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El Atlas Phaidon de arquitectura mundial del siglo XXI, la unica fuente documental de estas caracteristicas publicada hasta la fecha, reune mas de 1.000 proyectos arquitectonicos extraordinarios construidos por todo el mundo desde el ano 2000. No solo se hace eco del trabajo de arquitectos consagrados a nivel internacional, sino tambien de la nueva generacion de promesas de la arquitectura y de los profesionales cuya popularidad aun no ha traspasado la frontera de sus paises de origen. Incluye un amplio espectro de tipologias, desde viviendas y bodegas de dimensiones modestas hasta museos y aeropuertos de proporciones colosales. Cada proyecto ha sido seleccionado por un grupo de expertos en la materia y se ha complementado con las aportaciones de asesores especializados en las distintas zonas geograficas. Contiene mapas exclusivos y datos graficos (recabados por un equipo de la London School of Economics) que interpretan y exploran los contextos globales de la arquitectura. Los indices exhaustivos facilitan las remisiones y las comparaciones de datos, y ofrecen informacion adicional sobre los arquitectos.

A whimsical visual survey of the house cat in art and popular culture, exploring humanity’s enduring connection to one of our most loved animal companions Cats have been beloved and depicted by humans for millennia. These captivating animals appeared as worship statuettes in ancient Egypt, in anthropomorphic illustrations in Victorian England, and, today, in contemporary artwork, on fashion runways, and as social media memes. Cat celebrates how our feline friends have been depicted in art, popular culture, and history across time and around the world. This vibrantly illustrated book features more than 210 full-page images artfully arranged into playful pairings. Filled with famous artworks, vintage advertisements, classic animations, high-end fashion designs, and more, the book presents a stunning array of imagery, from maneki-neko lucky cats to artists’ pets,and ancient mosaics to contemporary couture. Readers will find iconic pop-culture characters, including Puss in Boots, the Cheshire Cat, and more; renowned artists, such as Andy Warhol, Tracey Emin, Judy Chicago, and Utagawa Hiroshige; and famed creatives, including street-style photographer Jamel Shabazz and fashion designer Thom Browne. Balancing style with substance, the book includes a foreword by Hannah Shaw, also known as Kitten Lady, who declares that celebrating the cat in images empathetically connects us to this beloved animal, and an enlightening essay by curator Leïla Jarbouai, who traces humanity’s symbiotic relationship with cats through the lens of art history. Featuring an elegant and irresistible cover design depicting a curled-up black cat, this charming volume revels in the undeniable appeal of this captivating animal. Advisory panel: Yekaterina Barbash, Claire Catterall, Anja Charbonneau, Mihoko Iida, Leïla Jarbouai, Jenny Pierson, Hannah Shaw aka Kitten Lady, Anna Stothart, BriAnne Wills, and Kristiina Wilson Additional texts: Sara Bader, Yekaterina Barbash, Tim Cooke, Anita Croy, Ellen Mara De Wachter, Catherine Ingram, Leïla Jarbouai, Rebecca Morrill, Ilana Novick, Hannah Silver, Katy Sprinkel, David Trigg, and Alexandra Zagalsky

The bestselling visual biography of one of the twentieth century's most innovative, influential artistsAndy Warhol "Giant" Size is the definitive document of this remarkable creative force, and a telling look at late twentieth-century pop culture. A must-have for Warhol fans and pop culture enthusiasts, this in-depth and comprehensive overview of Warhol's extraordinary career is packed with more than 2,000 illustrations culled from rarely seen archival material, documentary photography, and artwork. Dave Hickey's compelling essay on Warhol's geek-to-guru evolution combines with chapter openers by Warhol friends and insiders to give special insight into the way the enigmatic artist led his life and made his art. It also provides a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the New York art world of the 1950s to the 1980s. From the publisher of The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, Volumes 1 - 5.

