Books published by Lars Muller Publishers

Debates on contemporary art and architecture.

The city of Kolkata and its surroundings are the subject of photographer Patrick Faigenbaum's latest project, winner of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award.

A fresh look at a traditional shoe: the Camper brand celebrates its fortieth anniversary.

An atlas of architectural culture, with contributions by Thomas Auer, Armen Avanessian, Stefan Bergheim, Matthjs Bouw, Armin Linke and Erik Swyngedouw.

Just what is it that catches the eye, and why? What's the significance of a broken flowerpot, a pair of identical tables side by side, a garden hose wrapped around an old car wheel? In this collection of photo essays, the famous designer Jasper Morrison examines and imagines the life behind a series of seemingly ordinary situations.

A famous photographer questions the relationship between visible reality and the photographic reproduction.

A monograph and conceptual manifesto by a famous Sicilian architect who is still considered an insider's tip, it is like a private collector's portfolio: special loose-leaf prints in a box set.

The OfficeUS Agenda, the catalogue for the U.S. Pavilion, serves simultaneously as a guide and counterpoint to the exhibition. Organized into stories of expertise, exchange, and export, the Agenda frames the narratives that have projected the organisational structures and branded identity of U.S. architecture firms internationally from 1914 - 2014.

Like Gandl's best sellers, Neubau Welt (2005) and Neubau Modul (2007), this new volume, Neubau Forst Catalogue, is a print survey of a digital library of images and vectors. Neubau Forst Catalogue is the book that architects, designers, graphic designers, and illustrators have only dreamed of until now.

In this volume, two Brazilian photographers seek and find soccer in places where one might not expect to find it.

Down to the last detail, Buckminster Fuller's buildings were set up to receive electromagnetic signals. In a mostly wireless world, they take on a new and urgent significance.

The history and present-day circumstances of architecture as an exhibition object.

- A complete reproduction of Max Bill's exhibition - a myth of Swiss design - in book form - A guide to classical modernist design beyond short-lived fashion and design trends

Shanshui City, the latest book from MAD Architects' founder and principal partner, Ma Yansong, received an international release in October 2014. The publishing of the book coincides with the 10th anniversary of the founding of MAD Architects.

Is there such a thing as "pure black"? In this book, Katrin Trautwein shows us how many shades of grey and different pigments can go into creating this special colour, to which countless meanings are attached both in Western culture and other parts of the world.

Josef Muller-Brockmann's graphics left a lasting mark on Swiss visual communication from the 1950s onward. His posters demonstrate how a sober, formally reduced language works best for conveying a universal, timeless message.

The photo book Noonday can be regarded as a sequel to Annelies Aetrba's Shades of Time, published almost twenty years ago by Lars Muller Publishers. The photographs show intimate moments in the life of the artist's family, everyday situations and seemingly insignificant moments captured on film.

With Apple, Ken Miki playfully presents a complete basic course in visual communication - all based on a simple and familiar object: the apple.

- A publication dedicated to Le Corbusier as a photographer - Contains previously unpublished photographs by Le Corbusier

This volume brings together perspectives from history, sociology, art, political theory, planning, law, and design practice to explore the urban spaces of the political. A selection of contemporary photography from around the world offers a visual refl ection of this timely investigation.

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage excellence in architecture and other forms of intervention in the built environment of societies with a Muslim presence.

Embracing that which could dominate us - the city, infrastructure, overpopulation and social chaos - has been part of the process of Steven Holl Architects as the offi ce has taken on work of increasing complexity and scale in China over the past decade.

Nairobi, in its short history spanning just over one hundred years, has grown to be one of the most varied and international cities of our contemporary world. Migration has been shown as one of the key forces infl uencing the city.