Edited by Casey C.M. Mathewson & Ann Videriksen
Forword by Frances Anderton

a = Architecture
5 = examples from the past five year time period
a5 = Worldwide Documentary Series on premier Architecture of the past 5 years

The "a5 Architecture Series," edited by Berlin-based architect Casey Mathewson, is our new book series focusing on architecture, interiors, and landscapes in selected global metropolises. The a5 Series is planned for publication in the coming years to showcase the world of architecture in such diverse metropolitan cities as Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Copenhagen, Shanghai, Berlin and Singapore.

The series portrays the very best work done in the world’s creative capitals, and also focuses on visionary designs slated for construction over the coming years. Detailed working drawings are also included to enrich the contents and make the series even more relevant for all those interested in architecture and design.

The a5 series premiers in Spring 2010 with a volume devoted to the vibrant Los Angeles scene and will showcase the most innovative works created there since 2005 to document the resurgence of new ideas and new materials by world-class practitioners.

Press/Media:

"Book Review: a5 Los Angeles," FORM magazine's Monitor blog, June 28, 2010.  

"A5 Los Angeles meets Synnterstitial at A+D Museum," DnA: Design and Architecture, KCRW, June 23, 2010.

"Book Release: a5 Los Angeles," LivingHomes blog, June 9th, 2010.

Casey C.M. Mathewson studied architecture at the University of Oregon and the Stuttgart Technical University. In 1988 he founded mab – mathewson architektur berlin, an institute devoted to building and research in architecture. The themes of his publications include human focus in architectural design, urban design in Germany, and the history of residential architecture.

Ann Videriksen established her own PR and Marketing firm in 1993 after filling that role in-house with architectural firms in Los Angeles and Copenhagen.    She  represents architecture firms in Los Angeles as a media and  marketing consultant for her own firm Design Communication.  She is a contributor to numerous magazines and books on architecture and design, an advisor to the Masters of Architecture lecture series at LACMA, and serves on the board of directors of the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles. 

Frances Anderton is the host of DnA: Design and Architecture, aired monthly on 89.9 KCRW and KCRW.com. She is also producer of KCRW's national and local current affairs shows, To The Point, and Which Way, LA?, both hosted by Warren Olney. She studied architecture at University College London (Bartlett School), and then traveled to Jaipur, India, to study the haveli courtyard house for a Royal Society of Town Planning paper. She then became associate editor of The Architectural Review magazine, one of the oldest architecture publications; her first assignment was to produce a special issue on Los Angeles. In addition, Ms. Anderton is the L.A. Editor for Dwell Magazine, a contributor to Huffingtonpost.com and a frequent public speaker on architecture and design on the West Coast. In 2009 she was made an honorary member of the AIA/LA for her work in highlighting the LA design and architecture scene. She has also been featured on TV and documentary programs about architecture; the latest are the documentary films, Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman and A Necessary Ruin: The Story of Buckminster Fuller and the Union Tank Car Dome.