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Architectural Record editors and critics review the latest books, films, and exhibitions about architecture and design.
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African Modernism Book Cover

Back in Print, Second Edition of 'African Modernism' Surveys Architecture Across the Continent

Review: 'African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence: Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia,' edited by Manuel Herz with Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn, and Julia Jamrozik
David Adjaye
January 26, 2023
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Reread David Adjaye’s thoughtful review of the compendium, originally published in Architectural Record in October 2015.
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Piranesi and the Modern Age

G.B. Piranesi, Influencer Across Centuries

Review: "Piranesi and the Modern Age" by Victor Plahte Tschudi
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Izzy Kornblatt
January 24, 2023
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A new book shows how Piranesi helped to define modernity—and how modernity in turn defined Piranesi.
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Architecture and Design Monographs

A Round-Up of New Design Monographs

RECORD Editors
December 15, 2022
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A handful of new books document practices across the globe, covering a range of cultural and civic projects and urgent ecological and societal issues.
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Emergent Tokyo

Jorge Almazán and Studiolab's New Book Spotlights Spontaneous Urban Design in Tokyo

Review: 'Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City' By Jorge Almazán + Studiolab
Daniel Brook
November 18, 2022
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The Spanish-born architect and educator offers an insightful study of his adopted home, countering the claim of Tokyo’s "only-in-Japan" urban origin myth.
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If Walls Could Speak

Moshe Safdie’s Life as an Architect

Review: 'If Walls Could Speak' by Moshe Safdie
Christopher Hawthorne
November 17, 2022
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In his new memoir, Safdie fills the pages with stories about his career and personal life, from his childhood in Israel to his time at Harvard GSD.
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G.E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of Architectural Photography.

Excerpts from the Life and Work of One of the Nation's Most Talented, if Overlooked, Architectural Photographers

'G.E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of Architectural Photography' By Angelo Maggi; Foreword by Michelangelo Sabatino
October 20, 2022
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Twenty-five years after his death, the first book dedicated to the work of architectural photographer G.E. Kidder Smith explores his impact on architectural appreciation in the U.S.
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Inscriptions Architecture Before Speech.

In 'Inscriptions,' a Flawed Theory of the Contemporary

Review: 'Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech,' edited by K. Michael Hays and Andrew Holder
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Izzy Kornblatt
October 5, 2022
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A new volume edited by K. Michael Hays and Andrew Holder argues that contemporary architecture is unified by the notion of "inscription."
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Radical Pedagogies.

Radical Pedagogies Explores Teaching Lessons from the Past

Review: 'Radical Pedagogies,' By Beatriz Colomina, Ignacio G. Galán, Evangelos Kotsioris, and Anna-Maria Meister
Eric Höweler, FAIA
September 6, 2022
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A dossier of 1960s and ’70s pedagogical experiments from around the world, a new book collects accounts of teaching techniques and organizational models that resonate today.
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The Skyscraper Museum Surveys the Fast-Paced Transformation of Lower Manhattan

Review: “Residential Rising: Lower Manhattan Since 9/11”
Matthew Marani
August 29, 2022
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“Residential Rising” is a story of significant adaptive reuse, as the symbolic hub of American capitalism has seen dozens of its aging office buildings transformed into housing.
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In Brooklyn, Virgil Abloh’s Architectural Legacy on Display

Review: "Figures of Speech," at the Brooklyn Museum
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Izzy Kornblatt
August 16, 2022
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A sweeping exhibition illustrates how architectural themes are woven throughout Abloh's work—from handbags to album covers and beyond.


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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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