SUN architecture


SUN architecture is an Amsterdam-based publishing house and a subsidiary of Boom Publishers. SUN is an internationally-oriented Dutch publisher specializing in architecture, urban construction, landscape design, and art and design.

SUN architecture has a long tradition of translating theoretical titles of international standing, overviews and other outstanding publications in collaboration with the Technical University of Delft. Since 2008, SUN has focused, both nationally and internationally, on architectural monographs, essays and short texts on aspects of architecture and architectural theory, and on exhibition catalogues.

SUN architecture is interested in all the forms, theoretical starting points and styles used in design and in our architectural environment.  The collaboration with and between writers, graphic designers, photographers, editors, translators and commissioners is central to our approach.

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Brieven rond De Blauwe Schuit (1940–1945)

Renowned graphic artist Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882-1945) is also famous for his remarkable letters. This monumental publication contains five complete series of correspondence concerning De Blauwe Schuit (The Blue Barge), the publishing house ...

  • ISBN: 9789085064794
  • Hendrick Nicolaas Werkman
  • Hardcover, 1150 pages
  • 2008
  • €92,36 (excl. VAT)
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De westerse architectuur

Professor David Watkin of Cambridge University sees the history of architecture as a history of regeneration and renaissance. The past is not a graveyard of successive architectural styles. On the contrary, architectural history is a testament to ...

  • ISBN: 9789058750020
  • David Watkin
  • Hardcover, 704 pages
  • 2001
  • €51,42 (excl. VAT)
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Hendrick de Keyser: Architectura Moderna

Hendrick de Keyser was one of Europe’s most important 17th-century artists. This book places his work in an international context.

  • ISBN: 9789085065623
  • Koen Ottenheym, Paul Rosenberg, Niek Smit
  • Hardcover, 220 pages
  • 2008
  • €48,58 (excl. VAT)
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Colour in contemporary architecture / Kleur in de hedendaagse architectuur

Colour is an inseparable aspect of architecture, but often provokes strong reactions. The book on colour in contemporary architecture presents the main approaches to colour in architecture.

  • ISBN: 9789085065746
  • Susanne Komossa, Kees Rouw, Joost Hillen Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 192 pages
  • 2009
  • €46,70 (excl. VAT)
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Commissioned

The Dutch Government Building Agency is the biggest commissioner of art in the world. In the Netherlands it is obligatory to devote a percentage of the building costs of all government premises to art in the public domain. This so called ‘percentage ...

  • ISBN: 9789461051639
  • Wijnand Galema, a.o. Ed(s)
  • Hardcover, 504 pages
  • November 2011
  • €46,70 (excl. VAT)
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in Opdracht

The Dutch Government Building Agency is the biggest commissioner of art in the world. In the Netherlands it is obligatory to devote a percentage of the building costs of all government premises to art in the public domain. This so called ‘percentage ...

  • ISBN: 9789461050137
  • Wijnand Galema, a.o. Ed(s)
  • Hardcover, 504 pages
  • November 2011
  • €46,70 (excl. VAT)
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Stadscahiers 2008/2009

Once a year Stadscahiers presents an overview of developments in urban regeneration. Fifteen remarkable buildings are extensively documented and described in detail. Stadscahiers analyses the transformation of ‘problem neighbourhoods’ in the ...

  • ISBN: 9789085066521
  • Softcover, 176 pages
  • 2008
  • €46,70 (excl. VAT)
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Lexicon van de architectuur van de twintigste eeuw

This monumental reference work on the architecture of the 20th century contains 523 keywords and over 700 images. It was written and compiled by numerous experts, including Kenneth Frampton, Kurt W. Forster, Vittorio Gregotti and Reyner Banham.

  • ISBN: 9789058751140
  • Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani Ed(s)
  • Softcover, 576 pages
  • 2006
  • €43,87 (excl. VAT)
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Tropical Modernity

Charles Prosper Wolff Schoemaker (1882–1949) is the Frank Lloyd Wright of Indonesia. Between 1910 and 1940 he designed numerous buildings on Java, including Villa Isola and Hotel Preanger in Bandung, which are among the absolute highlights of ...

  • ISBN: 9789085068792
  • Jan van Dullemen
  • Hardcover, 272 pages
  • May 2010
  • €42,50 (excl. VAT)
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Circumstances

Circumstances influence the design, the ideas and the methodology of an architect. In this book the architects Roberto Meyer and Jeroen van Schooten explain how their projects and architecture are made dealing with changing circumstances.

  • ISBN: 9789085069713
  • Hans Ibelings
  • Softcover, 264 pages
  • October 2010
  • €42,45 (excl. VAT)
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