Booksellers

The following booksellers are uniquely qualified to serve the book-related needs of those interested in design. At some of these booksellers, the interest, expertise, and inventory are focused exclusively on design (whether architecture, fashion, graphic design, interior design, and/or product design). At others, if the inventory is diversified beyond design, you can still count on finding a noteworthy and well-edited design department.

From Powell’s Books

The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability Add to My Reading List

William McDonough
Michael Braungart

From the Publisher. The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, one of the most consequential ecological manifestoes of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons gained from 10 years of putting the Cradle to Cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and... More

ISBN 9780865477483

8.3 x 5.4 inches, paperback, 256 pages

From CCA Bookstore

Building Seagram Add to My Reading List

Phyllis Lambert
Foreword by Barry Bergdoll

From the Publisher. The Seagram building rises over New York’s Park Avenue, seeming to float above the street with perfect lines of bronze and glass. Considered one of the greatest icons of twentieth-century architecture, the building was commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, founder of the Canadian... More

ISBN 9780300167672

8 x 11 1/2 inches, hardcover, 320 pages, 52 color and 141 black-and-white illustrations

Buy from Yale University Press

From Van Alen Books

Clog 6: Brutalism Add to My Reading List

Kyle May et al., Editors

From the Publisher. A defining architectural style of the postwar era—characterized by severe, abstract geometries and the use of cast concrete, block and brick—Brutalism arguably produced some of the world's least popular public buildings. The style's international propagation brought modern... More

ISBN 9780983820451

Paperback, 160 pages

From Hennessey + Ingalls Art & Architecture Bookstore

Kengo Kuma: Complete Works Add to My Reading List

Kenneth Frampton

From the Publisher. The quintessential Japanese architect of today, Kengo Kuma has forged a modern design language that artfully combines the country’s traditional building crafts with sophisticated technologies and materials. Kenneth Frampton frames Kuma’s work in the context of post-war Japan... More

ISBN 9780500342831

9.7 x 11.8 inches, hardcover, 320 pages

Buy from Thames & Hudson

From Rizzoli Bookstore

Shelton, Mindel & Associates Add to My Reading List

Photography by Michael Moran
Essay by Joseph Giovannini

From the Publisher. Shelton, Mindel & Associates has been receiving international fame since its inception in 1978. Winners of over thirty AIA awards and recipients of the 2011 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Interior Design, founding partners Peter L. Shelton and Lee F. Mindel have had a... More

ISBN 9780847838530

10 x 12 inches, hardcover, 256 pages, 200 color photographs

From William Stout Architectural Books

Henri Labrouste Add to My Reading List

Corinne Bélier Editor
Barry Bergdoll Editor
Marc le Coeur Editor

From the Publisher. Henri Labrouste is one of the few 19th-century architects who have been lionized consistently as precursors of modern architecture throughout the 20th century and into our own time. The two magisterial glass-and-iron reading rooms Labrouste built in Paris from the 1840s through the... More

ISBN 9780870708398

9.5 x 11.75 inches, hardcover, 232 pages, 225 color illustrations

Buy from The Museum of Modern Art

From Modernism 101

Il Design In Italia: 1945–1972 Add to My Reading List

Paolo Fossati

Excellent overview of these 10 postwar Italian designers: Franco Albini, Bruno Munari, Carlo Scarpa, Ernesto N. Rogers, Marco Zanuso, Ettore Sottsass, Achille Castiglioni, Alberto Rosselli, Roberto Sambonet, and Enzo Mari.

6.25 x 8.5 hardcover, 268 pages, 60 color and 448 black-and-white illustrations

From Rizzoli Bookstore

Albert Speer Add to My Reading List

Léon Krier
Preface by Robert A. M. Stern

From the Publisher. Architect Léon Krier asks, “Can a war criminal be a great artist?” Speer, Adolf Hitler’s architect of choice, happens to be responsible for one of the boldest architectural and urban oeuvres of modern times.

First published in 1985 to an acute and... More

ISBN 9781580933544

7.3 x 9.5 inches, hardcover, 272 pages

Buy from The Monacelli Press

From Hennessey + Ingalls Art & Architecture Bookstore

Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 Add to My Reading List

Wim de Wit Editor
Christopher Alexander Editor

From the Publisher. From 1940 to 1990, Los Angeles rapidly evolved into one of the most populous and influential industrial, economic, and creative capitals in the world and the region was transformed into a laboratory for cutting-edge architecture. This book examines these experiments and their impact on... More

ISBN 9781606061282

9.8 x 10.5 inches, hardcover, 320 pages

From Van Alen Books

A Topology of Everyday Constellations Add to My Reading List

Georges Teyssot

From the Publisher. Today, spaces no longer represent a bourgeois haven; nor are they the sites of a classical harmony between work and leisure, private and public, the local and the global. The house is not merely a home but a position for negotiations with multiple spheres — the technological as... More

ISBN 9780262518321

5.4 x 8 inches, paperback, 360 pages

From Modernism 101

Design: Vignelli Add to My Reading List

Massimo Vignelli
Germano Celant et al.

