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ACTAR is an publisher of books on architecture, graphic design, and contemporary art. It was founded in 1994 and is based in Barcelona.

ACTAR is directed by Ramon Prat. In 2006, ACTAR opened a New York office for North American sales and distribution. In addition to ACTAR's in-house titles, ACTAR D internationally distributes publications by prominent European cultural institutions and publishers.

ACTAR's publishing program is focused on the works of established and emerging architects, designers, artists, and photographers at the forefront of contemporary practice and theory. Actar titles represent a broad cross section of the seminal works and individuals who affect the character of current research and practice and its relationship to the larger societal context. Actar explores the shifting boundaries across the fields of architecture, design, and art to overcome the gap between the producers of works – architectural, graphical, industrial, artistic – and those who describe them. Actar books feature collaborations with architects including OMA / Rem Koolhaas, Foreign Office Architects / Farshid Moussavi, MVRDV/ Winy Maas, UN Studio, Massimiliano Fuksas, Diller + Scofidio, Toyo Ito, SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima, Sanford Kwinter, Kazys Varnelis, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Vincente Guallart; designers including VASAVA; photographers including Joan Fontcuberta; and creative geniuses including world acclaimed chef, Ferran Adrià of ElBulli.