Realities:united

Founded in Berlin in 2000 by the brothers Jan and Tim Edler, realities: united have built a unique reputation for their spectacular art and media extensions to buildings all across the globe. Working together with some of the most prominent figures of contemporary architecture—including Peter Cook, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Foster & Partners, Will Alsop, Nieto Sobejano, Bjarke Ingels, Minsuk Cho and WOHA—realities: united have established an ingenious type of collaboration they refer to as “featuring.” Usually invited by architects to cooperate on a project, realities: united have a special gift to detect the idiosyncratic strength of a design and amplify its qualities by techniques and procedures that exceed the realm in which architects usually work. Inversely, realities: united can only work their magic by designing in a dialog with an architect featuring them. This book offers the first complete survey of the work of realities: united to date. A lavishly illustrated tour de force of their manifold oeuvre, realities: united featuring provides the reader also with rich background information by virtue of a detailed project documentation. Finally, a series of resourceful essays of reputed architects, critics and other thinkers will answer any questions you always wanted to know about realities: united but were afraid to ask.