Reviews

Review of 'Architectural Styles' and 'The Elements of Modern Architecture'

By Margaret Fletcher and Robbie Polley; Antony Radford, Selen Morkoç, and Amit Srivastava

Josephine Minutillo

February 5, 2021

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Two new books serve as handy refreshers for understanding architectural styles and structures.

Review of "Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing"

By Diana Lind

Paul Makovsky

January 12, 2021

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A new book explores the idea that many problems besetting America connect to the historic fixation on the single-family house.

Books in Brief

Suzanne Stephens Preston Scott Cohen

January 11, 2021

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Two short reviews interpret themes of space and lateness as they relate to architecture.

12 Design Books for Holiday Reading

December 4, 2020

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The editors of RECORD recommend these recently published monographs and collections of essays.

Review of 'John S. Chase—The Chase Residence'

By David Heymann and Stephen Fox

Miriam Sitz

November 12, 2020

One Comment

A new book sheds light on a significant but little-known house in Houston that a pioneering Black architect designed and later remodeled for his family.

Review of 'The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture: Reception and Legacy'

By Kay Bea Jones and Stephanie Pilat

David Rifkind, Ph.D.

November 10, 2020

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A new book by By Kay Bea Jones and Stephanie Pilat interprets and explores the enduring popularity of Italian fascist-era architecture.

Review of 'Modern Architecture and Climate: Design Before Air Conditioning'

By Daniel A. Barber

Russell Fortmeyer

October 8, 2020

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Architecture’s past could be a key to a more climate-friendly future, which is the case the architectural historian Daniel A. Barber makes in his new book.

Review of 'Hans Scharoun and the Development of Small Apartment Floor Plans: The Residential High-Rises Romeo and Julia 1954–1959'

By Markus Peter and Ulrike Tillmann

Josephine Minutillo

October 7, 2020

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Every now and then, an architecture book comes along that reminds you of all the things you love about architecture.

Review of 'Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–1975'

By Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino

Paul Makovsky

September 8, 2020

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Preservationist Susan Benjamin and architect and historian Michelangelo Sabatino survey the classic 20^th-century single family homes that defined American Midwestern Modernism.