the new york-based architectural firm LOT/EK (pronounced "low-tech") has made a distinctive mark on the architectural landscape through a series of seemingly whimsical projects that make a point of using prefabricated industrial materials in unexpected ways. in their hands, a shipping container can be transformed into a mobile working unit, a museum, or a restaurant. in the process, they question our relation to the industrial environment and the artificiality of the urban landscape. LOT/EK: urban scan, the first and only monograph on the firm, is organized categorically and alphabetically. twenty-three projects are presented in detail, including american diner (a restaurant in a container), the inspirotrainer (created for the museum of modern art), mixer (a cement mixer-cum-video immersion unit), the meltzer gallery, the boon boutique, the mdu (mobule dwelling unit), and the goree memorial and museum. it also includes more than 1,000 photographs of infrastructural objects--everything from air conditioners to water tanks--that serve as the raw material and inspiration for this creative practice.

9.7 x 8.6 inches, 176 pages, full color, paperback

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