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Charleston Fancy | Rybczynski, Witold | Yale University Press |
Ballpark | Goldberger, Paul | Knopf |
A Genealogy of Modern Architecture | Frampton, Kenneth | Lars Müller Publishers |
What If...?: The Architecture and Design of David Rockwell | Pearlman, Chee et al. | Metropolis Books |
Being: An Architect | Ritchie, Ian et al. | Royal Academy of Arts |
Fundamentals | Koolhaas, Rem | Rizzoli International Publications |
Shape of Sound | Meyers, Victoria | Artifice Books on Architecture |
Deventer | Stadler, Matthew et al. | nai010 Publishers |
Wunderkammer | Williams, Tod et al. | Yale University Press |
Paradise Planned | Stern, Robert A. M. et al. | The Monacelli Press |
The Most Beautiful Opera Houses in the World | de Laubier, Guillaume et al. | Abrams |
The Library | Campbell, James W. P. et al. | The University of Chicago Press |
Discovering Architecture | Jodidio, Philip et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
MVRDV Buildings | MVRDV, et al. | nai010 Publishers |
100 Years of Architectural Drawing | Bingham, Neil | Laurence King Publishing |
Architecture on the Carpet | Vale, Brenda et al. | Thames & Hudson |
Visions of Seaside | Thadani, Dhiru A. et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Classic & Modern: Signature Styles | Barlis, Alan et al. | ORO Editions |
Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes | Cohen, Jean-Louis et al. | The Museum of Modern Art |
Make It Fabulous | Georgis, William T. et al. | The Monacelli Press |
Álvaro Siza: Complete Works 1952–2013 | Jodidio, Philip | TASCHEN |
James Turrell: A Retrospective | Govan, Michael et al. | Prestel Publishing |
Matteo Thun: The Index Book | Thun, Matteo | Hatje Cantz |
A New Sculpturalism | Mount, Christopher et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 | Wit, Wim de et al. | Getty Research Institute |
Culture:City | Wang, Wilfried | Lars Müller Publishers |
Kengo Kuma: Complete Works | Frampton, Kenneth | Thames & Hudson |
Theater of Architecture | Hardy, Hugh | Princeton Architectural Press |
All the Buildings in New York *That I’ve Drawn So Far | Hancock, James Gulliver | Rizzoli International Publications |
Albert Speer | Krier, Léon et al. | The Monacelli Press |
The Light Pavilion | Kumpusch, Christoph a. | Lars Müller Publishers |
The Planning Game | Garvin, Alexander | W. W. Norton |
James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist | Lawrence, Amanda Reeser | Yale University Press |
Building Seagram | Lambert, Phyllis et al. | Yale University Press |
Experiments with Life Itself | González de Canales, Francisco | Actar |
The Language of Luxe | Ng, Ed et al. | ORO Editions |
Bio Design | Myers, William et al. | The Museum of Modern Art |
Maynard L. Parker: Modern Photography and the American Dream | Watts, Jennifer A. et al. | Yale University Press |
Solomon’s Temple | Balfour, Alan | John Wiley & Sons |
Eames: Beautiful Details | Demetrios, Eames et al. | AMMO Books |
The Architecture of the Barnes Foundation | Williams, Tod et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Cino Zucchi: Inspiration and Process in Architecture | Zucchi, Cino | Chronicle Books |
Tree Houses | Jodidio, Philip et al. | TASCHEN |
Norman Bel Geddes Designs America | Albrecht, Donald et al. | Abrams |
In the Life of Cities | Mostafavi, Mohsen | Lars Müller Publishers |
Instigations | Mostafavi, Mohsen et al. | Lars Müller Publishers |
Sou Fujimoto: Sketchbook | Fujimoto, Sou | Lars Müller Publishers |
A Guide to Archigram 1961–74 | Crompton, Dennis | Princeton Architectural Press |
Understanding Architecture | McCarter, Robert et al. | Phaidon Press |
Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects | Gang, Jeanne et al. | Yale University Press |
Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color | Tschumi, Bernard | Rizzoli International Publications |
House | Keaton, Diane et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
La Formentera | Piasecki, Eric et al. | The Monacelli Press |
20th-Century World Architecture: The Phaidon Atlas | Editors of Phaidon Press, | Phaidon Press |
Torre David | Brillembourg, Alfredo et al. | Lars Müller Publishers |
Le Corbusier Redrawn | Park, Steven | Princeton Architectural Press |
Wiel Arets | McCarter, Robert et al. | Birkhäuser |
Poem of the Right Angle (Le poème de l'angle droit) | Le Corbusier, | Hatje Cantz |
