DOM publishers

German publishing company

Book by DOM publishers, showing the Cyrillic 'd' Logo

Founded| 2005
Founder| Philipp Meuser and Natascha Meuser
Country of origin| Germany
Headquarters location| Berlin
Publication types| Books, Architectural Guides, Photobooks
Nonfiction topics| architecture, urban planning, design
Owner(s)| Philipp Meuser and Natascha Meuser
Official website| www.dom-publishers.com

DOM publishers, founded in Berlin in 2005, publishes architectural guides and specialist publications on architecture, urban planning, and design within an international context. The publishing house is owned and managed by Philipp Meuser and Natascha Meuser, who are also practising architects at their firm, Meuser Architekten.[1] It releases around 40 books per year.[2]

## Profile

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In addition to individual publications, the company publishes various series: Manuals, Basics, and Architectural Guides. Its unique selling point is that it releases books on architecture in regions that normally fall outside the scope of public discussion[3] – in particular on the history of architecture in the territory of the former Soviet Union.[4] This interest in the East is reflected in the company's logo, a Cyrillic 'd' for DOM.

The publishing house's owner-manager Phillip Meuser has authored several publications with an Eastern focus, such as a monograph on the female architect of the Soviet space programme, Galina Balashova.[5][6] He co-edited a comprehensive study of the Moscow Metro.[7][8][9]

DOM publishers' titles have also garnered praise in design publications. For instance, Decommunized: Ukrainian Soviet Mosaics,[10][11][12] Day VII-Architecture: A Catalogue of Polish Churches Post 1945,[13][14][15] and the Construction and Design Manual Zoo Buildings.[16][17]

Since 2017 the yearbook for the German Architecture Museum (Deutsches Architekturmuseum, DAM) in Frankfurt am Main has also been published by the company.[18]

## Accolades and awards

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The Architectural Guides series, which received an Iconic Award from the German Design Council in 2014,[19] have also attracted attention in the media. The two-volume guide to Pyongyang[20] has been featured in the German,[21][22] British,[23] and American[24][25][26] press.

In 2018, Urbanity and Density in 20th Century Urban Design,[27] received the prize for the most innovative book in planning history written in English and based on original new research from the International Planning History Society (IPHS).[28]

In 2017, Architecture in Archives: The Collection of the Akademie der Künste,[29] was among the winners of the German Architecture Museum's Architectural Book Award.[30][31]

Also in 2017, at the ITB Berlin Book Awards, the publishing house received special recognition for its Architectural Guide series, in particular for the guides to the United Arab Emirates,[32] Berlin,[33] New York City,[34] and Saint Petersburg.[35][36]

In 2020, DOM publishers won the German Publishing Prize for its "valuable contribution to the debate on contemporary architecture and urban development". The jury was impressed by the publishing house's "practically oriented and pertinent" Manuals, its "monographs on international architectural history" and the Architectural Guide series, which covers more than 100 cities worldwide.[37] The award was announced by the German Minister for Culture and Media on 25 May 2020.[38]

