Hidden Cities
Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises; A Memoir of Urban Exploration by Moses Gates Tarcher/Penguin, 2013 Paperback, 352 pages The photographs that bookend the...
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Israel National Library in Jerusalem, Isreal, by Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop, 2012. The following text and images are courtesy Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop for their competition entry...
View ArticleDiller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images
Diller Scofidio+ Renfro: Architecture after Images by Edward Dimendberg University of Chicago Press, 2013 Hardcover, 248 pages Gracing the cover of film professor Edward Dimendberg's analysis of Diller...
View ArticleCoach Flagship, Omotesando
Coach Flagship, Omotesando in Tokyo, Japan, by OMA, 2013. In early April Coach opened its flagship Tokyo store on Omotesando, a strip known as much for its high-end fashion houses as for the architects...
View ArticleEntre: Architecture from the Performing Arts
Entre: Architecture from the Performing Arts by Carlos M. Teixeira Artifice Books on Architecture, 2012 Paperback, 384 pages The subtitle of this monograph on Brazilian architect Carlos M. Teixeira's...
View ArticleDead Garden
Dead Garden in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Vazio S/A, 2012. The following text and photos are courtesy Carlos Teixeira of Vazio S/A for their Dead Garden installation, part of the White Night festival...
View ArticleTranslucent Building Skins
Translucent Building Skins: Material Innovation in Modern and Contemporary Architecture by Scott Murray Routledge, 2012 Paperback/Hardcover, 200 pages The history of modern architecture can be written...
View Article101 Spring Street
Art and architecture—all the arts—do not have to exist in isolation, as they do now. This fault is very much a key to the present society. Architecture is nearly gone, but it, art, all the arts, in...
View ArticleBuilding in Bloom
Building in Bloom: The Making of the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens by Mary Adam Thomas Ecotone Publishing, 2013 Paperback, 152 pages The Center for...
View ArticlePhipps – Center for Sustainable Landscapes
Phipps – Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by The Design Alliance Architects, 2012. Of the various means of measuring and setting goals for sustainability in architecture,...
View ArticleWhere Are the Utopian Visionaries?
Where Are the Utopian Visionaries?: Architecture of Social Exchange edited by Hansy Better Barraza Periscope Publishing, 2012 Paperback, 160 pages With one of the most intriguing names of any recent...
View ArticleThe Public Theater
The Public Theater in New York City by Ennead Architects, 2012. Sometimes the smallest and most discrete of projects can have the greatest impact. Such is my take upon experiencing the new lobby for...
View ArticleFrom Camp to City
From Camp to City: Refugee Camps of the Western Sahara edited by Manuel Herz Lars Müller Publishers, 2012 Hardcover, 512 pages On page 185 of this excellent analysis of the refugee camps of the Sahrawi...
View ArticleTunnel Monitoring Complex
Tunnel Monitoring Complex in Hausmannstaetten, Austria, by Dietger Wissounig Architekten, 2012 The following text and images are courtesy of Dietger Wissounig Architekten. The large complex of...
View ArticleHand-Drying in America
Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories by Ben Katchor Pantheon, 2013 Hardcover, 160 pages Since 1998 Ben Katchor has been contributing comic strips that grace the back page of Metropolis Magazine....
View ArticleFour Visions for Penn Station
Four Visions for Penn Station in New York City, 2013 In April the Municipal Art Society (MAS) invited four architects—Diller Scofidio + Renfro, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, SHoP Architects, and...
View ArticleInstigations
Instigations: Engaging Architecture, Landscape, and the City edited by Mohsen Mostafavi and Peter Christensen Lars Müller Publishers, 2012 Paperback, 560 pages How does a school celebrate its 75th...
View ArticleWater Treatment Plant
Water Treatment Plant in Évry, France, by AWP, 2013 Over ten years ago AWP won a competition for the enlargement of Évry's water purification plant, located on the edge of the Seine River and near...
View ArticleDesigning Suburban Futures & Original Copies
Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb by June Williamson Island Press, 2013 Paperback, 160 pages Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in China by Bianca Bosker University of...
View ArticleAma’r Children’s Culture House
Ama'r Children's Culture House in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Dorte Mandrup Architects, 2013 The following text and images are courtesy of Dorte Mandrup Architects. The Ama'r Children’s Culture House is an...
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