Why WHY? - Where architecture loves people

WHY Architecture is a wildly interdisciplinary architecture,design, and landscape studio with global projectsof every scale, founded by Kulapat Yantrasast in2004. This is the studio's first comprehensive monograph,celebrating the connections between WHY projects,people, and places. A reflection of WHY's pluralisticapproach, the publication consists of multipleinterviews with its founder, clients, colleagues, thinkers,and supporters, conducted by longtime WHY friendand collaborator, Katya Tylevich. The book is conceivedas a collage of the designs and dialogues fostered bythe studio, reflecting the exchanges and close bondsbetween people dedicated to making better places,and making places better.

Summary

WHY Architecture is a wildly interdisciplinary architecture,
design, and landscape studio with global projects
of every scale, founded by Kulapat Yantrasast in
2004. This is the studio's first comprehensive monograph,
celebrating the connections between WHY projects,
people, and places. A reflection of WHY's pluralistic
approach, the publication consists of multiple
interviews with its founder, clients, colleagues, thinkers,
and supporters, conducted by longtime WHY friend
and collaborator, Katya Tylevich. The book is conceived
as a collage of the designs and dialogues fostered by
the studio, reflecting the exchanges and close bonds
between people dedicated to making better places,
and making places better.

Product details

• Authors: Celeste Adams, Max Hollein, Phil et al Tinari
• Assisted by: Kulapat Yantrasast (Editor)
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.07.2025
• EAN: 9783775759205
• ISBN: 978-3-7757-5920-5
• No. of pages: 480
• Illustrations: 625 Abb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Landschaftsarchitektur, Architektur, Design, Verstehen, Los Angeles, Landschaftsarchitektur und -gestaltung, Interior Design, Architecture, landscape architecture, Urban Design, museum architecture, exhibition design, WHY Studio, Kulapat Yantrasast, Katya Tylevich