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Design Category
Book design, 2003
Design firm
Binocular (New York, New York)
Collection
(2004) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2003
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This monograph on the design and construction of one building is composed of two main components: a set of highly detailed architectural drawings and a series of evocative black-and-white photographs, both made specially for the publication. The book was originally envisioned by the architects as a horizontal A3 format, but by the publisher as a vertical A4 format. Our design solution satisfies both desires by configuring the book almost entirely out of eight-page foldout signatures. As such, the book can be read on two levels: leafing through the pages produces a photographic essay of alternating types of images; opening the foldouts reveals the meticulous drawings for close examination and study.
“Good solution for a difficult problem: the balance of photographs and architectural drawings.” Lars Müller