Notable Design Books of 2013
Also see Notable Books: Reviews, Notable Design Books of 2012 and Notable Design Books of 2011.
| Álvaro Siza: Complete Works 1952–2013 | Jodidio, Philip | TASCHEN | $150.00 |
| Shiro Kuramata | Sudjic, Deyan et al. | Phaidon Press | $150.00 |
| Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art | Adam, Jürgen et al. | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers | $115.00 |
| Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Technology | Hammann, Ralph | DOM Publishers | $99.95 |
| MVRDV Buildings | MVRDV, et al. | nai010 Publishers | $95.00 |
| Carlo Scarpa: Venini, 1932–1947 | Barovier, Marino | Rizzoli International Publications | $95.00 |
| Paradise Planned | Stern, Robert A. M. et al. | The Monacelli Press | $95.00 |
| Albert Speer | Krier, Léon et al. | The Monacelli Press | $75.00 |
| James Turrell: A Retrospective | Govan, Michael et al. | Prestel Publishing | $75.00 |
| Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes | Cohen, Jean-Louis et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $75.00 |
| Visions of Seaside | Thadani, Dhiru A. et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $75.00 |
| The Library | Campbell, James W. P. et al. | The University of Chicago Press | $75.00 |
| Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration | Buatta, Mario et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $75.00 |
| Staircases | Tusquets Blanca, Oscar | The Vendome Press | $75.00 |
| Emilio Pucci | Friedman, Vanessa et al. | TASCHEN | $69.99 |
| Synesthetic Design | Haverkamp, Michael | Birkhäuser | $69.95 |
| Type Only | Sinclair, Mark et al. | Unit Editions | $68.00 |
| Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images | Dimendberg, Edward | The University of Chicago Press | $65.00 |
| Building Seagram | Lambert, Phyllis et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| A New Sculpturalism | Mount, Christopher et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| The Houses of Louis Kahn | Marcus, George H. et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| Lina Bo Bardi | Lima, Zeuler Rocha Mello de Almeida et al. | Yale University Press | $65.00 |
| It’s Modern: The Eye and Visual Influence of Alexander Liberman | Churchward, Charles | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Luxurious Minimalism | von der Schulenburg, Fritz | Rizzoli International Publications | $60.00 |
| Out There | Brito, Maria Gabriela | Pointed Leaf Press | $60.00 |
| The Most Beautiful Opera Houses in the World | de Laubier, Guillaume et al. | Abrams | $60.00 |
| D&AD: 50 | Stanley, Ron | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 | Wit, Wim de et al. | Getty Research Institute | $59.95 |
| Henri Labrouste | Bélier, Corinne et al. | The Museum of Modern Art | $55.00 |
| The Sustainable Fashion Handbook | Black, Sandy | Thames & Hudson | $55.00 |
| Culture:City | Wang, Wilfried | Lars Müller Publishers | $55.00 |
| Never Built Los Angeles | Lubell, Sam et al. | Metropolis Books | $55.00 |
| Shadow Type | Heller, Steven et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $55.00 |
| Architectural Guide Japan | Bognar, Botond | DOM Publishers | $50.00 |
| Theater of Architecture | Hardy, Hugh | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Kamisaka Sekka | Trinh, Khanh et al. | Prestel Publishing | $50.00 |
| 100 Years of Architectural Drawing | Bingham, Neil | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Chronicle Books | $50.00 |
| Tom Dixon: Dixonary | Dixon, Tom | Violette Editions | $49.95 |
| Irma Boom: The Architecture of the Book | Boom, Irma et al. | Lecturis | $45.50 |
| James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist | Lawrence, Amanda Reeser | Yale University Press | $45.00 |
| Italian Liberty Style | De Guttry, Irene et al. | 24 Ore Cultura | $45.00 |
| Printer’s Devil | Loxley, Simon et al. | David R. Godine | $45.00 |
| Discovering Architecture | Jodidio, Philip et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $45.00 |
