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Great design, exciting architecture, well-chosen art, and enticing Berlin titles. Our book recommendations will whet your appetite for the highlights of Berlin’s design-savvy architectural metropolis! At www.kpm.de we regularly present selected guides, illustrated books, and non-fiction volumes on exciting topics, as well as literary discoveries.
Our discoveries for you:
The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945
Ortrud Westheider, Michael Philipp, Daniel Zamani (eds.)
“The Shape of Freedom” – the exhibition at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam could not have been more aptly titled. This opulently illustrated catalogue presents the two most important currents of abstraction after the end of the Second World War: Abstract Expressionism in the USA and Informal Painting in Western Europe. Prestel 2022
Berlin Living Rooms
Dominique Nabokov
After New York and Paris, photographer Dominique Nabokov has now cast her glance around Berlin. Her photos provide an insight into the living rooms of Berlin writers, who are curiously absent in the images. An exciting design-journey: a journey through time, and a journey through different mentalities and lifeworlds. Apartamento 2017
Architecture in Berlin. Building Berlin
Berlin Chamber of Architects (eds.)
Creative architecture from Berlin-based architects. This volume highlights what makes Berlin’s urban landscape so distinctive and exhilarating: the projects from the fields of architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture. Braun Publishing 2022
Gay Architects: Silent Biographies from the 18th to the 20th Century
Wolfgang Voigt and Uwe Bresan (eds.)
With this book, the editors contribute to the dismantling of prejudices in the history of architecture. The personal background of architects is duly taken into account when interpreting their work. The results of this research broaden our understanding of architecture. Wasmuth & Zohlen Publishing 2022