The Dot-Com City | Lange, Alexandra | Strelka Press |
Post-Ductility | Bell, Michael et al. | Princeton Architectural Press |
Authoring | Adjaye, David et al. | Lars Müller Publishers |
Design Like You Give a Damn [2] | Architecture for Humanity, et al. | Abrams |
Foreclosed | Bergdoll, Barry | The Museum of Modern Art |
American Splendor | Kathrens, Michael C. | Acanthus Press |
Site and Sound | Newhouse, Victoria | The Monacelli Press |
Writing About Architecture | Lange, Alexandra | Princeton Architectural Press |
Steven Holl—Color Light Time | Holl, Steven | Lars Müller Publishers |
A Visual Inventory | Pawson, John | Phaidon Press |
Steven Holl—Scale | Holl, Steven et al. | Lars Müller Publishers |
Five North American Architects | Frampton, Kenneth | Lars Müller Publishers |
Imperfect Health | Borasi, Giovanna et al. | Lars Müller Publishers |
The Raw and the Cooked | Bialobrzeski, Peter | Hatje Cantz |
Saving Wright | Chusid, Jeffrey M. | W. W. Norton |
Alexander Girard | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books |
Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture | Hill, John | W. W. Norton |
Schlepping Through Ambivalence | Tigerman, Stanley et al. | Yale University Press |
African Metropolitan Architecture | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications |
Distillations | McCurry, Margaret et al. | ORO Editions |
California Design 1930–1965 | Kaplan, Wendy | The MIT Press |
The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living | Brostrom, Caitlin Lempres et al. | Princeton Architectural Press |
Aesthetic Theory | Gage, Mark Foster | W. W. Norton |
Project Japan | Koolhaas, Rem et al. | TASCHEN |
Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention | Ryan, Zoë | Yale University Press |
The Biography of a Building | Rybczynski, Witold | Thames & Hudson |
Tom Kundig: Houses 2 | Kundig, Tom | Princeton Architectural Press |
Designing Bridges to Burn | Tigerman, Stanley | ORO Editions |
Edward Durell Stone | Stone, Hicks | Rizzoli International Publications |
Louis Vuitton: Architecture and Interiors | Mostafavi, Mohsen | Rizzoli International Publications |
Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture | Balmori, Diana et al. | The Monacelli Press |
The Architectural Detail | Ford, Edward R. | Princeton Architectural Press |
KieranTimberlake: Inquiry | Kieran, Stephen et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Rising Currents | Bergdoll, Barry | The Museum of Modern Art |
Architecture in Uniform | Cohen, Jean-Louis | Yale University Press |
Pamphlet Architecture 11–20 | Holl, Steven | Princeton Architectural Press |
Wirrwarr | Mayer H., Jürgen et al. | Hatje Cantz |
Spatial Agency | Awan, Nishat et al. | Routledge |
Living in the Endless City | Burdett, Ricky et al. | Phaidon Press |
The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture | Pallasmaa, Juhani | John Wiley & Sons |
Kissing Architecture | Lavin, Sylvia | Princeton University Press |
Julius Shulman, Los Angeles | Lubell, Sam et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Tomorrow’s Houses | Gorlin, Alexander et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Why Architecture Matters | Goldberger, Paul | Yale University Press |
Reveal: Studio Gang Architects | Gang, Jeanne | Princeton Architectural Press |
A House for an Art Collector | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications |
Clip Stamp Fold | Colomina, Beatriz et al. | Actar |
Gerrit Rietveld | van Zijl, Ida | Phaidon Press |
Prefab Architecture: A Guide to Modular Design and Construction | Smith, Ryan E. | John Wiley & Sons |
Joseph Urban | Loring, John | Abrams |
The Nature of Circumstance | Bohlin, Peter et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Vincent Van Duysen: Complete Works | Van Duysen, Vincent et al. | Thames & Hudson |
The Green House | Stang, Alanna et al. | Princeton Architectural Press |
Miami Modern Metropolis | Shulman, Allan T. | Princeton Architectural Press |
Bauhaus 1919–1933 | Bergdoll, Barry et al. | The Museum of Modern Art |
Richard Meier Architect Vol. 5 | Meier, Richard | Rizzoli International Publications |
Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals | Payne, Christopher et al. | The MIT Press |
Architecture’s Desire | Hays, K. Michael | The MIT Press |
Dream House | Dietz, Ulysses Grant et al. | Acanthus Press |
KarimSpace | Rashid, Karim | Rizzoli International Publications |
