Papadakis Publisher is an independent
art
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,
architecture
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and
natural science
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book publisher
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founded in
London
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,
United Kingdom
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, by
Andreas Papadakis and his daughter Alexandra Papadakis.
Since 1968, Papadakis Publisher and its predecessor Academy Editions have published more than a thousand titles, on art, architecture, science and the
decorative arts
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.
History
Greek Cypriot-born British academic and entrepreneur
Andreas Papadakis opened the Academy Bookshop in
Holland Street, Kensington, Holland Street,
Kensington
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...
in 1964 and moved into publishing as Academy Editions in 1968.
[Anon. (2008) Andreas Papadakis: Publisher; Times Online Obituary. ''Times Online'', 30 Jul. nternetAvailable at: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/andreas-papadakis-publisher-ffr05g96btk ][Latham, I. (1988) Anniversaries: Edited Highlights. ''Building Design'', 30 Sep. p. 28][Pearman, H. (1993) Function Follows Farm. ''The Sunday Times'', 25 Jul. p. 21] From then until 1990, when the company was sold to VCH Germany (now part of
John Wiley) Academy published more than a thousand titles mainly on art, architecture and the decorative arts.
The company was the first to publish many international architects in the 'Architectural Monographs No...' series,
Architectural Monographs No...
/ref> which included Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...
(No 4), Michael Graves
Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect, designer, and educator, and principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Group and ...
(No 5), Edwin Lutyens
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials ...
(No 6), John Soane
Sir John Soane (; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neoclassical architecture, Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor ...
(No 8), Terry Farrell (No 9), Richard Rogers
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021) was a British-Italian architect noted for his modernist and constructivist designs in high-tech architecture. He was the founder at Rogers Stirk Harbour + ...
(No 10), Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect, academic, and interior designer. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. He is regarded as one of the pionee ...
(No 11), Hassan Fathy
Hassan Fathy (; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptians, Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud construction as ...
(No 13), Tadao Ando
is a self-taught Japanese autodidact architect known for his unique integration of architecture and landscape. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as an example of " critical regionalism". Ando received the prestigious ...
(No 14), Daniel Libeskind
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He is known for the design a ...
(No 16), etc.; and Victor Arwas's ''Art Deco'', first published in 1980 remains the standard work on the subject.
In 1997, Andreas and his daughter Alexandra founded Papadakis Publisher.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,10 ...
. The series was lauded for marrying science and visual art in a unique way, featuring vividly coloured electron micrograph images of microscopic plant structures and informative scientific text.[Thompson, K. (2007) Book Review: Seeds, Time Capsules of Life. ''Seed Science Research'' 17, p. 71 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)][Anon. (2008) Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible. ''Time Magazine Online'', nternetAvailable at]
[Richins, V. (2008) Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible. ''About.com'', nternetAvailable at: http://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/bookproductreviews/gr/FruitBookReview.htm] The first two books of the series were awarded a joint gold medal by the American Independent Publisher's Association as Outstanding Books of the Year in 2007, and subsequent editions won the same award in 2011.[Anon. (2007) Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results. "Independent Publisher", nternetAvailable at: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1156][Anon. (2011) Announcing 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results. "Independent Publisher", nternetAvailable at: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1442] The series also led to Andreas Papadakis being elected a Linnean Society of London, Fellow of the Linnean Society[Linnean Society of London, The (2006) ''Annual Report 2006'' p. 31 nternetAvailable at: http://www.linnean.org/fileadmin/images/Publications/Annual_Report_2006_Complete_web.pdf] a year before his death in June 2008.
Recent titles
Under Alexandra's directorship, the company have maintained a reputation as producers of groundbreaking art, architecture, photography and natural science books, and have undertaken a number of high-profile collaborations.[Barnes, J. (2011) Indie Groundbreaking Publisher: Papadakis. "Independent Publisher", nternetAvailable at: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1512&urltitle=Indie%20Groundbreaking%20Publisher:%20Papadakis] Notable recent titles include ''Hunting the Higgs: The inside story of the Atlas experiment at the Large Hadron Collider'', published in association with CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, western suburb of Gene ...
, ''Green Universe: A Microscopic Voyage Into the Plant Cell'' with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction. Founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies ...
[Davis, N. (2013) A microscope's eye-view of the living world. ''The Times'', 9 Mar.] and ''Nanoscience: Giants of the Infinitesimal'' which was awarded a gold medal in the Science category at the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2015.
Selected awards
2006 Gold Medal, Outstanding Book of the Year, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Pollen: The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers'' and ''Seeds: Time Capsules of Life''
2008 Longlisted, Royal Society Prize for Science Books for ''Why the Lion Grew Its Mane: A Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries from Astronomy to Zoology''
2008 Bronze Medal, Environment, Ecology & Nature, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Nomads of the Wind: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly and Other Wonders of the Butterfly World''
2008 Bronze Medal, Science, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Why the Lion Grew Its Mane: A Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries From Astronomy to Zoology''
2009 Special Prize of the Jury, Gourmand Awards for ''Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible''
2009 Silver Medal, Environment, Ecology & Nature, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Where Have all the Flowers Gone?''
2009 Bronze Medal, Sinar Mas Print Awards for ''Pollen: The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers''
2010 Silver Medal, Animals, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Why the Cheetah Cheats: And Other Mysteries of the Natural World''
2011 Bronze Medal, Environment, Ecology & Nature, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Butterflies: Messages from Psyche''
2011 Gold Medal, Photography, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Wild Africa''
2011 Gold Medal, Sinar Mas Print Awards for ''The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants''
2012 Bronze Medal, Environment, Ecology & Nature, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Giant Silk Moths: Colour, Mimicry & Camouflage''
2012 Gold Medal, Specialty, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''The Hat Book''
2013 Best UK Dessert Cookbook, Gourmand Awards for ''TeaTime: A Taste of London’s Best Afternoon Teas''
2013 Gold Medal, Coffee Table Book, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''TeaTime: A Taste of London’s Best Afternoon Teas''
2013 Gold Medal, Science, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Green Universe: A Microscopic Voyage Into the Plant Cell''
2014 Silver Medal, Home & Garden, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''100 Plants that Almost Changed the World''
2014 Bronze Medal, Science, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Hunting the Higgs: The Inside Story of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider''
2015 Best Photography, Gourmand Awards for ''Wonders of the Plant Kingdom''
2015 Bronze Medal, Environment, Ecology & Nature, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Seeing Butterflies: New Perspectives on Colour, Patterns & Mimicry''
2015 Gold Medal, Science, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for ''Nanoscience: Giants of the Infinitesimal''
See also
* Andreas Papadakis
References
External links
Official Website
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