CATALOGUE 2015

architecture - photography - artbooks - selected fiction

LAPAS is a small independent publishing house. It focuses on: - editorial work on a high-quality content of architecture, photography, art and selected fiction titles- a book as an object : publishing books as a well-designed objects- a book as an event : every book published by LAPAS is aimed to happen as an important public event. In collaboration with other institutions we curate exhibitions, lectures etc.

ARCHITECTURE GUIDEBOOKS

in collaboration with Architektūros fondas (archfondas.lt)

KAUNAS 1918–2015. ARCHITEKTŪROS GIDASVilnius: Lapas, 2015, 336 p., 150x170, print run: 2700 copiesLITHUANIAN EDITION / ISBN 978-609-95484-3-2ENGLISH EDITION available from May 2016

Rights sold to:DOM publishers (Germany)

Edited by Julija Reklaitė Objects selected by Almantas Bružas, Jolita Kančienė, Nijolė Lukšionytė, Vaidas Petrulis Editorial board Ūla Ambrasaitė, Audrius Ambrasas, Marija Drėmaitė, Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Julija Reklaitė Texts by Al-mantas Bružas, Marija Drėmaitė, Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Rūta Leitanaitė, Nijolė Lukšionytė, Jolita Kančienė, Vaidas Petrulis Photographs by Norbert Tukaj and others Graphics by Linas Ulickas and others Designed by Kontis Šatūnas

There are two most distinguished periods of Lithuanian architecture – Vilnius baroque architecture and Kaunas modernism of inter-war period. Plenty of books are written about the first one, whilst Kaunas modernism is be-ginning to receive a deserved attention only nowadays. Extremely short period of the first independent Republic of Lithuania showed that even a young state can emerge with an exeptional architecture. This architecture had a significant influence to soviet period, as well as to contemporary Lithuanian archi-tects. 243 buildings – original and distinctive, from interwar and soviet Kaunas, together with architecture of today, can be found in Kaunas Architecture Guide, published for the first time. Here, illiustrated with photos and drawings, their history is being told. The book also has a special forfeiture chapter – with

stories of already demolished or abandoned buildings, which still remains very important to Kaunas genius loci. Kaunas Architecture Guide is dedicated to professional research-ers as well as to common readers, to every-one who cares about the city and its’ ele-ments.

The Interwar Period 1918–1940The Soviet Years 1940–1990After the Restoration of Independence 1990–2015

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VILNIUS 1900–2013. A GUIDE TO THE CITY’S ARCHITECTUREVilnius: Lapas, 2013, 302 p., 150x170, print run: 1500 copiesENGLISH EDITION / ISBN 978-609-95484-0-1 Updated ENGLISH EDITION available from May 2016

Rights sold to:DOM publishers (Germany)

Edited by Rūta Leitanaitė, Julija Reklaitė Editorial board Audrius Ambrasas, Darius Osteika, Rūta Leitanaitė, Julija Reklaitė Texts by Marija Drėmaitė, Tomas Grunskis, Rūta Leitanaitė, Nijolė Lukšionytė, Diana Kontrimaitė, Algimantas Mačiulis, Vaidas Petrulis, Julija Reklaitė, Jurgita Rimkevičienė, Indrė Ruseckaitė, Jūratė Tutlytė, Aida Štelbienė, Renata Vaičekonytė-Kepežinskienė Photographs by Audrius Am-brasas, Raimondas Urbakavičius and others Designed by Kontis Šatūnas

Vilnius’ architecture of the 20th and early 21st centuries ranges from the Modern Style to High-Tech, and reflects all the architectural trends and political shifts that swept across the city during this period.At the dawn of the 20th century, the elegant Central European Sezession style was still in vogue. Architecture later progressed to the stripped-down interwar Modernism of the 1920s and 1930s, and after the Second World War it ventured into the controversial Soviet-imposed Neoclassicism. After ‘totali-tarian’ architecture was officially condemned in the mid-1950s, postwar Modernism flour-ished, particularly in the new residential districts that were built to house the city’s growing population. At the end of the Soviet period, Late Modernism saw a large number of public buildings appear around the city centre.With the reestablishment of independence in 1990, and with the consequent changes that

took place in the economy and in society, Vilnius experienced yet another wave of ur-banisation. Private houses were built again, filling the city to the limits, and a spectacular steel and glass city centre took shape on the right bank of the River Neris.

