Axiomatic Editions

Join us on March 13th from 6-8 pm at the Center for Architecture in NYC as we kick off the Seeking Abundance Conversation Series, featuring Alan Ricks, Co-Executive Director and Founding Principal at MASS, Patricia Gruits, Co-Executive Director and Senior Principal at MASS, and Ashley Simone, Editorial Director at Axiomatic Editions. A book talk and film screening, this evening celebrates the release of Seeking Abundance; exploring the intersection of architecture, landscape, and ecology through regenerative practice, multidisciplinary collaboration, and community engagement. Together, we’ll rethink how we design, work, and care for the places we inhabit- reframing abundance as a shared, place-based practice grounded in equity, imagination, and ecological stewardship. RSVP in bio!

NYC friends, if you have time, make sure to pop over to @clampartnyc to see @billarmstrongphoto 's ALL A BLUR exhibition. The show closes TODAY (Feb. 28), so it's your last chance to see these glorious color prints in person. From the CLAMP website: "CLAMP is pleased to present 'Bill Armstrong | All a Blur,' a retrospective exhibition spanning more than two decades of work by the New York–based artist. Bringing together seminal bodies of work from Armstrong’s ongoing “Infinity” series—including “Mandalas,” “Portraits,” “Film Noir,” “Renaissance,” “Falling Through History,” and others—the show offers a comprehensive view of a practice devoted to color, perception, transcendence, and the psychological charge of the image." The exhibition coincides with the publication of "Bill Armstrong: All a Blur—Photographs from the Infinity Series" (Axiomatic Editions, a new imprint of ORO Editions). See more at ALL-A-BLUR.COM. Congrats, Bill! Love these images. #flakphotobooks #flakphotorecs /

“Landscapes for Adaptation: Evidence from China” by Charles Waldheim, with Boya Zhang, examines Kongjian Yu’s strategies for landscape urbanism in China and how they may be deployed in other regions around the world. Waldheim, a leading theorist of landscape urbanism, recently lectured in Beijing in January, tracing how Yu’s projects redefine infrastructure, public space, and ecological repair in Chinese cities. In memoriam, the book also marks the profound impact of Kongjian Yu (1963–2025) on landscape urbanism worldwide, as his sponge city landscapes have transformed both the discipline’s imagination and its tools for living with water. The book, designed by Siena Scarff, will be released later this spring by Axiomatic Editions.   @charleswaldheim @kongjianyu_turenscape @turenscape @panxxpenny @sienascarffdesign @piloti_yogi @harvardgsd

Seeking Abundance: Design, Ecology, and a Flourishing Planet, a new book by MASS, illustrates how regenerative design and building can heal our planet and communities by halting biodiversity loss, reversing climate change, and improving social equity Pre-Order Now! (Link in bio)

Issue 95.3 of AD, “Reimagining Architectural Drawing: Print and Process,” guest-edited by Mark Dorrian, Riet Eeckhout, and Arnaud Hendrickx, explores how tradition and precedent can spark new forms of architectural drawing and media practice. First exhibited together at A83 under the title The Sixth Somewhat Annual Meeting, the drawings consider how archival artifacts can be brought back into active use, how complex material objects invite unexpected readings, and how changes in media format generate layered visual and conceptual effects. Through close engagement with individual works, the contributors open rich conversations about the drawn work, expanding the dialogue among drawing, archive, and publication, while exploring experimental drawing practices and the life of images across time. The featured writers include Stan Allen @studiostanallen , Greg Barton, Paddi Alice Benson, Peter J. Baldwin @peterjbaldwin , Adam Dayem @adam.aslasho , Iman Fayyad @i.fayyad , Jimenez Lai @0super , Jason Lee @jasonjlee , Bea Martin @bgommartin , Thom Mayne @morphosisarchitects , Alex Pillen @alex_pillen , Aleksandra Wagner, and Bart Verschaffel  The featured drawers include Bryan Cantley @bcantl3y , Nat Chard @nat_chard , Peter Cook @sirpetercook , Riet Eeckhout @riet_eeckhout , Arnaud Hendrickx @arnaud_hendrickx , Perry Kulper @pkulper , James Kennedy @jameskennedyart , CJ Lim @cjlimimaginarium , Metis (Mark Dorrian and Adrian Hawker) @arnaud_hendrickx , Shaun Murray @eniatype , Owen Nichols @chibbernoonie , Smout Allen @smoutallen , Neil Spiller @neilspiller0 , Natalija Subotincic, Clara Syme @a83_inst , Michael Webb @michaelspiderwebb , Mark West @survivinglogic , and Michael Young @young_ayata The featured archival drawings include works by Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown, Aldo Rossi, Frank Gehry @frankgehry_official , Bernard Tschumi @bernard.tschumi , Thom Mayne @morphosisarchitects , Michael Graves @michaelgravesarchitecture , Paul Graves, Anthony Ames, and David Roth

