RECORD rounds up half a dozen new books exploring the Bauhaus from different angles.

RECORD rounds up three exploring different aspects of the Bauhaus.

Well timed for the Bauhaus centenary, this is the first biography of Walter Gropius (1883–1969) since Reginald Isaacs’s was translated from German and abbreviated in 1991.

Thomas S. Hines' meticulously researched account relates how curator and director Arthur Drexler gave MoMA's influential Architecture and Design department "a new purposeful cohesiveness.”

A trio of German educators and practitioners explore how color intersects with geometry, light, and structure in a wide range of contemporary design projects.

Albert Kahn, "the man who built Detroit," gets his due in this new book by Michael H. Hodges.

Two books highlight defining moments in mid-20th-century residential design on the West Coast.

A new book explores homes in remote areas.

This non-traditional biography delves into the legacy of an influential German architect.

The Guardian’s architecture and design critic provides a snapshot of a reclusive country “in all its kaleidoscopic color.”