Birkhäuser Newsletter 05.2009 Birkhäuser Verlag AG Viaduktstrasse 42 CH - 4051 Basel T + 41. 61. 205 07 77 F + 41. 61. 205 07 92 www.birkhauser.ch 1 Newsletter 05.2009 Dear Colleagues, The Pritzker Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for Architecture, was awarded to the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. In its citation the jury quotes Zumthor in his own words from the Birkhäuser publication Thinking Architecture : I believe that architecture today needs to reflect on the tasks and possibilities which are inherently its own. Architecture is not a vehicle or a symbol for things that do not belong to its essence. In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings, and speak in its own language. And this year s Mies van der Rohe Award for European architecture was awarded to Snøhetta for their Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, the first of the projects documented in our recently released Lars Müller monograph Snøhetta Works. With best wishes and regards, PR and Promotions News International Top 20 Recently Released Last Orders Revised Publication Dates Attachments: Order Form Press Review Susanne Rüscher Head of Marketing & Sales
Birkhäuser Newsletter 05.2009 2 2 PR AND PROMOTIONS Awards: The Pritzker Prize, one of the world s premier architecture prizes, has been awarded by this year s jury of the Hyatt-Foundation to the renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. http://www.pritzkerprize.com Thinking Architecture, ISBN 978-3-7643-7497-6, EUR 29.90 / GBP 23.00 Atmospheres - Architectural Environments Surrounding Objects ISBN 978-3-7643-7494-5, EUR 29.90 / GBP 23.00 Birkhäuser in the Media: Frutiger - Typefaces. The Complete Works (978-3-7643-8581-1) Not only is this arguably the most important type-related book of the past decade(s), it also considerably raises the bar for future publications in the area. This celebration of the life and career of Adrian Frutiger is a glorious achievement, and a definitive musthave. Icon Magazine / www.iconmagazine.com (UK) Limited Edition. Prototypes, One-Offs and Design Art Furniture (978-3-7643-8895-9) Together with a rich mix of images presenting the best examples, the book offers an insightful overview of one of the most revolutionary happenings to occur in the design world, and is a veritable object d art in its own right. Clientele (Bahrein) Lars Müller Publishers on Location: May 07 September 13 2009: Snoehetta The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway Snoehetta Works, ISBN 978-3-03778-147-0, GBP 39.90 / EUR 49.90. Available in May. March 5 May 24 2009: Jasper Morrison: take a seat! Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris Super Normal Sensations of the Ordinary, ISBN 978-3-03778-106-7, GBP 19.90 / EUR 24.90 Everything but the Walls, ISBN 978-3-03778-064-0, GBP 31.90 / 39.90 March 7 May 10 2009: Pipilotti Rist Exhibition in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Pipilotti Rist Congratulations, 978-3-03778-108-1, EUR 24.90 / GBP 19.90 Lars Müller Publishers in the Media: Helvetica Forever. Story of a Typeface (978-3-03778-121-0) Helvetica s supposed failings (its neutrality and lack of character) are exactly what make it an object of enduring love for so many designers something which this beautifully assembled book sets out to celebrate. It s packed full of interesting stuff... Grafik (UK) Corporate Diversity (978-3-03778-160-9) Here s a great book... aisleone.net Corporate Diversity (978-3-03778-160-9)...alot of designers (myself included) that are extremely excited over the release of this book. grain edit June 05 June 12 2009: Helvetica Forever Exhibition at the Sofia Design Week, Sofia, Bulgaria Helvetica Forever, ISBN 978-3-03778-121-0, GBP 26.99 / EUR 29.90 June 10 November 22 2009: Silvia Bächli Suisse pavilion at The Venice Biennale, Italy das Silvia Bächli, ISBN 978-3-03778-155-5, GBP 17.90 / EUR 22.90. Available in June.
Birkhäuser Newsletter 05.2009 3 3 NEWS GBP Price Increase We regret to inform our UK customers that, because of the dramatic and prolonged decline in the Euro value of the Sterling (-30% since 01/2008), our previous Euro:GBP price conversions were no longer sustainable and we have had to increase Sterling prices on all Birkhäuser and Lars Müller publications (including back list) as of 1.05.2009. The new price conversion rate of 1 Euro:0.9 GBP (previously 1 Euro:0.775 GBP) represents an increase of approx. 