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Three Lessons from Three Monographs Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs ? lots of monographs. Not exclusively, of course; but before this blog transit... 06-02-2023 21:46	Rereading the Nineties Some of the references consulted during the research phase of my 2021 book Buildings in Print: 100 Influential & Inspiring Illustrated Architecture Bo... 30-01-2023 21:44	On Awards When Arata Isozaki died at the end of 2022 at the age of 91, nearly all of the news stories and obituaries mentioned that he was a Pritzker Architectu... 23-01-2023 21:47	From Web to Print Recently I was watching a news program, most likely PBS Newshour or an MSNBC show, and was struck by one of the talking heads speaking via Skype or Zo... 16-01-2023 21:46
On Guidebooks A portion of the paperback wrapper of On BroadwayÂ and Fran Leadon\'s Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles, for instance, plusÂ On F... 09-01-2023 21:45	This Blog in 2023 One year ago, in the first post of 2022, I shifted this blog from (almost) daily posts about architecture books to just once a week, changing the name... 02-01-2023 21:44	Favorite Books of 2022 For this last post of 2022 I looked back at the dozens of books I reviewed or featured as "Book Briefs" on this blog, and the ones I reviewed on World... 19-12-2022 21:44	Book Briefs #48 In this latest installment ofÂ "Book Briefs,"Â ? the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books ... 12-12-2022 21:43
Conceiving the Plan Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic SpaceEdited by Yael Hameiri SainsauxSkira, August 2022Hardcover \| 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches \| 240 pages... 05-12-2022 21:41	Ando and Le Corbusier Ando and Le Corbusier is a two-volume project that shows how the works of two pioneers of modern architecture ? Le Corbusier and Tadao Ando ? connect ... 28-11-2022 21:43	The Minimal Intervention The Material Imaginationby Lucius Burckhardt, edited by Markus Ritter and Martin SchmitzBirkhäuser, October 2022Paperback \| 5 x 7-1/4 inches \| 166 pag... 21-11-2022 21:41	G. E. Kidder Smith Builds G. E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of Architectural Photographyby Angelo Maggi, foreword by Michelangelo SabatinoAR+D Publishing, August 2022Hardco... 14-11-2022 21:41
Book Briefs #47: Three Altrim Titles Here is the next installment ofÂ "Book Briefs,"Â the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books ... 07-11-2022 21:45	The Architecture of Suspense The Architecture of Suspense: The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcockby Christine Madrid FrenchUniversity of Virginia Press, September 2022Pa... 31-10-2022 21:44	American Modern Home American Modern Home: Jacobsen Architecture + Interiorsby Simon JacobsenRizzoli, October 2022Hardcover \| 11 x 11 inches \| 224 pages \| English \| ISBN: ... 24-10-2022 21:44	Adjaye: Works 2007-2015 Adjaye: Works 2007-2015: Houses, Pavilions, Installations, BuildingsEdited by Peter AllisonThames & Hudson, October 2022Hardcover \| 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 in... 17-10-2022 21:44
Olmsted Trees Olmsted TreesPhotographs by Stanley Greenberg, with contributions by Tom Avermaete, Kevin Baker, Mindy Thompson FulliloveHirmer Publishers, August 202... 10-10-2022 21:44	Aalto in Detail Aalto in Detail: A Catalogue of Componentsby Céline Dietzkier and Lukas GruntzBirkhäuser, July 2022Hardcover \| 6 x 8 inches \| 464 pages \| 400 illustra... 04-10-2022 21:44	Book Briefs #46 Here is the next installment ofÂ "Book Briefs,"Â the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books ... 26-09-2022 21:34	Two Chicago Guides AIA Guide to Chicagoby American Institute of Architects Chicago, edited by Laurie McGovern PetersenUniversity of Illinois Press, June 2022Paperback \| ... 19-09-2022 21:36
