronome, Locavore shows how the pieces of a post-industrial food system are being assembled into something infinitely better.
Green Architecture
Welcoming home
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In this publication, author Michaela Mahady delves into the psychology of how humans experience built places, in order to identify those characteristics that make us feel welcome, protected, comforted, and happy. She explores such cottage elements as the welcoming features of entryways, the sheltering features of roofs, how fine craftsmanship conveys a sense of security(...)
Welcoming home
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In this publication, author Michaela Mahady delves into the psychology of how humans experience built places, in order to identify those characteristics that make us feel welcome, protected, comforted, and happy. She explores such cottage elements as the welcoming features of entryways, the sheltering features of roofs, how fine craftsmanship conveys a sense of security and tradition, and which materials and colors create comfort and warmth.
Residential Architecture
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David Kipen’s lively introduction revisits the city’s literary heritage—from Bret Harte to Kenneth Rexroth, Jade Snow Wong, and Allen Ginsberg—as well as its most famous landmarks and historic buildings. This rich and evocative volume, resonant with portraits of neighborhoods and districts, allows us a unique opportunity to travel back in time and savor the City by the(...)
San Francisco in the 1930s: The WPA guide to the city by the bay
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David Kipen’s lively introduction revisits the city’s literary heritage—from Bret Harte to Kenneth Rexroth, Jade Snow Wong, and Allen Ginsberg—as well as its most famous landmarks and historic buildings. This rich and evocative volume, resonant with portraits of neighborhoods and districts, allows us a unique opportunity to travel back in time and savor the City by the Bay as it used to be.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
Couleur, colour, farbe
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Materials inspire and arouse emotions, they surround us everywhere, we possess them and feel them. As with people, our first impression of them is provided by the visual perception they create. The Architecture Compact series presents materials that on the one hand convey a unique impression through their inherent physical characteristics, and on the other hand achieve(...)
Couleur, colour, farbe
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Materials inspire and arouse emotions, they surround us everywhere, we possess them and feel them. As with people, our first impression of them is provided by the visual perception they create. The Architecture Compact series presents materials that on the one hand convey a unique impression through their inherent physical characteristics, and on the other hand achieve surprising results when used in combination with each other.
Materials and Lighting