donna Kukama’s diverse artistic practice is informed by history: «it’s history with a small h», says the artist in her interview with Khwezi Gule, «and it’s looking at ways of remembering ourselves». The publication includes a selection of her multi-disciplined work dating from 2006 to 2024. It is presented as a non-chronological survey that challenges the conventional book format in and of itself – opening at page 93, continuing to the colophon and title page before recommencing at page 1 in the middle of the binding – in the same way as Kukama routinely unravels accepted narratives around the institutions of art, education and documentation.

Densification of our cities is an imperative that inevitably brings the topic of new high-rise buildings and the addition of stories to existing buildings to the foreground of discourse. Architecture and urban design must increasingly address the issues of verticality at all stages of planning, design, and composition. Social and cultural aspects must be considered in this process as well.

The mixed-language book combines two elements: a case study on high-rise buildings in Zurich (in German) and an explorative essay on the subject of verticality in philosophy, culture, and society (in French). Together the threads form a dual commentary that highlights the challenges posed by the transformation of our cities. Illustrated with numerous spectacular montages and visualizations designed to broaden thinking, this volume, which comes from the laboratory of acclaimed Swiss architecture firm Made in, also offers concrete proposals aimed at architects and urban planners, politicians and flâneurs alike.

Densification of our cities is an imperative that inevitably brings the topic of new high-rise buildings and the addition of stories to existing buildings to the foreground of discourse. Architecture and urban design must increasingly address the issues of verticality at all stages of planning, design, and composition. Social and cultural aspects must be considered in this process as well.

The mixed-language book combines two elements: a case study on high-rise buildings in Zurich (in German) and an explorative essay on the subject of verticality in philosophy, culture, and society (in French). Together the threads form a dual commentary that highlights the challenges posed by the transformation of our cities. Illustrated with numerous spectacular montages and visualizations designed to broaden thinking, this volume, which comes from the laboratory of acclaimed Swiss architecture firm Made in, also offers concrete proposals aimed at architects and urban planners, politicians and flâneurs alike.

Part one is literally about beginning. The book binds together a collection of 101 found ‘Part one’ pages, reproducing the original page sizes, fonts and typographic placing. Printed in 2010 for an installation of 101 copies that were intended to stay together, followed by a market edition of 202 the next year and reissued in 303 copies with inverted white-on-black dust jackets in 2023, quoting Albert Camus about Sisyphus – an ongoing rehearsal, asking what it means to keep (or not give up) beginning.

Part one is literally about beginning. The book binds together a collection of 101 found ‘Part one’ pages, reproducing the original page sizes, fonts and typographic placing. Printed in 2010 for an installation of 101 copies that were intended to stay together, followed by a market edition of 202 the next year and reissued in 303 copies with inverted white-on-black dust jackets in 2023, quoting Albert Camus about Sisyphus – an ongoing rehearsal, asking what it means to keep (or not give up) beginning.

Part one is literally about beginning. The book binds together a collection of 101 found ‘Part one’ pages, reproducing the original page sizes, fonts and typographic placing. Printed in 2010 for an installation of 101 copies that were intended to stay together, followed by a market edition of 202 the next year and reissued in 303 copies with inverted white-on-black dust jackets in 2023, quoting Albert Camus about Sisyphus – an ongoing rehearsal, asking what it means to keep (or not give up) beginning.

The modular did not have to be invented: it can be found everywhere. We divide surfaces into grids, spaces into parts, and time into rhythmic units. Modular structures are also increasingly being recognized as a way of communicating, where the aim is not to construct a universal principle but to facilitate interplay between different systems.

Building on the visionary design system that architect Fritz Haller and engineer Paul Schärer developed in 1965 for Swiss furniture company USM, Rethinking the Modular brings together specially commissioned essays and interviews with leading designers, architects and thinkers to present the wide-ranging importance and influence of modular design over the past fifty years. In revealing the broad possibilities created by balancing structure with flexibility, the timely publication redefines the place of modularity in modern design history, and offers a rich resource for designers today.

The modular did not have to be invented: it can be found everywhere. We divide surfaces into grids, spaces into parts, and time into rhythmic units. Modular structures are also increasingly being recognized as a way of communicating, where the aim is not to construct a universal principle but to facilitate interplay between different systems.

Building on the visionary design system that architect Fritz Haller and engineer Paul Schärer developed in 1965 for Swiss furniture company USM, Rethinking the Modular brings together specially commissioned essays and interviews with leading designers, architects and thinkers to present the wide-ranging importance and influence of modular design over the past fifty years. In revealing the broad possibilities created by balancing structure with flexibility, the timely publication redefines the place of modularity in modern design history, and offers a rich resource for designers today.

This publication by architect Nele Dechmann retraces the development of Costa Smeralda, a large holiday resort developed on an untouched region in Sardinia in the 1960s. Its architectural style was above all defined by its subordination into landscape at all scales. For this study, Nele Dechmann consulted primary sources for the first time. Her research shows Costa Smeraldas multi-layered characteristics as a physical manifestation of a network, as a representation of an architectural era and, as the result of a controlled large-scale planning framework, how it has influenced the whole region.

This publication by architect Nele Dechmann retraces the development of Costa Smeralda, a large holiday resort developed on an untouched region in Sardinia in the 1960s. Its architectural style was above all defined by its subordination into landscape at all scales. For this study, Nele Dechmann consulted primary sources for the first time. Her research shows Costa Smeraldas multi-layered characteristics as a physical manifestation of a network, as a representation of an architectural era and, as the result of a controlled large-scale planning framework, how it has influenced the whole region.

This publication by architect Nele Dechmann retraces the development of Costa Smeralda, a large holiday resort developed on an untouched region in Sardinia in the 1960s. Its architectural style was above all defined by its subordination into landscape at all scales. For this study, Nele Dechmann consulted primary sources for the first time. Her research shows Costa Smeraldas multi-layered characteristics as a physical manifestation of a network, as a representation of an architectural era and, as the result of a controlled large-scale planning framework, how it has influenced the whole region.

This publication by architect Nele Dechmann retraces the development of Costa Smeralda, a large holiday resort developed on an untouched region in Sardinia in the 1960s. Its architectural style was above all defined by its subordination into landscape at all scales. For this study, Nele Dechmann consulted primary sources for the first time. Her research shows Costa Smeraldas multi-layered characteristics as a physical manifestation of a network, as a representation of an architectural era and, as the result of a controlled large-scale planning framework, how it has influenced the whole region.