## References

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1. ^ Meuser Architekten, accessed 3 May 2020.
2. ^ DOM publishers, accessed 3 May 2020.
3. ^ Corinne Elsesser: 'Auf ungewohnten Wegen', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 28 June 2017.
4. ^ Owen Hatherley: 'Designing the Soviet Union', Jacobin, 15 August 2016.
5. ^ Sally McGrane: 'Out of this world: the space-age designs of Galina Balashova', Kvadrat Interwoven, accessed 3 May 2020.
6. ^ Philipp Meuser: Galina Balashova: Architect of the Soviet Space Programme (Berlin: DOM publishers, 2015) ISBN 978-3-86922-355-1.
7. ^ Philipp Meuser et al.: Hidden Urbanism: Architecture and Design of the Moscow Metro, 1935–2015 (Berlin: DOM publishers, 2016) ISBN 978-3-86922-412-1.
8. ^ Anneke Burgess: Exploring Moscow's Majestic Metro Stations, Atlas Obscura, 12 May 2016.
9. ^ Mark Burnes: 'A Book for Everything You Want to Know About the Moscow Metro', CityLab, 4 November 2016.
10. ^ Yevgen Nikiforov et al.: Decommunized: Ukrainian Soviet Mosaics (Berlin: DOM publishers, 2017), ISBN 978-3-86922-583-8.
11. ^ Laura Mallonnee: The Colorful Soviet Mosaics Decorating Ukraine's Streets Wired, 30 November 2017.
12. ^ Claire Voon: Ukraine's Monumental Soviet-Era Mosaics, Hyperallergic, 28 December 2017
13. ^ Izabela Cichonska et al.: Day VII-Architecture: A Catalogue of Polish Churches post 1945 (Berlin: DOM publishers, 2019), ISBN 978-3-86922-741-2.
14. ^ "Paweł Wargan: The Socialist Spirit of Poland's Post-War Churches, Strelka Mag, 28 October 2019". Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
15. ^ Tom Ravenscroft, Dezeen, 11 October 2019
16. ^ Natascha Meuser: Zoo Buildings (Berlin: DOM publishers, 2019), ISBN 978-3-86922-680-4.
17. ^ Lynne Myers: Natascha Meuser explores zoo buildings in DOM's latest construction and design manual, Designboom, 6 November 2019.
18. ^ Deutsches Architekturmuseum, accessed 2 May 2020.
19. ^ The Link, accessed 8 May 2020,.
20. ^ Philipp Meuser (ed.): Architectural Guide: Pyongyang (Berlin, DOM publishers, 2012), ISBN 978-3-86922-187-8.
21. ^ Thomas Loy, 'Einladung in eine verbotene Stadt', Der Tagesspiegel, 9 May 2011
22. ^ Nikolaus Bernau: 'Einblick in ein abgeschottetes Land', Deutschlandfunk, 30 September 2011
23. ^ Jonathan Bell: 'Pyongyang Architectural and Cultural Guide', 11 January 2012.
24. ^ Bradley K. Martin, 'What's behind North Korea's strange architecture?', Boston Globe, 12 August 2012.
25. ^ Eric Gibson: 'Kingdom of Kitsch', Wall Street Journal, 28 December 2012
26. ^ Anthony Paletta: 'A Guide to Pyongyang's "Neutered" Modernist Architecture', Metropolis, 2 November 2013.
27. ^ Wolfgang Sonne: Urbanity and Density in 20th Century Urban Design (Berlin: DOM publishers, 2018), ISBN 978-3-86922-491-6
28. ^ IPHS Book Prizes, accessed 8 May 2020
29. ^ Eva-Maria Barkhofen (ed.): Architecture in Archives: The Collection of the Akademie der Künste (Berlin: DOM publishers, 2017), ISBN 978-3-86922-552-4.
30. ^ World-Architects, Agenda, DAM Architectural Book Award, accessed 7 May 2020. The same book won the German Design Award in 2019].
31. ^ Akademie der Künste, 'German Design Award 2019 for the publication Baukunst im Archiv', 7 February 2019.
32. ^ Hendrik Bohle / Jan Dimog: Architectural Guide: United Arab Emirates (DOM publishers, 2016), ISBN 978-3-86922-508-1
33. ^ Dominik Schendel: Architekturführer: Berlin (DOM publishers, 2016), ISBN 978-3-86922-324-7.
34. ^ Bruno Flierl, Architekturführer: New York (DOM publishers, 2016), ISBN 978-3-86922-158-8.
35. ^ Heike Maria Johenning: Architekturführer: Sankt Petersburg (DOM publishers, 2016), ISBN 978-3-86922-162-5
36. ^ ITB Berlin, ITB Book Awards 2017: The Winners, 17 January 2017.
37. ^ Börsenblatt: Deutscher Verlagspreis 2020: Die Spitzengewinner, 25 May 2020, accessed 30 May 2020.
38. ^ German Ministry for Culture and Media, Deutscher Verlagspreis 2020, Preisträger 2020, accessed 29 May 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

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