Issue 95.3 of AD, “Reimagining Architectural Drawing: Print and Process,” guest-edited by Mark Dorrian, Riet Eeckhout, and Arnaud Hendrickx, explores how tradition and precedent can spark new forms of architectural drawing and media practice. First exhibited together at A83 under the title The Sixth Somewhat Annual Meeting, the drawings consider how archival artifacts can be brought back into active use, how complex material objects invite unexpected readings, and how changes in media format generate layered visual and conceptual effects. Through close engagement with individual works, the contributors open rich conversations about the drawn work, expanding the dialogue among drawing, archive, and publication, while exploring experimental drawing practices and the life of images across time. The featured writers include Stan Allen @studiostanallen , Greg Barton, Paddi Alice Benson, Peter J. Baldwin @peterjbaldwin , Adam Dayem @adam.aslasho , Iman Fayyad @i.fayyad , Jimenez Lai @0super , Jason Lee @jasonjlee , Bea Martin @bgommartin , Thom Mayne @morphosisarchitects , Alex Pillen @alex_pillen , Aleksandra Wagner, and Bart Verschaffel  The featured drawers include Bryan Cantley @bcantl3y , Nat Chard @nat_chard , Peter Cook @sirpetercook , Riet Eeckhout @riet_eeckhout , Arnaud Hendrickx @arnaud_hendrickx , Perry Kulper @pkulper , James Kennedy @jameskennedyart , CJ Lim @cjlimimaginarium , Metis (Mark Dorrian and Adrian Hawker) @arnaud_hendrickx , Shaun Murray @eniatype , Owen Nichols @chibbernoonie , Smout Allen @smoutallen , Neil Spiller @neilspiller0 , Natalija Subotincic, Clara Syme @a83_inst , Michael Webb @michaelspiderwebb , Mark West @survivinglogic , and Michael Young @young_ayata The featured archival drawings include works by Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown, Aldo Rossi, Frank Gehry @frankgehry_official , Bernard Tschumi @bernard.tschumi , Thom Mayne @morphosisarchitects , Michael Graves @michaelgravesarchitecture , Paul Graves, Anthony Ames, and David Roth

Join us next Thursday for “All a Blur: Photographs from the Infinity Series” book signing and talk, with Bill Armstrong @billarmstrongphoto and Lyle Rexer @lylexox in Conversation Rizzoli Bookstore 1133 Broadway (at 26th St) NYC Thursday, January 22, 5:30 to 7:30 pm Following the talk, please join us for an afterparty and private exhibition viewing at CLAMP @clampartnyc “All a Blur: Photographs from the Infinity Series” by Bill Armstrong @billarmstrongphoto design by Bob Aufuldish @aufuldish foreword by art and photography critic Lyle Rexer @lylexox “Over the last 25 years, Bill Armstrong has pioneered the unique approach of blurring appropriated images- a medium at the intersection of photography, painting and collage. “All a Blur” presents some 300 pulsating color images that offer alternative visions of history, religion, and philosophy. Armstrong’s photographs range from mysterious falling figures sourced from the Renaissance to vibrating color spheres skin to Buddhist mandalas. He transforms these into hypnotic visual objects in a volume that is both aesthetically rewarding and a potential pathway to heightened awareness. “- Lyle Rexer

LOOK INSIDE Drawing Proper/Drawing Improper by Kevin Hirth @kevinhirth design by Luke Bulman @lbulman essays by Anca Matyiku and Marc Swackhamer @marcswackhamer Each spread unfolds outwards, offering a cinematic panorama of architectural drawings. Through this expanding format, the book explores the diverse wrolds within the architectural field today. In some cases, a drawing is produced with rigor towards a dogmatically reductive intent. In others, a drawing is an open-ended exploration with no fixed outcome or product in mind. In this sense, “Drawing Improper/ Drawing Improper” is a declaration of the outer scopes of drawing practice.

