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Forthcoming
June 29, 2013
From the Publisher. The volume offers a comprehensive, complete overview of the currently known three-dimensional work of Oswald Oberhuber. The artist does not lay claim to completeness here, since a number of his works were destroyed... More
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July 1, 2013
From the Publisher. Were you born digital? This could be the ultimate, decisive question in the future when it comes to preserving and making the art of our time accessible for future generations. The book presents the results of the... More
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Recently Published
March 29, 2013
GAM 09 Walls: Spacial Sequences explores noteworthy architectural innovations and new perspectives on space and walls. More
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March 1, 2013
From the Publisher. A major challenge in the age of advanced digital technology and parametric design in architecture is making physical models of complex geometric shapes and their multiple structural connections. This approach requires... More
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February 1, 2013
From the Publisher. Geometry and its Applications is meant to address those who are interested in geometrical relationships, from simple plane geometry problems to difficult tasks in spatial geometry. The main emphasis is on the... More
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February 1, 2013
From the Publisher. The American artist Sarah Morris talks with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about her films and paintings, which explore buildings, cities and structures and centers of power. The focus of the conversation is her longtime... More
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February 1, 2013
From the Publisher. The humanities, natural and technical sciences seemingly have little to say to each other despite all the trans-disciplinary efforts. The Applied Virtuality series will comprise four volumes that create and examine a... More
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January 29, 2013
From the Publisher. Architects, artists, and designers have been fascinated by robots for many decades, from Villemard’s utopian vision of an architect building a house with robotic labor in 1910, to the design of buildings that are... More
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January 1, 2013
From the Publisher. In Loft P, Per-Johan and Caroline Dahl draw from their research and practice in architecture and urbanism to extract the spatial typology of the loft. Departuring from the synchronized celebration and... More
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December 1, 2012
From the Publisher. Advances in Architectural Geometry is a symposium presenting both theoretical and practical work linked to new geometric developments applicable to architecture. This symposium aims to gather the diverse... More
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Selected Backlist
2011
From the Publisher. Alvaro Siza is considered one of the most important Portuguese architects of the 20th century, and his works have garnered praise far beyond the borders of his own country. In 1992 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize for... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Susanna Fritscher's installation works cannot be separated from their environment. On the basis of core elements such as space and movement, they directly address our visual perceptions. More
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2009
From the Publisher. A compact introduction to the theory and application of electronic textiles and wearable technology. More
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2011
From the Publisher. Since the beginning of time mankind has dealt with nature as a role model, goal and challenge in its model of perfection. Nature is in many different ways a pool for the productive human being, but also a counterpoint to... More
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2012
From the Publisher. The primary topic of the book is the relationship between the human body and the architectural and urban spaces constructed for it. Identities flow between one subject and another as warmth in a heat exchanger. Is there... More
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2012
From the Publisher. This book brings together the work of the Los Angeles based architectural workshop Johnston Marklee since its founding in 1998 for the first time. Unified by a conceptual approach to each project, the firm's work is... More
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2012
From the Publisher. The first selection of Lucius Burckhardt’s texts to appear in English—the father of “strollology.” More
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2011
From the Publisher. Mechudzu is a book that represents questions, not answers. The work of Bryan Cantley is intended to be confounding―a practice that is a theory, a theory of practice, practice as theory. Cantley’s work is... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Modern Construction Handbook has become a building construction classic and is used in many courses as a textbook. Its systematic approach with chapters on materials, walls, roofs, construction and... More
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2012
From the Publisher. The American artist Sarah Morris talks with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about her films and paintings, which explore buildings, cities and structures and centers of power. The focus of the conversation is her longtime... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Remix Theory: The Aesthetics of Sampling is an analysis of Remix in art, music, and new media. Navas argues that Remix, as a form of discourse, affects culture in ways that go beyond the basic recombination of... More
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2012
From the Publisher. The Wonderland manual is a cultural version of the NATO Cold War strategy of “flexible response.” Pursuing the military analogy, the manual is a continuation by other means of what... More
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