Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p ACTAR is part of ActarBirkhäuser, is a publisher of books on architecture, graphic design, and contemporary art. It was founded in 1994 and is based in Barcelona.ACTAR is directed by Ramon Prat. In 2006, ACTAR opened a New York office for North American sales and distribution. In addition to ACTAR's in-house titles, ACTAR D internationally distributes publications by European cultural institutions and publishers.Birkhäuser Verlag—an architecture and design publishing company was (re)created in 2010 when Springer sold its design and architecture segment to ACTAR. The resulting Spanish-Swiss company was then called ActarBirkhäuser. After a bankruptcy in 2012, Birkhäuser Verlag was sold again, this time to De Gruyter.ACTAR's publishing program is focused on the works of established and emerging architects, designers, artists, and photographers. Actar books feature collaborations with architects including OMA / Rem Koolhaas, Foreign Office Architects / Farshid Moussavi, MVRDV/ Winy Maas, UN Studio, Massimiliano Fuksas, Diller + Scofidio, Toyo Ito, SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima, Sanford Kwinter, Kazys Varnelis, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Vincente Guallart; designers including VASAVA; photographers including Joan Fontcuberta; and chef Ferran Adrià of ElBulli.. }
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- ACTAR abstract "ACTAR is part of ActarBirkhäuser, is a publisher of books on architecture, graphic design, and contemporary art. It was founded in 1994 and is based in Barcelona.ACTAR is directed by Ramon Prat. In 2006, ACTAR opened a New York office for North American sales and distribution. In addition to ACTAR's in-house titles, ACTAR D internationally distributes publications by European cultural institutions and publishers.Birkhäuser Verlag—an architecture and design publishing company was (re)created in 2010 when Springer sold its design and architecture segment to ACTAR. The resulting Spanish-Swiss company was then called ActarBirkhäuser. After a bankruptcy in 2012, Birkhäuser Verlag was sold again, this time to De Gruyter.ACTAR's publishing program is focused on the works of established and emerging architects, designers, artists, and photographers. Actar books feature collaborations with architects including OMA / Rem Koolhaas, Foreign Office Architects / Farshid Moussavi, MVRDV/ Winy Maas, UN Studio, Massimiliano Fuksas, Diller + Scofidio, Toyo Ito, SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima, Sanford Kwinter, Kazys Varnelis, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Vincente Guallart; designers including VASAVA; photographers including Joan Fontcuberta; and chef Ferran Adrià of ElBulli.".