The stucco workshops of Cairo blur the lines between atelier, showroom, and artistic statement. Their facades and interior walls are adorned with patterns that double as catalogs of ornate designs, where the decorative systems of the Belle Époque colli …

Wohnkomplex Kunst und Leben im Plattenbau DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam

To Spin. The world is spinning, and so is everything on it: you and me, the trees, the oceans, and the mountains. We may have deluded ourselves into thinking everything is stationary, but the reality is that we’re perpetually in motion. The planet is s …

New New Typography is not an encyclopedia. Not a manual. New New Typography is messy and unstable. It is ambiguous and open-ended. One hundred years after the proclamation of the so-called “New Typography” in Central Europe, the somewhat ironic questio …

arbitrary presents Framework / Zwischen Remixes – a remix by German artist Jan Jelinek and one by musician & label founder Mads Emil Nielsen originally made for a digital compilation, now published on 7” vinyl (arbitrary22). For the CRXSSINGS relea …

This collection of 16 postcards depicts the International Congress Centre Berlin (ICC Berlin), one of Europe’s largest and most renowned convention centers. Architects Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte designed and created its futuristic aluminum …

How are politics embedded in the writing of architectural history? This issue of gta papers confronts and critiques the hidden political motivations which have inflected canonical writing. These motivations are not always explicit in the texts themselv …

Die großformatige kommentierte Werkausgabe zum Schaffen der legendären britischen Architektengruppe Archigram. Präsentiert alle wichtigen Entwürfe, Projekte, Ausstellungsbeiträge, Magazine, Streitschriften und Poster von Archigram in chronologischer Re …

From Drugstore Cowboy to Elephant, Milk and Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant’s films have captured the imagination of more than one generation. Alongside his filmaking, however, Van Sant is also an artist, photographer and writer. Based on a series of c …

Graphic Languages is a vibrant visual journey and guide through the world’s most influential writing systems—brought to life by Oliver Häusle in collaboration with leading international type designers and script experts. At its heart lies the unique vi …

256gb is Yung Lean’s first book, tracing the artist’s evolution and continual reinvention. Yung Lean has generated a mass following as a cult icon. Poised between influence and infamy, his outsider status emerged from the internet-based culture of the …

Midcareer Writing is Federico Sargentone’s debut book: a reflective exploration of identity, youth, and cultural narratives. They manifest in various expressions and consumer choices, perpetuating a generational mythology that fuels industries—from fas …

To withstand the heat that comes with global warming in more northerly latitudes, the book proposes the discovery of architectural solutions already invented by architects practicing in more southerly latitudes, from which we can draw inspiration today …

n der Geschichte von Kultur, Architektur, Design und Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts nimmt das Bauhaus eine zentrale Rolle ein. Seine Ideen verbreiteten sich weltweit, korrespondierten mit lokalen Ausprägungen der Moderne und wurden in die jeweiligen gesell …

WOLFGANG TILLMANS: THINGS MATTER, DINGE ZÄHLEN. Hrsg. von Dennis Brzek & Hilke Wagner. Mit einem Gespräch von Dennis Brzek & Hilke Wagner mit Wolfgang Tillmans. Köln 2025. 21 x 29,7 cm. 312 S. mit 600 farb., teils ganz- bzw. doppelseit. Abb., I …

The definitive history of the iconic independent label Mute Records.

In 2019 we published the first volume of The Museum Is Not Enough, which we conceived as a platform to reflect on and discuss some of the beliefs and concerns that define the CCA’s curatorial activity—why and how it works—and, by extension, the role of …

This book attempts to explore how people locate themselves vis-a-vis others, objects and things within a time-space continuum. Furthermore, it contextually sheds light on the correlation between space embedded meanings and the sense of place. In this b …

Seit 2017 erscheint in Die Architekt eine Reihe zu den Grundlagen der Architektur. Fünf dieser Grundlagen – „Material“, „Funktion“, „Konstruktion“, „Raum“ und „Form“ – werden als „innere“ Eigenschaften eines Gebäudes betrachtet, während „Ort“, „Zeit“ u …

The first comprehensive monograph on the cross-disciplinary practice including over 100 built and ephemeral works Since its founding in 1981, New York-based studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has designed some of the world’s most revered civic spac …

Der Textem Verlag (Hamburg) und die Herausgeber Benjamin Dittmann-Bieber und Christian Driesen (Berlin) werden im Herbst 2024 die komplette (Neu)Übersetzung der legendären Zeitschrift La Révolution Surréaliste vorlegen. Sie erschien von1924 bis 1929 un …

Mensch, Baum, Architektur: neue Perspektiven aus der Baubotanik auf die Praxis der Architektur in der Zeit begrenzter Ressourcen

Ishinomaki Laboratory was born in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Initiated by the architect Keiji Ashizawa, it was originally thought as a community workshop intended to assist residents affected by the disaster rebuilding fu …

Unearthing the Music. Footnotes on Sonic Resistance in Non-democratic Europe 1950–2000 is the final piece of an international project initiated in Portugal, which has established an online archive for experimental underground and protest sounds. This a …

Herausgegeben von / Edited by VOLUPTAS ETHZ, Chair Charbonnet/Heiz. 304 Seiten / pages 11,5 × 18,5 cm Gestaltung / design: Atlas Studio, Zürich / Zurich zahlreiche farbige und s/w Abbildungen / numerous color & black/white images fadengebundene Bro …

Sixteen of the acerbic historian’s essays and book chapters have been selected by the book’s contributors, ranging from classics such as ‘The Great Gizmo’ to lesser-known texts, such as ‘The Wall’, an intimate confession he penned at the hospital short …