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| African Metropolitan Architecture | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $100.00 |
| The Agile City | Russell, James | Island Press | $35.00 |
| Alexander Girard | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $200 |
| Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | Bolton, Andrew | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| And I Shall Have Some Peace There | Roach, Margaret | Grand Central Publishing | $25.99 |
| The Architectural Detail | Ford, Edward R. | Princeton Architectural Press | $40.00 |
| Architecture in Uniform | Cohen, Jean-Louis | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| Atlas | Richter, Gerhard | Walther König Verlag | |
| Balenciaga and Spain | Bowles, Hamish | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Bals | Foulkes, Nicholas | Assouline | $175.00 |
| Beauty Is in the Street | Kugelberg, Johan et al. | Four Corners Books; distributed by D.A.P. | $40.00 |
| Believing Is Seeing | Morris, Errol | Penguin | $40.00 |
| Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention | Ryan, Zoë | Yale University Press | $60.00 |
| Bob Gill, so far. | Gill, Bob | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| Bossypants | Fey, Tina | Little, Brown and Co. | |
| By the City/For the City | Guiney, Anne et al. | Institute for Urban Design | $35.00 |
| California Design 1930–1965 | Kaplan, Wendy | The MIT Press | $60.00 |
| Cecil Beaton | Albrecht, Donald | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Cédric Delsaux: Dark Lens | Delsaux, Cédric | Editions Xavier Barral | $75.00 |
| Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $29.95 |
| Chi ha paura...?-Who’s afraid...? | Cappellieri, Alba | Electa | |
| Collected | Gladwell, Malcolm et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $80.00 |
| Combinatory Urbanism | Mayne, Thom | Stray Dog Cafe | $39.95 |
| Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets | Rjeily, Rana Abou | Mark Batty Publisher | $34.95 |
| The Death and Life of Great American Cities: 50th Anniversary Edition | Jacobs, Jane | Random House/Modern Library | $23.00 |
| Design with the Other 90%: Cities | Smith, Cynthia | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | $29.95 |
| Design*Sponge at Home | Bonney, Grace | Artisan | $35.00 |
| Designing for Emotion | Walter, Aarron | A Book Apart | $18.00 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Immordino Vreeland, Lisa | Abrams | $55.00 |
| Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible | Lovell, Sophie | Phaidon Press | $95.00 |
| Edward Durell Stone | Stone, Hicks | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture | Pallasmaa, Juhani | John Wiley & Sons | $45.00 |
| Floating Worlds | Neumeyer, Peter F. | Pomegranate Press | $35.00 |
| Flying Without a Net | DeLong, Thomas J. | Harvard Business Review Press | $29.95 |
| Food Rules | Pollan, Michael et al. | Penguin | |
| Gerhard Richter: Panorama | Godfrey, Mark et al. | Tate Gallery Publishing | |
| Gerrit Rietveld | van Zijl, Ida | Phaidon Press | $75.00 |
| Graphic Design: Now in Production | Lupton, Ellen et al. | Walker Art Center; distributed by D.A.P. | |
| Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture | Balmori, Diana et al. | The Monacelli Press | $50.00 |
| Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture | Hill, John | W. W. Norton | $29.95 |
| Helvetica and the New York City Subway System | Shaw, Paul | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky | David, Joshua et al. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $29.95 |
| A House for an Art Collector | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $50.00 |
| The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living | Brostrom, Caitlin Lempres et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive | Boucher, Christopher | Melville House | $15.00 |
| Hussein Chalayan | Violette, Robert et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Identify | Chermayeff, Ivan et al. | Print Publishing | $45.00 |
| Julius Shulman, Los Angeles | Lubell, Sam et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $60.00 |
| Katie Ridder: Rooms | MacIsaac, Heather | Abrams | $50.00 |
| KieranTimberlake: Inquiry | Kieran, Stephen et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $55.00 |
