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Photography has become an obsession in Japan where only a few unspoiled spots can be found. For three months, Veronika Spierenburg moved from Japan’s south to its north. From this, Spierenburg created an artist’s book which shows the richness of textures, artifacts, traditional as well as modern architecture in an idiosyncratic mood. The photographs shed light on how(...)
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Photography has become an obsession in Japan where only a few unspoiled spots can be found. For three months, Veronika Spierenburg moved from Japan’s south to its north. From this, Spierenburg created an artist’s book which shows the richness of textures, artifacts, traditional as well as modern architecture in an idiosyncratic mood. The photographs shed light on how(...)
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Veronika Spierenburg: Oya-Ishi-Oya-Stone
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Photography has become an obsession in Japan where only a few unspoiled spots can be found. For three months, Veronika Spierenburg moved from Japan’s south to its north. From this, Spierenburg created an artist’s book which shows the richness of textures, artifacts, traditional as well as modern architecture in an idiosyncratic mood. The photographs shed light on how Japanese culture manifests itself in its craftsmanship. The buildings of famous architects such as Kenzo Tange, Togo Murano, Tadao Ando, Kazuo Shinohara and Kisho Kurokawa are presented in the book along with folk architecture.
Veronika Spierenburg: Oya-Ishi-Oya-Stone
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Photography has become an obsession in Japan where only a few unspoiled spots can be found. For three months, Veronika Spierenburg moved from Japan’s south to its north. From this, Spierenburg created an artist’s book which shows the richness of textures, artifacts, traditional as well as modern architecture in an idiosyncratic mood. The photographs shed light on how Japanese culture manifests itself in its craftsmanship. The buildings of famous architects such as Kenzo Tange, Togo Murano, Tadao Ando, Kazuo Shinohara and Kisho Kurokawa are presented in the book along with folk architecture.
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October 2017
October 2017
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Photography monographs
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Adjaye: Africa: architecture
Adjaye: Africa: architecture
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Educated in England, David Adjaye’s lifelong dream was to return to Africa as an architect to document the continent’s built environment. Over a decade, he tirelessly documented these dynamic, colorful cities, photographing thousands of buildings, sites, and public spaces, and letting each building speak for itself. The fifty-three cities featured in this study are(...)
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Educated in England, David Adjaye’s lifelong dream was to return to Africa as an architect to document the continent’s built environment. Over a decade, he tirelessly documented these dynamic, colorful cities, photographing thousands of buildings, sites, and public spaces, and letting each building speak for itself. The fifty-three cities featured in this study are(...)
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Adjaye: Africa: architecture
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Educated in England, David Adjaye’s lifelong dream was to return to Africa as an architect to document the continent’s built environment. Over a decade, he tirelessly documented these dynamic, colorful cities, photographing thousands of buildings, sites, and public spaces, and letting each building speak for itself. The fifty-three cities featured in this study are grouped according to the terrain in which they are set: the Maghreb (north Africa); Desert; Sahel (the semi-arid transitional region between the Sahara and the south); Forest; Savannah and Grassland; and Mountain and Highveld.
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Educated in England, David Adjaye’s lifelong dream was to return to Africa as an architect to document the continent’s built environment. Over a decade, he tirelessly documented these dynamic, colorful cities, photographing thousands of buildings, sites, and public spaces, and letting each building speak for itself. The fifty-three cities featured in this study are grouped according to the terrain in which they are set: the Maghreb (north Africa); Desert; Sahel (the semi-arid transitional region between the Sahara and the south); Forest; Savannah and Grassland; and Mountain and Highveld.
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September 2016
September 2016
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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"Rebuild by Design" (RBD) was developed for the "Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force" after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in 2012. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model. 'RBD' places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to(...)
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"Rebuild by Design" (RBD) was developed for the "Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force" after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in 2012. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model. 'RBD' places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to(...)
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Rebuild by design: new approaches to climate change
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"Rebuild by Design" (RBD) was developed for the "Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force" after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in 2012. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model. 'RBD' places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to generate implementable solutions for a more resilient region. This book aims to reflect 'RBD', assess all its aspects, and embed it in a broader context to offer a guide for politicians, designers, researchers, activists, and others.
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"Rebuild by Design" (RBD) was developed for the "Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force" after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in 2012. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model. 'RBD' places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to generate implementable solutions for a more resilient region. This book aims to reflect 'RBD', assess all its aspects, and embed it in a broader context to offer a guide for politicians, designers, researchers, activists, and others.
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May 2018
May 2018
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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During the pre-World War I railway building boom, Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) set out to provide travellers with competition to the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways. Since those competitors had already established entries into Montreal from the east, west and south, CNoR decided to enter downtown from the north, even through a four-mile tunnel through Mount(...)
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During the pre-World War I railway building boom, Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) set out to provide travellers with competition to the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways. Since those competitors had already established entries into Montreal from the east, west and south, CNoR decided to enter downtown from the north, even through a four-mile tunnel through Mount(...)
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The Mount Royal tunnel: Canada's first subway
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During the pre-World War I railway building boom, Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) set out to provide travellers with competition to the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways. Since those competitors had already established entries into Montreal from the east, west and south, CNoR decided to enter downtown from the north, even through a four-mile tunnel through Mount Royal would be required. Over 120 photos illustrate the construction of the tunnel line, Central Station complex, locomotives and passenger cars. Informative maps, and selected equipment diagrams, are included.
The Mount Royal tunnel: Canada's first subway
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During the pre-World War I railway building boom, Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) set out to provide travellers with competition to the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways. Since those competitors had already established entries into Montreal from the east, west and south, CNoR decided to enter downtown from the north, even through a four-mile tunnel through Mount Royal would be required. Over 120 photos illustrate the construction of the tunnel line, Central Station complex, locomotives and passenger cars. Informative maps, and selected equipment diagrams, are included.
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July 2008, Montreal
July 2008, Montreal
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Architecture de Montréal
Architecture de Montréal
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Grand urban rules
Grand urban rules
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Grand Urban Rules offers a compilation and discussion of significant rules invented and implemented by European, North American, and Asian cities. The reader does not only get an overview of the functionality and repercussions of these rule sets but also gains insight into the context and situation of the specific city through the lens of rule-based governance: a city's(...)
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Grand Urban Rules offers a compilation and discussion of significant rules invented and implemented by European, North American, and Asian cities. The reader does not only get an overview of the functionality and repercussions of these rule sets but also gains insight into the context and situation of the specific city through the lens of rule-based governance: a city's(...)
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Grand urban rules
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Grand Urban Rules offers a compilation and discussion of significant rules invented and implemented by European, North American, and Asian cities. The reader does not only get an overview of the functionality and repercussions of these rule sets but also gains insight into the context and situation of the specific city through the lens of rule-based governance: a city's code as the inverted, abstracted and extracted image of a city's actual situation. Setting standards is first and foremost a cultural act. We map cities by their rules!
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Grand Urban Rules offers a compilation and discussion of significant rules invented and implemented by European, North American, and Asian cities. The reader does not only get an overview of the functionality and repercussions of these rule sets but also gains insight into the context and situation of the specific city through the lens of rule-based governance: a city's code as the inverted, abstracted and extracted image of a city's actual situation. Setting standards is first and foremost a cultural act. We map cities by their rules!
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October 2008
October 2008
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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The book’s plans narrate the story of one of the world’s great garden traditions, and one is given an understanding of how foreign impulses are merged to create a garden culture, which is an art form in itself - and has been considered as such for more than a thousand years. This book takes us on a journey throughout all of Europe, from the Czarina’s garden Tsarskoe(...)
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The book’s plans narrate the story of one of the world’s great garden traditions, and one is given an understanding of how foreign impulses are merged to create a garden culture, which is an art form in itself - and has been considered as such for more than a thousand years. This book takes us on a journey throughout all of Europe, from the Czarina’s garden Tsarskoe(...)
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May 2006, Copenhagen
May 2006, Copenhagen
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Great European gardens : an atlas of historic plans
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The book’s plans narrate the story of one of the world’s great garden traditions, and one is given an understanding of how foreign impulses are merged to create a garden culture, which is an art form in itself - and has been considered as such for more than a thousand years. This book takes us on a journey throughout all of Europe, from the Czarina’s garden Tsarskoe Selo at Skt. Petersborg, to Villa Lante north of Rome, Versailles, Englischer Garten in München and to the Danish gardens such as Frederiksberg Have, Frederiksborg and Fredensborg.
Great European gardens : an atlas of historic plans
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The book’s plans narrate the story of one of the world’s great garden traditions, and one is given an understanding of how foreign impulses are merged to create a garden culture, which is an art form in itself - and has been considered as such for more than a thousand years. This book takes us on a journey throughout all of Europe, from the Czarina’s garden Tsarskoe Selo at Skt. Petersborg, to Villa Lante north of Rome, Versailles, Englischer Garten in München and to the Danish gardens such as Frederiksberg Have, Frederiksborg and Fredensborg.
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May 2006, Copenhagen
May 2006, Copenhagen
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón(...)
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón(...)
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Iwigara: The kinship of plants and people
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón teaches us the ways plants are used as food and medicine, the details of their identification and harvest, their important health benefits, plus their role in traditional stories and myths.
Iwigara: The kinship of plants and people
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón teaches us the ways plants are used as food and medicine, the details of their identification and harvest, their important health benefits, plus their role in traditional stories and myths.
