Birkhäuser
| Parent company | Springer Science+Business Media (science) Walter de Gruyter (design) |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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.
- Birkhäuser Verlag – an architecture and design publishing company was (re)created in 2010 when Springer sold its design and architecture segment to ACTAR. The resulting Spanish-Swiss company was then called ActarBirkhäuser. After a bankruptcy, in 2012 Birkhäuser Verlag was sold again, this time to De Gruyter.
Additionally, the Reinach-based printer Birkhäuser+GBC operates independently of the above, being now owned by Basler Zeitung.