A visual exploration of red's vivid role in global architecture over the centuries. From the earliest structures to today's contemporary creations, red has been one of the most traditional, and, at the same time, most cutting-edge, colors in the built world. Through stunning photography with informative text, you can explore more than 150 of the most striking buildings in existence - from the deep-red and stainless steel of LA's Petersen Automotive Museum to Moscow's red-brick State Museum and beyond. Visual pairings juxtapose striking works in a fresh, new approach to looking at and understanding architecture, including projects by some of the best architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. From the publisher of Black: Architecture in Monochrome.

A global guide to the 500 works of permanently installed modern and contemporary art worth traveling to experienceEnjoy a world tour from the comfort of your reading chair or plan a detailed and engaging art itinerary for your next trip with Destination Art, the essential guide to 500 must-see examples of permanently installed art from the last 100 years. With the book's geographical organization and logistical details - including GPS coordinates, addresses, websites, and symbols indicating the degree of possible access, travel planning is made easy. Discover hidden gems in big cities, explore art in nature, and trek to remote locales for one-of-a-kind experiences of art in unique locations. The artists featured in this global selection are among the world's best and most beloved from the past century, including Marina Abramovic, Alexander Calder, Jenny Holzer, Yayoi Kusama, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Richard Serra, and many more. Highlighting the best and most significant of public art in city centers, sculpture parks, site-specific installations in museums, memorials designed by contemporary artists, works of land art, and much more, Destination Art is an informative and enjoyable overview of the most significant and travel-worthy art around the globe. From the publisher of Destination Architecture.

The most compelling collection ever of the world's most innovative, stylish, and influential chairs Throughout history, the chair has presented designers the world over with infinite opportunities to experiment with new methods and materials within the set parameters of an object that is primarily there to serve a practical purpose. Chair: 500 Designs that Matter celebrates the humble chair as never before, from early examples to today's cutting-edge creations. It invites you to sit back and be taken on a journey through the creative imaginations of hundreds of internationally renowned designers.

The definitive architecture travel guide that lets you visit 1,000 of today's most must-see contemporary buildings – whether at home or on the road Featuring 1,000 of today's most compelling buildings by the world's finest architects, Destination: Architecture is an unparalleled and comprehensive resource for anyone wanting to get more out of their travels. No journey, from a long weekend to a long-haul trip, would be complete without this expertly curated 'who's who' of the most exciting architecture in the world. Each building is illustrated with a single image and accompanied by a brief description, with addresses, websites, and opening details. It's the best way to find and enjoy contemporary built culture on every continent.

Tras los éxitos de Mapas y Plantas, presentamos Universo una maravillosa mirada a cómo el ser humano ha mirado y ha documentado el Universo desde el origen del hombre hasta nuestros días. A través de 300 imágenes realizadas por astrónomos, artistas, o

A global survey of 100 of today's most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals. Vitamin C celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the world's leading curators, critics, and art professionals. Clay and ceramics have in recent years been elevated from craft to high art material, with the resulting artworks being coveted by collectors and exhibited in museums around the world. Packed with illustrations, Vitamin C is a vibrant and incredibly timely survey - the first of its kind. Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Ai Weiwei, Aaron Angell, Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Marisa Merz, Ron Nagle, Gabriel Orozco, Grayson Perry, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Schütte, Richard Slee, Jesse Wine, and Betty Woodman. Nominators include: Pablo Leon de la Barra, Iwona Blazwick, Mary Ceruti, Dan Fox, Jens Hoffmann, Christine Macel, James Meyer, Jed Morse, Beatrix Ruf, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Nancy Spector, Sheena Wagstaff, and Jonathan Watkins.

