Embark on an inspiring journey with Urbanist: The World's Most Iconic Cities & Buildings. This illustrated book by WIJCK. delves into 25 world-renowned cities, featuring intricately crafted maps and line drawings that showcase each city's architectural marvels. Over the years, WIJCK. has drawn more than 5,000 cities, buildings, and locations, with these artworks now gracing over a million walls worldwide.

Inside, you'll find minimalist maps and drawings of landmark structures, each accompanied by fascinating background on its history, unique features, and cultural significance. From New York's iconic skyscrapers to Barcelona's Gaudí masterpieces and Dubai’s futuristic Burj Khalifa, Urbanist captures the essence of urban architecture.

Ideal for architects, planners, or curious travellers, this book invites you to uncover the stories behind the structures that shape our cities and define their character.

As in other countries, not every mid-century modern building in Japan can be, or even deserves to be saved. Yet a swathe of these works—those that achieved new architectural milestones and those that became landmarks in the public eye—warrant international attention. Vanishing Japan is the first book to shine a light on these gems, becoming an important record of buildings that have already been lost and making their memory available to a wide, global audience.

The book focuses on some ninety buildings demolished since 2000, while the introduction, afterword, and “deep dive” interludes provide additional context. The project selection features beloved theaters, shopping centers, and offices built between the 1950s and 1970s, with select examples from the ’80s and ’90s as well. While many of these buildings were in Tokyo and Osaka, the book draws on examples from all over the country, charting the once recognizable local landmarks that continue to inspire as examples of architectural innovation.

High real-estate values, engineering improvements amid frequent earthquakes, and maintenance costs are just a few of the reasons that buildings are regularly torn down in Japan. All these and more are explored in this insightful, accessible book that will have readers look at their own built environment in a different light.

The latest projects from prolific Belgian architect, interior, and product designer Vincent Van Duysen, bring the trilogy of monographs up tothe present day. The book includes eleven homes in Europe and North America, including his own house in Portugal, as well as boutiques, a hotel, a winery, and a beach club, each featuring his signature muted style and exquisite finishing. Van Duysen's work is synonymous with modern minimalism and this volume demonstrates the refinement of his ideas since the last book.

Each project is richly illustrated through photography, with accompanying plans and texts to explain the context and execution of the design. As in the previous books, residences, products, and interior schemes are interleaved, showing the clear through line of Van Duysen's design thinking.

In each, the reader can discern his clever use of natural materials, and the importance of comfort in the completed scheme. Concrete, oak, marble, lava stone, dark bronze, and aluminum are finished to best highlight their innate qualities and to create an atmosphere of elegant relaxation, whether that be in a chair, hotel interior, or home.