A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In this of "Book Briefs," — the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog — are six books in three pairs. They sent me a few, and given this book's portable size and breezy nature it was the first one I finished.

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Archinect

JULY 15, 2022

The hard work and dedication to the profession were recently recognized, among other accolades, by The Architectural League of New York with a coveted Emerging Voices award.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A new book explores the legacy of an often-overlooked architectural style born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital. Meanwhile, intricately carved interior doors play off more modern elements, like the concrete latticework sunshade known as a panjara , which can be found in a number of Uzbekistan’s modernist buildings.

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Modern Art Glass Construction 98

ArchDaily

JUNE 27, 2023

Philip Johnson, the first winner of the shiny award, made his view clear: “Architecture is art, nothing else.” Essays, magazines, and books have delighted in the foibles, verbal and sartorial, of celebrated architects, the hats, and eyeglasses of genius.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2024

Their vision was to create a modern house nestled in the backyard while preserving the charm of their existing 1940s, 850-square-foot Arts and Crafts bungalow. The primary section features an open living area and kitchen on the ground floor, with an elevated primary suite in a loft space above.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JUNE 19, 2023

The most recent numbered installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog, was #48, back in December. At that time I also mentioned an in-progress "Brief" with eight books — here they are.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A new book celebrating the birthdays of influential designers recognizes the Swiss-born architect’s playful style that shaped the look of Palm Springs architecture. Courtesy Palm Springs Art Museum The whole idea of a giant boulder intruding into the house is, I suppose, a tell that this is no ordinary house. Paul Getty Trust.

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Deezen

AUGUST 29, 2024

Promotion: the eighth edition of design exhibition Look Book hosted almost 70 brands over three days at this year's design fair International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). At this year's Look Book, the collective displayed its Tloque series, made in collaboration with designer Taller Batán and informed by life cycles in nature.

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Manufacturing Design Technique Information 105

SW Oregon Architect

AUGUST 11, 2024

I revisited another of the books in my collection this weekend: The Houses of Louis Kahn , cowritten by George H. The focus of Marcus’ and Witaker’s excellent book is the nine private homes Kahn completed and the other designs that never saw construction.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Hartman and Amale Andraos, a New York designer and former dean at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, are the authors of new book The Women Who Changed Architecture, a collective biography highlighting 122 architects from 28 countries whose works have significantly influenced the trajectory of the built environment.

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Modern Firms Environment Education 144

Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Curved resin walls define this retail space , which architecture studio Akin Atelier has created for the Sydney Modern extension at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Two curved walls enclose the shop Inside the Gallery Shop, adjustable resin shelves line the curved walls, housing books and publications.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Inspired by a childhood dream of Thoreau’s Walden Pond, he wanted to create a small and simple, yet modern studio in which to write, reflect, and enjoy nature. "To Smith, an ardent classicist with a modern point of view. To bring his vision to life, the poet called upon architect Eric J. "To

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Inspiration Civil Engineering Glass Engineering 128

Architizer

APRIL 25, 2024

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. As I reach for a book tucked away on my bookshelf, I experience a sudden rush of nostalgia. Order your copy today.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We continue our series on mid-century modern design with a profile of Eero Saarinen , the Finnish-American architect and industrial designer whose creations were adopted as the optimistic symbols of a new post-war age. "We Eliel Saarinen designed the Cranbrook Academy of Art as part of a wider campus design.

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Architizer

MARCH 7, 2024

At some point in the school year, a student in my AP Literature class will ask the dreaded question: what is “Modernism?” Often, this meant disrupting verisimilitude and drawing attention to the constructed-ness of the art object. Modern artists rejected representational conventions in pursuit of honest expression.

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Modern Architecture Art Windows 130

Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to Miami art week 2023, highlighting the fairs, exhibitions and installations taking place in the city from 6 to 10 December 2023. Throughout the five-day event, more than 1,200 global galleries are expected to showcase work from modern and contemporary artists, designers and architects.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. These modernized places of preservation spark curiosity, debate and, crucially, ensure lessons from our ancestors endure.

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Modern Architect Art Contemporary 126

Portland Architecture

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A recent Seattle house was featured in a New York Times article called " A Modern Home That Looks Toward the Sky and the Water." He has also received a series of commissions in the Miami Design District in 2018 (in collaboration with SB Architects), years after publishing a book on his alleyway explorations, Tight Urbanism , in 2010.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This notion—that comfort is paramount in making a space feel like home—is explored in full detail in Witold Rybczynski’s Home: A Short History of an Idea , a book I first encountered in the depths of my father’s office, and read, cover to cover, as a pretentious young person with a passing interest in interiors.

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Home Mining Contemporary Concept 111

Urban Design Associates

JUNE 28, 2024

And there is nothing more relaxing than curling up in front of a roaring fire with a glass of wine and a good book. Modern mountain home architecture and design masterfully blend into the natural environment with sustainable materials and a luxurious indoor/outdoor experience. The draw of a luxury mountain home is irresistible.

