Since the early 2000s, Urs Birchmeier, Anne Uhlmann and Carlos Rabinovich have been designing buildings with a high degree of spatial quality and social relevance – and continue to do so as BUR Architekt*innen, their Zurich-based practice founded in 2016. While the Gartenhof School in Allschwil (2016), with its atria, open learning zones and colorful façade structuring, provides a permeable learning environment, the Centre for Dentistry in Basel (2019) impresses with its urban presence and clear organization.
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From 1829 until his death, Constable devoted an increasing amount of time, energy and his own money to the production of prints after his work. Intended as the epitome of his naturalistic art, English Landscape brought together 22 images from the whole span of his career, reimagined with all the drama and delicacy possible with mezzotint.
In David Lucas, Constable found a collaborator capable of responding to his work with an unprecedented range of tonal expression, and an endlessly patient colleague who could cope with Constable’s extreme anxiety and mood swings.
The result, though not a commercial success at the time, is widely acknowledged as one of the summits of English landscape art, and of the art of the mezzotint.
This edition includes Constable’s introduction, his most sustained explanation of his aims as a painter and the revolution he effected in landscape art. Also reprinted are the detailed descriptions he wrote for five of the plates, in which he explains his aims and methods, and the significance to him of the landscapes and skyscapes he depicted.
Silicon Valley has become the Mesopotamia of the Digital Age, built on cycles of innovation and disruption, monstrous ambition, and a steady supply of labour and capital. Yet for all that’s known about companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook – and the personas behind those companies – the culture of Silicon Valley remains elusive and contradictory, even to many locals. This unique guidebook, written by longtime local Floriana Petersen, takes you on an insider’s tour of 111 cool, offbeat, and very compelling places that offer insight into the evolving character of Silicon Valley. Visit the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford to see drawings done by Leland Jr. Stanford, after whom the university was named after his death at age 15 in 1884. Sit at the Rosewood Hotel bar to witness the mating habits of venture capitalists. Go to the Music@Menlo Festival to listen some of the best chamber music to be found anywhere in the country. Enjoy the Stanford Powwow, a festival to celebrate some of the great American Indian tribes of Northern California. Visit Steve Jobs’ final resting place, or spend an afternoon at the Hakone Japanese gardens. Explore the Filoli Estate, a living testimony to the wealthy families who used the Gold Rush to build the infrastructure that has become Silicon Valley.
China, nearly half a century after economic transformation and development, is changing not just itself, but the world around it. The BRI (Belt and Road Initiative, a global infrastructure and economic development program initiated by the Chinese government) promises investments in countries along the ancient overland trading routes between China and the West, with maritime arcs around Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian peninsula, down the eastern coast of Africa and through the Mediterranean. These distinctive images from 21 countries participating in China’s BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) are taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Liu Heung Shing, described by Newsweek as “the Henri Cartier-Bresson of China”. Unfolding across Asia, Central Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, the book covers a distance of over 267,000 kilometers, documented from early 2023 to late 2025. A compelling new perspective on the reality of China today.
Cheshire is one of England’s most stylish and elegant counties, a land of picture-postcard villages, rolling countryside and captivating river views. Perfectly placed between Wales, Manchester and the Peak District, it is the gateway to the North-West. Though it has little traditional coastline, the sweeping estuaries of the Dee and Mersey give it an unexpectedly long sea edge, while its landscapes stretch from fertile plains to upland fringes. At its heart lies Chester, a historic gem with Roman ruins and the longest city walls in Britain. Across the county you’ll find grand estates such as Lyme Park and Tatton Park, the awe-inspiring radio telescope at Jodrell Bank and some of the country’s most striking streets. Cheshire also delights with its quirks and secrets: the home of the Cheshire Cat, mystical mines at Alderley Edge, the nation’s oldest racecourse, vast wartime shelters and intriguing modern legends. This guide reveals a county that is endlessly surprising, rich in stories and full of unmissable places.