Winner of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries 2025 Award of Excellence in Series The ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images ever Following in the footsteps of the international bestseller Map, Exploring the World, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plants. It combines photographs and cutting-edge micrograph scans with watercolours, drawings, and prints to bring this universally popular and captivating subject vividly to life. Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities, this stunning compilation of botanically themed images includes iconic work by celebrated artists, photographers, scientists, and botanical illustrators, as well as rare and previously unpublished images. Advisory panel: Rosie Atkins, Gillian Barlow, Brent Elliott, Celia Fisher, Patricia Jonas, Rob Kesseler, Hans Walter Laack, Gren Lucas, Henry Noltie, Mikinori Ogisu, Pia Östlund, Lynn Parker, Martyn Rix, Charlotte Tancin, Alice Tangerini and Anita Walsmit Sachs Additional texts: Rosie Atkins, Helen Bynum, Ruth Chivers, James Compton, Tim Cooke, Brent Elliott, Celia Fisher, Carolyn Fry, Patricia Jonas, Rob Kesseler, Hans Walter Lack, Paula McWaters, Pia Östlund, Lynn Parker, Martyn Rix, Julian Shaw, Charlotte Tancin, Alice Tangerini, Guy Tindale, Jacek Wajer and Martin Walters

300 mapas de todo el mundo y de cualquier época que nos muestran lo que los mapas revelan sobre su historia y sobre nosotros mismos. Seleccionados por un panel de cartógrafos, académicos, coleccionistas y anticuarios, estos mapas representan más de 5.000 años de innovación cartográfica en diversas culturas. Incluye una amplia variedad de mapas, desde mapas de navegación, realizados por satélites, ó digitales a mapas inspirados en la cartografía tradicional realizados por artistas contemporáneos ó literarios (i.e. el mapa en el que R. L Stevenson se inspiró para realizar la isla del Tesoro) ordenados por parejas que subrayan su significado. Mapa s de Gerardus Mercator, Abraham Ortelius, Phyllis Pearson, Heinrich Berann, Bill Rakin, Ordnance Survey o Google EarthContiene una línea temporal ilustrada con la historia de la cartografía, biografías de los cartógrafos más importantes y un glosario de términos.

The first book to celebrate the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized and utilized the body over centuries. Body of Art is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years. Unprecedented in its scope, it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art, from Anthony Gormley and Maya Lin sculptures to eight-armed Hindu gods and ancient Greek reliefs, from feminist graphics and Warhol's empty electric chair to the blue-tinted complexion of Singer Sargent's Madame X. It is the most expansive examination of the human body in art, spanning western and non-western, ancient to contemporary, representative to abstract and conceptual. Over 400 artists are featured in chapters that explore identity, beauty, religion, absent body, sex and gender, power, body's limits, abject body and bodies & space. Works range from 11,000 BC hand stencils in Argentine caves to videos and performances by contemporary artists such as Marina Abramovic, Joan Jonas and Bruce Nauman... Its fresh, accessible and dynamic voice brings to life the thrilling diversity of both classical and contemporary art through the prism of the body. More than simply a book of representations, this is an original and thought provoking look at the human body across time, cultures and media.

This fold-out, high-contrast board book introduces babies to the joyful art of Alexander Girard while stimulating their developing senses Hello, sun! Hello, love! Hello, baby! Baby’s tummy time becomes a delightful mini-museum visit with this stylish, double-sided accordion book featuring art by the iconic mid-century modern designer Alexander Girard. Intentionally designed to grow with babies from birth to toddlerhood, Hello Sunshine! folds out into a freestanding art object, making it the perfect companion for tummy-time play by capturing babies’ attention while they build their neck, shoulder, and core strength. One side, intended for newborns, features bold, high-contast art in black and white that encourages visual tracking, while an integrated baby-safe mirror offers opportunities for self-discovery and play. As babies grow into infants and their vision develops, simply flip the book over to reveal more of Girard’s art – now in vibrant color – and a charming world of shapes, patterns, and familiar objects that invite parents and caregivers to point, talk, and interact with their baby. The perfect gift for baby showers and a beautiful addition to any modern nursery, this elegant and exceptionally designed tummy-time book offers an irresistible, baby-friendly introduction to visual art while supporting key stages of early visual, motor, and cognitive development. A must-have for design-conscious, art-loving parents and caregivers, Hello Sunshine! Tummy Time with Alexander Girard combines developmental benefits, timeless design, and interactive fun in one joyful package.

