Geymüller publishing house for architecture
The Geymüller | Verlag für Architektur is a German publishing house based in Aachen and Berlin . It was founded in 2012 by architects and building historians Anke Naujokat, Jan Pieper and Björn Schötten. His focus is on architecture , building history and monument preservation .
history
With Heinrich von Geymüller, the name of the publishing house refers to one of the founding fathers of architectural history as an independent discipline within the arts and cultural studies . Geymüller founded the method of looking at the building itself as the source of its own history, in addition to written and pictorial evidence, and thus a building history that not only includes the text but also the drawing - the builder's autographs as well as the building survey by later building researchers - is committed as an instrument of architectural analysis.
The publishing program sees itself as a continuation and renewal of this tradition. In particular, it stands for research on the history of architecture, which knows how to use the methods of historical building research for the issues of iconology and architectural meaning research as a whole.
profile
In addition to the Brandenburgische Denkmalpflege magazine and other individual publications, Geymüller | Verlag für Architektur books out in different series:
- Blue series: The blue series is designed as a series of monographic works on the history of the building, which are based on a comprehensive documentation of the buildings in building surveys and building research - regardless of style, type or epoch.
- White Series: The books in the White Series deal with architectural aspects of a topic, an era, a building or a master builder ’s oeuvre.
- Firmitas: The aim of the Firmitas series is to look at groundbreaking events in building history that interlink three aspects - construction, functionality and aesthetics.
- Workbooks: In addition to the Blue Series , workbooks on the history of architecture are published , which outline individual aspects of the larger series.
- Scriptorium Carolinum: The series includes various publications on the rich architectural history of Aachen .
In addition, Geymüller cooperates with the Portuguese-German partner publisher Capa-Edition , which publishes works on contemporary Portuguese architecture and the current architectural discourse in Portugal.