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2018
2017

Black: Architecture in Monochrome

Published by Phaidon Press Ltd., USA

Phaidon Editors, ed.

2017

ISBN: 9780714874722

 

A stunning exploration of the beauty and drama of 150 black structures built by the world’s leading architects over 1,000 years.

A visually rich book, Black: Architecture in Monochrome casts a new eye on the beauty – and the drama – of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world’s leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.

2016

Powershop 5 – New Retail Design

Published by Frame Publishers , The Netherlands

Shonquis Moreno, ed.

13th September, 2016

ISBN: 978-94-91727-93-1

 

Powershop 5 – New Retail Design

Following in the footsteps of its successful former editions, Powershop 5 delves into the worldwide exploration of the latest leading retail design.

With over 100 featured shops spread across eleven chapters, the book presents current trends and the evolution of retail interiors. Readers are given an exclusive look at how designers conceptualise ideas and bring them to life, creating the ultimate brand experience.

This inspiring book explores the conscious efforts that designers take to encompass outstanding retail spaces with strong brand and client identity – examining the design process, materiality, functionality and the overall user experience. Shops ranging from luxury fashion, books and jewellery to car showrooms are developed through a unique stream of creativity, innovation and spatial context.

Homegrown: A Singapore Design Consciousness

In celebration of MKPL’s 20th anniversary, ‘HOMEGROWN: A Singaporean Design Consciousness’, an exhibition curated by the architects to reflect and investigate fundamental underlying elements and common threads in contemporary homegrown design and architecture.

 

Selected work from MKPL Architects, CHANG Architects, Lekker Architects, Materium, Produce, and Studio SKLIM will be publicly exhibited the URA Atrium between Tuesday 29 March and Friday 15 April.

 

The exhibition will also be anchored by two forums.

 

Homegrown: A Singapore Design Consciousness

Organised by MKPL Architects

Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Atrium, Singapore

29th March -15th April 2016

 

Common Ground: Homegrown Designers

Organised by MKPL Architects & URA

Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Function Hall, Singapore

29th March 2016

 

2015

Jutaku: Japanese Houses

Published by Phaidon Press Ltd., USA

Naomi Pollock, ed.

2015

ISBN: 978-0-7148-6962-9

 

Frenetic. Pulsating. Disorienting. Japan’s contemporary culture is constantly in flux, with a host of new architectural practices ushering in an era of continuous experimentation.

 

Featuring 500 houses – one per page, one image per house – Jutaku: Japanese Houses is a fast-paced, shock to the system that shines a Harajuku–bright neon light on the sheer volume, variety and novelty of contemporary Japanese residential architecture.

 

Featuring the work of many of Japan’s most famous architects including Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto, Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, Jun Igarishi, Shuhei Endo and dozens of up and coming or as yet unknown young architects, Jutaku is organized geographically, speeding readers on a bullet train journey across Japan’s architectural landscape.

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