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Modern Landscape Environment Contemporary 98

Dwell

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Project Details: Location: Los Angeles, California Architect: Dan Brunn Architecture / @ dbarchitecture Photographer: Brandon Shigeta / @ bshigeta From the Architect: " Honoring the beauty of the original midcentury-modern home and elevating it to current day living conditions, Dan Brunn incorporated unique touches for Amy Tangerine and her family.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It also graced the cover of the book ‘Legendary Homes of the Minneapolis Lakes’ by Karen Melvin and Bette Hammel. Inside, the home features curved walls, translucent glass block windows, and modern furnishings, artwork, and Art Deco influences throughout. An Exceptional Full-Floor Apartment in San Francisco Lists for $10.5M

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Modern Glass Finishes Home 111

Deezen

APRIL 18, 2024

Top image: courtesy of the Design Museum Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design 2 September 2023 to 7 July 2024, USA Objects intended to illustrate the circularity of materials feature in the Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design exhibition by New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

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Events Art Design Technique 119

Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Many female designers from the mid-century modern movement are more celebrated now than when they were producing work, says design historian Pat Kirkham in this interview for our mid-century modern series. In the European modern movement, you often have designers not getting due credit," said Kirkham.

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SW Oregon Architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The series is my meditation on the awesome reasons why I was and continue to be attracted to the art of architecture. The design team envisioned the library not just as a repository for books but as a civic landmark, a place for learning, connection, and quiet reflection. And yet, I am optimistic about its future.

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Architecture Inspiration Materials Structure 217

Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

the book examines how landscapes responded to and shaped ideas about health, wellness, and politics over the past two centuries of American life. The first part of the book, titled “Infectious Terrains,” consists chiefly of a revisionist history of the American built environment from the 19th to the middle of the 20th century.

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Landscape Government Cities Environment 98

Deezen

JULY 9, 2024

Arrivals is Glastonbury's first dedicated South Asian stage Conceptualised as a cinematic journey to an alien jungle planet, the stage design combines iconography borrowed from pulp classic sci-fi films and comic books within a newly redefined South Asian aesthetic rooted in politics. Orientalism is bedded into sci-fi," Chaudhuri told Dezeen.

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SW Oregon Architect

APRIL 2, 2023

What caught my eye was a collection of his stunning images of Art Deco towers, part of a larger project to document historic skyscrapers across the USA entitled the Highrises Collection. Chris’s visual art developed alongside his growing skills as a designer, and this architectural influence is integral to his work.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 31, 2022

His book, highly prized in terms of design and content, contributed significantly to introducing Japanese aesthetics to Western architecture, art and graphics. His book, highly prized in terms of design and content, contributed significantly to introducing Japanese aesthetics to Western architecture, art and graphics.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The talisman of the trendy and totems of modernity. Through products and interior design choices, designers are increasingly blending vintage electronics with state-of-the-art technology or shifting away from technology-based devices at all. Simply having walls of books instead of screens is becoming increasingly popular.

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Modern Interior Technology Technology 114

Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

While using books for interior decoration is not a new idea, it has been brought back into focus by a now-viral TikTok video posted in December by San Diego-based interior designer Kailee Blalock. Aiming to preserve the home's "turn-of-the-century disposition", GRT Architects concealed a TV behind a light pink panel at the centre of bookcase.

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Deezen

MAY 12, 2023

Dezeen School Shows: a project that explores linguistic pronunciation and an installation that critiques internet "how-to guides" are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Maryland Institute College of Art. Together, these objects ask individuals to pause and contemplate amidst the modern focus on speed and productivity."

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Aric Gitomer Architect

MAY 19, 2022

This movement was in response to the classical ideals in architecture and art that had dominated the previous centuries. The style gained popularity in the United States of America in the 1840s owing to the books published by Alexander Jackson Davis who presented this style as an alternative to the Greek Revival and Gothic styles.

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Architecture Windows Roofing Art 202

Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The recently released 100 Women: Architects in Practice book showcases the work of 100 architects from around the world. This book aims to be a small part in the process of correcting that imbalance, while also looking at what architecture is, who it is for and what it can do."

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Architect Government Environment Inspiration 143

Community Architect

AUGUST 8, 2024

Vishan Chakrabarti wrote this book in the time of the pandemic which he describes as "space and time ruptured". His new book sheds a lot more light on why separating architecture from urban design is a big problem and less light on how connecting these two professions could be a solution to many of the world's current problems.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Continuing our mid-century modern design series , we explore Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi 's Akari lamps made from Japanese washi paper, which remain a staple in stylish interiors to this day. The Akari lamps were designed by Noguchi, who began his career as an artist after dropping out of his premedical studies.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A fascinating new book chronicles unorthodox Japanese residential architecture over the past almost 80 years. It might sound like a lot, but this type of open home comes up again and again in Pollock’s book, with a number of residents saying that it helps create family harmony, as well as a sense of fluidity within the residence.

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