Böcker i Architektur (Hatje Cantz Verlag)-serien

There is more to numbers than sums; they can also conceal histories, too. In this case, world-famous architectural history. For five years the renowned Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was closed to the public for renovation. Nevertheless, the photographer Michael Wesely was able to accommodate "four guests" inside the iconic building: four cameras, each one pointing in a different direction, were installed on the ceiling. Every day they took between 360 and 730 pictures with an exposure time of 90 seconds each. Edited into bewitching montages, this fascinating synopsis allows readers to envision the building's metamorphosis as it was undergoing renovations. The long exposure time is an aesthetic coup, for ephemeral, restless, rapid movements contrast with the still, timeless quality of the architecture, presenting a sophisticated interplay of identity and change.This book is published on the occasion of the re-opening of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, August 2021. It is a slightly altered special edition of the original numbered edition of April 2021.The photographer MICHAEL WESELY (*1963) is a celebrated master of the long exposure. His precise approach to this photographic technique, tailored to each object, brought him world renown. His unique aesthetic can be found in numerous exhibitions and collections around the globe. He lives in Berlin.

Following on the widely read The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues, which explored how museums are changing through conversations with today's generation of museum directors, New York-based author and cultural strategy advisor András Szántó's new compilation turns its attention to architects. The conclusion of The Future of the Museum was that the "software" of art museums has evolved. Museum leaders are "working to make institutions more open, inclusive, experiential, culturally polyphonic, technologically savvy, attuned to the needs of their communities, and engaged in the defining issues of our time." It follows that the "hardware" of the art museum must also change. Conversations with a carefully selected group of architects survey current thinking in the field, engaging not only architects who have built some of the world's most iconic institutions, but also members of an emerging global generation that is destined to leave its mark on the museum of the future.CONVERSATION PARTNERS:Kunlé Adeyemi (NLÉ), David Adjaye (Adjaye Associates), Paula Zasnicoff Cardoso & Carlos Alberto Maciel (Arquitetos Associados), David Chipperfield (David Chipperfield Architects), Minsuk Cho (Mass Studies), Elizabeth Diller (Diller Scofidio + Renfro), Frida Escobedo, Sou Fujimoto (Sou Fujimoto Architects), Lina Ghotmeh (Lina Ghotmeh - Architecture), Bjarke Ingels (BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group), Kabage Karanja & Stella Mutegi (Cave_bureau), Li Hu & Huang Wenjing (OPEN), Jing Liu & Florian Idenburg (SO - IL), Yansong Ma (MAD Architects), Winy Maas (MVRDV), Roth - Eduardo Neira (Roth Architecture), Stephan Schütz (gmp Architekten), Kerstin Thompson (_KTA), Xu Tiantian (DnA Design and Architecture), Kulapat Yantrasast (WHY), Liam Young (SCI-Arc)ANDRÁS SZÁNTÓ (*1964, Budapest) advises museums, cultural institutions, and leading brands on cultural strategy. An author and editor, his writings have appeared in the New York Times, Artforum, the Art Newspaper, and many other publications. He has overseen the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University and the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Szántó, who lives in Brooklyn, has been conducting conversations with art-world leaders since the early 1990s, including as a frequent moderator of the Art Basel Conversations series.

Dieser prächtige Bildband präsentiert eine Auswahl jener faszinierenden Wohnimmobilien, die in den vergangenen Jahren an exklusiven Adressen in Deutschland entstanden sind - eine Werkschau, die von großzügigen Grundrissen über konsequent-nachhaltige Handwerkskunst und ausdruckstarken Foyers bis zu noblen Interieurs reicht. RALF SCHMITZ steht für Baukultur, die in kompromissloser Qualität für Generationen geschaffen ist. Entwürfe renommierter Architekten, die Klassizismus neu interpretieren, edle Materialien und ausgesuchte Manufakturdetails fügen sich zu eleganten Bauten, die bleiben. Ausnahmeprojekte wie das imposante Wohnpalais»Alexander« in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, das wunderschöneApartmenthaus »Achenbach« in Düsseldorfs Zooviertel oder der neue weiße Prachtbau nahe der Hamburger Außenalster stehen für subtilen Luxus bei höchstem technischen Komfort. Wohnungen, die Rückzugsort und Repräsentation vereinen, errichtet für Menschen, die unverwechselbare Wohnerlebnisse schätzen.Das Erbe fortführen, die Zukunft gestalten: Seit seiner Gründung 1864 am Niederrhein errichtet das Unternehmen RALF SCHMITZ Immobilien in ausgewählten Lagen. Heute setzt die fünfte Generation der Familie diese Tradition an fünf Standorten - Kempen, Düsseldorf, Köln, Hamburg und Berlin - fort und schafft ausdrucksstarke und nachhaltige Wohnunikate, deren Formensprache alle Moden überdauert.