Jeanne Gang, FAIA, LEED AP, is the founder and principal of Studio Gang Architects, a rising international practice based in Chicago whose work confronts pressing contemporary issues. Through her practice—conceived as a collective of architects, designers, and thinkers—Gang responds to and reframes questions that lie locally and resound globally. Rooting her designs in compelling ideas rather than repetitive formal principles, Gang often arrives at design solutions through cross-field investigations in materials, technology, and the natural and social sciences. Her approach is exemplified by such recent Studio Gang projects as the Aqua Tower (the 2009 Emporis Skyscraper of the Year), the design of Northerly Island (a 91-acre former airfield on Chicago’s lakefront), Hyderabad Tellapur O2 (a high-rise residential development in India), and Vancouver Pair (two towers for downtown Vancouver, Canada).
Since founding Studio Gang in 1997, Jeanne Gang has gone on to win numerous honors, among them a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship in recognition of her achievements as “an architect challenging the aesthetic and technical possibilities of the art form in a wide range of structures”; an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; and an Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York. In 2009 she was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Her work with Studio Gang has been published and exhibited widely, most notably at the International Venice Biennale, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago. A graduate of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (M.Arch with Distinction), since 1999 she has been an adjunct faculty member at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Reveal, her first volume on Studio Gang’s work and working process, was released in April 2011 from Princeton Architectural Press. Her new book on transforming Chicago’s waterways for the 21st century, Reverse Effect, was published in November 2011.
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Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy by John Lobell
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy
By John Lobell
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: June 2020
Noted Louis I.Kahn expert John Lobell explores how Kahn’s focus on structure, respect for materials, clarity of program, and reverence for details come together to manifest an overall philosophy.
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn by Harriet Pattison
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn
By Harriet Pattison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 2020
An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Harriet Pattison, FASLA, is a distinguished landscape architect. She was Louis Kahn’s romantic partner from 1959 to 1974, and his collaborator on the landscapes of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, and the F.D.R. Memorial/Four Freedoms Park, New York. She is the mother of their son, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn.
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes
By Per Olaf Fjeld and Emily Randall Fjeld
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: October 4, 2019
A new and personal reading of the architecture, teachings, and legacy of Louis I. Kahn from Per Olaf Fjeld’s perspective as a former student. The book explores Kahn’s life and work, offering a unique take on one of the twentieth century’s most important architects. Kahn’s Nordic and European ties are emphasized in this study that also covers his early childhood in Estonia, his travels, and his relationships with other architects, including the Norwegian architect Arne Korsmo.
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Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context by David Raizman
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context
By David Raizman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: December 2020
An innovative approach to graphic design that uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction, and typography, often addressing issues of class, race, and gender.
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian by Rick Poynor
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian
By Rick Poynor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 2020
A comprehensive overview of the work and legacy of David King (1943–2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain’s Sunday Times Magazine in the 1960s, starting as a designer and later branching out into image-led journalism, blending political activism with his design work.
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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