When Eero Met His Match When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architectby Eva HagbergPrinceton University Press, September 2022Hardcover \| 6-... 12-09-2022 21:34	End-of-Summer Break This blog is off for a couple of weeks, resuming one week after Labor Day.The view from SUMMIT One Vanderbilt during sunrise on World Photography Day.... 29-08-2022 21:59	Parks of the 21st Century Parks of the 21st Century: Reinvented Landscapes, Reclaimed Territoriesby Victoria Newhouse with Alex PishaRizzoli, September 2021Hardcover \| 8-1/2 x ... 22-08-2022 21:45	Book Briefs #45: 4 Monographs Here is the next installment ofÂ "Book Briefs,"Â the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books ... 15-08-2022 21:36
The Layman's Guide to Classical Architecture The Layman\'s Guide to Classical ArchitecturebyÂ Quinlan Terry, edited by Clive AsletBokförlaget Stolpe, March 2022Hardcover \| 8-3/4 x 10-3/4 inches \|... 08-08-2022 21:35	Vitruvius Without Text Vitruvius Without Text: The Biography of a Bookby André Tavaresgta Verlag, July 2022Paperback \| 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches \| 250 pages \| 61 illustrations \| ... 01-08-2022 21:34	Two Louis Kahn Books This week\'s dose features two publications on Louis I. Kahn released in 2022: the revised and expanded second edition of Robert McCarter\'s monograph... 25-07-2022 21:38	Between Memory and Invention Between Memory and Invention:Â My Journey in Architectureby Robert A. M. Stern, with Leopoldo VillardiThe Monacelli Press, March 2022Hardcover \| 7-1/2... 18-07-2022 21:37
15 Summer Reads Over at World-Architects, I put together a list of 15 Summer Reads for the Newsletter I edit there, a newsletter that goes on summer break as of today... 11-07-2022 21:35	A Happy Fourth! Today is the Fourth of July, Independence Day in the US, so I\'m taking the week off, with posts resuming next week.The sunset over Manhattan, as seen... 04-07-2022 21:35	Book Briefs #44 Here is the next installment ofÂ "Book Briefs,"Â the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books ... 27-06-2022 21:34	Post-pandemic Urbanism Post-pandemic UrbanismEdited by Doris Kleilein, Friederike MeyerJovis, December 2021Paperback \| 5-3/4 x 8-1/4Â inches \| 192 pages \| 50 illustrations \|... 20-06-2022 21:34
Three Reviews on World-Architects In lieu of a new review this week (I have deadlines keeping me from doing one), below are links to three book reviews I wrote this year for World-Arch... 13-06-2022 21:36	Hutong Metabolism Hutong Metabolism: ZAO/standardarchitectureWith contributions by Farrokh Derakhshani, Mohsen Mostafavi, Kenneth Frampton, Martino Stierli, Nondita Cor... 06-06-2022 21:36	Buildings in Print Giveaway! Archinect is giving away five copies ? yes, five! ? of my latest book, Buildings in Print: 100 Influential & Inspiring Illustrated Architecture Books ... 02-06-2022 21:33	Book Briefs #43 an ambitious treatise that combines stories from daily life in Syria with observations of cities such as Detroit, Helsinki, Bristol, Beirut, Dubai, an... 30-05-2022 21:33
Archives Universum 01 Archives Universum 01: Flores & PratsCarlos QuintánsÂ C2C Proyecto Editorial, December 2021Paperback \| 6-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches \| 148 pages \| English/Span... 23-05-2022 21:54	Architecture of Normal Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American LandscapeDaniel KavenBirkhäuser, February 2022Hardcover \| 8-1/2 x 11 inches \| 456 pages \| 450... 09-05-2022 21:32	At the 2022 Book Fair Yesterday the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair opened to the public, the first of its four days at the Park Avenue Armory on Manhattan\'s ... 22-04-2022 21:31	Alison & Peter Smithson: Hexenhaus Alison & Peter Smithson: Hexenhaus: A House for a Man and a CatEdited by A&P Smithson Hexenhaus-ArchivWalther König, November 2021Paperback \| 8-3/4 x ... 18-04-2022 21:36