This remarkably comprehensive book vastly expands upon the 1981 catalogue for the Vignelli exhibition at Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, which originated at the Parsons School of Design.

ISBN 9780847803736

8.75 x 9.25 inches, hardcover, 292 pages

From William Stout Architectural Books

West Coast Modern: Architecture, Interiors, and Design Add to My Reading List

Zahid Sardar

From the Publisher. Breathtaking home designs that fit perfectly into the unique landscape of the West. Architects and designers are breaking new ground on the West Coast, incorporating tested ideas with modern technologies, materials, and concepts in thrilling and sustainable designs. This collection of... More

ISBN 9781423624394

11 x 13 inches, hardcover, 248 pages

Featured Booksellers

The links to the booksellers listed below take you to a detailed profile that highlights the design book offerings of each respective bookseller.

Noteworthy Booksellers

In this geographic listing, which includes the featured booksellers noted above, the links take you to the website of each respective bookseller.

California / Colorado / District of Columbia / Florida / Illinois / Louisiana / Massachusetts / New York / Oregon / Pennsylvania / Texas / Vermont / Virginia / Washington / Canada / Cayman Islands / Australia / China / Hong Kong / Lebanon /

California

William Stout Books

1605 Solano Avenue
Berkeley CA 94707
510.356.4736
www.stoutbooks.com
The Fashion Bookstore

California Market Center
110 East 9th Street, Lobby 19
Los Angeles CA 90079
213.622.5663
www.thefashionbookstore.com
William Stout Architectural Books

804 Montgomery Street
San Francisco CA 94133
415.391.6757
www.stoutbooks.com
Hennessey + Ingalls Art & Architecture Bookstore

214 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica CA 90401
310.458.9074
www.hennesseyingalls.com
Hennessey + Ingalls Art & Architecture Bookstore

1520 North Cahuenga Boulevard, Suite 8
Los Angeles CA 90028
323.466.1256
www.hennesseyingalls.com

Colorado

Tattered Cover Book Store

2526 East Colfax Avenue (at Elizabeth Street)
Denver CO 80206
800.833.9327
www.tatteredcover.com
Tattered Cover Book Store

1628 16th Street (at Wynkoop Street)
Denver CO 80202
800.833.9327
www.tatteredcover.com
Tattered Cover Book Store

9315 Dorchester Street
Highlands Ranch CO 80129
800.833.9327
www.tatteredcover.com

District of Columbia

AIA Bookstore

1735 New York Avenue NW
Washington DC 20006-5209
202.626.7475
www.aia.org/store

Florida

Books & Books

9700 Collins Avenue
Bal Harbour FL 33154
305.864.4241
www.booksandbooks.com
Books & Books

265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables FL 33134
305.442.4408
www.booksandbooks.com
Books & Books

927 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach FL 33139
305.532.3222
www.booksandbooks.com

Illinois

Barbara’s Bookstore/Village Center

810 Village Center Drive
Burr Ridge IL 60527
630.920.1500
www.barbarasbookstore.com
Barbara’s Bestsellers

Willis Tower – Lower Level 1
233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago IL 60606
312.466.0223
www.barbarasbookstore.com
Barbara’s Bestsellers at Northwestern Hospital

201 East Huron Street
Chicago IL 60611
312.926.2655
www.barbarasbookstore.com
Barbara’s Bookstore at Macy’s

111 North State Street – Lower Level
Chicago IL 60602
312.781.3033
www.barbarasbookstore.com
Barbara’s Bookstore at University of Illinois Chicago

1218 South Halsted Street
Chicago IL 60607
312.413.2665
www.barbarasbookstore.com
The BookMarket at Hangar One

2651 Navy Boulevard
Glen Town Center
Glenview IL 60026
847.904.7304
www.barbarasbookstore.com
Graham Foundation

Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
Chicago, Illinois 60610
312.787.4071

www.grahamfoundation.org

Louisiana

Modernism 101 Rare Design Books

P.O. Box 53256
Shreveport LA 71135
By appointment
512.914.8388

www.modernism101.com

Massachusetts

Ars Libri Ltd.

