Kunst-und-Bau-Auftrage sind ein wichtiges Mittel der Kunstforderung im offentlichen Raum. Sie bieten Kunstschaffenden die Moglichkeit, Projekte in einem konkreten architektonischen Raum ausserhalb des Museums zu realisieren. Fur die Architekten sind diese Kunstler meist die ersten Interpreten der entstehenden Architektur: Es werden hybride Zonen erzeugt. Das Buch bietet einerseits eine Darstellung in Text und Bild von 20 Interventionen und Projekten in Basel und Zurich. Die Publikation leistet ferner die Anbindung an den internationalen Diskurs durch knappe Querverweise auf andere europaische...

A fundamental work in the history of architecture - as a beautiful facsimile edition.

Drawing on the wisdom of Taoist philosophy, Learning from China formulates a new and responsible approach to the challenge of caring for the continuous transformation of cities.

International trends in creative office design from all over the world: The projects that make up "The Other Office" identify those offices that keep abreast of the rapid pace of change and, more importantly, set the pace.

Map out graphs, schematics, sketches, and dreams with this sleek and durable workbook. Inspired by vintage laboratory notebooks, Grids & Guides features 144 pages of graph paper (eight designs repeating throughout) interspersed with a multitude of scientific charts, tables, and infographics featuring everything from the periodic table to alternative alphabets to Newton's Laws of Motion. This journal is the perfect tool for right-brainers and left-brainers alike.

Our bestseller is now available in red Grids & Guides promises another 144 pages of varied and unusual graph paper (including some new grid designs), interspersed with more engaging charts and infographics from knot tying to logic expressions for right- and left-brainers alike. If your designs, notes, or other visual thinking need a splash of color, this is the answer. Encased in the same sturdy, cloth-wrapped cover, this time in a bright new shade."

Like its black and red predecessors, this deluxe, cloth-covered Grids & Guides notebook offers 160 pages of varied graph paper (including some new grid designs) interspersed with engaging charts and infographics, this time in full color from the human circulatory system to the geologic time scale. This is the perfect notebook to carry everywhere, for your sketches, plans, dreams, lists, and data."

Hailed as the first female photographer (and first to publish a book of photographs), Victorian botanist Anna Atkins made stunning cyanotypes blueprints of hundreds of different plants. Sunprint presents twelve of her contact photograms of algae, ferns, and irises in rich hues and stunning detail. Matching envelopes are printed on the inside with cyanotype images of the handwritten pages of Atkins's books."

An icon of American poetry, Emily Dickinson was also an avid gardener and botanist. Her knowledge of the natural world profoundly influenced her poetry, her gardens inspiring the language and metaphors of her poems. This stunning notecard collection contains four distinctive Emily Dickinson passages on the nature and passage of time, inspiring both sender and receiver to savor life's precious moments. The box and enclosed envelopes are made with prints from the beloved poet's pressed-flower albums, where she collected over four hundred specimens.

Our Observer's Notebooks on astronomy, trees, and weather, have won praise for their unique combination of a beautiful journal aesthetic with useful lab-notebook-like information. Home is the latest addition to the series. What can you do with a box of baking soda? A half of a lemon? The answers are myriad and extend far beyond the kitchen. The fourth title in our Observer's Notebook series, Home features 160 pages of lined paper, along with useful charts and drawings. Whether you need a guide to canning and pickling, or a handy chart of kitchen knives, Home blends compelling and...