CATALOGUE 2015
architecture - photography - artbooks - selected fiction LAPAS is a small independent publishing house. It focuses on: - editorial work on a high-quality content of architecture, photography, art and selected fiction titles - a book as an object : publishing books as a well-designed objects - a book as an event : every book published by LAPAS is aimed to happen as an important public event. In collaboration with other institutions we curate exhibitions, lectures etc.
ARCHITECTURE GUIDEBOOKS in collaboration with Architekt큰ros fondas (archfondas.lt)
KAUNAS 1918–2015. ARCHITEKTŪROS GIDAS Vilnius: Lapas, 2015, 336 p., 150x170, print run: 2700 copies LITHUANIAN EDITION / ISBN 978-609-95484-3-2 ENGLISH EDITION available from May 2016 Rights sold to: DOM publishers (Germany) Edited by Julija Reklaitė Objects selected by Almantas Bružas, Jolita Kančienė, Nijolė Lukšionytė, Vaidas Petrulis Editorial board Ūla Ambrasaitė, Audrius Ambrasas, Marija Drėmaitė, Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Julija Reklaitė Texts by Almantas Bružas, Marija Drėmaitė, Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Rūta Leitanaitė, Nijolė Lukšionytė, Jolita Kančienė, Vaidas Petrulis Photographs by Norbert Tukaj and others Graphics by Linas Ulickas and others Designed by Kontis Šatūnas
There are two most distinguished periods of Lithuanian architecture – Vilnius baroque architecture and Kaunas modernism of interwar period. Plenty of books are written about the first one, whilst Kaunas modernism is beginning to receive a deserved attention only nowadays. Extremely short period of the first independent Republic of Lithuania showed that even a young state can emerge with an exeptional architecture. This architecture had a significant influence to soviet period, as well as to contemporary Lithuanian architects. 243 buildings – original and distinctive, from interwar and soviet Kaunas, together with architecture of today, can be found in Kaunas Architecture Guide, published for the first time. Here, illiustrated with photos and drawings, their history is being told. The book also has a special forfeiture chapter – with
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stories of already demolished or abandoned buildings, which still remains very important to Kaunas genius loci. Kaunas Architecture Guide is dedicated to professional researchers as well as to common readers, to everyone who cares about the city and its’ elements. The Interwar Period 1918–1940 The Soviet Years 1940–1990 After the Restoration of Independence 1990– 2015
VILNIUS 1900–2013. A GUIDE TO THE CITY’S ARCHITECTURE Vilnius: Lapas, 2013, 302 p., 150x170, print run: 1500 copies ENGLISH EDITION / ISBN 978-609-95484-0-1 Updated ENGLISH EDITION available from May 2016 Rights sold to: DOM publishers (Germany) Edited by Rūta Leitanaitė, Julija Reklaitė Editorial board Audrius Ambrasas, Darius Osteika, Rūta Leitanaitė, Julija Reklaitė Texts by Marija Drėmaitė, Tomas Grunskis, Rūta Leitanaitė, Nijolė Lukšionytė, Diana Kontrimaitė, Algimantas Mačiulis, Vaidas Petrulis, Julija Reklaitė, Jurgita Rimkevičienė, Indrė Ruseckaitė, Jūratė Tutlytė, Aida Štelbienė, Renata Vaičekonytė-Kepežinskienė Photographs by Audrius Ambrasas, Raimondas Urbakavičius and others Designed by Kontis Šatūnas
Vilnius’ architecture of the 20th and early 21st centuries ranges from the Modern Style to High-Tech, and reflects all the architectural trends and political shifts that swept across the city during this period. At the dawn of the 20th century, the elegant Central European Sezession style was still in vogue. Architecture later progressed to the stripped-down interwar Modernism of the 1920s and 1930s, and after the Second World War it ventured into the controversial Soviet-imposed Neoclassicism. After ‘totalitarian’ architecture was officially condemned in the mid-1950s, postwar Modernism flourished, particularly in the new residential districts that were built to house the city’s growing population. At the end of the Soviet period, Late Modernism saw a large number of public buildings appear around the city centre. With the reestablishment of independence in 1990, and with the consequent changes that
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took place in the economy and in society, Vilnius experienced yet another wave of urbanisation. Private houses were built again, filling the city to the limits, and a spectacular steel and glass city centre took shape on the right bank of the River Neris. The Modern Style 1900–1918 The Interwar Period 1918–1940 The Soviet Years 1940–1990 Late Modernism and Postmodernism Circa 1970–2000 After the Restoration of Independence 1990–2013
ARCHITECTURE GUIDEBOOKS FORTHCOMING
VILNIUS
1900 –2016 Naujosios architektūros gidas
KAUNAS 1918–2015. Architecture guide ENGLISH EDITION