The Modern Style 1900–1918The Interwar Period 1918–1940The Soviet Years 1940–1990Late Modernism and Postmodernism Circa 1970–2000After the Restoration of Independence 1990–2013

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ARCHITECTURE GUIDEBOOKSFORTHCOMING

KLAIPĖDA and seaside resorts.1900–2018. Architecture guideLITHUANIAN EDITION

VILNIUS 1900–2016. Architecture guideENGLISH EDITION

KAUNAS 1918–2015. Architecture guideENGLISH EDITION

VILNIUS 1900–2016. Architecture guideLITHUANIAN EDITION

ARCHITECTURE LITHUANIAN ARCHITECTS

AUDRIUS AMBRASAS ARCHITECTS. WORKS 1998–2014Vilnius: Lapas, 2014, 240 p., print run: 500 copiesLITHUANIAN-ENGLISH EDITION ISBN 978-609-95484-1-8

Edited by Audrius Ambrasas, Dovilė Krikščiūnaitė Texts by Audrys Kara-lius, Ūla Ambrasaitė, Julija Reklaitė, Justinas DūdėnasPhotographs by Audrius Ambrasas and others Designed by Zigmantas Butautis, Dovilė Krikščiūnaitė

In the summer of 2013, while preparing for an exhibition about the work of the Audrius Ambrasas Architects for the Kaunas Archi-tecture Festival, many sketches, drawings and photographs were assembled, showing various projects and their development. Over the course of time, it is easy to forget what, when, how and why it all happened. There-fore, the idea came up to make this material the basis of a book about the work of the Stu-dio, which would also serve as a mark of ap-preciation to all those who participated in the

creation process of the projects. This book is a retrospective look at Audrius Ambrasas Architects, which was established in 1991 and since then has exceptionally performed in the field of architectural design.

AWARDSArt of the Book Award „Vilnius‘14“„Papyrus“ Art of the Book Award

Rupert center for art and education, 2012Audrius Ambrasas Architects

LITHUANIAN ARCHITECTSFORTHCOMING

GRAŽINA JANULYTĖ-BERNOTIENĖ ARCHITECTS. WORKS 1985–2016Vilnius: Lapas, 2016LITHUANIAN-ENGLISH EDITION

Edited by Ūla Ambrasaitė, Gražina Janulytė-Bernotienė, Audrys Karalius Texts by Audrys Karalius Designed by Zigmantas Bu-tautis, Dovilė Krikščiūnaitė

Gražina Janulytė-Bernotienė established her studio in 1993 and since then has implemented many prominent cultural and educa-tional buildings all over Lithuania. G. Janulytė-Bernotienė is con-sidered to be one of the leading architects of her generation. She is famous for her contextual and sensitive approach towards the site, at the same time capable to create landmark buildings.

ARTBOOKS

LIUDAS PARULSKIS. Barokas ir betonasVilnius, 2015, 144 p., softcover, print run: 500 copiesLITHUANIAN EDITION

Photomanipulations by Liudas ParulskisTexts by Ernestas Parulskis, Nerijus MileriusDesigned by Zigmantas Butautis

FORTHCOMING

in collaboration with Union of the Lithuanian Photographers, photography.lt

+ 3D glasses+ designer matches

The paradoxical relation between architec-ture and photography found in Liudas Pa-rulskis photo manipulations actualizes the importance of artistic creativity. Liudas Parul-skis, who was initially trained as an architect, creates buildings-centaurs: he merges de-tails of baroque architecture into mass con-struction apartment buildings and vice versa. These conceptual puzzles emphasizes dif-

ferent modalities of time, interaction between architecture and ideology. Parulskis’ work is a series transformations of physical and vir-tual urban landscapes, which activates the process of thinking and reflecting.The book will also contain 3D illiustrations – to fully expierence them 3D glasses will be provided, as well as a box of matches, designed specially for this book.

VILNIUS STREET ART NOTEBOOKVilnius: Lapas, 2014, 64 p., print run: 1000 copies

Idea Ernest ZacharevicPhotos by Ernest Zacharevic, Vitalis VitaleusDesigned by Rapolas Vosylius

Art creates the city and city shapes the art. Street art is a meeting point between the urban landscape and people who live, create, go for walks and brainstorm here. This book is an open invitation to rediscover Vilnius and its public spaces by using it as an empty canvas for ideas, notes and sketches.

in collaboration with Vilnius Street Art Festival, streetart.lt

ARCHITECTURE

MARIJA DRĖMAITĖ. Progreso Meteoras: Pramonės architektūra ir modernizacija Lietuvoje 1918–1940 m. Vilnius: Lapas, 2015, softcover, print run: 500 copiesLITHUANIAN EDITION

Marija Drėmaitė

The Meteorof

Progress

FORTHCOMING

in collaboration with Vilnius University, vu.lt

The monograph “The Meteor of Progress: Industrial Architecture and Modernization in Lithuania in 1918–1940” by dr. Marija Dre-maite is based on the essentially updated dissertation and complemented by the new archival material. It will present a contem-porary cultural history approach to industrial architecture and heritage employing cultural analysis of national industrialisation and

modernisation and the role of industrial ar-chitecture in the process of modernisation of Lithuania in 1918–1940. The role of industrial heritage of the interwar period for the con-temporary society is investigated as well.

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