Factories are virtually synonymous with pollution. In 2021, the Norwegian furniture manufacturer Vestre decided to demonstrate that alternative models are possible. With the acclaimed ...
Otti Berger created fabrics that fundamentally changed the understanding of what textiles could be and do. A core member of the experimental approach to ...
'In every place there are invisible lines to discover.' - Piet BlanckaertPiet Blanckaert, one of Belgium's most important landscape architects, brings more than forty ...
German art historian and curator Ulf Küster entertainingly leads readers through well-known and lesser-known aspects of the life and work of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). ...
The voices of thirty-six internationally active women architects are heard through their own projects. This diverse panorama is supplemented by essays on pioneering female ...
The Elusive Modernist revisits the history of the Modern movement through the legacy of one of its protagonists, Gabriel Guevrekian (c. 1900-1970). Born in ...
In recent years, visual urbanism has emerged as a new research field. Photographers and researchers had been experimenting with critical visual methodologies in anthropology, ...
Can a sculpture be a river? Can contemporary art unite conflicting systems of belief? Do other species appreciate culture? And can public art revive ...
The world's most famous painter focuses on the depiction of natural environments, from sunsets to seascapes to suburban streets Gerhard Richter's paintings combine photorealism ...
His home in Lunuganga, sixty kilometers south of Colombo, was his "journeyman work", and the five-star hotel in Kandalama was one of his masterpieces. ...
New public spaces tend to over-represent attentions for the young and middle-aged, whereas elderly citizens are often neglected by contemporary urban design practice. This ...
The Regional Plan Association has produced four comprehensive regional plans for the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut metropolitan region since its foundation in ...
Donald Judd (1928-94) was closely connected to Switzerland. From the early 1970s until his death, the American artist produced significant exhibitions there; more importantly, ...
In this photographic exploration of award-winning architect Marc Mimram's (*1955, Paris) public works, Erieta Attali captures how designed public space merges with urban life. ...
¡Rediscovered! The early buildings of one of the most important representatives of modern architecture At the first mention of his name, one can easily ...
Eco-Visionaries surveys contemporary positions in art and architecture addressing environmental problems beyond mainstream notions of sustainability. This comprehensive volume is a companion to the ...
Working slowing, consciously perceiving, precisely observing; in our increasingly fast-paced and abstract world, this type of working method seems to be more and more ...
