ISBN: HB: 9783037786406,
Lars Muller Publishers,
May 2021
1020 pp.,
26.4x20 cm, 1000 illus.
In the era of the Anthropocene, it's urgent to shift our collective attention southward. Antarctica, a continent that accounts for 10% of Planet Earth and 70% of the world's fresh water, represents at once the repository of planetary data essential t...
Sverre Fehn's Nordic Pavilion in Venice is a masterpiece in postwar architecture. The young Norwegian architect won the competition in 1958 and the building was inaugurated in 1962. Through six decades the beloved structure has been mired in phenomen...
ISBN: HB: 9780300248364,
Yale University Press,
April 2021
232 pp.,
29.2x22.9 cm, 184 colour illus., 6 black&white illus.
The aesthetic of architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942) has long characterized French Art Nouveau in the popular imagination. This groundbreaking book showcases all aspects of his artistry and recognizes the fundamental modernity of his work. Known for...
ISBN: HB: 9783791358376,
Prestel Publishing,
March 2021
248 pp.,
32x24 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
The 2019 opening of the Humboldt Forum heralds a massive achievement in cultural understanding. Bringing together more than 20,000 objects and designed to offer diverse exhibitions, events, and venues, this enormous complex will use state-of-the-art...
ISBN: PB: 9783037785539,
Lars Muller Publishers,
March 2021
240 pp.,
24x16.5 cm, 150 illus.
Initially proposed for the US Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Buckminster Fuller's World Game was played for the first time in 1969 in New York. Over the next decade the World Game evolved and expanded. Across its different manifestations the World...
ISBN: HB: 9783037785331,
Lars Muller Publishers,
February 2021
200 pp.,
24.8x21 cm, illus.
One of the greatest and most influential architects of Japan's postwar generation, Shinohara Kazuo (1925-2006) has remained virtually unknown outside the small community of devoted followers. As one of the leaders of architectural movement Metabolism...
Mexican artist Hector Zamora (b. 1974) engages with public spaces and the manmade environment, using his work to draw attention to architecture's connections to community and social structure. This compact volume presents images and analyses of Zamor...
ISBN: PB: 9783037786031,
Lars Muller Publishers,
December 2020
400 pp.,
20x14 cm, 65 illus.
How we deal with land has far-reaching implications for architecture and urban development. The last decade has seen a dramatic rise in the privatization of urban land and in speculation. Many European cities that today find themselves under extreme...
ISBN: HB: 9781851245444,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
December 2020
288 pp.,
23.4x15.6 cm, 100 colour illus.
How did a library founded over 400 years ago grow to become the world-renowned institution it is today, home to over thirteen million items?
From its foundation by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1598 to the opening of the Weston Library in 2015, this illustra...
ISBN: PB: 9783037785188,
Lars Muller Publishers,
November 2020
900 pp.,
16.5x12 cm, illus.
This book is a genealogy of Japanese architecture, crystalizing in the work of Toyo Ito as a pivotal point between the past, the present, and the future. Iwan Baan's photographic essay, which covers forty-five projects by thirteen Japanese architects...