Jutting into the North Sea, Norfolk is one of England’s largest and most diverse counties. With no motorways and few large towns, its sense of remoteness is exactly what draws visitors and delights those who live here. Once the country’s most prosperous region, Norfolk is rich in history, reflected in its market towns, idyllic villages and a skyline of medieval church towers – the county has the greatest concentration of medieval churches in the world. Though it feels far from everywhere, Norfolk is surprisingly accessible, just a few hours from London or the Midlands. Predominantly rural, its landscapes are more varied than expected, from the sandy forests and heathlands of the Brecks to the wetlands of the Broads and the dunes and beaches of the North and East Coast. 111 Places in Norfolk That You Shouldn’t Miss uncovers ancient secrets and hidden stories, revealing places you might otherwise pass by.
Founded in 1976 by Bob Gysin, BGP is now run collectively by four partners. The architecture of the Zurich practice is rooted in radical simplicity, combining geometric forms such as squares and rectangles with a high degree of functional versatility. Sustainability and an innovative spirit shape every process and project. BGP’s projects in new construction and renovation range from housing, research, teaching and school buildings and care centers to complex planning projects such as the collaborative development of the Wankdorfcity 3 site.
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“Some of the images are pure joy, like a panda that has decided a woven bamboo toy makes a perfectly good hat. Others follow the animals into the wild mountain habitats they call home.” – Bored Panda
Giant Panda presents over 80 extraordinary images of this most rare and charismatic of animals that has become China’s national treasure. Having survived on Earth for over eight million years, the giant panda is among the most significant global symbols of nature conservation. This book offers a visual and factual guide to China’s accomplished journey in panda conservation through a meticulously curated collection of photographs and texts drawn from interviews with experts, philanthropists and international partners.
With an entire chapter devoted to heartwarming stories of individual pandas, this endearing creature is brought to life with descriptions of their unique personalities, the important and challenging work of the conservationists, and the incredible accomplishments they achieve when pandas are returned to the wild.
Giant Panda is a fascinating and beautiful overview of a gentle giant that can teach us some important lessons in how we must safeguard our precious planet and everything living on it.
John Russell Pope is one of America’s most famous architects, responsible for many major works, including the Jefferson Memorial, the House of the Temple and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art. This book, The Architecture of John Russell Pope, Selected Works: Houses is the first volume of a two-part monograph, to be followed by a volume on public buildings.
Made in association with the ICAA (the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art), this is a lavishly illustrated study of Pope’s extraordinary house designs, often inspired by classical European architecture, standing proudly among his achievements as the crown jewels in many of the USA’s most vaunted ZIP codes. Originally published during the 1920s, Pope’s exquisite floorplans and sketches accompany period photographs and the original commentary by art historian and traditionalist Royal Cortissoz to create a comprehensive and visually stunning account of a true titan of American design.
Houses include: the residence of Ogden Mills, Woodbury, Long Island; Moses and Edith Taylor’s Glen Manor House, Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Charlcote House, built for James Swan Frick in the suburbs of Baltimore; the now lost Oak Hill mansion, Jericho, Long Island; and Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion (aka Morton House) in the exclusive Logan Circle area of Washington DC.
Chicago is the City of the Big Shoulders. What started off as a small, fur-trading settlement is today a bustling metropolis. Chicago’s colorful past remains hidden in the nooks and crannies across this wonderful, modern city.
This fully updated edition reveals compelling secrets in places that even native Chicagoans may not know. It invites locals and experienced travelers to explore the Windy City through its people, its history, and its stories.
Adventures await you, from the glamorous to the gritty. Sip cocktails atop an iconic building with sweeping city views, or paddle a kayak down the infamous Bubbly Creek of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Snorkel a 32-acre, limestone sheet shoal, one of the most bio-diverse ecosystems in the Midwest. Or purchase a ten-gallon cowboy hat and take a ride on a mechanical pony on your way out of the shop.
Whether you’re an out-of-towner or a diehard Chicago dweller who thinks you’ve seen it all, these 111 hidden places are waiting for you to seek out and enjoy.
