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Read an excerpt from editor Beatriz Colomina's introduction to the book, which features 36 essays on topics ranging from mosquito mitigation to toxic masculinity.

Read an excerpt from the intriguingly titled eighth chapter, ‘Chunky, Bizarre, Sophisticated: The Peter Pan Syndrome.’

Aaron Cayer’s book traces the history of one of the first built-environment companies to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

‘Reuse of Architectural Components’ proposes a circular construction industry in which the reuse of waste materials could provide new aesthetic and symbolic value.

The book compiles essays by 15 historians documenting the largely forgotten yet remarkable life story of the Vienna-born architect and interior designer.

The colossal new book is 'sweeping in its detail, insightful in its selections, and astonishing in its research' writes architect Mark Foster Gage.

An obscure Modernist landmark, the Belgian Friendship Building has lived many lives since being reconstructed on the campus of a Virginia HBCU in the 1940s.

Read an excerpt from ‘Architecture for Culture: Rethinking Museums’ by the director of curatorial affairs at Fondation Cartier in Paris.

Edited by RECORD contributing editor Izzy Kornblatt, the book features nearly 400 photographs depicting everyday environments from Las Vegas to Levittown and points in between.

Read an excerpt of the introduction to this new anthology, which features essays penned by the British-Italian architect between 1932 to 1965.