Notable Books of 2011
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 The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch
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 Design with the Other 90%: Cities
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 Helvetica and the New York City Subway System
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 Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
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 Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material
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 Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention
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 Richard Prince: American Prayer
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 And I Shall Have Some Peace There
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 Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets
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 The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture
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 A Taxonomy of Office Chairs
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 Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
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 OLIVE (A Handbook to Protect Your Life)
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 Graphic Design: Now in Production
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 Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible
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 The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living
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 Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner
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 The Death and Life of Great American Cities: 50th Anniversary Edition
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 Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
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 Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture
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 New York: The Story of a Great City
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 Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances
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 Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape
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 High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky
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 100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists
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 Usefulness in Small Things
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 Chi ha paura...?-Who’s afraid...?
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 Rethinking Design and Interiors
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 How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive
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 TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design
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 Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
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 Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture
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 African Metropolitan Architecture
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Announcements
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy by John Lobell
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy
By John Lobell
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: June 2020
Noted Louis I.Kahn expert John Lobell explores how Kahn’s focus on structure, respect for materials, clarity of program, and reverence for details come together to manifest an overall philosophy.
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn by Harriet Pattison
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn
By Harriet Pattison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Forthcoming: October 2020
An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Harriet Pattison, FASLA, is a distinguished landscape architect. She was Louis Kahn’s romantic partner from 1959 to 1974, and his collaborator on the landscapes of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, and the F.D.R. Memorial/Four Freedoms Park, New York. She is the mother of their son, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn.
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
By Per Olaf Fjeld and Emily Randall Fjeld
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: October 4, 2019
A new and personal reading of the architecture, teachings, and legacy of Louis I. Kahn from Per Olaf Fjeld’s perspective as a former student. The book explores Kahn’s life and work, offering a unique take on one of the twentieth century’s most important architects. Kahn’s Nordic and European ties are emphasized in this study that also covers his early childhood in Estonia, his travels, and his relationships with other architects, including the Norwegian architect Arne Korsmo.
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Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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