Book Briefs #42 Here is the 42nd installment ofÂ "Book Briefs,"Â the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books ... 11-04-2022 21:35	Who's Next" Who\'s Next" Homelessness, Architecture, and CitiesEdited by Daniel Talesnik and Andres LepikArchiTangle, November 2021Hardcover \| 10 x 12 inches \| 27... 04-04-2022 21:31	The Women Who Changed Architecture The Women Who Changed ArchitectureEdited by Jan Cigliano HartmanPrinceton Architectural Press, March 2022Hardcover \| 7-1/2 x 10 inches \| 336 pages \| E... 28-03-2022 21:36	Book Briefs #41: Six Monographs I\'ve decided to bring back "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that p... 21-03-2022 21:33
Me, Presenting 'Buildings in Print' AIA Los Angeles has uploaded my January 25th virtual book talk to their YouTube channel. In it I present Buildings in Print: 100 Influential & Inspiri... 17-03-2022 21:37	Two British Biographies Ian Nairn: Words in Placeby Gillian Darley and David McKieFive Leaves Publications, November 2013Hardcover \| 6 x 9 inches \| 160 pages \| 21 illustratio... 14-03-2022 21:34	Two Louis Sullivan Books Reconstructing the Garrick: Adler & Sullivan\'s Lost MasterpieceEdited by Jon Vinci, with contributions by Tim Samuelson, Eric Nordstrom, Chris WareAl... 07-03-2022 21:59	Negotiating Ungers negotiating ungers: the aesthetics of sustainabilityEdited by Common Room andÂ Cornelia EscherCommon Books, 2019Paperback \| 4-3/4 x 6-1/2 inches \| 224... 28-02-2022 21:31
Vacant Spaces NY Vacant Spaces NYMichael Meredith, Hilary Sample, MOSActar Publishers, October 2021Paperback \| 6 x 9 inches \| 608 pages \| English \| ISBN: 9781948765992... 21-02-2022 21:32	Two Interior Design Books Interior Design since 1900, Fourth Editionby Anne MasseyThames & Hudson, April 2020Paperback \| 6 x 8-1/4 inches \| 272 pages \| 229 illustrations \| Engl... 13-02-2022 21:30	An Alphabet of Architectural Models An Alphabet of Architectural ModelsEdited by Teresa Frankhänel, Olivia Horsfall Turner, Simona Valeriani, Matthew WellsMerrell, October 2021Flexicover... 07-02-2022 21:34	Temple and Teahouse in Japan Temple and Teahouse in Japanby Werner BlaserBirkhäuser, October 2021 (New edition)Hardcover (also available in paperback) \| 9-1/4 x 12 inches \| 172 pa... 31-01-2022 21:33
Favorite Books of 2021 This year I featured nearly 200 architecture books on this blog, placing them into one of six day-of-the-week categories: Monograph Monday, Technical ... 27-01-2022 21:35	Book Talk Reminder There is no book review this week, since I\'ve been busing preparing for the book talk I\'ll be giving for AIALA and LACMA tomorrow evening. Details a... 24-01-2022 21:55	Until Proven Safe Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantineby Geoff Manaugh and Nicola TwilleyMCD × FSG, July 2021Hardcover \| 5-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches \| 416 p... 17-01-2022 21:32	The Culture Factory The Culture Factory: Architecture and the Contemporary Art Museumby Richard J. WilliamsLund Humphries, January 2022Paperback \| 5-1/4 x 8 inches \| 144 ... 10-01-2022 21:35
The Best Illustrated Architecture Books Fine Books & CollectionsÂ has an interview I did withÂ Rebecca Rego Barry, in which I talk about Buildings in Print:Â 100 Influential & Inspiring Illu... 07-01-2022 21:33	Book Talk on January 25 This is exciting: on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 5pm PST I\'ll be presenting my latest book,Â Buildings in Print, in a free Zoom talk moderated by F... 06-01-2022 21:31	Changes to This Blog in 2022 It\'s been three years since this blog transitioned from A Daily Dose of Architecture to A Daily Dose of Architecture Books, focusing exclusively on r... 02-01-2022 21:32	Favorite Architecture Books of 2021 This year I featured nearly 200 architecture books on this blog, placing them into one of six day-of-the-week categories: Monograph Monday, Technical ... 22-12-2021 21:33
