Architecture, Not Architecture: Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the first comprehensive monograph on one of the most influential and boundary-pushing design studios of our time. Spanning more than four decades of work, the book captures the expansive, cross-disciplinary practice of DS+R across architecture, urban design, installation art, performance, digital media, and print.

From landmark projects such as the High Line in New York City to the upcoming V&A East Storehouse in London, as well as early experimental works like the Blur Building for the 2002 Swiss Expo, this volume reveals how DS+R consistently challenges conventional ideas of space, structure, and public engagement. Their work embraces surprise, provocation, and alternative modes of making that resonate globally.

Designed by the studio as two structurally conjoined volumes, the monograph itself becomes an architectural object. Each book can be read independently or unfolded and explored in parallel, with crossover layouts that connect shared ideas and obsessions. Designed by 2x4 and featuring photography by Iwan Baan, Matthew Monteith, and others, the book also includes new dialogues with leading voices from art, design, performance, and culture, offering rare insight into DS+R’s collaborative and interdisciplinary approach.

Awarded the AIGA Best Book Design 2024 and featured in publications including Financial Times How To Spend It, Architectural Digest, Domus, Monocle, and Wallpaper*, this is an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary architecture and experimental design.

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: February 4, 2025
• Language: English
• Print length: 792 pages
• ISBN-10: 1838667202
• ISBN-13: 978-1838667207
• Item weight: 7.45 pounds
• Dimensions: 9.8 x 2.13 x 11.6 inches