Description
Offered here is Divisare Books Issue 104 – “Relentlessly Seeking Beauty” by architect Alberto Campo Baeza. This compact Divisare volume presents the text of Campo Baeza’s lecture “Buscar denodadamente la Belleza” (“Relentlessly Seeking Beauty”), originally delivered at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.
Issue 104 is part of the early Divisare Books / Blue Series, published in Rome in September 2017 in a very small, carefully produced edition. The colophon records an edition of only 100 copies, printed in black and white on fine recycled paper in A5 format and staple-bound. Sold exclusively through the Divisare online shop and now marked Sold Out, it has become a scarce way to own this key text in Campo Baeza’s thinking about architecture and beauty.
In addition to its rarity, the booklet is important as a primary document in the architect’s own words, laying out the theoretical underpinnings that inform works such as Casa de Blas, the Caja Granada building, and the House of the Infinite. For collectors of architectural theory, Campo Baeza’s writings, or Divisare’s early editorial experiments, this is a significant and hard-to-find piece.
Key points
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Early Divisare Books / Blue Series volume
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Full text of Alberto Campo Baeza’s lecture “Relentlessly Seeking Beauty”
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Lecture originally delivered at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
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Issue 104, published September 2017
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Edition of only 100 copies, now Sold Out at Divisare
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A5 format, black-and-white digital printing on fine recycled paper, staple-bound
Details
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Title: Relentlessly Seeking Beauty
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Author: Alberto Campo Baeza
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Series: Divisare Books – Issue 104 (Blue Series)
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Publisher: Divisare Books, Rome
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Date: September 2017
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Edition: 100 copies
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Format: Softcover booklet, staple-bound
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Size: 14.8 × 21 cm (A5)
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Pages: 40 pages, black-and-white digital print on recycled paper
We currently have several other Divisare titles and box sets listed separately in our store. If you collect Divisare or contemporary architecture books, you may want to browse our other listings for additional volumes from the early series.
Condition
Overall very good, with light shelf wear to the covers consistent with careful handling. The stapled binding remains tight, and the interior pages are clean and bright with no writing or underlining noted. Please view all the photos carefully to evaluate condition and details for yourself before purchasing.
