Vito Acconci & Kenny Schachter
In 2003 performance artist Vito Acconci realised one of his first architectural projects , a gallery space for artist/gallerist Kenny Schachter. This documentation of two discussions between them follows Acconci’s move towards architecture and his collaborations on such projects as the Skateboard Park in San Juan and the Inside-Out Bookstore for Documenta X. Springer Verlag. ISBN 3211237682. Paperback. $54.50.
Martin Nicholas Kunz & Patricia Masso
For a long time, a stay in a well-designed hotel was a costly business, but some hotels have adjusted to meet the needs of younger travellers. Published in response to frequent request for an overview of reasonably priced design hotels, this latest title in the ‘best designed’ series is the first global collection of first-class hotel architecture with affordable rates. AVedition. ISBN 3899860705. Hardback. $68.
Martin Nicholas Kunz & Patricia Masso
Hi-tech, environmental compatibility and good design are no longer a contradiction in terms. This collection of outstanding hotel architecture presents the best ecological hotels from the world’s most fascinating locations: a luxury complex on an isolated island, a clay resort in the desert and a bush lodge with eye contact with wild animals amongst many others. AVedition. ISBN 3899860713. Hardback. $68.
Gregory Blackstock
Blackstock, an autistic Seattle pot washer and artist, creates visual lists of everything from wasps to hats to emergency vehicles. He never received formal training and the simple beauty of his art is in the spirit of other great Outsider artists such as Henry Darger and Howard Finster. A unique collection of passions and preferences. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568985797. Paperback. $39.50.
Shaun Murray
Shaun Murray currently lectures at the Bartlett School of Architecture. His research concentrates on exploring the interface between architecture and nature. His interests lie in discovering new constructive technologies and the possible spatial-aesthetic forms resulting from the fusion of artificially constructed and natural environments. Springer Verlag. ISBN 3211252452. Paperback. $40.
Manfred Hegger et al
Documents all the principal conventional and innovative construction materials, with attention to their production, manufacture, fabrication, treatment, surfaces, connections and characteristics. Taking into account the importance of sensory perception in architecture – tactile qualities, smell, colour, surface structure – this is a timely addition to Detail's Manual series. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 3764375701. Hardback. $250.
Don Hibberd
The complete story of the Hawaiian resort, from its origins as humble thatched taverns housing transient whalers to the elaborately cultivated luxury resort hotels of today. Hibberd examines the motivations that shaped their development and 200 years of advertising and travel writing that have influenced their design. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568985746. Hardback. $100.
Joeri Bruyninckx et al
From Frame magazine, a selection of innovative and exciting retail interiors for fashion shops. Each project includes an interviews, technical information, photos and sketches of the interior and inspired graphic design. Interior designers include: Block Architecture, Comme des Garçons, Giorgio Borruso Design, Ippolito Fleitz Group, Steve Lidbury Design. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 3764375604. Hardback. $140.
Florence Doleac
Young French designer Florence Dol?ac produces objects with a distanced attitude coloured by humour. Her creations ask us to question anew how we sit down, eat, walk, lie down, responding to questions of function and utility with wit and poetry. Doleac was awarded the coveted Prix de la presse pour les Arts et la Culture, the Globes de Cristal, in 2006. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 3764377402. Paperback. $50.
Geoffrey Batchen
Geoffrey Batchen, Australian ex-editor of Photofile, explores the curious and centuries-old practice of embellishing photographs with text, paint, frames, embroidery, fabric, string, hair and more. These extraordinary works of art by ordinary people, part memento, part assemblage, are here given the attention they merit. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 156898619X. Paperback. $37.50.
Design journal form places special emphasis on design processes, explaining them in thorough and practical terms. Each issue features a cover story devoted to contemporary trends in European product and graphic design. This issue includes articles on communicating design, French graphic designers Antoine + Manuel and a special supplement on universal design. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 3936560366. Paperback. $35.
Peter Eisenman
This facsimile edition of Eisenman’s 1963 dissertation on the formal basis of modern architecture is published here in a faithful reproduction of the original. Illustrated with Eisenman’s precise hand drawings and idiosyncratic photographs this is a unique document and a rarity in the world of architectural publications. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 3037780711. Hardback. $115.
Frame eds
A celebration of the first 50 issues of Frame design magazine. Featuring 50 exceptional articles on designs and projects that helped to shape the magazine, there are also interviews with the editor, the publisher and the graphic designer and features on schools, museums, clubs, offices, stage design and much more. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 376437652X. Hardback. $110.
Texhnische Universitat Graz eds
GAM 03 is devoted to the topic ‘Architecture Meets Life’. By looking at various projects after five, ten or twenty years of use, GAM 03 analyses design strategies that engage with ideas of indeterminacy, openness and ambivalence. GAM is published annually and has become a platform for architectural debate on an international level. Springer Verlag. ISBN 3211297642. Paperback. $55.
Peter Ebner ed
Thirty-two internationally acclaimed architects present new solutions to the housing problems of today. Each project is amply illustrated with texts, illustrations and plans, showing the diversity of housing solutions from around the world by some of today’s most exciting architects. Springer Verlag. ISBN 3211303219. Hardback. $129.50.
R Klanten et al eds
A visual exploration through nature and how it is being perceived, portrayed and visualised in contemporary visual arts. From Romanticism to Art Brut, flora and fauna are reinvented through ravishing imagery ranging from classical and analog approaches to cutting edge graphic design, illustration, photography, objects and 3D installations. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 3899550994. Paperback. $95.
Victoria Ballard Bell
Broken into five sections – glass, concrete, wood, metals and plastics – this is a thorough study of each material’s history, quality and variation, followed by a series of case studies of that material put to imaginative use by today’s brightest architects from around the world. Bridges the gap between construction materials and design sensibility. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568985584. Paperback. $99.50.
Siri Hustvedt
From Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling novel What I Have Loved, comes this inspired collection of essays on painting. Hustvedt concentrateds her narrative gifts on the works of such masters as Goya, Vermeer, Chardin and Richter, revealing things until now ‘hidden in plain sight’. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568986181. Paperback. $37.50.
Bayerische Staatsoper ed
Mendell has been designing posters for the State Opera in Munich since 1993. This publication collects together eighty posters and shows their impact in the urban setting. Mendell’s simple, almost archaic, visual language is admired the world over and his poster designs are represented in leading collections such as MOMA. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 3037780827. Hardback. $54.50.
Peter Zec ed
A long-established and important standard work in the design scene, this documentation of one of the leading product design awards is a must for all involved in design. Featuring the winners from all branches of industry, this is one of the most important trend barometers of contemporary design. AVedition. ISBN 3899390776. Hardback. $175.
Association Wonderland
The Wonderland architecture exhibition toured Europe from 2004 to 2006. At every stop eleven national teams joined the exhibition and presented their work along with the others already featured. Part catalogue and part travelogue, this is a survey of local European architecture from the perspective of young architects. Springer Verlag. ISBN 3211354441. Paperback. $63.50.
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