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Ruin and Redemption in Architecture

21 March 2019 in Architecture Comment

Lost, forgotten, reimagined, and transformed: the compelling beauty of abandoned, reinvented, and rescued architecture

This book captures the awe-inspiring drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs that can bring them back to life – demonstrating that reimagined, repurposed, and abandoned architecture has the beauty and power to change lives, communities, and cities the world over. The scale and diversity of abandoned buildings is shown through examples from all around the world, demonstrating the extraordinary ingenuity of their transformation by some of the greatest architectural designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Format: Hardback
Size: 270 x 205 mm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in)
Pages: 240 pp
Illustrations: 250 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714878027

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Bubbletecture

19 March 2019 in Books Comment

Bubbletecture

Following in the footsteps of Nanotecture, Mobitecture, and Pet-tecture, a fascinating and fun guide to everything inflatable.

Although inflatable objects have been around for more than 200 years, architects, artists, and designers keep rediscovering this deceptively simple – often playful, and occasionally bizarre – technology. Bubbletecture brings together inflatables in every conceivable size, shape, and hue across the realms of architecture, design, art, and fashion. From inflatable dresses and hats to buildings employing cutting-edge technologies, from ingenious chairs, lights, bowls, and even egg cups to children’s toys and provocative art installations, Bubbletecture demonstrates that inflatable design is simply irresistible.

Format: Hardback
Size: 184 x 124 mm (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 in)
Pages: 288 pp
Illustrations: 250 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714877778

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Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture

23 January 2019 in Architecture Comment

Architizer
The World’s Best Architecture

A spectacular celebration of the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe.

The Architizer A+Awards represent a celebration of the year’s best architecture and products from a group of influencers bigger than just the architectural community. Entries are judged by more than 400 luminaries from ﬁelds as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real-estate development, and technology, and voted on by the public, culminating in a collection of the world’s finest buildings. This year, the celebration is going global. In lieu of an awards gala, the architects’ work is honored via this fully illustrated book, a podcast, and the largest online architecture community on the planet. Featuring select A+Award winners and other works, this is the definitive guide to the year’s best buildings and spaces.

Format: Hardback
Size: 290 x 250 mm (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)
Pages: 280 pp
Illustrations: 500 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714878706

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Issues — Vince Aletti

13 January 2019 in Books Comment

Issues
A History of Photography in Fashion Magazines
Vince Aletti

The first book to showcase and critically explore the groundbreaking photography of fashion magazines over the last century.

For nearly a century, fashion magazines have provided sophisticated platforms for cutting-edge photography – work that challenges conventions and often reaches far beyond fashion itself. In this book, acclaimed photography critic Vince Aletti has selected 100 significant magazine issues from his expansive personal archive, revealing images by photographers rarely seen outside their original context. With his characteristic élan and featuring stunning images, Aletti has created a fresh, idiosyncratic, and previously unexplored angle on the history of photography.

Format: Paperback
Size: 324 x 254 mm (12 3/4 x 10 in)
Pages: 468 pp
Illustrations: 670 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714876788

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Ornament is Crime — Modernist Architecture

10 December 2018 in Books Comment

Ornament is Crime
Modernist Architecture
Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill

An unprecedented homage to modernist architecture from the 1920s up to the present day.

Ornament Is Crime is a celebration and a thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architecture. The book proposes that modernism need no longer be confined by traditional definitions, and can be seen in both the iconic works of the modernist canon by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Walter Gropius, as well as in the work of some of the best contemporary architects of the twenty-first century. This book is a visual manifesto and a celebration of the most important architectural movement in modern history.

Format: Hardback
Size: 290 x 250 mm (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)
Pages: 224 pp
Illustrations: 300 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714874166

“Ornament is Crime journeys between the decades to liberate Modernism from its traditional definitions and proposes its continuing presence in the in the work of 21st century architects… [With] elegant spreads and striking examples… An intriguing manifesto… The use of quotes from cultural figures as diverse as Leonard Cohen and Kazimir Malevich here reframes Modernism as a timeless dialogue.”
—Aesthetica

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Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty

29 November 2018 in Books Comment

Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty
Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh

Acclaimed designers Sagmeister & Walsh explore the essence of beauty and the transformative power of beautiful design.

In this groundbreaking highly visual book, world-renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh set out on a mission: to find out what beauty is and the many ways that it impacts our lives. They turn to philosophy, history, and science to understand why we are drawn to beauty and how it influences the way we feel and behave. Determined to translate their findings into action, Sagmeister & Walsh show us how beauty can improve the world.

Format: Special Format
Size: 241 x 171 mm (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in)
Pages: 280 pp
Illustrations: 377 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714877273

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