Books

Architects are suffering from “originality syndrome” and should copy more, says Winy Maas

October 20, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Architects and designers are too obsessed with being original and should get over their aversion to copying others, according to a new book co-written by Winy Maas of MVRDV. Called Copy Paste, the book argues that the cult of uniqueness is slowing down innovation. “Instead of mocking the culture of copycats, design could learn better

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by HUUM

September 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a book documenting over a decade of work by American architecture studio Hughesumbanhowar Architects. The hardback book looks closely at 21 current and completed projects by HUUM, ranging from private residences, to commercial spaces and public buildings. Each structure has been captured in colour photography, and is accompanied

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by HUUM

September 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a book documenting over a decade of work by American architecture studio Hughesumbanhowar Architects. The hardback book looks closely at 21 current and completed projects by HUUM, ranging from private residences, to commercial spaces and public buildings. Each structure has been captured in colour photography, and is accompanied

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Competition: win a book exploring Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture through the art of kirigami

August 18, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

Dezeen has teamed up with Laurence King Publishing to give away five copies of Frank Lloyd Wright Paper Models – a book presenting 14 kirigami designs based on some of the architect’s most popular buildings. London-based Laurence King produced the new book with kirigami paper artist and Wright enthusiast Marc Hagan-Guirey – aka Paper Dandy.

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by SO-IL

August 17, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Dezeen has teamed up with Lars Müller Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book exploring work by New York-based architecture firm SO-IL. The Brooklyn studio’s first book – titled Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura – brings together its buildings, interiors and installations that fall into these carefully selected

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by SO-IL

August 17, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Dezeen has teamed up with Lars Müller Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book exploring work by New York-based architecture firm SO-IL. The Brooklyn studio’s first book – titled Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura – brings together its buildings, interiors and installations that fall into these carefully selected

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by SO-IL

August 17, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Dezeen has teamed up with Lars Müller Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book exploring work by New York-based architecture firm SO-IL. The Brooklyn studio’s first book – titled Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura – brings together its buildings, interiors and installations that fall into these carefully selected

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Competition: win a book that showcases the homes of surfers from around the world

August 6, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving away three copies of Surf Shacks, a book of full-colour photography capturing surfers’ homes around the world. Compiled by surf culture blog Indoek, Surf Shacks features residences ranging from hidden rural cabins to converted vans, tropical bungalows and city apartments – putting paid to the idea that surfers reside exclusively by the coast.

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Competition: win a book detailing digital fabrication projects across architecture and design

July 19, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dezeen is giving away five hardcover copies of Fabricate 2017: Rethinking Design and Construction, which brings together the best architecture and design projects involving digital fabrication. The book is the official supporting publication of Fabricate, the international triennial conference for those working at the intersection of design, architecture, construction and computation. This year’s conference took

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100,000 forbidden books used to construct Parthenon replica on Nazi book-burning site

July 12, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Argentinian artist Marta Minujín has used thousands of prohibited books to construct a replica of the Parthenon in Athens on a Nazi book-burning site in Kassel, Germany. Taking a stance against censorship, Minujín designed the Parthenon of Books to echo the classical Greek temple, which remains a major icon of the democratic Athenian polis. Metal scaffolding mimics the form of the

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