| Dekho | Codesign, et al. | Codesign | $42.00 |
| Fashion Design, Referenced | Kennedy, Alicia et al. | Rockport Publishers | $41.25 |
| Design Forward | Esslinger, Hartmut | ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers | $40.00 |
| Threads of Silk and Gold | McDermott, Hiroko T. et al. | Ashmolean Museum | $40.00 |
| Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books of Ed Ruscha | Brouws, Jeff et al. | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| Experiments with Life Itself | González de Canales, Francisco | Actar | $39.95 |
| Formica Forever | Lange, Alexandra et al. | Metropolis Books | $39.95 |
| Interviewing Users | Portigal, Steve | Rosenfeld Media | $39.00 |
| Cosmos of Light | Plummer, Henry | Indiana University Press | $39.00 |
| Multiple Signatures | Rock, Michael | Rizzoli International Publications | $35.00 |
| Hippie Chic | Whitley, Lauren | MFA Publications | $35.00 |
| Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965 | Tigerman, Bobbye | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon | Dalley, Stephanie | Oxford University Press | $34.95 |
| Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas | Wood, Denis | Siglio | $32.00 |
| Graphic Icons | Clifford, John | Peachpit Press | $31.99 |
| Hello World | Rawsthorn, Alice | Hamish Hamilton | $30.00 |
| The Design Book: 1000 New Designs for the Home and Where to Find Them | Hudson, Jennifer | Laurence King Publishing | $30.00 |
| Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design | Espegel, Carmen et al. | Ediciones Polígrafa | $30.00 |
| Hand-Drying in America | Katchor, Ben | Random House | $29.95 |
| The Metropolitan Revolution | Katz, Bruce et al. | Brookings Institution Press | $29.95 |
| A Country of Cities | Chakrabarti, Vishaan | Metropolis Books | $29.95 |
| PIN-UP Interviews | PIN-UP, et al. | powerHouse Books | $29.95 |
| The Invention of Craft | Adamson, Glenn | Bloomsbury | $29.95 |
| City of Ambition | Williams, Mason B. | W. W. Norton | $29.95 |
| Wunderkammer | Williams, Tod et al. | Yale University Press | $29.00 |
| Creative Confidence | Kelley, Tom et al. | Crown | $29.00 |
| The Pinecone | Uglow, Jenny | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $28.00 |
| Architecture on the Carpet | Vale, Brenda et al. | Thames & Hudson | $27.95 |
| How Architecture Works | Rybczynski, Witold | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $27.00 |
| The Afterlife of Emerson Tang | Champa, Paula | Houghton Mifflin | $26.00 |
| Mapping Manhattan | Cooper, Becky et al. | Abrams | $19.95 |
| All the Buildings in New York *That I’ve Drawn So Far | Hancock, James Gulliver | Rizzoli International Publications | $19.95 |
| Hall of Femmes: Lella Vignelli | Bouabana, Samira et al. | Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press | $19.65 |
| Hall of Femmes: Tomoko Miho | Bouabana, Samira et al. | Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press | $19.65 |
| Lolita—The Story of a Cover Girl: Vladimir Nabokov’s Novel in Art and Design | Bertram, John et al. | Print Publishing | $18.00 |
| Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design | Kidd, Chip | Workman | $17.95 |
| The Light Pavilion | Kumpusch, Christoph a. | Lars Müller Publishers | $15.00 |
| Encounters 2 | Pallasmaa, Juhani et al. | Rakennustieto | |
| Architecture of Santiniketan | Das, Samit | Niyogi Books | |
| Swiss Made | Breiding, R. James | Profile Books | |
| The Images of Architects | Olgiati, Valerio | Quart Architektur | |
| Everything Loose Will Land | Lavin, Sylvia et al. | Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg | |
| Deventer | Stadler, Matthew et al. | nai010 Publishers |
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Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022
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Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: October 2022
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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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