An exclusive tour of exceptional private gardens, showcasing the best designers and owner-makers today Into the Garden features more than 40 private green spaces normally inaccessible to the public, inviting readers to immerse themselves in dreamy landscapes and stunning vistas. Curated by Clare Foster, Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine, this beautifully illustrated volume highlights the remarkable work of today’s top designers and makers. From Umberto Pasti’s intimate garden in Tangier, a haven of local flora, and a Long Island oasis by British designer Arne Maynard, to a romantic rose garden in Dorset created by the owner with Isabel and Julian Bannerman and a terraced Mediterranean garden for a family in Ibiza designed by Juan Masedo, the featured gardens represent diverse styles, environments, scales, and locations. Each garden is explored through stunning large-format images and engaging texts outlining the garden’s story, design, key features, and plantings. The perfect gift for designers and gardeners, both amateur and professional, Into the Garden captures the contemporary moment in horticulture, where innovative design, plantings, creativity, luxury, and beauty meet.

A showcase of more than 250 women photographers who have captured some of the most remarkable images to date, celebrating their extraordinary vision and indelible impact on visual storytelling Both an essential historical record and an inspiring showcase of artistic achievement, this timely survey documents the groundbreaking contributions women have made to the field of photography since its inception. Great Women Photographers spans nearly 200 years of image-making, showcasing the work of more than 250 pioneering photographers around the world. From Anna Atkins, who in 1843 created the first photobook, to Felicia Ewurasi Abban, the first professional woman photographer in 1950s Ghana, these extraordinary artists not only mastered technical innovations, but also used photography as a powerful tool for social commentary, personal expression, and cultural documentation. Organized alphabetically, the book presents each featured photographer with a beautifully reproduced image and short, authoritative text. Readers will find outstanding examples of documentary photography, portraiture, fashion, conceptual art, and photocollage made by both iconic photographers and lesser-known names deserving of broader recognition. Featured artists include: Berenice Abbott, Laura Aguilar, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Anna Atkins, Letizia Battaglia, Zaida Ben Yusuf, Myriam Boulos, Anne W. Brigman, Claude Cahun, Julia Margaret Cameron, Renee Cox, Imogen Cunningham, Cristina de Middel, Rineke Dijkstra, Paz Errázuriz, Lalla Essaydi, VALIE EXPORT, Nona Faustine, Format Photographers Agency, Gauri Gill, Nan Goldin, Rula Halawani, Clementina Hawarden, Hannah Höch, Evelyn Hofer, Liz Johnson Artur, Rinko Kawauchi, Justine Kurland, Dorothea Lange, Deana Lawson, An-My Lê, Dora Maar, Sally Mann, Susan Meiselas, Tina Modotti, Pushpamala N., Shirin Neshat, Martha Rosler, Collier Schorr, Shirana Shahbazi, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Dayanita Singh, Newsha Tavakolian, Carrie Mae Weems, and Francesca Woodman Advisors: Jilke Golbach is a writer, researcher and curator at Foam, Photography Museum of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with an interest in art practices at the intersection of personal narratives and systemic critique. Phillip Prodger, Ph. D., is Executive Director of Curatorial Exhibitions in Pasadena, California and former Head of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Alona Pardo is Director of the Arts Council Collection and a former curator at the Barbican Art Gallery, working at the intersection of gender, social and climate justice with a particular interest in lens- and time-based media. She is a 2026 Turner Prize jury member. Charmaine Toh is Senior Curator at Tate with a focus on alternate histories of photography. Rohini Malik Okon is a curator, writer and creative producer based in London, UK. She has a particular interest in highlighting diverse cultural perspectives on knowledge and creativity, and exploring the relationships between art, public space and civic dialogue.

