Abstract 2018
Amale Andraos, Shannon Werle (Editors)
Columbia GSAPP/Actar, April 2019

Spira-bound paperback | 8 x 11 inches | 372 pages | English | ISBN: 978-1941332511 | $35.00

Publisher Description:
Abstract is the yearly publication of work and research from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Produced through the Office of the Dean Amale Andraos, the archive of student work contains documentation of exceptional projects, selected by faculty at the conclusion of each semester.dDAB Commentary:
If any architecture school gives an excessive amount of attention to its year-end presentation of student work and the goings-on of the school, it's Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, best known as GSAPP ("Gee sap"). Long called Abstract, the publications this century are bold in format and design, each one different, or slightly different, from its predecessor (those from the 1990s, which I'm also familiar with, are relatively straightforward). For the years under dean Mark Wigley, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister was responsible for the design of the books, which had holes cut into them, featured a movable magnet on its cover, or even ditched the print format altogether (that didn't go over well, as students tossed the plastic non-books in the trash and used them as ashtrays). Each one was a standalone thesis on graphic design. Since Amale Andraos took over as dean ...