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Mabel O. Wilson to deliver 74th A. W. Mellon Lecture in the Fine Arts this spring

Archinect

Mellon Lecture in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art ’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington, D.C. Wilson , the celebrated multivariate writer and architect, has been announced to deliver the 74th A. civic architecture. civic architecture.

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The Best Design Books for Everyone on Your Gift List

Dwell

There are few things more satisfying than leafing through a beautifully designed and thoughtful book about a subject that is dear to your heart, as design is to mine. The books on this list are a great resource for anyone interested in design, architecture, color, or the way all three inform the way we look at the world around us.

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Visualizing the World, Visualizing Change

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Neurath was director of the International Foundation of Visual Information and used the Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) system to "teach through the eye." Joy and Fear is not the first book by Theo Deutinger published by Lars Müller. Alas, I'll have to wait until February to do that.

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Book Briefs #49

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

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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Book Briefs #44

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Here is the next 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. Accumulation: The Art, Architecture, and Media of Climate Change edited by Nick Axel, Nikolaus Hirsch, Daniel A.

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Ink Versus Pixels: The Timeless Debate Between Hardcopy Architecture Books and Digital Design Platforms

Architizer

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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Two Louis Kahn Books

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The monograph on Kahn was first published by Phaidon in 2005, but with the subsequent completion of the FDR Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island, the eponymous book has been expanded, enlarged, and updated. And if people plop down $150 on it, I'm sure they might be encouraged to feel the same way.

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