Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

The Alchemist collection , which encompasses pendants lights, chandeliers and wall sconces, was informed by the designer's reading of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho's book The Alchemist and references themes of "astrology, mythology and folklore". Tables were also placed around the space to hold books, candles and an antique globe.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 19, 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-Architects. As such, I've listed at bottom some recent and forthcoming books I'm looking forward to reading and (hopefully) reviewing in the new year.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I have long known that Virginia Savage McElster’s book on vernacular American domestic architecture is as essential as air to anyone who loves historic homes. It also doesn’t seem adequate to the book, whose most important virtue is not usefulness. The book is great because it is captivating. Guywelch2000, CC BY 4.0,

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Design student Willem Zwiers has salvaged second-hand books and used them to form a small furniture collection, currently on show at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show at Dutch Design Week. Willem Zwiers has turned second-hand books into furniture "When I picked them up, my car was full of books, like completely full," he told Dezeen.

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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

JUNE 19, 2024

Promotion: works ranging from the subtle and elegant to the bold and bespoke feature among the line-up from accessory and object designers showing at Look Book 2024, a part of ICFF in New York. The artist and designer is now based in New Haven, Connecticut, and showcased mirrors, lamps, stools and wall objects at Look Book.

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Deezen

AUGUST 31, 2023

Promotion: Nashville-based hospitality brand Graduate Hotels has launched a self-titled book spotlighting its hotels in university towns and cities across the world. The new design blends the original 1929 design details with new elements informed by Stanford University and the Bay Area.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MARCH 7, 2022

On the outside, its fairly traditional design is reminiscent of Lost Buildings , which had some of the same important players (Ware and Chicago cultural historian Tim Samuelson), but whereas that earlier book was sized to the companion DVD, Reconstructing the Garrick is large, with a tall proportion befitting the city's one-time tallest building.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2023

Kith founder Ronnie Fieg has teamed up with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to release a New Balance sneaker that was informed by Wright 's utopian Broadacre City sketches. This was an unbuilt utopian city project that appeared first in Wright's 1932 book The Disappearing City.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Marylebone store features piles of green books The team took "material references" from the British Library on Euston Road and attempted to emulate the layout of traditional bookshops by choosing warm timbers and towering piles of pale green books to decorate the interior. The photography is by Alixe Lay.

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Architizer

JUNE 8, 2023

Is the coffee table book a form of conspicuous consumption ? In season 5, Kramer publishes a coffee table book about coffee tables that also – get this – doubles as a coffee table with little foldable legs. What’s the obsession people have with books?” What’s the obsession people have with books?” Learn more.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JUNE 5, 2023

Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago, in an effort to write a "Better Late Than Never" installment of "Book Briefs," something I had done back in April 2018 with Book Briefs #35. How do the reviews compare, my own vs. OpenAI?

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The exhibition title and theme were informed by the On Form and Growth book by Scottish biologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, which analyses the mathematical harmony of growing shapes in biology. The post Gallery Fumi marks 15th anniversary with design exhibition informed by biology appeared first on Dezeen.

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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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Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

We have more information than ever about our cities. the book examines how landscapes responded to and shaped ideas about health, wellness, and politics over the past two centuries of American life. The post Book Review: No Green Pill first appeared on Landscape Architecture Magazine. Which is the healthiest city?

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Bustler

JULY 23, 2023

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced the inaugural winners of its brand-new Architecture Book of the Year Awards. The program honors seven select Category Winners along with three Special Prizes as selected by an esteemed panel of judges from more than 100 entries of architecture books published between 2020 and last year.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In an industry where the gender pay gap has widened in recent years, where all-male panels at conferences are not unusual, and where macho culture still prevails on building sites, a book like this, sadly, still has a place. the clients who say they just can’t find women with the right experience.

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Deezen

AUGUST 10, 2023

It was informed by the Arts and Crafts movement "[The house] is an ode to a late 19th century period of architecture with a language of vitality and comfort," Rural Office told Dezeen. The post Rural Office creates Arts and Crafts-informed home in Surrey appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Rory Gaylor.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MARCH 13, 2023

Preparing for this post I counted roughly one hundred books in my library that are related to exhibitions. Surprisingly, given that I tend to buy catalogs and other companion books to exhibitions I visit, only a quarter of those hundred are exhibitions I have seen in person.

