Books

PICASSO-BARCELONA. A Cartography

Part biography of the young artist, part guide to Barcelona, Picasso-Barcelona tells the story of the relationship between Picasso and the city that saw him evolve into a modern painter.

LA CASA FULLÀ. TOT ESTAVA PER FER I TOT ERA POSSIBLE / Briongos, Clotet, Faura, Rovira, Tusquets

Monograph of an emblematic building by Studio PER. It brings together drawings and plans by its architects, vintage photos, an unpublished interiors images, writings by Brossa and Ana Mª Moix, and essays on architecture and the life that took place in it.

ORIOL / Ramon Oriol, Ramon Benedito, Juli Capella

VINÇON. 1929-2015

The story of the shop that transformed the way of seeing and consuming design in Spain, opened new horizons to the world of art and design through La Sala Vinçon and became a benchmark for good taste and good mood.

JOSEPH BEUYS – MANRESA. A SPIRITUAL GEOGRAPHY

The Fluxus action Manresa (Düsseldorf, 1966) was a turning point in Beuys’s career. Based on photographs and documents, this publication reconstructs the materiality of the work and analyses its spiritual, political, artistic and geographical scope.

HENNING CHRISTIANSEN, BJØRN NØRGAARD - MANRESA HAUPTBAHNHOF. AN HOMAGE TO BEUYS AND LOYOLA

DISUEÑO. CUANDO EL ARTE Y EL DISEÑO JUGARON A SER LO MISMO. 1977-1979 / Pepa Bueno

Disueño was a crucial episode of Barcelona's design. When the principles of functionalism began to be questioned, it opened a space of freedom halfway between the anti-consumerism of the 60s radical design and the 80s postmodernism.

'PHOTOGRAPHY OR LIFE' & 'POPULAR MIES' / Columns of Smoke Vol.I / Juan José Lahuerta

This first volume of Columns of Smoke is a brilliant treatment of modern visual culture that will redefine our concept of modernity.

ANTONI GAUDÍ. ORNAMENT, FIRE AND ASHES / Juan José Lahuerta

This volume studies the cultural and political context of Barcelona in the early twentieth century as an inextricable element in the emergence of Gaudí as an architect and deconstructs the popular and romanticized image of a genius that stood alone.

ON LOOS, ORNAMENT AND CRIME / Columns of Smoke Vol. II / Juan José Lahuerta

In this volume Lahuerta examines in fine detail Loos's written work, with special focus on a radical rereading of "Ornament and Crime".

CORNERSTONE. The Birth of the City in Mesopotamia / Pedro Azara

A collection of articles providing a contemporary view of the origin of the city and its architecture.

GEORGII KRUTIKOV. The Flying City and Beyond / S.O. Khan-Magomedov

The very first detailed study of Krutikov’s sensational Flying City.

CONSTRUCTIVISM / Aleksei Gan

The 1922 defining text for the constructivist movement, introduced by an essay that rediscovers the fascinating figure of its author.

ENRIC MIRALLES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (and without glasses) / David Bestué

Tracking the projects of the great architect, artist Bestué creates a new form of architectural criticism.