‘A Few Zines: Dispatches from the Edge of Architectural Production’, NYC

Julia Galef reports back from a New York exhibition that celebrates late 1990′s architectural fanzines.

‘A Few Zines: Dispatches from the Edge of Architectural Production ,’ Jan 8-Feb 28 at Studio X, NYC

In today’s blog-saturated world, it’s easy to forget that just a decade ago, photocopying and mailing ‘zines’ was a fast, cheap mode of distribution.

It’s another mega-book; ‘The Phaidon Atlas of World Architecture’

‘Has Man a function in the universe?’ and other banal questions, courtesy of Gavin Turk and Buckminster Fuller

‘Some Ideas on living in London…’ Monograph from Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa

Herzog & De Meuron 1997-2001: Complete Works vol. 4

The Tate Modern in London made Herzog & Meuron famous all over the world. The projects and structures they have built since then are distinguished by the sensitive treatment of materials for which the architects are renowned. In addition, these Pritzker Prizea “winning architects have developed a topographical conception of architecture that not only locates their designs in a larger context but also frequently structures them as landscapes. In order to represent them, the layout of volume 4 of the complete works has been completely redesigned. The publication contains essays by the architects themselves in which they situate their projects. The structures presented include such icons of contemporary architecture as the Prada store in Tokyo Aoyama and the Allianz Arena in Munich, where the opening game of the 2006 Soccer World Cup was played. Pathbreaking museum structures such as the Schaulager near Basel, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the De Young Museum in San Francisco continue the conversation surrounding what constitutes a truly contemporary presentation of modern art.

First Read This: Systems Engineering in Practice,

This book provides a set of tools for keeping track of when and where you are in complex projects against the background of creative thinking and design practice. Illustrated with examples, the emphasis is on the aerospace industry, being the most experienced in Systems Engineering, but many other fields are included, from painkiller packaging to game shows.

Cities of the World (Civitates Orbis Terrarum), Stephan Fussel