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AI Interior Architects

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

According to information from the Directory of African American Architects and NCARB , less than 2% of registered architects identify as African American, and the profession “has seen little change over the past decade”.

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Bustler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Event Date: Oct 10, 2024; Event City: Los Angeles, CA, US Alfredo Thiermann, architect and Assistant Professor for History and Theory of Architecture at the École polytechnique fédéralein Lausanne, presents new book Radio-Activities at UCLA AUD.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Chinese studio MUDA Architects has designed a lakeside bookshop in Chengdu featuring a roof that resembles an upturned book and windows that extend below the water level. The curved roof surface is formed in shape of a flipped book, which reinterprets the pitched roof of Chengdu vernacular architecture," explained MUDA Architects. "It

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Shades of Grey

MARCH 25, 2024

d One of the books I was able to rescue from my house in Zimbabwe was a rather splendid landscape format hardback with watercolour sketches by Alex Jack. The drawings are charming and the text contains some interesting historical information of the "who did what when" variety. "You know it when you see it."

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This year, our team's recommendations range from must-read books, fun home goods, and our favorite coffee accessories to accompany Archinect's Brutal coffee. If you're looking for a book that's filled with easy-to-digest information about malls, their nostalgic appeal, and fabled history, this is the perfect book to add to your library.

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Architizer

AUGUST 18, 2022

Whether you’re nestled under a tree in a local park, reclined poolside in an exotic location, or simply sitting with a glass of something ice cold watching the sun drop down beyond the horizon, spending a few hours with your nose stuck in a captivating book during the long summer days is one of life’s greatest pleasures. On Bramante.

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Dwell

MAY 3, 2022

Plans for the cabin (and other designs) are available for purchase from Waldman’s company, Elevated Spaces , and his new book, Tools: The Ultimate Guide , covers all the hammers, wrenches, and welders you’d need to build one. Even if you don’t plan on felling redwoods, you’ll be glad to be have Waldman’s book for the task at hand.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design has shared its public speakers and events information for the new academic term as part of our Get Lectured roundup of academic events in the 2024-25 school year.

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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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Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The 1986 bestseller by architect Witold Rybczynski informed my steadfast belief that beauty actually isn’t what matters most when it comes to aesthetics. This essay is part of a collection of love letters celebrating personal design obsessions. A beautifully decorated interior is not enough—it has to be comfortable.

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Deezen

JULY 29, 2023

The game was informed by the life and works of Monet The Master's Pupil is the first game Naoum developed and took him seven years to complete. The post The Master's Pupil is a hand-painted video game informed by Monet's artworks appeared first on Dezeen. The images are by Pat Naoum.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Pingtan Book House, Huaihua Hunan Province, Chinese Commercial Interior Architecture Images. Pingtan Book House in Hunan Province. Pingtan Book House, China. Pingtan Book House – A Traditional Timber House Squeezed with an Infinite Loop of Risers and Treads. 30 Nov 2022. Architects: Condition_Lab.

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Young Architect

MAY 16, 2022

Amber Book ARE 5.0 If you are looking to sign up for Amber Book, Click here to learn more about the Young Architect Amber Book Discount. In recent years, The Amber Book has made a profound impact on how people study for the ARE 5.0 resource, product, book or study guide. Amber Book vs ARE Boot Camp?

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Architizer

JULY 5, 2022

In this case, Jetlag Books, a pop-up shop, is proposed to attract the interest and attention of the public. Different from other surrounding finely-decorated stores, Jetlag Books is immediately impressive at first glance. The space does not aim to be an “immortal” store, nor do Jetlag books wish to become an immortal brand.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

Promotion: a range of contemporary furniture designers will showcase their work as part of Look Book, a networking event presented by Dezeen as part of WantedDesign Manhattan. Bowen Lui Based in Brooklyn, Bowen Lui Studio aims to promote peaceful living by producing furniture informed by life experiences.

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ArchiDiaries

JULY 9, 2022

Excerpt: The Book Room is a library designed by the architectural firm Studio Infinity. A stepped amphitheater kind of informal seating on one side is proposed to help this space have the flexibility to be used in many different ways. The firm aimed to address the spatial attributes and create a multi-functional reading space.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The largest collection of books and the most intelligent library in the world. More Information about Beijing City Library Architects: Snøhetta, ECADI LOPO Terracotta Products: Natural Fired Terracotta (brick-red and sandy beige), 30mm Thickness, 11783.31 LOPO China is very honored to participate in this project.

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