14%. We will continue to ship delivery-free to UK. International Top 20 (February 2009 - April 2009) ISBN Title Pub. date 1 978-3-7643-8600-9 CONSTRUCTING LANDSCAPE 19.12.2008 2 978-3-7643-8981-9 IF YEARBOOK PRODUCT 2009 06.03.2009 3 978-3-7643-8895-9 LIMITED EDITION 13.02.2009 4 978-3-7643-8631-3 CONSTRUCTING ARCHITECTURE 20.06.2008 5 978-1-56898-626-5 HAND JOB 13.07.2007 6 978-3-7643-8580-4 SMALL TOWN SUSTAINABILITY 13.02.2009 7 978-3-7643-9953-5 ACOUSTICS AND SOUND INSULATION 20.03.2009 8 978-3-7643-8425-8 MATERIOLOGY 05.12.2008 9 978-3-7643-7750-2 PATTERNS IN DESIGN, ART AND 25.05.2007 ARCHITECTURE 10 978-3-03778-160-9 CORPORATE DIVERSITY 30.01.2009 11 978-3-7643-7497-6 THINKING ARCHITECTURE 17.03.2006 12 978-3-7643-8946-8 NEW FORMS OF COLLECTIVE HOUSING 13.02.2009 IN EUROPE 13 978-3-03778-105-0 DESIGNING DESIGN 23.07.2007 14 978-3-03778-121-0 HELVETICA FOREVER 16.01.2009 15 978-1-56898-757-6 OVER AND OVER 03.07.2008 16 978-3-211-79591-0 FASHIONABLE TECHNOLOGY 19.12.2008 17 978-3-7643-8830-0 ENERGY MANUAL 22.08.2008 18 978-3-211-71591-8 PHOTOSHOP IN ARCHITECTURAL 30.01.2009 GRAPHICS 19 978-3-89939-100-8 RED DOT DESIGN CONCEPT YEARBOOK 30.01.2009 2008/2009 20 978-3-89986-107-5 MEDIA FACADES 17.04.2009 Source: Data Warehouse RECENTLY RELEASED Please use the order form attached to this newsletter Birkhäuser Quartier Ecoparc / Ecoparc Quarter. Bauart # 2. Bruno Marchand 116 p. 60 color, 20 b/w ills, 20 drawings and plans 23,0 x 28,0 cm Softcover EUR 39.90 / GBP 36.00 net, excl. local VAT ISBN 978-3-7643-9945-0 French / English Lars Müller Publishers Katharina Grosse. Wish I Had a Big Studio in the Center of the City Katharina Grosse (Ed.) 144 p. 120 color, 20 b/w ills 17,0 x 23,0 cm Hardcover EUR 29.90 / GBP 27.00 net, excl. local VAT ISBN 978-3-03778-170-8 English
Birkhäuser Newsletter 05.2009 4 4 avedition Media Facades History, Technology and Media Content M. Hank Häusler approx. 250 p. 280 color ills Hardcover EUR 49.90 / GBP 45.00 net, excl. local VAT ISBN 978-3-89986-107-5 English Plot. Creative Spaces. 100 p. Softcover EUR 14.50 / GBP 11.90 net, excl. local VAT ISBN 978-3-89986-113-6 English / German Springer Wien New York Living Streets - Wohnwege Laubengänge im Wohnungsbau Access Galleries in Residential Buildings LWW Lehrstuhl für Wohnungsbau und Wohnungswirtschaft; Peter Ebner; Julius Klaffke (Eds.) 188 p. 150 color ills Sonderformat Softcover EUR 37.34 / GBP 28.99 net, excl. local VAT ISBN 978-3-211-79177-6 German / English The next release date for new publications: 11th + 25th Mai 2009 LAST ORDERS The following titles will soon be out of print. Take advantage of the opportunity to order as long as stocks last, using the order form attached to this newsletter. ISBN Title Stock Retail Price EUR net, excl. VAT 978-1-56898-413-1 Butabu. Adobe Architecture of West Africa 36 39.90 978-3-907044-89-6 Making Air Visible / Far vedere l aria. A Visual Reader on Bruno Munari 89 42.06 978-3-7643-7948-3 Claesson Koivisto Rune 96 49.90 You will find further Last Order titles listed on our website: www.birkhauser.ch.
Birkhäuser Newsletter 05.2009 5 5 REVISED PUBLICATION DATES (additions and amendments in bold type) 7457-0 Le Corbusier Plans Vol. 4 (due to new material) indefinite 8669-6 Components and Connections May 2009 8691-7 New Tectonics July 2009 8747-1 Prefabricated Systems July2009 8943-7 The Venetian City Garden June 2009 8963-5 Heidi Weber. 50 Years Ambassador for Le Corbusier June 2009 9943-6 Art and Architecture July 2009 9944-3 Gatermann + Schossig September 2009 9948-1 Building Integrated Photovoltaics Juni 2009 9957-3 Lighting Design withdrawn / cancelled Birkhäuser ISBN Title New Date 978-3-7643-7103-6 Roberto Burle Marx indefinite 978-3-0346- ISBN Title New Date 0005-7 Tadao Ando September 2009 SpringerWien New York 978-3-211-32582-7 Prochazka, Flagship Europe November 2009 48961-1 Boeckl, Andreas Treusch Architecture May 2009 75584-6 ART and NOW September 2009 79158-5 Baumschlager Eberle. Annäherungen Approaches September 2009 79161-5 Space and Texture. Hertl.Architekten May 2009 89379-1 VIC-M Vienna International Centre Konferenzgebäude M June 2009 89798-0 99+ June 2009 Lars Müller Publishers 978-3-03778-134-0 Intégral Ruedi Baur July 2009 147-0 Snohetta Works May 2009 155-5 Silvia Bächli das June 2009 158-6 Des-/Orientierung, Dis-/Orientation, Dés-/Orientation 2 May 2009 163-0 Dynamic Identities (e) June 2009 167-8 Allied Works Architecture withdrawn / cancelled 169-2 Metahaven. Uncorporate Identity June 2009 170-8 Katharina Grosse. I Wish I Had a Big Studio May 2009 172-2 Felice Varini. Points of View July 2009 173-9 Felice Varini: points de vue July 2009
Birkhäuser Newsletter 05.2009 6 6 978-3-907078-96-9 Building Books September 2009 Princeton Architectural Press 978-1-56898-679-1 Holl: Urbanism December 2009 754-5 The Miller Hull Partnership August 2009 781-1 Think/Make. Della Valle Bernheimer August 2009 806-1 Building (in) the Future November 2009 815-3 Sites of Impact May 2009 978-1-890449-46-9 Responsive Architecture May 2009 47-6 Building Tall May 2009 48-3 The Gamble House Cookbook May 2009 978-0-615 18202-5 306090 Vol. 12 May 2009 avedition 978-3-89939-103-9 103-9 Design Value. A Strategy for Business Success indefinite 104-6 Caravaning Design Award 2008/2009 indefinite
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