| Kissing Architecture | Lavin, Sylvia | Princeton University Press | $16.95 |
| The Latin American Photobook | Fernández, Horacio et al. | Aperture | $52.00 |
| Less and More | Ueki-Polet, Keiko et al. | Gestalten | |
| Living in the Endless City | Burdett, Ricky et al. | Phaidon Press | $69.95 |
| Maharam Agenda | Maharam, Michael | Lars Müller Publishers | $65.00 |
| Maps | Scher, Paula | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Menu Design in America | Heller, Steven et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Missed Connections | Blackall, Sophie | Workman | $13.95 |
| New York Bikes | Castagnetti, Michele | Self Published | $19.99 |
| New York: The Story of a Great City | Henry, Sarah | André Deutsch | $39.95 |
| OLIVE (A Handbook to Protect Your Life) | Nosigner, | Media Factory | ¥ 1,000 ($12.88) |
| 100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists | Danchev, Alex | Penguin | $20.99 |
| Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul | Schultz, Howard et al. | Rodale | $25.99 |
| Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner | Kuijpers, Els | nai010 Publishers | $38.35 |
| Pamphlet Architecture 11–20 | Holl, Steven | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| People | Blexbolex, | Enchanted Lion Books | $19.95 |
| Project Japan | Koolhaas, Rem et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Radioactive | Redniss, Lauren | HarperCollins | $29.99 |
| Ready to Print | Nickel, Kristina | Gestalten | $78.00 |
| Rebels in Paradise | Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter | Henry Holt and Company | $32,50 |
| Redheaded Peckerwood | Patterson, Christian | MACK | $65.00 |
| Rethinking Design and Interiors | Caan, Shashi | Laurence King Publishing | $29.95 |
| Reveal: Studio Gang Architects | Gang, Jeanne | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Richard Prince: American Prayer | Rubin, Robert | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Rising Currents | Bergdoll, Barry | The Museum of Modern Art | $24.95 |
| Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape | El-Dahdah, Farès et al. | Actar | $49.95 |
| The Ruins of Detroit | Marchand, Yves et al. | Steidl | $125.00 |
| Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material | Sagmeister, Stefan et al. | Abrams | $40.00 |
| Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $75.00 |
| Seven Books Grey | Dean, Tacita | Steidl | $98.00 |
| Spacesuit | de Monchaux, Nicholas | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| Spatial Agency | Awan, Nishat et al. | Routledge | $44.95 |
| Star Wars: The Blueprints | Rinzler, J. W. | Epic Ink | $500.00 |
| Steve Jobs | Isaacson, Walter | Simon & Schuster | $35.00 |
| Symbol | Hyland, Angus et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $40.00 |
| A Taxonomy of Office Chairs | Olivares, Jonathan | Phaidon Press | $39.95 |
| TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design | Bos, Ben | Unit Editions | $55.00 |
| Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances | Gordon, Beverly | Thames & Hudson | $60.00 |
| 344 Questions | Bucher, Stefan | New Riders Press | $11.99 |
| To Make a World | Nemerov, Alexander | Yale University Press | $45.00 |
| The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch | Thwaites, Thomas | Princeton Architectural Press | $19.95 |
| Tomorrow’s Houses | Gorlin, Alexander et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Toward a New Interior | Weinthal, Lois | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Triumph of the City | Glaeser, Edward | Penguin | $29.95 |
| Typography for Lawyers | Butterick, Matthew | Jones McClure Publishing | $25.00 |
| Urban Design Since 1945 | Shane, David Grahame | John Wiley & Sons | $45.00 |
| Usefulness in Small Things | Colin, Kim et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $29.95 |
| Visual Storytelling | Klanten, Robert et al. | Gestalten | $68.00 |
| Voiture Minimum | Amado Lorenzo, Antonio | The MIT Press | $49.95 |
| Why We Broke Up | Handler, Daniel et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $19.99 |
| Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey | Brook, Tony et al. | Unit Editions | $27.00 |
| Wirrwarr | Mayer H., Jürgen et al. | Hatje Cantz | $300.00 |
