Ark Journal Volume 7

Ark Journal is a biannual magazine founded by Mette Barfod and made by an experienced team of designers, stylists, photographers and editors.

Ark Journal Volume 7 explores the interaction of architecture, design and art over time, and looks at history as a constant source of inspiration for creating new ideas.

The authors present examinations of architecture from some of the greatest masters, including an early building by Frank O. Gehry and a modest Marcel Breuer house that is not only a home, but also a long-standing lesson in how to live well. The Belgian architect Glenn Sestig discreetly transforms a concrete masterpiece by Ivan Van Mossevelde, while collector and designer Frederick Hooft simply leaves an avant-garde 1960s villa largely as he found it. Pictured is a minimalist Scandinavian house in an untamed coastal landscape and a solitary Nordic villa enveloped by nature.

Attention is drawn to the heritage of craftmanship, especially Latin American practitioners using materials from the past, and visit Mexico City-based Esrawe Studio and online platform Unno Gallery. A special insert is dedicated to designer and artist Marcin Rusak and his reworking of history, nature and craftmanship.

In the Case Studies, the authors range from the archaic to the avant-garde in the extraordinary historic home of a sculptor, and an Arne Jacobsen pavilion by the sea is the scene for design pieces with simple lines and organic forms.

Volume 7 has four different covers, we randomly pick one for you.