Newport Villas | Kathrens, Michael C. | W. W. Norton |
Greg Lynn FORM | Rappolt, Mark et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Home Delivery | Bergdoll, Barry et al. | The Museum of Modern Art |
The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture | Wright, Frank Lloyd et al. | Princeton University Press |
Houses of Los Angeles, vol. 2 | Watters, Sam | Acanthus Press |
Modern Architecture: A Critical History | Frampton, Kenneth | Thames & Hudson |
Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architect: 1993–2006 | Jacobsen, Hugh Newell et al. | Rizzoli International Publications |
Informal | Balmond, Cecil | Prestel Publishing |
Eliot Noyes | Bruce, Gordon | Phaidon Press |
Designing with Light | Meyers, Victoria | Abbeville Press |
FARMAX | MVRDV, et al. | nai010 Publishers |
Interpreting the Renaissance (Ricerca dell’Rinascimento) | Tafuri, Manfredo | Yale University Press |
Minimum | Pawson, John | Phaidon Press |
Shigeru Ban | McQuaid, Matilda | Phaidon Press |
KM3: Excursions on Capacities | MVRDV, | Actar |
Modern Architecture and Other Essays | Scully, Vincent | Princeton University Press |
Mies van der Rohe: The Krefeld Villas | Kleinman, Kent et al. | Princeton Architectural Press |
Great Houses of New York, 1880–1930 | Kathrens, Michael C. | Acanthus Press |
Mastering Tradition: The Residential Architecture of John Russell Pope | Garrison, James B. | Acanthus Press |
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things | McDonough, William et al. | North Point Press |
Modern Architecture | Colquhoun, Alan | Oxford University Press |
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture | Venturi, Robert | The Museum of Modern Art |
Labour, Work and Architecture | Frampton, Kenneth | Phaidon Press |
The Four States of Architecture | Hanrahan, Thomas et al. | John Wiley & Sons |
The World Trade Center Remembered | Goldberger, Paul et al. | Abbeville Press |
Object to Be Destroyed: The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark | Lee, Pamela M. | The MIT Press |
The Curves of Time | Niemeyer, Oscar | Phaidon Press |
Gyroscopic Horizons | Denari, Neil M. | Princeton Architectural Press |
Your Private Sky: R. Buckminster Fuller | Lichtenstein, Claude et al. | Lars Müller Publishers |
The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste | Scott, Geoffrey | W. W. Norton |
Animate FORM | Lynn, Greg | Princeton Architectural Press |
Delirious New York | Koolhaas, Rem | The Monacelli Press |
Edifices de Rome Moderne | Letarouilly, Paul Marie | Princeton Architectural Press |
On the Art of Building in Ten Books | Alberti, Leon Battista | The MIT Press |
Thermal Delight in Architecture | Heschong, Lisa | The MIT Press |
A Pattern Language | Alexander, Christopher et al. | Oxford University Press |
Learning from Las Vegas | Venturi, Robert et al. | The MIT Press |
Announcements
Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design edited by Ian Lynam
Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design
Edited by Ian Lynam
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Published: March 2019
Total Armageddon is about design. And culture. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, PowerPoint, burkas, Big Tech, full-contact sports, and other thorny topics. The book celebrates 15 years of independent publishing and brings together a who’s who of authors and essays from 32 issues of Slanted Magazine.
A Field Guide to Color by Lisa Solomon
A Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook
By Lisa Solomon
Publisher: Roost Books
Published: August 2019
In this creative workbook you’ll discover fresh ways to connect with color in your art and life. Using watercolors, gouache, or any other water-based medium, explore color theory while playing with paint through a balanced blend of color experiments and loose color meditations. This inspiring workbook will change the way you relate to color
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
Poems by Dennis Bernstein
Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
“From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor’s tattooed arms where the numbers just don’t add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry.” — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
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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