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

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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.

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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
Published: 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.

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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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Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context by David Raizman

Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context

By David Raizman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: December 2020

An innovative approach to graphic design that uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction, and typography, often addressing issues of class, race, and gender.

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David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian by Rick Poynor

David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian

By Rick Poynor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 2020

A comprehensive overview of the work and legacy of David King (1943–2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain’s Sunday Times Magazine in the 1960s, starting as a designer and later branching out into image-led journalism, blending political activism with his design work.

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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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