Olafur Eliasson: Riverbed
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2015 In the fall of 2014 the internationally acclaimed Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (born 1967) showed the major solo exhibition Riverbed at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. The exhibition included a monumental site-specific intervention―a huge landscape of rocks and streaming water―occupying the main… Continue reading
Olafur Eliasson: Contact
This striking catalog, designed by Irma Boom, showcases the spectacular work of world-renowned contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson. Contact, Olafur Eliasson’s inaugural exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, addresses the themes of light—or rather, darkness and shadows—space, and time in installations that create a visceral experience for the spectator. Continue reading
ZOOM! Architektur und Stadt im Bild – Andres Lepik
Contemporary architecture is faced with a host of exceptional dilemmas: within the context of continuing global urbanisation, the increasing challenges posed by immigration and social inequality, and amidst crumbling cities and the relentless expansion of slums, architecture now has to prove its social relevance for the future. Architectural photography plays… Continue reading
Museo Jumex
First published by Fondación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City Order the book on Amazon This book, produced by Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo and Arquine, narrates the design and construction of Museo Jumex. It includes texts by Miquel Adrià, Patrick Charpenel, Luis Fernández-Galiano, Beatrice Galilee, and a… Continue reading
Views – Rolex Learning Center
First published by EPFL, Lausanne Order the book at EPFL or on Amazon The Rolex Learning Center on the campus of EPFL in Lausanne was inaugurated in 2010. Designed by the noted Tokyo firm Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, the building has since… Continue reading
Barkow Leibinger – Spielraum
The works presented in this volume by American/German architectural team Barkow Leibinger range from prototypes and installations to buildings such as the recently completed Tour Total, in which form and space evolve by means of the handling of material and new technologies and tools. In the end Barkow Leibinger are… Continue reading
Saving Place- 50 Years of New York City Landmarks
Published in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Landmarks Law, and a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, Saving Place tells its story in essays by notable New Yorkers and preservationists. It evaluates contemporary additions to landmarks (the Hearst Tower, the Jewish… Continue reading
Portman’s America & Other Speculations
Portman’s America & Other Speculations takes an unconventional and speculative approach towards the understanding and future potentials of the work of one of the world’s most creative, controversial, daring, and prolific architects, John Portman. Combining the talents of an architect, artist and developer, he was able to embark on a… Continue reading
HOT TO COLD: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation
Through scorching heat to unforgiving chills, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group presents a dazzling round-up of adaptive architecture in extreme environments around the world. In coordination with a major exhibition at the National Building Museum, Washington, 60 case studies show how structures can become holistic ecosystems of both economic and environmental profit. Exhibition and book Book… Continue reading
Frank Gehry The Fondation Louis Vuitton
Published on the occasion of the inaugural exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, designed by Frank Gehry, this elegant volume undertakes an in-depth look at the process of design and realisation of the Foundations new premises in Paris. Edited by Frédéric Migayrou, it is filled with sketches, models, drawings, historical… Continue reading
Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age – Alona Pardo
The relationship between architecture and photography is the focus of this book that features the work of eighteen influential artists, from the 1930s to the present day. Architecture has long been a subject matter for photographers, who utilize the medium not just to document the built world, but also to… Continue reading
Serpentine Pavilion 2014
Championing the possibilities of new ideas in contemporary art since opening in 1970, the Serpentine has presented pioneering exhibitions for almost half a century, showing a wide range of work from emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists of our time, providing a place for them to experiment and… Continue reading