500 Harrison Avenue
Boston MA 02118
617.357.5212
www.arslibri.com
Barbara’s Bestsellers at South Station

2 South Station
Boston MA 02110
617.443.0060
www.barbarasbookstore.com
F.A. Bernett Books

144 Lincoln Street
Boston MA 02111
617.350.7778
www.fabernett.com / rectoversoblog.com

New York

Alan Rosenberg’s Books

alanrosenbergsbooks.com
Anartist Books on Art

By appointment
212.662.4554
anartistbooks.com
Carnegie Hill Books

206 East 90th Street
New York NY 10128
By appointment
212.410.9085
carnegiehillbooks.com
Kinokuniya Bookstore

1073 Avenue of the Americas
(between 40th & 41st Streets)
New York NY 10018
212.869.1700

www.kinokuniya.com/us
McNally Jackson

2 Prince Street
(between Lafayette Street & Mulberry Street)
New York NY 10012
212.274.1160
mcnallyjackson.com
192 Books

192 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street
New York NY 10011
212.255.4022
www.192books.com
Optos Books

105 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6B
New York NY 10003
212.989.4085

www.optosbooks.com
Potterton Books New York

D&D Building Lobby
979 3rd Avenue
New York NY 10022-1298
212.644.2292
www.pottertonbooksusa.com
Rizzoli Bookstore

31 West 57th Street
New York NY 10019
212.759.2424
www.rizzoliusa.com
Van Alen Books

30 West 22nd Street
Ground Floor
New York NY 10010
212.924.7000
www.vanalenbooks.org
Weinberg Modern

New York Design Center
200 Lexington Avenue, Suite 407
New York NY 10016
646.291.2059
www.weinbergmodern.com
Display

Brooklyn, New York
718.554.6827

display.com
Honey & Wax Booksellers

540 President Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215
917.974.2420

www.facebook.com/honeyandwax
www.honeyandwaxbooks.com
Open Air Modern

489 Lorimer Street
(between Powers Street & Grand Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.383.6465
www.openairmodern.com
The powerHouse Arena

37 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718.666.3049; toll free 1.866.99.ARENA
www.powerhousearena.com
Books & Books

130 Main Street
Westhampton Beach NY 11978
631.998.3260
www.booksandbooks.com
Appledore Books

P.O. Box 386
Waccabuc, NY 10597
914.763.0166

www.appledorebookshop.com
Trevian Books

P.O. Box 433
Piermont, NY 10968
845.348.3474

www.trevianbooks.com

Oregon

Powell’s Books

1005 West Burnside
Portland, OR 97209
503.228.4651
www.powells.com

Pennsylvania

AIA Bookstore & Design Center

1218 Arch Street
Philadelphia PA 19107
215.569.3188
www.aiabookstore.com
Joseph Fox Bookshop

1724 Sansom Street
Philadelphia PA 19103
215.563.4184
www.foxbookshop.com

Texas

Domy Books

913 East Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78702
512.476.3669
domybookstore.com
Domy Books

1709 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77098
713.523.3669
domybookstore.com

Vermont

The Country Bookshop

35 Mill Street
Plainfield VT 05667
802.454.8439

www.TheCountryBookshop.com
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

974 Cemetery Road
West Windsor VT 05089

www.whitefoxrarebooks.com

Virginia

The Bookpress Ltd.

1304 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg VA 23185
757.229.1260
www.bookpress.com

Washington

Peter Miller Books

1930 First Avenue
Seattle WA 98101
206.441.4114
www.petermiller.com

Canada

CCA Bookstore

Canadian Centre for Architecture
1920 Baile Street
Montreal, Quebec, H3H 2S6
514.939.7028

www.cca.qc.ca/bookstore.com

Cayman Islands

Books & Books

45 Market Street
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
345.640.2665
www.booksandbooks.com

Australia

Beautiful Pages

114 Oxford Street
Darlinghurst
Sydney, Australia
61.401.555.536
www.beautifulpages.com.au

China

Page One Beijing

Shop 3B201, Zone 3, China World Mall
No. 1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100020
86.10.8535.1055
www.pageonegroup.com

Page One Indigo Beijing

Shop LG50
INDIGO, No.18 Jiuxianqiao Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100016
86.10.8426.0408
www.pageonegroup.com

Trends Lounge

The Place and Central Park
L214, 2/F
Trends Building
9 Guanghua Lu
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
86.10.6587.1998
www.trends.com.cn/aboutus/lounge.htm

UCCA Store

798 Art District
No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100015
86.10.5780.0200
www.ucca.org.cn/en/uccastore

Page One Hangzhou

Shop 488, MixC Mall
No. 701, Fuchun Road
Jianggan District, Hangzhou, China 310020
86.571.8970.5758
www.pageonegroup.com

Page One Taipei 101

Office and Retail, Taipei, Taiwan
4F-1, No. 45 Shi-Fu Road 110
Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
866.2.8101.8282
www.pageonegroup.com

Hong Kong

Festival Walk & Page One Cafe

Shop LG 1-30, Festival Walk
80 Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
852.2778.2808
www.pageonegroup.com

Page One Harbour City

Shop LG 1-30, Festival Walk
Shop 3002, Level 3, Zone A, Harbour City
Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
852.2730.6080
www.pageonegroup.com