Piranesi Unbound Piranesi Unboundby Carolyn Yerkes and Heather Hyde MinorPrinceton University Press, September 2020Hardcover \| 9 x 11-1/2 inches \| 240 pages \| 193 illu... 17-12-2021 21:32	Apartment Blossom Apartment Blossomby Li Han and Jin QiuyeDonghua University Press, January 2021Paperback \| 5-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches \| 176 pages \| Chinese/English \| ISBN: 9... 16-12-2021 22:03	Architecture Unbound Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Gardeby Joseph GiovanniniRizzoli, November 2021Hardcover \| 9 x 11 inches \| 876 pages \| 698 ill... 16-12-2021 22:03	The Architecture of Health The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignityby Michael P. Murphy with Jeffrey Mansfield and MASS Design GroupCooper Hew... 10-12-2021 21:33
Santa Fe Modern Santa Fe Modern: Contemporary Design in the High Desertby Helen Thompson, photographs by Casey DunnThe Monacelli Press, November 2021Hardcover \| 8 x 1... 09-12-2021 21:37	The Work The Work: Architecture, Urban Design, Drawings and Sculpturesby Rob KrierBirkhäuser, August 2021Hardcover (2 volumes) \| 10 x 12 inches \| 1,344 pages (... 06-12-2021 22:03	MAD Dinner MAD Dinnerby MAD.exe office (Ma Yansong, Yosuke Hayano, Dang Qun); edited by Brendan McGetrick, Chen ShuYuActar Publishers, July 2008Paperback \| 8 x 9... 05-12-2021 21:35	Sigurd Lewerentz?Pure Aesthetics Sigurd Lewerentz?Pure Aesthetics:Â St Mark?s Church, StockholmConcept and photography by Karin Björkquist and Sébastien CorbariPark Books, October 202... 03-12-2021 21:33
Contemporary House India Contemporary House Indiaby Robert Gregory, with photographs by Edmund SumnerThames & Hudson, November 2021Hardcover \| 9-1/4 x 11-3/4 inches \| 272 page... 01-12-2021 21:54	MAD Rhapsody MAD Rhapsodyby Ma YansongRizzoli Electa, November 2021Hardcover \| 10-1/4 x 12-1/2 inches \| 288 pages \| English \| ISBN: 9780847869626 \| $75.00PUBLISHER... 29-11-2021 21:32	Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving is on Thursday so this blog is taking the week off. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, so here\'s one suggestion: my latest book... 21-11-2021 21:32	Made by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture Made by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture: An Ethnography of Designby Albena Yaneva010 Publishers, December 2009Hardcover \| 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inche... 20-11-2021 21:54
Sandfuture Sandfutureby Justin BealThe MIT Press, September 2021Paperback \| 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches \| 257 pages \| 22 illustrations \| English \| ISBN: 9780262543095 \|... 19-11-2021 21:33	Canadian Architecture Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identityby Leslie JenFigure 1 Publishing, November 2021Hardcover \| 8-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches \| 224 pages \| Engl... 17-11-2021 21:33	OMA NY OMA NY: Search Termby Shohei Shigematsu, Jason LongRizzoli, October 2021Paperback \| 8 x 11 inches \| 676 pages \| 5,565 illustrations \| English \| ISBN: ... 15-11-2021 21:56	Theoretical Practice Theoretical Practiceby David ChipperfieldArtemis London Limited, 1994Hardcover \| 6 x 8-1/4 inches \| 191 pages \| English \| ISBN: 9783760884233 \| $45.00... 13-11-2021 22:01
Louis Kahn Louis Kahn: The Importance of a DrawingEdited by Michael MerrillLars Müller Publishers, October 2021Hardcover \| 9-1/2 x 11-3/4 inches \| 512 pages \| 91... 11-11-2021 21:34	Inagawa Cemetery Chapel and Visitor Centre Designed by David Inagawa Cemetery Chapel and Visitor Centre Designed by David ChipperfieldEdited by Olivia Lawrence Bright, Chinatsu Kuma, Cecilia SundströmWalther Kön... 10-11-2021 21:34	Frank Gehry Frank Gehry: The Masterpiecesby Jean-Louis CohenCahiers d\'Art/Flammarion, November 2021Hardcover \| 9-3/4 x 12-1/4 inches \| 384 pages \| 480 illustrati... 08-11-2021 21:35	Sketchbooks Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and Architectural Sketchesby George Saumarez SmithTriglyph Books, October 2021Hardcover \| 10 x 12-1/2 inches ... 05-11-2021 21:33
