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