{"product_id":"clear-skies-with-patches-of-grey-edited-by-karen-lohrmann-and-hugo-beschoor-plug","title":"‘Clear Skies with Patches of Grey’ edited by Karen Lohrmann and Hugo Beschoor Plug","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unusually scarce architecture and urbanism book produced out of TU Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClear Skies with Patches of Grey\u003c\/em\u003e is a sprawling study of the contemporary built environment. Meaning, it looks at borders, infrastructures, suburbs, highways, landscapes, logistics, visual culture and marks the distinctions that are increasingly blurry, between city and non-city. It brings together essays, photography and design work by architects, theorists and artists, including material by Susan Sontag, Wim Wenders, Marc Angélil, Kees Christiaanse and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is immensely readable, and re-readable. Mainly from the way it is constructed; artfully, and skilfully. Roads become social boundaries; suburbs become ideological forms; photography becomes a way of reading territory. The design follows suit—large areas of white space, photographs, diagrams, fragments and shifting scales. Contemporary library catalogues describe it neatly as “Contemporary Environment, Essays, Photographic Works, Design Projects.” \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished in Berlin in 2003 in a first edition limited to 350 copies. Edited by Karen Lohrmann and Hugo Beschoor Plug; published by Hugo Beschoor Plug, Kees Christiaanse and Karen Lohrmann. Paperback, 360 pages. Condition: white card wrappers with light handling marks and a few small spots; noticeable diagonal creasing to the lower front corner and slight wear to spine ends. Internally clean and well preserved. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46268095660115,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-14T174734.041.png?v=1789372075","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/clear-skies-with-patches-of-grey-edited-by-karen-lohrmann-and-hugo-beschoor-plug","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}