Building Books

Lecture by Lars Müller

In his lecture ’Building Books’, being held to accompany the exhibition ’Idea And Phenomena. Steven Holl’, the designer and publisher Lars Müller presents a selection of books on architecture and design distinguished by the care and quality of their production, for which the publishing house has earned an international reputation.

In Building Books – the interweaving of form and content in the book design – Lars Müller sees similarities to the architect’s working process: In both disciplines a successful result depends upon a balance between function and form, the sweeping gesture and small details. The foundation and the facade have their equivalents in book design.

Furthermore, like architecture, a book stands for its time, it often has a long life and is accessible to many people. The lecture outlines different types of books and provides an insight into the design process behind selected publications, for example: Peter Zumthor – Häuser, R. Buckminster Fuller – Your Private Sky, Idea And Phenomena. Steven Holl, Jasper Morrison – Everything But The Walls. These books aim to appeal equally to designers, architects and bibliophiles.

Lars Müller
Designer and publisher, *1955 in Oslo/Norway. Lives and works in Baden near Zurich.
The design studio Integral Lars Müller has an established position in the field of corporate design, corporate publishing and signage systems, and is to be opening a new branch in London in the coming autumn.

Lars Müller Publishers has been publishing books distributed world-wide on architecture, design, contemporary photography and art since 1983.

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Lars Müller Publishers