Articles Tagged with ''Book Reviews / Excerpts''

The noted historian and critic delves into the long career of Frank Gehry in two books, one a comprehensive presentation of his drawings, the other a synoptic monograph of built work.

For 2007 Design Vanguard firm LevenBetts, the house remains a fundamental site for advancing modern architectural theory and practice.

Architect Francis Kéré revisits the paradoxical world of his childhood in Burkina Faso with photographer Iwan Baan, where pitch balck interiors contrast with an outdoors drenched in the sub-Saharan sun.

Joseph Giovannini proposes that our current architectural landscape ultimately emerged from transgressive and progressive art movements that had roiled Europe before and after the first World War.

Consider a book from our annual round-up for the architects on your gift list.

This new examination of Hector Guimard's life and oeuvre is the first in 50 years in the U.S.

Kenneth Frampton’s quintessential survey of modern architecture has been updated and greatly expanded.

An extensive new monograph on the work of Sigurd Lewerentz accompanies an exhibition of the Swedish modernist opening on October 1 in Stockholm.

Victoria Newhouse and Alex Pisha dissect the beauty of public spaces in this gorgeous anthology.