Books from Phaidon Press
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Jutaku: Japanese Houses
By Naomi PollockFeaturing the work of many of Japan's most famous architects including Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto, Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, Jun Igarishi, Shuhei Endo and dozens of up and coming and completely unknown young architects, Jutaku is organized ...
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Sempe: Mixed Messages
By SempeJean-Jacques Sempe's witty drawings and keen eye for the finer points of the human condition have delighted readers in France and beyond for over forty years. Now, his sharply observed...
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The Turkish Cookbook
By Musa DagdevirenThis is the first book to so thoroughly showcase the diversity of Turkish food, with 550 recipes for the home cook that celebrate Turkey's remarkable European and Asian culinary heritage – from little-known regional dishes to those that ...
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Room 606: The Sas House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen
By Michael SheridanIn the centre of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, a single room preserves a microcosm of the definitive masterwork of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne...
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Stone
By William HallStone is a fascinating, fresh and insightful global tour of the world's oldest and most beautiful building material Featuring more than 170 structures, from prehistory through to today, the book includes an incredible range of buildings: ...
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A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning
By Judith ZilczerRich in documentary photographs, sketches, and preparatory drawings, this beautifully illustrated book showcases more than 200 paintings, drawings, and sculptures in an outstanding large‐format package. "
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Willem de Kooning: A Way of Living
By Judith ZilczerIn a new format, the bestselling monograph on one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century. Willem de Kooning was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism.
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Simple & Classic: 123 step-by-step recipes
By Jane HornbySimple & Classic is a new collection of the very best of Jane Hornby's recipes from the bestsellers What to Cook & How to Cook It, Fresh & Easy, and What to Bake & How to Bake It. The beauty of Hornby's recipes is how easy they are to ...
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Destination Architecture: The Essential Guide to 1000 Contemporary Buildings
By Phaidon EditorsThe definitive architecture travel guide that lets you visit 1,000 of today's most must-see contemporary buildings – whether at home or on the road Featuring 1,000 of today's most compelling buildings by the world's finest architects, ...
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Rene Burri Photographs
By Hans-Michael Koetzle"Known the world over for his iconic images of Che Guevara and Brasilia, René Burri is one of the world's greatest living photographers. A member of the prestigious Magnum photo...
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Alex Katz: Revised and Expanded Edition
Renowned for his vivid, larger‐than‐life portraits, Alex Katz is a towering figure in contemporary painting.
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Abc of 20th-century Graphics
By Sergio PolanoThis book presents, in a portable, affordable format, a critical overview of the most influential figures in international design of the 20th century, from artists such as Alexander Rodchenko to...
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Jeff Wall: Complete Edition
By Thierry de Duve, Jeff WallJeff Wall (b.1946) adopts the nineteenth-century poet Baudelaire's famous description of one of his contemporaries as 'a painter of modern life' to describe his own very different work: huge transparencies...
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Jeff Wall
By Boris Groys, Thierry de Duve, Jeff WallThis text examines 20 years of work by Canadian artist, Jeff Wall, whose constructed photographs of suburban landscapes and dramatic mise-en-scene explore the topography of everyday relations. He combines the...
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Do It Yourself: 50 Projects by Designers and Artists
By Thomas BärnthalerThis book offers readers affordable access to world-class design – as well as hours of fun – and will inspire young designers for years to come.
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Open Studio: Do-It-Yourself Art Projects by Contemporary Artists
By Amanda Benchley, Sharon Coplan HurowitzThe book invites you into the private studios of seventeen of the most celebrated contemporary artists as they draw, paint, sculpt, or design an original project for readers to recreate at home.
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False Flat: Why Dutch Design is so Good
By Aaron BetskyThis overview features work by Rem Koolhaas, MVRDV, Ben van Berkel & Caroline Bos, Marcel Wanders, Petra Blaisse, and Jop van Bennekom, among others.
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Wild: the Naturalistic Garden
By Noel KingsburyThis is the first comprehensive overview of a new planting approach that is wild and natural by nature, reflecting the global turn towards sustainability and the current zeitgeist in garden design.
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Growing Together: (CANCELLED)
By Taro GomiA collection of four books, published separately in 2016, for early readers.
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The Arts & Crafts Movement
By Rosalind P. BlakesleyCharts the course of the movement in all media, including painting, craft, and architecture and examines the theory and philosophy behind a variety of seminal pieces.