Articles Tagged with ''Book Reviews / Excerpts''

A new book shows how Piranesi helped to define modernity—and how modernity in turn defined Piranesi.

A handful of new books document practices across the globe, covering a range of cultural and civic projects and urgent ecological and societal issues.

The Spanish-born architect and educator offers an insightful study of his adopted home, countering the claim of Tokyo’s "only-in-Japan" urban origin myth.

In his new memoir, Safdie fills the pages with stories about his career and personal life, from his childhood in Israel to his time at Harvard GSD.

A new volume edited by K. Michael Hays and Andrew Holder argues that contemporary architecture is unified by the notion of "inscription."

A dossier of 1960s and ’70s pedagogical experiments from around the world, a new book collects accounts of teaching techniques and organizational models that resonate today.

In her book, the art historian attempts yet another definition of the term model, ubiquitous from algorithims and video games to Barbie dolls.

"The Other Modern Movement" re-examines the Western canon of 20^th-century architecture.

A new book makes the case for design and construction in cross-laminated timber.

From his boyhood in Brooklyn to his major practice in Manhattan, the architect recounts his life and work.