How Dana Pavlychko created Ukraine's leading address for books on architecture
The collaboration between Kyiv-based publisher Osnovy and DOM goes back to 2017. New joint projects are currently underway.
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“We must understand architecture as politics”
What brings a practicing architect to start publishing books as a second business enterprise? Ūla Ambrasaitė, publisher of Vilnius-based LAPAS talks to Philipp Meuser, architect and head of DOM publishers, Berlin. During their conversation it turns out that they do not only share their passion for beautiful books but also follow the idea allowing young authors to start their career in the book industry.
The fascinating story behind Moscow's Four Seasons Hotel
Myths surround this luxury accommodation and its peculiar story. For 4000 euros a night you can now stay right next to Red Square where the first Stalinist-style building once stood – it looked exactly the same.
Architectural Guide on the North Caucasus: Help to make it happen
Support the first ever English-language architectural guide on the region – and link your name to this unique project.
Meet our authors: Jean-Philippe Hugron
The Frenchman has loved buildings since childhood – the taller, the better. Which is why he lives in Paris’s skyscraper district and is intrigued by Monaco: He has now published the first ever Architectural Guide on the city-state.
Five Rules on Compassionate Design
There are ten million new cases of dementia each year. Hospitals are an intimidating environment for patients and carers. Sensitive, well-designed architecture can help. In one of our handbooks we explore the subject. As a short introduction, here are five rules for designing appropriate spaces.
Under the Spell of the Blue Light
Photographer Bernhard Ludewig has been documenting German nuclear technology across the world for seven years. Here, he introduces four of his most captivating images.
From "Altbau" to "Gebrauchsarchitektur"
Some words, no matter how trivial they may seem in the original language, do not lend themselves to direct translation. Kyung Hun Oh, our in-house translator, talks about some challenges of his daily work.
Meet our team: Kyung Hun Oh, translator
After studying literature in Cambridge, UK, Kyung Hun Oh moved to Berlin four and a half years ago. He has now translated numerous books for DOM publishers. An advocate of clarity, he gently reminds architectural critics: sometimes, less is more.
Vann Molyvann: The architect who shaped the Cambodian capital
He melded modernist principles with Angkorian tradition to invent a new style: Khmer Modernism