Step away from the traditional highlights of the city of innovators, great benefactors, artists, presidents and hucksters to discover innumerable interesting and unknown sites, artifacts and other treats in Washington, DC. Visit places hiding in plain sight, that may go unnoticed or simply be unknown to long-time residents and visitors alike. Play a round of miniature golf among the cherry trees. Buy original art works out of a vintage cigarette machine. Catch a show at one of the refurbished theaters where Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington used to gig. Commune with the Godfather of Go-Go music in his memorial park. Get away from the tourists and peace out by walking a labyrinth alongside the Potomac River. Try a salad made of indigenous root vegetables at a Native American café.
The exceptional, multilayered work by Eva Eisler spans artistic disciplines, form, and meaning. Moving seamlessly between jewelry, design, architecture, and fine art, she approaches them as part of one continuous creative process. Rooted in geometry, structural clarity, and a deep sensitivity to the material, her works range from rigorously structured, geometric compositions to organic shapes infused with archetypal echoes.
Tamed Infinity explores the ideas embedded in Eisler’s work through conversations with architect Pavla Melková, complemented by the artist’s own writings and texts by leading curators and historians which place Eisler’s work within a broader artistic, intellectual, and social framework. Together they reveal a body of work that moves fluidly between art, design, and architecture while remaining deeply personal in its vision and compelling in its visual language.
Jeffrey Sun traveled the world collecting nearly 7,000 hats and hat-related pieces. Amassing these beautiful creations made him realize that collecting is not just about preserving the past, but about collecting designs from the present for the future. It is this belief that led Sun to curate the 101 creations in this book, celebrating top headwear designers from around the world. The result is a celebration of the art and craft of millinery through one man’s passion for hats, his dedication to collecting, and his vision for connecting headwear designers across cultures and continents.
Designers include Agnieszka Stańczyk, Ali Rauf, Andrea Cainero, Annabel Allen, Arjan Schippers, Bettina Thomas, Bremen wong, Catherine Storm, Carole Maher, Cristina de Prada, Cynthia Jones Bryson, Ding Yan, Elvis Pompilio, Evetta Petty, Felicity Northeast Millinery, Felix de Martin, Felix Weber, Francesco Ballestrazzi, Gerd Holth, Giulia Mio, Harvy Santos, Irene van Vugt, Jane Fryers, Jane Shen, Jenny Beattie, Jesús Díaz, Joy Scott, Juan Zi, Katherine Elisabeth, Kathryn Lee, Kyu Park, Lauren Ritchie, Leonora Ferguson, Leteisha, Lisa Tan, Louise Macdonald, Maor Zabar, Marianne Jongkind, Meta Leefkens-Lubbes, MINO, Mirjam Nuver, Misa Harada, Natalie Bikicki, Natasha Lashina, Nicki Marquardt, Nikole Tursi, Nora De la Quintana, Odette & Elliott, Pasquale Bonfilio, Paul Season, Penny Chu, Philip Treacy, Pip Hackett, Qian Xin, Rafa Peinador, Rebecca Share, Saar Snoek, Sahar, Sally-Ann Provan, SHANDANA, Shang Xiaorong, Stephen Jones, Sui Yida, Sylvia Martinez, Tracy Chaplin, Wendy Lee, Wies Mauduit, Winnie Lin, Yooney Choi, Zhou Ming.
This publication is a definitive tribute to the vanishing architectural soul of one of Iran’s most historic districts, the Sang-e-Siah neighborhood in Shiraz. Author Salman Goorangi and coordinator Hamid Kooros document the transition of traditional decorative arts across the Zand, Qajar, and Pahlavi eras. Central to the work is the mastery of Shiraz seven-color (Haft Rang) tiles, detailing specialized molding, firing, and traditional dye-making techniques. The book provides a rare technical record of endangered decorative ceiling craft techniques such as Parvaz-bandi and Marjuvak-kari, in addition to a biography of Master Mirza Abdol Razzoq. Introduced by a moving foreword recounting a familial design inheritance, this publication bridges personal memory and scholarly preservation. It is an essential resource for collectors and historians dedicated to the enduring legacy of Persian craftsmanship and culture.
