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Abstract presents the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University as an open-ended laboratory for research and experimentation through a catalogue of exceptional student work, faculty texts, and images of the events that characterize the atmosphere of the school. It has an introductory text by Dean Mark Wigley and includes work conducted by each of the school's programs: Architecture, Urban Design, Historic Preservation, and Real Estate Development. This newest volume of abstract includes the applied research of the school's laboratories and projects from the design studios of Hernan Diaz Alonso, Karl Chu, Laura Kurgan, Jeffrey Inaba, Steven Holl, Kate Orff, Peter Cook, LOT/EK, David Turnbull, and Reinhold Martin among many others. This edition of Abstract is the fourth designed by Stefan Sagmeister. This encyclopedic volume is conceived of both as a potential organizational model for the school but also a testament to the global distribution of the work included within.