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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
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
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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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