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Rising Currents
Barry Bergdoll et al. $24.95
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Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture
John Hill $29.95
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By the City/For the City
Anne Guiney et al. $35.00
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Combinatory Urbanism
Thom Mayne $39.95
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The Architectural Detail
Edward R. Ford $40.00
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Spatial Agency
Nishat Awan et al. $44.95
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Reveal: Studio Gang Architects
Jeanne Gang $45.00
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Pamphlet Architecture 11–20
Steven Holl, introduction $45.00
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The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture
Juhani Pallasmaa $45.00
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A House for an Art Collector
David Adjaye $50.00
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Project Japan
Rem Koolhaas et al. $59.99
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Julius Shulman, Los Angeles
Sam Lubell et al. $60.00
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Tomorrow’s Houses
Alexander Gorlin et al. $65.00
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Living in the Endless City
Ricky Burdett et al. $69.95
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African Metropolitan Architecture
David Adjaye $100.00
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