art, academic and non-fiction books
publishers’ Eastern and Central European representation

Name your list

Log in / Sign in

ta strona jest nieczynna, ale zapraszamy serdecznie na stronę www.obibook.com /// this website is closed but we cordially invite you to visit www.obibook.com

Sort and filter the results:
Of Bridges A Poetic and Philosophical Account
ISBN: HB: 9780226735290, University of Chicago Press, March 2021
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 colour plates, 73 halftones
"Always", wrote Philip Larkin, "it is by bridges that we live". Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights, especially when they...
HB:
£28,00
QTY:
Kazuo Shinohara On the Threshold of Space-Making
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...
HB:
£40,00
QTY:
Perspective on EPFL Science, Architecture, People
ISBN: PB: 9782889153053, University of Chicago Press, EPFL Press, February 2021
136 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) gave free rein to three photographers, who were asked to capture the essence of the school and its future direction. Catherine Leutenegger's work delivered many det...
PB:
£30,00
QTY:
Rem Koolhaas/OMA The Construction of Merveilles
ISBN: PB: 9782889153121, University of Chicago Press, EPFL Press, February 2021
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The creator of buildings that stand out as surrealistic marvels amid the skylines of America, Europe, and Asia, Rem Koolhaas, along with his Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), is justly considered as one of the leaders of contemporary archit...
PB:
£65,00
QTY:
Choosing Architecture Criticism, History and Theory since the 19th Century
ISBN: PB: 9782889153299, University of Chicago Press, EPFL Press, February 2021
276 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
For as long as there have been buildings, architecture has been a major subject of public discussion, considered and argued about not just by architects or residents, but also by critics, theoreticians, historians, and writers. This book offers an ov...
PB:
£60,00
QTY:
Hector Zamora: Lattice Detour The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: PB: 9781588396891, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2021
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 50 colour illus.
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...
PB:
£7,95
QTY:
Into the Nest Futures of Affordable Housing
ISBN: PB: 9781947603066, University of Chicago Press, University of Cincinnati Press, January 2021
160 pp., 20.9x14.6 cm, 438 line drawings and 111 halftones
Access to affordable housing is one of the most pressing issues facing cities worldwide, as populations grow and real estate prices rise. But the question of what we mean by the term "affordable housing" is far from clear. Designers shy away from the...
PB:
£13,00
QTY:
Architecture on Common Ground Positions and Models on the Land Property Issue
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...
PB:
£22,00
QTY:
Brief History of the Bodleian Library Revised Edition
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...
HB:
£25,00
QTY:
Japan Modern
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...
PB:
£30,00
QTY: