'Architecture Books' Opens at Storefront
In September last year I attended the Storefront for Art and Architecture's Architecture Books / Yet to be Written / 1982-2017-2052 at the Cooper Union. The five-hour-long event marked the beginning stages of Storefront's New York Architecture Book Fair, which takes place this week and consists of numerous components, such as Book Salons, a Bookstore Network, and an exhibition in Storefront's distinctive space. The last, called Architecture Books ? Yet to be Written opens tomorrow evening and runs until late August. Details are below.
Description from the Storefront website:
April 19th Exhibition Opening:
6 ? 7 pm: Press and Members Preview
7 ? 9 pm: Public Opening
As part of the first edition of the New York Architecture Book Fair, Storefront for Art and Architecture presents Architecture Books ? Yet to be Written, an exhibition that invites us to reflect upon the cultural contribution of architecture through the medium of the book from 1982 to today. With an archaeological and projective twist, the installation seeks to celebrate and evaluate both the existing and the missing volumes of a history still in the writing.
Storefront was founded in 1982 as an alternative platform for discourse and debate that brings important issues to the forefront, and that extends beyond ideological and disciplinary boundaries. The period of exploration for the first edition of the New York Architecture Book Fair coincides with this recent history, taking the last 35 yea...
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