Birkhäuser
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For the Swiss artist, see Peter Birkhäuser.
Birkhäuser was a Swiss publisher founded in 1879 by Emil Birkhäuser. It was acquired by Springer Science+Business Media in 1985. Today it is an imprint used by two companies in unrelated fields:
- Springer continues to publish science (particularly: history of science, geosciences, computer science) and mathematics books and journals under the Birkhäuser imprint (with a leaf logo) sometimes called Birkhäuser Science.[1][2]
- Birkhäuser Verlag[3] – an architecture and design publishing company was (re)created in 2010 when Springer sold its design and architecture segment to ACTAR.[4] The resulting Spanish-Swiss company was then called ActarBirkhäuser. After a bankruptcy,[2] in 2012 Birkhäuser Verlag was sold again, this time to De Gruyter.[5][6]
Quick Facts Parent company, Founded ...
Parent company | Springer Science+Business Media (science) Walter de Gruyter (design) |
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Founded | 1879 |
Founder | Emil Birkhäuser |
Defunct | 2012 |
Country of origin | Switzerland |
Headquarters location | Basel |
Publication types | books, academic journals |
Official website | www www.degruyter.com (de Gruyter) |
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Additionally, the Reinach-based printer Birkhäuser+GBC[7] operates independently of the above, being now owned by Basler Zeitung.[8][9]