In Culver City, California, visionary architect Eric Owen Moss has designed a series of commercial buildings that energize the predictable skyline of this city, where low flat-roofed buildings house light industrial activity. One of his buildings, known as The Box, combines geometry and sculptural qualities while investigating the function of its parts from both the interior and exterior. These formal and functional concepts are also expressed in the book’s design. The complexity and clarity of this project is reflected in the text, images, drawings, and interviews documented in the book.
Vellum paper was selected to articulate the dialogue conveyed through the use of typography and the geometric layout. In presenting the building photographs, the design recedes, allowing the images to be the single voice. Similarly, the architect’s sketches are directly presented and accompanying construction documents are reproduced at scale.