''306090'' was an independent

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

journal and book series produced from 2002 to 2013 by nonprofit arts stewardship 306090, Inc., and distributed by

Princeton Architectural Press Princeton Architectural Press is a small press publisher, specializing in books on architecture, design, photography, landscape, and visual culture, with over 1,000 titles on its backlist. In 2013, it added a line of stationery products, including ...

. 306090 published nine multi-authored thematic journal volumes, six thematic books, and one special issue that served as the official catalog for the United States Pavilion at the 2010

Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...

. Contributors to each of the thematic issues ranged in experience, from students to professionals distinguished in their fields. The series brought together diverse writings and projects to explore “contemporary issues in architecture from every angle,” many issues containing work spanning the arts and sciences. Contributors include: Jesse Reiser,

Kengo Kuma is a Japanese architect and professor in the Department of Architecture (Graduate School of Engineering) at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma is also noted for his prolific writings ...

Lisa Sigal Lisa Sigal (born 1962) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Life and work Sigal was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She works with painting, sculpture and architecture. Her constructions insinuate themselves in ...

, James Buckhouse, Heather Roberge, Lori Brown,

Hal Foster Harold Rudolf Foster, FRSA (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982) was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Prince Valiant''. His drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship a ...

, Rafael Cardenas,

Beatriz Colomina Beatriz Colomina (born 1952) is an architecture historian, theorist and curator. She is the founding director of the Program in Media and Modernity at Princeton University, the Howard Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture and Direct ...

Galia Solomonoff Galia Solomonoff AIA is an Argentinian-born architect and the founding creative director of New York-based architecture and design firm Solomonoff Architecture Studio. Her notable projects include Dia:Beacon; the Defective Brick Project; multiple ...

Cecil Balmond Cecil Balmond OBE is a Sri Lankan–British designer, artist, and writer. In 1968 Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners, leading him to become deputy chairman. In 2000 he founded design and research group, the AGU (Advanced Geometry Unit). He cu ...

, Gregg Pasquarelli, Hilary Sample,

Craig Dworkin Craig Dworkin is an American poet, critic, editor, and Professor of English at the University of Utah. He is founding senior editor of Eclipse, an online archive of 20th-century small-press writing and 21st-century born-digital publications. Ed ...

Kent Bloomer Kent C. Bloomer is an American sculptor, professor and author who is a well known proponent and creator of architectural ornament. He has taught classes on ornament at the Yale School of Architecture for over forty years, and many of his public wo ...

, Els Verbakel,

James Wines James Wines (born 1932) is an American artist and architect associated with environmental design. Wines is founder and president of SITE,

, Alessandra Ponte, and

Olafur Eliasson Olafur Eliasson ( is, Ólafur Elíasson; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's ...

. 306090 books were designed by

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of O-R-G, and, from 2007 to 2013 by Luke Bulman of Thumb. As an organization, 306090 curated and organized lectures, round-table discussions, and exhibits at venues including The

Architectural League of New York The Architectural League of New York is a non-profit organization "for creative and intellectual work in architecture, urbanism, and related disciplines". The league dates from 1881, when Cass Gilbert organized meetings at the Salmagundi Club for ...

and Storefront for Art and Architecture. In 2010, 306090 was co-commissioner, with the

High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art (colloquially the High) is the largest museum for visual art in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta, Georgia (on Peachtree Street in Midtown, the city's arts district), the High is 312,000 square feet (28, ...

, of the American Pavilion at the

306090 journal issues

* 306090 01, Where Are We Right Now * 306090 02, Student Discount * 306090 03, Urban Education * 306090 04, Global Trajectories * 306090 05, Teaching and Building * 306090 06, Shifting Infrastructures * 306090 07, Landscape Within Architecture * 306090 08, Autonomous Urbanism * 306090 09, Regarding Public Space

306090 books

* Decoration: 306090 10, edited by Emily Abruzzo, Alexander Briseno, and Jonathan D. Solomon * Models: 306090 11, edited by Emily Abruzzo, Eric Ellingsen, and Jonathan D. Solomon * Dimension: 306090 12, edited by Emily Abruzzo, Jonathan D. Solomon * Sustain and Develop: 306090 13, edited by Joshua Bolchover, Jonathan D. Solomon * Making A Case: 306090 14, edited by Emily Abruzzo, Gerald Bodziak, and Jonathan D. Solomon * (Non-) Essential Knowledge for (New) Architecture: 306090 15, edited by David L. Hays * Workbook: The Official Catalog for Workshopping: An American Model for Architectural Practice, edited by Emily Abruzzo

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