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Less Is Enough Pier Vittorio Aureli Add to My Reading List	Álvaro Siza: Complete Works 1952–2013 Philip Jodidio On Norman Weinstein’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	Project Japan Rem Koolhaas et al. On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Neil Denari’s Current Reading list On Florian Idenburg’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Alan Balfour’s Notable Books of 2011 list On Aric Chen’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Tree Houses Philip Jodidio; Patrick Hruby (illustrator) On Thomas Collins’s Notable Books of 2012 list Add to My Reading List	The Architecture of I.M. Pei Carter Wiseman Add to My Reading List	Architecture on the Carpet Brenda Vale et al. On Allison Arieff’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	The Biography of a Building Witold Rybczynski On list of Books by Witold Rybczynski Add to My Reading List	Kengo Kuma: Complete Works Kenneth Frampton On list of Books by Kenneth Frampton Add to My Reading List
Modern Architecture: A Critical History Kenneth Frampton On list of Books by Kenneth Frampton Add to My Reading List	Vincent Van Duysen: Complete Works Vincent Vn Duysen On list of Books by Vincent Van Duysen Add to My Reading List	Architecture’s Desire K. Michael Hays On Florian Idenburg’s Current Reading list Add to My Reading List	Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals Christopher Payne et al. On Jessica Helfand’s Book List Add to My Reading List	California Design 1930–1965 Wendy Kaplan. ed. On Paul Makovsky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	Learning from Las Vegas Robert Venturi et al. On Michael Bierut’s Book List On Andrés Duany’s Book List On R. Craig Miller’s Book List On Zoë Ryan’s Book List On Ellen Lupton’s Book List On list of Books by Denise Scott Brown On list of Books by Robert Venturi On Rudy VanderLans’s Book List On Nathalie de Vries’s Book List Add to My Reading List	The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn Richard Saul Wurman et al. On list of Books by Richard Saul Wurman Add to My Reading List	Object to Be Destroyed: The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark Pamela M. Lee On Christian Wassmann’s Book List Add to My Reading List
On the Art of Building in Ten Books Leon Battista Alberti On Daniel Libeskind’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Thermal Delight in Architecture Lisa Heschong On Craig Dykers’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Albert Speer Léon Krier et al. On Witold Rybczynski’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	Delirious New York Rem Koolhaas 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	Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture Diana Balmori et al. On list of Books by Diana Balmori On Julie Lasky’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List	La Formentera Eric Piasecki et al. On Stanley Abercrombie’s Notable Books of 2012 list Add to My Reading List	Make It Fabulous William T. Georgis et al. Add to My Reading List	Paradise Planned Robert A.M. Stern et al. On Witold Rybczynski’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List
Site and Sound Victoria Newhouse On list of Books by Victoria Newhouse Add to My Reading List	Bauhaus 1919–1933 Barry Bergdoll et al. On list of Books by Barry Bergdoll Add to My Reading List	Bio Design William Myers et al. 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	Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Robert Venturi 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	Foreclosed Barry Bergdoll et al. On list of Books by Barry Bergdoll Add to My Reading List	Home Delivery Barry Bergdoll et al. On list of Books by Barry Bergdoll Add to My Reading List	Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes Jean-Louis Cohen et al. On Mark Lamster’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	Rising Currents Barry Bergdoll et al. On list of Books by Barry Bergdoll On Justin Davidson’s Notable Books of 2011 list Add to My Reading List
The Library James W. P. Campbell (text) et al. On Stanley Abercrombie’s Notable Books of 2013 list Add to My Reading List	Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes Per Olaf Fjeld et al. Add to My Reading List	Impossible Heights Adnan Morshed Add to My Reading List	Medicine by Design Annmarie Adams Add to My Reading List	Aesthetic Theory Mark Foster Gage On list of Books by Mark Foster Gage Add to My Reading List	The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste Geoffrey Scott On Witold Rybczynski’s Book List On Paul Goldberger’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Newport Villas Michael C. Kathrens On list of Books by Michael C. Kathrens Add to My Reading List	The Planning Game Alexander Garvin On Hugh Hardy’s Current Reading list Add to My Reading List

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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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