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

In his ambitious debut book, University of Illinois architecture professor Alexander Eisenschmidt audaciously argues that a central tension in modern city-building has gone hiding in plain sight.

Author Lizabeth Cohen's new book on the urban planner is not merely a history but a reminder of the need to closely study government redevelopment efforts of the past.