Publishing house for architecture, urban planning, art, photography and cultural history with a tradition dating back to 1872
Wasmuth Verlag GmbH
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About Wasmuth Verlag
Wasmuth Verlag GmbH, based in Berlin, continues the publishing tradition of the Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, founded by Ernst Wasmuth in 1872. It publishes books on architecture, urban planning, archaeology, cultural history, art, photography and design, including corporate and anniversary publications such as '100 Jahre Volkswohnung Karlsruhe', monographs on architects such as Hugo Häring and Christoph Sattler, as well as artist catalogues and illustrated books. In addition to book production, the programme includes events, exhibitions, podcasts and limited art editions. The GmbH, founded on 30 October 2023, took over Wasmuth & Zohlen Verlag UG as of 1 February 2024, including the publishing programme, book stock and trademark and name rights. Publications appear in German and English; customers and partners include, among others, the Architekten- und Ingenieurverein zu Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. as well as museums. Exhibitions take place in the Papierhalle at the publishing site.
- Site
- Berlin
- Processes
- Book production/publishing programme, Events and exhibitions, Podcasts, Limited art editions, Museum bookshops (historical, Ernst J. Wasmuth)
- Materials
- Book production, Limited art editions, Podcasts, Events and exhibitions
- Industries
- Media/Publishing, Architecture, Urban Planning, Archaeology, Cultural History, Art
- 01
Editorial work and programme development
- 02
Editing and production
- 03
Book production in the printing process
- 04
Distribution and trade
- 05
Events and editions
Publication Formats
Book production
Specialist books, illustrated books and catalogues on architecture, art and cultural history.
Limited art editions
Numbered and signed photographic editions in Archival Inkjet on baryta and Canson paper.
Podcasts
Audio formats as a supplement to the publishing programme.
Events and exhibitions
Exhibitions and readings, among others in the publisher's Papierhalle.
Location
Berlin
DEPublishing headquarters incl. Papierhalle for exhibitions
Programme Focus Areas
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Publishing History
- 1872
Ernst Wasmuth opens an architecture bookshop in Berlin on 1 May, soon expanded to include a specialist publishing house
- 1875
Brother Emil Wasmuth joins the company
- 1905
Publication of the Dehio handbook of German art monuments (until 1928)
- 1913
Günther Wasmuth directs the publishing house in Berlin (until 1943)
- 1914
Founding of Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst
- 1944
Günther Wasmuth is interned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp; business premises in Berlin destroyed by air raids
- 1945
The publishing house is re-established in Tübingen by Günther Wasmuth; the bookshop and antiquarian bookshop in Berlin are reopened
- 1990
Ernst J. Wasmuth takes over the management of the publishing house
- 2018
Ernst Wasmuth Verlag becomes insolvent
- 2019
Acquisition by Wasmuth & Zohlen Verlag
- 2023
Wasmuth & Zohlen Verlag UG files for insolvency; founding of Wasmuth Verlag GmbH on 30 October
- 2024
On 1 February, Wasmuth Verlag GmbH takes over Wasmuth & Zohlen Verlag UG incl. publishing programme, book stock and trademark/name rights