Explore the wondrous world of fungi, mushrooms, and mycelium in this captivating visual survey With millions of species worldwide, fungi and mushrooms are some of the most diverse living things on the planet, and have inspired everything from spirituality, pop culture, and art to design, fashion, and film. This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the indelible role of mushrooms and fungi in visual culture. Readers will discover more than 200 full-page images arranged into artful pairings: a pre-Columbian gold pendant next to a Tiffany Studios glass table lamp; an Hermès scarf across from a sixteenth-century botanical illustration; a Yayoi Kusama painting juxtaposed with a plastic figurine of the Nintendo character Toad. Work by Marc Chagall, Hilma af Klint, Andy Warhol, and Takashi Murakami appear alongside ancient Roman frescoes, drawings by pioneering mycologists, iconic children’s picture books, classic films, and vintage ceramicware. Together, the images reveal how fungi and mushrooms have intrigued and inspired humankind across time and around the world.

Explore the world’s most stunning coastlines in this breathtaking collection of gardens by the sea Creating gardens in harmony with their environment is a key aspect of garden design today. Nowhere is this more apparent than in gardens created on our coastlines, whether that be atop a rocky Mediterranean cliffside, tucked in a sheltered bay on Britain’s south coast, or on the edge of a sandy beach in Australia. Rooted in their location and offering unforgettable water views, coastal gardens embody an atmosphere of tranquillity, beauty, and an intenseconnection with nature. The Coastal Garden invites readers to explore 48 extraordinary private gardens set along the world’s most iconic coastlines. These verdant spaces represent a broad variety of terrains, climates, and garden styles – from Bernard Trainor’s design for a surfing family, overlooking the waves in sunny California, to Ulf Nordfjell’s thoughtful, rambling garden on the southern coast of Sweden. The gardens address one of four different contexts for coastal environments: gardens atop rocky cliffs, planting for resiliency, framing ocean views, and gardens on the beach. The four chapters open with an exploratory text on the theme by writer and editor Sorrel Everton. Each garden feature is then brought to life through striking, large-scale color photographs and a short informative text, also written by Everton. Descriptive image captions provide further context, including planting information and special design details. Along with in-depth garden features, an introduction by acclaimed plantsman and designer Nigel Dunnett offers insights into both the natural obstacles and incredible benefits of coastal gardens. A garden directory at the back, organized geographically, allows for easy reference. Beautifully produced and filled with inspiration, The Coastal Garden will transport home gardeners, professional designers, and armchair travelers to these exceptional green spaces overlooking our oceans and seas. Featured garden designers include: Paul Bangay, Louis Benech, Isabel Duprat, Jennifer Gay, Daniel Hinkley, Phillip Johnson, Raymond Jungles, Ron Lutsko, Jean Mus, Watson + Pellacini, Rees Roberts + Partners, and STIMSON Featured garden photographers include : Heidi Bertish, Richard Bloom, Jason Ingram, Marianne Majerus, Clive Nichols, and Claire Takacs