The Architectural Models of Theodore Conrad The Architectural Models of Theodore Conrad:Â The "Miniature Boom" of Mid-Century Modernismby Teresa FankhänelBloomsbury Visual Arts, July 2021Paperba... 04-11-2021 21:34	The Kinetic City & Other Essays The Kinetic City and Other Essaysby Rahul MehrotraArchiTangle, August 2021Hardcover \| 6 x 9 inches \| 352 pages \| 300 illustrations \| English \| ISBN: 9... 03-11-2021 21:33	Breuer's Bohemia Breuer?s Bohemia:Â The Architect, His Circle, and Midcentury Houses in New Englandby James CrumpThe Monacelli Press, September 2021Hardcover \| 8-3/4 x... 01-11-2021 21:32	Two Hundred and Fifty Things an Architect Should Know Two Hundred and Fifty Things an Architect Should Knowby Michael SorkinPrinceton Architectural Press, November 2021Hardcover \| 5 x 7 inches \| 144 pages... 29-10-2021 21:32
Building Bad Building Bad: How Architectural Utility is Constrained by Politics and Damaged by Expressionby Jonathan OchshornLund Humphries, September 2021Hardcove... 28-10-2021 21:33	Reconstructing the Stockholm Exhibition 1930 Reconstructing the Stockholm Exhibition 1930by Atli Magnus SeelowArkitektur Förlag/Chalmers Institute of Technology, May 2016Paperback \| 7-1/2 x 10-1/... 27-10-2021 21:31	Are We Human" Are We Human" Notes on an Archaeology of Designby Beatriz Colomina and Mark WigleyLars Müller Publishers, January 2017Paperback \| 4-1/4 x 7 inches \| 2... 23-10-2021 21:31	The Evolving Project The Evolving Project:Â The Journal of Architectural Education and the Expansion of ScholarshipEdited by Igor Marjanovi?, Marc J. Neveu, Sara StevensOR... 22-10-2021 21:34
All the Queens Houses All the Queens Houses: An Architectural Portrait of New York?s Largest and Most Diverse Boroughby Rafael Herrin-FerriJovis, October 2021Paperback \| 4-... 20-10-2021 21:38	Neri&Hu Design and Research Office Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Thresholdsby Rossana Hu, Lyndon NeriThames & Hudson, August 2021Hardcover \| 8-3/4 x 11 inches \| 352 pages \| 500+ i... 18-10-2021 21:35	Autumn Break The Halloween decorations in my neighborhood this year are quite impressive!I\'m taking this week off ? my first break since July. Posts will resume o... 10-10-2021 21:33	Palladio Palladioby James S. AckermanPenguin Books, 1976 (2nd edition)Paperback \| 5 x 7 inches \| 196 pages \| 96 illustrations \| English \| ISBN: 0140208453 \| $6... 09-10-2021 21:33
Architecture Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergencyby Barnabas CalderPelican Books, October 2021Hardcover \| 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches \| 576 pages \| English ... 07-10-2021 21:36	Antarctic Resolution Antarctic ResolutionEdited by Giulia Foscari / UNLESSLars Müller Publishers, August 2021Hardcover \| 7-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches \| 992 pages \| 1,255 illustra... 06-10-2021 21:32	Gesture and Response Gesture and Response:Â 25 Buildings by William Pedersen of KPF Architectsby William PedersenORO Editions, March 2021Hardcover \| 7-3/4 x 10-1/2 inches ... 04-10-2021 21:35	You Have to Pay for the Public Life You Have to Pay for the Public Life: Selected Essays of Charles W. MooreEdited by Kevin KeimThe MIT Press, 2001Paperback \| 7 x 9 inches \| 426 pages \| ... 03-10-2021 21:33
Renegades Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of ArchitectureEdited by Luca Guido, Stephanie Pilat, Angela PersonUniversity of Oklahoma Press, March 2... 01-10-2021 21:34	Mediated Messages Mediated Messages: Periodicals, Exhibitions and the Shaping of Postmodern ArchitectureEdited by Véronique Patteeuw and Léa-Catherine SzackaBloomsbury ... 30-09-2021 21:36	Mid-Rise Urban Living Mid-Rise Urban Livingby Chris JohnsonLund Humphries, September 2021Hardcover \|Â 7-1/2 x 9-3/4Â inches \| 128 pages \| 73 illustrations \| English \| ISBN:... 29-09-2021 21:34	Giveaways! A few weeks ago I decided to start giving away books featured on this blog, starting with a copy of the catalog and activity guide from this year?s Ex... 26-09-2021 21:33

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