VILNIUS 1900–2016. Architecture guide LITHUANIAN EDITION
VILNIUS
1900 –2016 A Guide to the City’s ArChiteCture
KLAIPĖDA and seaside resorts. 1900–2018. Architecture guide LITHUANIAN EDITION
VILNIUS 1900–2016. Architecture guide ENGLISH EDITION
ARCHITECTURE LITHUANIAN ARCHITECTS
AUDRIUS AMBRASAS ARCHITECTS. WORKS 1998–2014 Vilnius: Lapas, 2014, 240 p., print run: 500 copies LITHUANIAN-ENGLISH EDITION ISBN 978-609-95484-1-8 Edited by Audrius Ambrasas, Dovilė Krikščiūnaitė Texts by Audrys Karalius, Ūla Ambrasaitė, Julija Reklaitė, Justinas Dūdėnas Photographs by Audrius Ambrasas and others Designed by Zigmantas Butautis, Dovilė Krikščiūnaitė
In the summer of 2013, while preparing for an exhibition about the work of the Audrius Ambrasas Architects for the Kaunas Architecture Festival, many sketches, drawings and photographs were assembled, showing various projects and their development. Over the course of time, it is easy to forget what, when, how and why it all happened. Therefore, the idea came up to make this material the basis of a book about the work of the Studio, which would also serve as a mark of appreciation to all those who participated in the
Rupert center for art and education, 2012 Audrius Ambrasas Architects
creation process of the projects. This book is a retrospective look at Audrius Ambrasas Architects, which was established in 1991 and since then has exceptionally performed in the field of architectural design. AWARDS Art of the Book Award „Vilnius‘14“ „Papyrus“ Art of the Book Award
LITHUANIAN ARCHITECTS FORTHCOMING
GRAŽINA JANULYTĖ-BERNOTIENĖ ARCHITECTS. WORKS 1985–2016 Vilnius: Lapas, 2016 LITHUANIAN-ENGLISH EDITION Edited by Ūla Ambrasaitė, Gražina Janulytė-Bernotienė, Audrys Karalius Texts by Audrys Karalius Designed by Zigmantas Butautis, Dovilė Krikščiūnaitė Gražina Janulytė-Bernotienė established her studio in 1993 and since then has implemented many prominent cultural and educational buildings all over Lithuania. G. Janulytė-Bernotienė is considered to be one of the leading architects of her generation. She is famous for her contextual and sensitive approach towards the site, at the same time capable to create landmark buildings.
ARTBOOKS
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+ 3D glasses + designer matches
LIUDAS PARULSKIS. Barokas ir betonas Vilnius, 2015, 144 p., softcover, print run: 500 copies LITHUANIAN EDITION
Photomanipulations by Liudas Parulskis Texts by Ernestas Parulskis, Nerijus Milerius Designed by Zigmantas Butautis
in collaboration with Union of the Lithuanian Photographers, photography.lt
The paradoxical relation between architecture and photography found in Liudas Parulskis photo manipulations actualizes the importance of artistic creativity. Liudas Parulskis, who was initially trained as an architect, creates buildings-centaurs: he merges details of baroque architecture into mass construction apartment buildings and vice versa. These conceptual puzzles emphasizes dif-
ferent modalities of time, interaction between architecture and ideology. Parulskis’ work is a series transformations of physical and virtual urban landscapes, which activates the process of thinking and reflecting. The book will also contain 3D illiustrations – to fully expierence them 3D glasses will be provided, as well as a box of matches, designed specially for this book.
VILNIUS STREET ART NOTEBOOK Vilnius: Lapas, 2014, 64 p., print run: 1000 copies Idea Ernest Zacharevic Photos by Ernest Zacharevic, Vitalis Vitaleus Designed by Rapolas Vosylius Art creates the city and city shapes the art. Street art is a meeting point between the urban landscape and people who live, create, go for walks and brainstorm here. This book is an open invitation to rediscover Vilnius and its public spaces by using it as an empty canvas for ideas, notes and sketches.
in collaboration with Vilnius Street Art Festival, streetart.lt
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Marija Drėmaitė The Meteor of Progress
MARIJA DRĖMAITĖ. Progreso Meteoras: Pramonės architektūra ir modernizacija Lietuvoje 1918–1940 m. Vilnius: Lapas, 2015, softcover, print run: 500 copies
LITHUANIAN EDITION
in collaboration with Vilnius University, vu.lt
The monograph “The Meteor of Progress: Industrial Architecture and Modernization in Lithuania in 1918–1940” by dr. Marija Dremaite is based on the essentially updated dissertation and complemented by the new archival material. It will present a contemporary cultural history approach to industrial architecture and heritage employing cultural analysis of national industrialisation and
modernisation and the role of industrial architecture in the process of modernisation of Lithuania in 1918–1940. The role of industrial heritage of the interwar period for the contemporary society is investigated as well.
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