A visually stunning celebration of the world’s most brilliant, bold, and boundary-pushing makeup artists Makeup is empowering. It’s a means of experimentation, reinvention, provocation, disguise, and protection. It can be ‘barely there’ or transform someone’s appearance entirely. And in the hands of the finest practitioners, it can traverse into a whole other fantasy land. Blush is the very first global survey to celebrate the most exciting makeup artists working today. Nominated by a panel of industry experts, including editors, stylists, photographers, and art directors, the 75 featured artists range from famed professionals, such as Lisa Eldridge, Pati Dubroff, Sandhya Shekar, Sir John, and Charlotte Tilbury, to emerging talent, such as Bernicia Boateng, Sean Brady, Raisa Flowers, Valentina Li, and Oh Seong Seok. Each artist is profiled with a full-page spread featuring multiple images – red carpet looks, brand campaigns, beauty editorials, and more – along with an insightful short text, presented together in a vibrant, fresh-feeling layout. Every turn of the page yields new inspiration: readers will discover a dizzyingly diverse array of styles, revealing how today’s talent utilizes tone, texture, and technique to craft distinctive looks. Many of the featured artists subvert traditional notions of beauty, using faces as their canvas for experimentation. Beautifully designed and brilliantly curated, Blush showcases the work of a phenomenally creative field like never before. The book features more than 75 international makeup artists working today, including established names such as Lisa Eldridge, Isamaya Ffrench, Danessa Myricks, Sandhya Shekar, and Sir John alongside emerging talent such as Bernicia Boateng, Sean Brady, Raisa Flowers, Valentina Li, and Oh Seong Seok Text contributors include Jess Doherty, Akanksha Kamath, Hannah Tindle, Shonagh Marshall, and Zoe Suen The global nominator panel of industry experts, featuring magazine editors, stylists, curators, writers, hairstylists, photographers, and art directors, includes: Adir Abergel, Omoyemi Akerele, Imran Amed, Sarah Andelman, Marc Ascoli, Katie Becker, Dr Christine Checinska, Clara Cornet, Hywel Davies, Giorgia Feroldi, Evanie Frausto, Victoria Gaiger, Melanie Grant, Daisy Hoppen, Mihoko Iida, Megha Kapoor, Akanksha Kamath, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Nick Knight, Janice Li, Thierry-Maxime Loriot, Penny Martin, Shonagh Marshall, Mok Jungwook, Alistair O’Neill, Ezra Petronio, María Fernanda Sela Cortes, Viviane Sassen, Katie Somerville, Dan Thawley, and Daytona Williams The book features hundreds of photographs including images by the likes of Carlijn Jacobs, Nick Knight, Alasdair McLellan, Rafael Pavarotti, Elizaveta Porodina, Paolo Roversi, Mario Sorrenti, Sølve Sundsbø, Tim Walker, Harley Weir, and Zhong Lin

Over 100 global artists working with collage, as chosen by art experts, now available in paperback for the first time Collage is an artistic language comprising found images, fragmentary forms, and unexpected juxtapositions. While it first gained status as high art in the early twentieth century, the past decade has seen a fresh explosion of artists using this dynamic and experimental approach to image making. Taking a broad definition – from analog cut-and-paste compositions and photomontages to digital composed imagery and animations – Vitamin C+, now available in paperback, showcases 108 living artists who employ collage as a central part of their visual-art practice, as selected by 69 leading experts, including museum directors, curators, critics, and collectors. The survey also features an engaging and informative introduction by Yuval Etgar, an internationally renowned expert in the area. Organised in an A-Z sequence by artist, the book features both well-known collagists including Njideka Akunyili Crosby; Ellen Gallagher; Peter Kennard; Linder, Christian Marclay; Wangechi Mutu; Deborah Roberts; Martha Rosler; and Mickalene Thomas, and a plethora of lesser-known names deserving of greater attention. The 69 expert nominators include: Cecilia Alemani; Iwona Blazwick; David Campany; Raphael Chikukwa; Patrick Elliott; Max Hollein; Hettie Judah; Christine Macel; Roxana Marcoci; Duro Olowu; Scott Rothkopf; Russell Tovey; Zoe Whitley; and Heidi Zuckerman. The 108 artists featured include: Njideka Akunyili Crosby; Kader Attia; Adam Broomberg; Sara Cwynar; Moyna Flannigan; Ellen Gallagher; Lauren Halsey; Lyle Ashton Harris; Thomas Hirschhorn; Peter Kennard; Justine Kurland; Linder; Christian Marclay; Wangechi Mutu; Frida Orupabo; Heather Philipson; Tabita Rezaire; Deborah Roberts; Martha Rosler; Dee Shapiro; Eva Stenram; John Stezaker; Mickalene Thomas; Kara Walker; and Billie Zangewa.