NOW RELEASED Drawing Proper/Drawing Improper by Kevin Hirth @kevinhirth design by Luke Bulman @lbulman essays by Anca Matyiku and Marc Swackhamer @marcswackhamer Drawing Proper/Drawing Improper is a meditation on contemporary practices of architectural drawing through the lenses of 56 artifacts produced by 28 architectural practices from around the world. The drawings respond to a simple prompt: How is the act of architectural drawing dutiful? How can it be mischievous? This prompt, unqualified with a signifying explanation, yielded a wide array of responses exercising across the spectrum of architectural practice from the highly practical to the whimsical. Through the introduction of the dichotomy—dutiful or mischievous—the book’s drawings expose the conflicting values of pragmatism in the production of architecture. By exposing the polyamorous interests of the various practices, the resulting collection is a declaration of the diversity of thought and approach within the field of architecture at large. This book is made possible by contributions by: Current Interests, Perry Kulper, Frank Fantauzzi & Charie O’Green, CJ Lim, Lanza Atelier, NEME Studio, Norman Kelley, Office CA, William O’Brien Jr., The Open Workshop, Outpost Office, T8 Projects, Nada Subotincic, SORT // Studio, Variable Projects, Mark West, Design Earth, Alam Profeta, Studio Ames, Studio Sean Canty, Now Here, Bair Balliet, JaJa Co, CJ Lim, Medium Office, HouMinn, EXTENTS, and Hume Coover Studio.

Please join us at Head Hi, an alternative arts organization in Brooklyn, this Friday (146 Flushing Ave) for the release of the first issue of Architectural Design (AD) published under Axiomatic Editions.   Staged: Architecture for Performance, Exhibition, and Fiction, edited by Neil Spiller and Ashley Simone   CONTRIBUTORS:   ADRIAN HAWKER ASHLEY SIMONE BART-JAN POLMAN CHARLES HOLLAND ELENA MANFERDINI EVA MENUHIN JAFFER KOLB JESSICA REYNOLDS LEAH KELLY LUKE CASPAR PEARSON MARK BURRY MARK MORRIS MICHAEL SZIVOS NEIL SPILLER OWEN HOPKINS PETER BALDWIN RAHESH RAM SANDRA YOUKHANA STEPHEN RUSTOW   FEATURED ARCHITECTS AND ARTISTS:   ATELIER MANFERDINI CHARLES HOLLAND ARCHITECTS FREDERICK KIESLER MARK WASIUTA METIS NEW AFFILIATES PAMELA PHATSIMO SUNSTRUM SAM JACOB STUDIO SOFTLAB STUFISH ТАКК VPPR YOU+PEA

Scenes from the 19th international Biennale Archittura di Venezia @labiennale 1. Ioana Grigorescu (1941) "School Project" [Ink and watercolor on paper] from the Union of Romanian Architects (UAR) collection presented at the Romanian Pavilion exhibition "Human Scale" @humanscale2025 commissioned by Attila Kim. "Grigorescu's professional practice pays special attention to color studies and human silhouettes, which represent a constant feature of her work, where she ingeniously integrates modern art into the field of architectural restoration..." 2. "Circularity Handbook" installation by PILLS, @jin.arts , typo_d, Archineering Design/AND Office, Róng Design Library, Valeria Tatano, Massimiliano Condotta, Xiaqing Cui, and Zhengwei Tang -- this exhibit integrates Buddhist principles of impermanence and practical solutions to Zero Waste into a tactile installation that evokes the playfulness of a pop-up book. 3. The Swiss Pavilion exhibition "The final form is determined by the architect on site," curated by Elena Chiavi, Kathrin Füglister, Amy Perkins, Axelle Stiefel, and Myriam Uzor. This all-female team poses the question: What if Lisbeth Sachs, one of the first registered female architects in Switzerland, rather than Bruno Giacometti, had designed the Swiss Pavilion? 4. "Am I A Strange Loop" by Akashi Ikegami and Luc Steels. The University of Tokyo ALTER3 Android is a robot whose large language model (LLM), compressed-air powered 'muscles', and camera capabilities support interactive conversations with any visitor. Alter3 is designed to steer any conversation as much as possible towards the climate crisis, especially how visitors' personal experience of the crisis. #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #IntelliGens #LaBiennaleDiVenezia #DesignfortheFuture

“All a Blur: Photographs from the Infinity Series” by Bill Armstrong @billarmstrongphoto design by Bob Aufuldish @aufuldish foreword by art and photography critic Lyle Rexer @lylexox Coming Fall 2025 “Over the last 25 years, Bill Armstrong has pioneered the unique approach of blurring appropriated images- a medium at the intersection of photography, painting and collage. “All a Blur” presents some 300 pulsating color images that offer alternative visions of history, religion, and philosophy. Armstrong’s photographs range from mysterious falling figures sourced from the Renaissance to vibrating color spheres skin to Buddhist mandalas. He transforms these into hypnotic visual objects in a volume that is both aesthetically rewarding and a potential pathway to heightened awareness. “- Lyle Rexer Images: - #623, Seascape 2003 - #1722, Partial Appearances 2017 - #314, Portraits 1999-2000