The Callwey Verlag is a German

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house with the main focus on structural engineering and

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History

The publishing house was founded in 1884 in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

by Georg D.W. Callwey. Callwey published books based on the subjects of planning and design around the house, lifestyle, living, design, architecture, landscape architecture, crafts and restoration. They offered an extensive book program on the subjects of building, housing, gardening and cooking, and various journals about the field of architecture and craft such as "Der Baumeister" (The Builder), "Garten und Landschaft" (Garden and Landscape), "Topos", "Die Mappe" (The Folder), "Stein" (Stone) and "Restauro". In addition, they offered digital products, events, awards, symposia, yearbooks and services of corporate publishing. Callwey Verlag gained national prominence when

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took over 50% of the stakes in the magazine "Der Kunstwart", in 1894, which was at that time an important publication of the middle bourgeoisie. Avenarius and Callwey made an important contribution to the cultural history leading to the beginning of the

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in 1914. Their writings, many published for the "

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", had a great influence on the education of youth, especially students and elementary school teachers. They were attributed to the

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movement. In 1996, the Laterna Magica Publisher was taken over, where they had specialized in books on the practice of photography. The program has now been set. The Callwey Verlag is run by the fourth generation of the Baur-Callwey family.

Publications

The company is one of the leading architecture publishers in German in the topic areas of construction, planning and design, renovation and restoration. From the beginning, both books and journals were published. In total, eight magazines are published. In the field of structural engineering Callwey publishes the titles * Mappe, * Baumeister, * Stein. For the field of

landscape architecture Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for constructio ...

, the publisher offers the "Topos" titles (four issues per year in English) and "Garten + Landschaft" (monthly in German) among other journals. The trade magazine for restorers and artisans "Restauro" also appears 8 times a year. In book publishing, approximately 40 new releases are published per year. Licenses are sold worldwide, including in the United States and Japan.

External links

Official Website

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