Benjamin Aranda

It's been ten years since Aranda/Lasch's Tooling, aka Pamphlet Architecture 27, meaning it's about time for a proper monograph on the New York- and Tucson-based design studio. Trace Elements doesn't resemble a proper monograph – it's small and reads more like a manifesto than a collection of projects – but it does a great job in expressing their work and the ideas behind their projects. The inclusion of precedents (e.g. Piranesi and Labrouste) in some parts of the book is a welcome element in our time of cultural amnesia.… (more)