For 40 years, Lisbet Friis has worked with textile printing as an art form. In this book she presents a wide selection of hand-printed patterns, along with descriptions of techniques and dye formulas. Examples and instructions for textile printing using reactive dyes and printing with mechanical and chemical resist techniques, as well as explanations of how the different methods are carried out are also included. All techniques are illustrated with printed works. Textile printing is a specialized discipline within textile design that requires mastering the combination between artistic approach, technical execution, and aesthetic expression. It is an artistic field with a distinct visual and tactile impact. A great deal of knowledge is being lost as the textile industry becomes increasingly digitalized—this publication aims to preserve this knowledge and expertise and in doing so impart it to future generations.
Dior’s cabine is legendary. Tania, Lucky, Victoire, France, Alla… so many names, figures, and silhouettes embody it in the eyes of the world and posterity, beyond the fantasized place that the term originally designates.
The word “cabine” refers, during the historical era of the haute couture house (1947-1957), to the fitting room reserved for models and, by metonymy, to the models themselves working full-time for the house. From the creation studio to the presentation salons, the cabine serves as the nerve center of a collection’s life.
Dior and Gallimard invite twelve female writers—a reference to the twelve models who composed the historical Dior cabine—to imagine twelve stories, like a bouquet-show.
This collection of stories will aim, through the prism of fiction, to recreate the effervescence of the cabine, where the pinnacle of the house’s activity unfolded: the consecration of the models wearing designs for presentation to diverse audiences.
Authors: Jakuta Alikavazovic, Nathalie Azoulai, Catherine Cusset, Marie Darrieussecq, Joffrine Donnadieu, Clara Dupont-Monod, Alice Ferney, Simonetta Greggio, Anna Hope, Karina Sainz Borgo, Zeruya Shalev, Leïla Slimani.
The catalog of the most comprehensive exhibition ever held in Italy, at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, dedicated to Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), a supreme master of Japanese art and a key figure in global visual culture. The exhibition is part of the official program of celebrations marking the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan, sealing a deep and enduring cultural dialog between two artistic traditions that continue to influence and enrich one another. Through a broad and multifaceted journey, the catalog – curated by Beata Romanowicz – guides the reader in discovering not only the celebrated Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, including the iconic The Great Wave off Kanagawa, but also an extraordinary selection of woodblock prints, illustrated books, and rare objects from the prestigious collection of the National Museum in Kraków, one of Europe’s most important collections, which includes remarkable examples of Japanese art, particularly from the Edo period (1603–1863). The reader is led into the refined universe of Ukiyo-e, the “Floating World,” where nature, the movement of water, landscapes, female figures, and the life of the Japanese people become protagonists of a poetic and surprisingly modern vision. The volume explores the work of an artist who profoundly influenced the Western imagination, inspiring Monet, Van Gogh, and the entire Impressionist movement.
The catalog for the exhibition at the Cleve Carney Museum in Chicago (2025) presents at the Cleve Carney Museum in Chicago presents an exceptional collection of Japanese artworks, offering the public an in-depth understanding of Japanese painting production from the Edo period (1603–1868), particularly of ukiyo-e, the “images of the Floating World.” The volume includes a selection of hanging vertical scroll paintings (kakemono) and hand-painted horizontal scrolls by the great masters of the various schools, starting from the mid-17th century. Also featured are color woodblock prints with black outlines and hand painted details — a technique that evolved into nishiki-e, the famous multicolored “brocade pictures” — as well as printed and painted fans, and high-quality handcrafted objects that testify to Japan’s rich artistic and artisanal tradition, such as board games and musical instruments. These works reflect the evolution of taste, fashion, and entertainment culture that developed during the long Tokugawa peace corresponding to the Edo period. The extraordinary works come from the prestigious collections of the E. Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art in Genoa.
Through more than one hundred works, the official catalog of the first major exhibition in London. The entire artistic journey of M.C. Escher (1898–1972), from his early training and travels in Italy to the complex technical experiments that made him an artist admired even in scientific circles. The volume reconstructs M.C. Escher’s visual and conceptual universe: a space where nature, art, science, and mathematics intertwine in a fascinating and dizzying balance. His works – true architectures of the imagination – continue to influence our contemporary gaze, becoming part of the collective imagination through textbooks, magazines, design, and pop culture. Trained as a graphic artist, M.C. Escher created around 450 prints, each with a distinctive style and extraordinary precision. His creations speak not only to art lovers but also to those passionate about geometry, mathematics, visual sciences, architecture, and graphic design.
