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Architectural Record editors and critics review the latest books, films, and exhibitions about architecture and design.
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Brave New Home.

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.
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Space and Anti-Space and Lateness.

Books in Brief

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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.
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12 Design Books for Holiday Reading

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.
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John S. Chase - The Chase Residence, by David Heymann and Stephen Fox.

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.
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Routledge-Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture

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.
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Modern Architecture and Climate

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.
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Hans Scharoun and the Development of Small Apartment Floor Plans:

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
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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.
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Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–1975, by Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino. Monacelli Press, 296 pages, $60.

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 20th-century single family homes that defined American Midwestern Modernism.


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Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe

Review of 'Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe'

By Mario Alejandro Ariza
Terence Riley
September 7, 2020
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A well-researched book by Mario Alejandro Ariza explores the future of Miami and South Florida in the face of the climate crisis and rising seas.
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The Shenzhen Experiment

Review of 'The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China's Instant City'

By Juan Du
Daniel Brook
August 4, 2020
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In a new book, architect Juan Du argues that the upstart city of Shenzhen, founded in 1981, has taken on a life of its own, far exceeding its planners’ blueprints.
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Three Books on Frank Lloyd Wright

In celebration of the architect's 150th birthday, RECORD reviews three new books on Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work:

  • The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconoclastic Masterpiece, by Francesco Dal Co
  • An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy, by Frank Lloyd Wright, with a new introduction by Andrew Saint
  • Travels with Frank Lloyd Wright: The First Global Architect, by Gwyn Lloyd Jones

Scroll through the slideshow below to read a mini-review of each.

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