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July 2020
July 2020
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Fauna and flora
Fauna and flora
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Sculpting reality
Sculpting reality
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The medium of photography has long had tenuous ties to both the truth and the arts. This volume traces the evolution of documentary photography—from its origin as a journalistic tool through its development into a distinct artistic and aesthetic form. Beginning in the 1930s with Walker Evans’ foundational influence on the genre and culminating in the 1980s with the(...)
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The medium of photography has long had tenuous ties to both the truth and the arts. This volume traces the evolution of documentary photography—from its origin as a journalistic tool through its development into a distinct artistic and aesthetic form. Beginning in the 1930s with Walker Evans’ foundational influence on the genre and culminating in the 1980s with the(...)
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Sculpting reality
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The medium of photography has long had tenuous ties to both the truth and the arts. This volume traces the evolution of documentary photography—from its origin as a journalistic tool through its development into a distinct artistic and aesthetic form. Beginning in the 1930s with Walker Evans’ foundational influence on the genre and culminating in the 1980s with the experimental color work of Anthony Hernández and Tod Papageorge, Sculpting Reality presents a careful selection of work from 18 of the most influential figures in 20th-century North American documentary photography.
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The medium of photography has long had tenuous ties to both the truth and the arts. This volume traces the evolution of documentary photography—from its origin as a journalistic tool through its development into a distinct artistic and aesthetic form. Beginning in the 1930s with Walker Evans’ foundational influence on the genre and culminating in the 1980s with the experimental color work of Anthony Hernández and Tod Papageorge, Sculpting Reality presents a careful selection of work from 18 of the most influential figures in 20th-century North American documentary photography.
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September 2021
September 2021
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Photography Collections
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Founded in 2004 in Amsterdam, the Khatt Foundation is dedicated to advancing Arabic typography and design thinking in the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere. This publication is the result of a Khatt Foundation research project on the differences and synergies between Latin and Arabic scripts, and on applying typographic design to three dimensional urban spaces. With(...)
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Founded in 2004 in Amsterdam, the Khatt Foundation is dedicated to advancing Arabic typography and design thinking in the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere. This publication is the result of a Khatt Foundation research project on the differences and synergies between Latin and Arabic scripts, and on applying typographic design to three dimensional urban spaces. With(...)
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Typographic matchmaking in the city
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Founded in 2004 in Amsterdam, the Khatt Foundation is dedicated to advancing Arabic typography and design thinking in the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere. This publication is the result of a Khatt Foundation research project on the differences and synergies between Latin and Arabic scripts, and on applying typographic design to three dimensional urban spaces. With a pleasing and orderly graphic design, the book’s nine essays and five projects raise thought-provoking questions, and offer the tools that designers can use to innovate in their own real or imagined cities.
Typographic matchmaking in the city
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Founded in 2004 in Amsterdam, the Khatt Foundation is dedicated to advancing Arabic typography and design thinking in the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere. This publication is the result of a Khatt Foundation research project on the differences and synergies between Latin and Arabic scripts, and on applying typographic design to three dimensional urban spaces. With a pleasing and orderly graphic design, the book’s nine essays and five projects raise thought-provoking questions, and offer the tools that designers can use to innovate in their own real or imagined cities.
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February 2011
February 2011
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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In addition to its practical functions, such as helping to optimize safety and security, lighting also has another principal task creating emotions. Light and color can be used to achieve the most varied and astonishing effects. These effects are dependent on the project and spatial environment, but they also depend in large measure on cultural context. This study is(...)
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In addition to its practical functions, such as helping to optimize safety and security, lighting also has another principal task creating emotions. Light and color can be used to achieve the most varied and astonishing effects. These effects are dependent on the project and spatial environment, but they also depend in large measure on cultural context. This study is(...)
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Light and emotions: exploring lighting cultures
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In addition to its practical functions, such as helping to optimize safety and security, lighting also has another principal task creating emotions. Light and color can be used to achieve the most varied and astonishing effects. These effects are dependent on the project and spatial environment, but they also depend in large measure on cultural context. This study is based on forty-seven interviews with lighting designers from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. This publication explores in a systematic fashion what aesthetic, emotional, and atmospheric tasks a good lighting design can accomplish.
Light and emotions: exploring lighting cultures
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In addition to its practical functions, such as helping to optimize safety and security, lighting also has another principal task creating emotions. Light and color can be used to achieve the most varied and astonishing effects. These effects are dependent on the project and spatial environment, but they also depend in large measure on cultural context. This study is based on forty-seven interviews with lighting designers from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. This publication explores in a systematic fashion what aesthetic, emotional, and atmospheric tasks a good lighting design can accomplish.
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May 2011
May 2011
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Materials and Lighting
Materials and Lighting
