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Experiments with Life Itself Francisco González de Canales Actar On Norman Weinstein’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright et al. Princeton University Press On Witold Rybczynski’s Book List Add to My Reading List	The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture Juhani Pallasmaa John Wiley & Sons On list of Books by Juhani Pallasmaa On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Eliot Noyes Gordon Bruce Phaidon Press On Niels Diffrient’s Book List On Jeffrey Bernett’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Edward Durell Stone Hicks Stone Rizzoli International Publications On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Edifices de Rome Moderne Paul Letarouilly Princeton Architectural Press On Michael Graves’s Book List On Peter Pennoyer’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Eames: Beautiful Details Eames Demetrios et al. AMMO Books On David Rockwell’s Book List Add to My Reading List	An Eames Primer Eames Demetrios Rizzoli International Publications Add to My Reading List
Dream House Ulysses Grant Dietz et al. Acanthus Press On list of Books by Sam Watters Add to My Reading List	The Dot-Com City Alexandra Lange Strelka Press On list of Books by Alexandra Lange Add to My Reading List	Distillations Margaret McCurry ORO Editions On list of Books by Margaret McCurry Add to My Reading List	Discovering Architecture Philip Jodidio et al. Rizzoli International Publications On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	Deventer Matthew Stadler et al. nai010 Publishers On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	Designing with Light Victoria Meyers Abbeville Press On list of Books by Victoria Meyers Add to My Reading List	Designing Bridges to Burn Stanley Tigerman ORO Editions On list of Books by Stanley Tigerman Add to My Reading List	Design Like You Give a Damn [2] Architecture for Humanity, ed. Abrams On list of Books by Kate Stohr Add to My Reading List
Delirious New York Rem Koolhaas The Monacelli Press On Terence Riley’s Book List On Adam Tihany’s Book List On Andrés Duany’s Book List On Jeanne Gang’s Book List On Mohsen Mostafavi’s Book List On Galia Solomonoff’s Book List On Phil Patton’s Current Reading list On Aric Chen’s Book List On Michael Rock’s Book List Add to My Reading List	The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright David A. Hanks Dover Publications Add to My Reading List	The Curves of Time Oscar Niemeyer Phaidon Press On Jeffrey Beers’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Culture:City Wilfried Wang, ed. Lars Müller Publishers On John Hill’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things William McDonough et al. North Point Press On Zoë Ryan’s Book List On Philip Freelon’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Robert Venturi The Museum of Modern Art On Tom Coward’s Book List On Elizabeth Diller’s Book List On Daisy Froud’s Book List On Michael Graves’s Book List On Vincent Lacovara’s Book List On Terence Riley’s Book List On Ricardo Scofidio’s Book List On Geoff Shearcroft’s Book List On Witold Rybczynski’s Book List On R. Craig Miller’s Book List On Paul Goldberger’s Book List On Alberto Alessi’s Book List On Cesar Pelli’s Book List On list of Books by Robert Venturi On David Piscuskas’s Book List On Jorge Silvetti’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Clip Stamp Fold Beatriz Colomina, ed. et al. Actar On Jürgen Mayer H.’s Current Reading list Add to My Reading List	Classic & Modern: Signature Styles Alan Barlis et al. ORO Editions On list of Books by Julie Iovine Add to My Reading List
Cino Zucchi: Inspiration and Process in Architecture Cino Zucchi Chronicle Books On list of Books by Cino Zucchi Add to My Reading List	Charleston Fancy Witold Rybczynski Yale University Press On list of Books by Witold Rybczynski Add to My Reading List	California Design 1930–1965 Wendy Kaplan. ed. The MIT Press On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects Jeanne Gang et al. Yale University Press On list of Books by Jeanne Gang On list of Books by Zoë Ryan Add to My Reading List	Building Seagram Phyllis Lambert et al. Yale University Press On Mark Lamster’s Notable Books of 2013 list On list of Books by Phyllis Lambert Add to My Reading List	The Biography of a Building Witold Rybczynski Thames & Hudson On list of Books by Witold Rybczynski Add to My Reading List	Bio Design William Myers et al. The Museum of Modern Art On Phil Patton’s Notable Books of 2012 list On Jens Holm’s Notable Books of 2012 list On Aric Chen’s Notable Books of 2012 list Add to My Reading List	Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention Zoë Ryan, ed. Yale University Press On list of Books by Zoë Ryan On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
Being: An Architect Ian Ritchie Royal Academy of Arts On Witold Rybczynski’s Notable Books of 2014 list On Witold Rybczynski’s Notable Books of 2014 list On list of Books by Ian Ritchie Add to My Reading List	Bauhaus 1919–1933 Barry Bergdoll et al. The Museum of Modern Art On list of Books by Barry Bergdoll Add to My Reading List	Ballpark Paul Goldberger Knopf On list of Books by Paul Goldberger Add to My Reading List	Authoring David Adjaye et al. Lars Müller Publishers On list of Books by David Adjaye Add to My Reading List	Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals Christopher Payne et al. The MIT Press On Jessica Helfand’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Architecture’s Desire K. Michael Hays The MIT Press On Florian Idenburg’s Current Reading list Add to My Reading List	Architecture on the Carpet Brenda Vale et al. Thames & Hudson On Allison Arieff’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	The Architecture of the Barnes Foundation Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Rizzoli International Publications On list of Books by Billie Tsien On list of Books by Tod Williams Add to My Reading List

Announcements

Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister

Now is Better

By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023

Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.

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Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli

Design Emergency: Building a Better Future

By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022

Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.

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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman

Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People

By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022

Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.

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Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber

Milton Glaser: POP

By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023

This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.

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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange

Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022

Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”

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Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)

By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023

This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.

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