{"product_id":"architecture-as-a-puzzle","title":"Architecture as a puzzle","description":"\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/architecture-as-a-puzzle-EN.pdf?v=1707828071\"\u003eread sample\u003c\/a\u003e - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leidyklalapas.lt\/products\/architektura-kaip-galvosukis?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard\u0026amp;utm_medium=product-links\u0026amp;utm_content=web\"\u003elietuviškai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘It is always easier to talk about architecture when observing it from the outside, from the distance of time,’ architect Audrius Ambrasas once said in an interview. The architect’s second monograph, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchitecture as a Puzzle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, presents the studio’s work, giving a more detailed look at both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebuilt and un-built creative visions from 2014 to 2024, reflecting on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eun-won architectural competitions, un-realised ideas, intertwining, interrupting and re-emerging projects and sketches. An important part of the book is the research study – which has itself become a narrative – carried out between 2019 and 2023, on three myths of Vilnius: the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLukiškės Square, the meridian axis, and Tautos Namai (House of the Nation) on Tauras Hill. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e___\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 2014, Audrius Ambrasas Architects’ first book bore the first LAPAS logo, establishing architecture as a distinctive publishing direction. One of the first contemporary Lithuanian architecture albums of the time included a number of large, visible and significant projects implemented by the studio. Although, over the last decade, the studio has realised fewer projects, the identity of Audrius Ambrasas as an architect-artist and as an architect-thinker has become increasingly apparent. As he says himself, he sees architecture as a puzzle. Or is it the other way around: architecture for him is a tool for solving the puzzles of the city, the state, and perhaps even life? This is evident in his studio’s second book ten years later.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Ū. A.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAudrius Ambrasas (1962) is one of Lithuania’s most prominent architects, a laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts, awarded ‘for sensitive planning of urban spaces and professional responsibility’. His major projects include the Ventspils Science and Innovation Centre VIZIUM (2022), the PAUPYS home for business in Vilnius (2020), BALTIC HEARTS business centre in Vilnius (2014), the RUPERT creative industries centre in Vilnius (2013), the DNB bank headquarters in Riga (2010), the SWEDBANK headquarters in Vilnius (2009), and the Europa office and commercial complex in Vilnius (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCREDITS\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eeditor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ūla Ambrasaitė\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003epublishing assistant: \u003c\/b\u003eElena Paleckytė\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eassistant editor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simona Osipovaitė\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003etranslator: \u003c\/b\u003eSkaistė Aleksandravičiūtė\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eenglish language editors: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAndrej Stuart-Thompson, Skaistė Aleksandravičiūtė\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003edesign:\u003c\/b\u003e Audrius Ambrasas, Aurelija Slapšytė\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eproject manager:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jonė Juchnevičiūtė\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-609-8198-85-0\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e520 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003epages, 225x280x39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e mm, 0,9 kg\u003cbr\u003esoft cover, colour illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 3\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003epublished by LAPAS books,\u003c\/span\u003e February 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePROJECT PARTIALLY FUNDED BY:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vilnius.lt\/lt\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/vilnius.lt\/lt\/\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/VILNIUS_RED_RGB_cf322128-1b39-4c08-8db8-2188d3997511_480x480.png?v=1667919030\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"90\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/VILNIUS_RED_RGB_cf322128-1b39-4c08-8db8-2188d3997511_480x480.png?v=1667919030\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSPONSORS:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"43\" width=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/equite-ambraso-knygai_480x480.png?v=1706786833\" alt=\"\"\u003e    \u003cimg height=\"77\" width=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/brolis-timber-ambrasui_480x480.png?v=1706786823\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/brolis-timber-ambrasui_480x480.png?v=1706786823\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"120\" width=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/korgas-ambrasui_480x480.png?v=1706786804\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audrius Ambrasas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49994122920285,"sku":"M-008-2-S","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/FOTO_pilkas-pilnaiArchitekturakaipgalvosukis-AudriusAmbrasas.png?v=1707727506","url":"https:\/\/www.leidyklalapas.lt\/en\/products\/architecture-as-a-puzzle","provider":"Leidykla LAPAS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}