Through more than one hundred works, the official catalog of the first major exhibition of M.C. Escher in Paris retraces the entire artistic journey of the Dutch engraver (1898–1972), from his early training and travels in Italy to the complex technical experiments that made him an artist admired even in scientific circles. The volume reconstructs the visual and conceptual universe of M.C. Escher: a space where nature, art, science, and mathematics intertwine in a fascinating and vertiginous balance. His works—true architectures of imagination—continue to influence our contemporary way of seeing and have entered the collective imagination through school textbooks, magazines, design, and popular culture. Trained as a graphic artist, he produced around 450 prints, each characterized by a distinctive style and extraordinary precision. His creations appeal not only to art lovers, but also to those passionate about geometry, mathematics, visual sciences, architecture, and graphic design. This catalog is much more than a simple exhibition companion: it is a comprehensive guide to the universe of M.C. Escher, where imagination meets geometry and reality bends to the laws of infinity.
Nicola Samorì (Forlì, 1977) is one of the most innovative contemporary artists, known for his profound dialog with Western visual tradition. Through a process of excavation and rewriting, Samorì transforms the classical into a field of tension, challenging the apparent immutability of art. Classical Collapse is a unique exhibition project connecting Milan and Naples, bringing together the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana and the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in a journey through more than fifty works by the artist, displayed alongside masterpieces from the permanent collections. The exhibition explores themes such as matter and illusion, creation and ruin, body and spirit, investigating the continuous metamorphosis of classical art and the vitality of cultural heritage. The accompanying volume includes essays by Demetrio Paparoni, Alberto Rocca and Eike Schmidt, directors of the hosting institutions, as well as contributions by writer Antonio Moresco and theologian and art critic Friedhelm Mennekes, offering an in-depth reflection on Samorì’s practice and his ability to inspire a renewed vision of art.
Boucheron: Secret Archives tells the true story of Maison Boucheron, the oldest jeweler on Place Vendôme. Fifteen years after the first publication, new documents and photographs discovered in the Boucheron archives and private collections have allowed jewelry historian Vincent Meylan to reveal more remarkable discoveries about the history of this great Parisian jeweler house, bringing the glittering world of diamonds and pearls, intrigue and power to life.
From ‘Ladies of Sin’ to the ‘Kings and Queens of the World’, the Maison’s extraordinary, colorful clientèle included La Païva, The Countess of Castiglione, Tsar Nicholas II, the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales, Lord Mountbatten and the Duke of Kent, the Vanderbilts, the Rothschilds, Sarah Bernhardt, Rita Hayworth, the Aga Khan, the Iranian and Egyptian royal families and more. For over a century-and-a-half, Boucheron has fashioned some of the most exquisite jewelry, from Margaret Greville’s fabulous treasure left to the Queen Mother to the spectacular emerald necklaces created for the Maharajah of Patiala.
Featuring over 300 illustrations and documents, these pages include newly discovered original design sketches, black-and-white archive images and sumptuous color photographs of Boucheron’s exquisite creations.
The Sámi artist John Savio (1902–1938) has long been viewed through the lens of the majority culture, and has consequently been relegated to the margins of art history. John Savio – Hásttuheaddjin: Voice of Resistance approaches his work for the first time from a perspective grounded in specifically Sámi knowledge systems and lifeworlds. In doing so, his practice emerges on its own terms: as a driving force that not only carries forward but renews modernism, with a quiet yet penetrating critique of the colonial structures that shaped Sámi life both in his own time and beyond.
At a moment when Indigenous artists around the world are challenging established notions of representation and knowledge, Savio’s voice resonates with particular force, as the texts in this volume demonstrate. They are written by the exhibition’s curator Liisa-Ravna Finnbog and by Harald Gaski, Elin Anna Labba Magga, Liv Astrid Svaleng, Wanda Nanibush, Kathrine Nedrejord and Sigbjørn Skåden, and include an interview with the visual artist Outi Pieski. Taken together, the texts and the richly illustrated material in this book show why Savio represents a vital chapter in the new, more polyphonic art history that is currently being written.