Ark Journal VII

Ark Journal volume VII explores the interaction of architecture, design and art over time, and looks at history as a constant source of inspiration for creating new ideas.

A past-present dialogue — the new and the old in architecture, design and art

The authors of Ark Journal present detailed examinations of architecture from some of the greatest masters, including an early building by Frank O. Gehry and a modest Marcel Breuer house that is not only a home but, for the most recent owners, also a long-standing lesson in how to live well. The Belgian architect Glenn Sestig discreetly transforms a radical concrete masterpiece by Ivan Van Mossevelde, while collector and designer Frederick Hooft simply leaves an avant-garde 1960s villa largely as he found it. 

In  this volume of Ark Journal, attention is drawn to the heritage of craftmanship, especially Latin American practitioners using materials from the past, and visit Mexico City-based Esrawe Studio and online platform Unno Gallery. A special insert is dedicated to designer and artist Marcin Rusak and his reworking of history, nature and craftmanship. In the popular Case Studies, the authors range from the archaic to the avant-garde in the extraordinary historic home of a sculptor, and an Arne Jacobsen pavilion by the sea is the scene for design pieces with simple lines and organic forms.

language: English

release date: spring/summer 2022

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