William Wondriska
Thanks to a fresh combination of drawings and photography, William Wondriska captures the special delight that a young child feels when they do something “all by myself”. All by Myself was originally published in 1963: the author appears inside the book as a bus driver, but the protagonist is actually Wondriska’s daughter Alison. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702397. Hardback. $40. LINK
Peter Campbell
For more than 10 years Peter Campbell has reviewed art exhibitions for the London Review of Books. This generous selection of reviews covers a wide range of subjects, from Bellini and Titian to Lucian Freud and Louise Bourgeois, from Hawksmoor to Libeskind. Reviews of buildings and pieces on the everyday urban scene add another dimension to this book. Hyphen Press. ISBN 9780907259435. Paperback. $53.50. LINK
Ludger Hovestadt
The Institute for Computer Aided Architectural Design in Zurich is regarded as one of the most important institutes working at the interface between architecture and information technology. This publication presents the work of the chair for CAAD using numerous examples – from the Monte Rosa Alpine hut of Andrea Deplazes to the residential development of KCAP. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034600965. Hardback. $103.50. LINK
Giovanni Corbellini
Nineteen projects from Paris-based practice R&sie(n), pronounced “heresy” in French, iillustrated with extensive plans, photographs, and rendering, along with essays and interviews, providing the most comprehensive monograph of this elusive, intriguing firm to date. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988696. Paperback. $70. LINK
Kung Chi Shing et al, editors
The Box is a theatrical music ensemble with an interest in experimental music, improvisation, visual and theatrical environments for music, and literature. This three-book boxed set with DVD covers band history, songwords, prose and poetry and conversations and interview with the members. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984397. Boxed set with DVD. $100. LINK
Jenny Lovell
Instruction for designing building envelopes that are both visually appealing and high-functioning. Jenny Lovell is an architect and professor whose book fills a hole in current architectural education, where students now typically only learn either how to design a beautiful but impractical facade or how to design a boring but functional facade. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988184. Paperback. $43.50. LINK
Krista Sykes & Michael Hays eds
This follow-up to Kate Nesbitt’s best-selling anthology Theorizing a New Agenda collects 28 essays that address architecture theory from the mid-1990s through the present. It provides a foundation for ongoing discussions surrounding contemporary architectural thought, with iconic essays by Greg Lynn, Stan Allen, Glenn Murcutt and many more. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988597. Paperback. $78.50. LINK
Selina Waldner
Portrays the life and work of architect Rudolf Olgiati and his son Valerio through their house and studio – that is, through the transformations they have undergone at the hands of both architects over a period of nearly 80 years. Today, the son is living in his father’s house, and in 2008 he set up his much-admired architectural firm on the former site of the barn. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034604307. Paperback. $124.50.
B Weller et al
This volume in the Detail Practice series is an illustrated guide to the technical, design, and constructional aspects of integrating solar plants into buildings. As a critical component in the mix of regenerative energies, photovoltaics help slow the progress of climate change and furnish the earth with a long-term and affordable supply of energy. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034603690. Paperback. $99.50.
Taro Gomi
The latest in the popular series of doodle books by Taro Gomi. This time the Japanese illustrator introduces us to his food, his city, his parents and his personal organiser, and lets us join him with our own doodles. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875700270. Paperback. $39.50. LINK
Ronald Rael
A history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing particularly on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob and other interesting techniques. Includes more than 40 projects that exemplify new uses of the oldest building material on the planet. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989457. Paperback. $43.50. LINK
Inna Alesina & Ellen Lupton
Use this book to begin looking at design with new eyes. Ignore what you already know, and find out how substances such as cardboard, cloth, metal, and rope can yield surprising structures with unexpected functions. Best-selling author Ellen Lupton and her colleague Inna Alesina bring their collective design experiences to this informative and fun volume. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987682. Paperback. $61.50. LINK
Dirk Hindrichs & Winifried Heusler et al, editors
The third edition of this highly successful book has been graphically redesigned as well as completely revised and expanded, with 220 new articles. It brings together facade solutions and ideas that are remarkable from various perspectives – city planning, architecture, technology, functionality. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764399597. Hardback. $160. LINK
Zurich University of the Arts, editors
The form guides hones the awareness for the design of objects and help use terms more precisely. Using examples, a basic terminology is developed which aids communication about design in practice and education. The versatile vocabulary can be used to precisely describe product forms, constructions and impressions. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861211. Fan deck. $49.95. LINK
IF Design, editors
Outstanding design deserves a distinctive presentation – the iF product design award yearbook 2010 introduces all of the winners of the coveted iF product design award. A detailed index of manufacturers and designers facilitates the search for particular products. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034603195. Hardback. $149.50. LINK
Barbara Brondi and Marco Rainó
Among the events of Turin World Design Capital, the project IN Residence, curated by Barbara Brondi and Marco Rainó, created a 48-hour workshop in which five designers reflected with a group of 30 students from specific institutions dedicated to design of the city of Turin. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702427. Paperback. $40. LINK
Barbara Brondi & Marco Rainó
Among the events of Turin World Design Capital, the project IN Residence, curated by Brondi and Marco Rainó, created a 48-hour workshop in which five designers reflected with a group of 30 students from specific institutions dedicated to design of the city of Turin. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702298. Paperback. $40. LINK
Helmut Bien
The first professional guide for the international lighting design scene, appearing every two years. This book presents the players who are marking out current international trends with their light concepts: for office buildings, in urban planning as well as for cultural buildings and urban night life. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861082. Hardback. $125. LINK
Harriet Russell
First published in England in 1807, the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk was already in existence sometime before this in oral versions. The tale itself is part of a tradition of fairy tales that celebrate the hero’s unscrupulous shrewdness. This is Harriet Russell’s fourth book for Corraini. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702410. Hardback. $24.50. LINK
Byron Kuth et al
Architects Elizabeth Ranieri and Byron Kuth’s work is largely influenced by the uniqueness of the Bay Area region of San Francisco. They have have produced a broad spectrum of work, from small-scaled objects and installations, to architectural and urban design proposals investigating more universal problems of building, culture, and global environments. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988658. Paperback. $70. LINK
Anooradha Siddiqi
A behind-the-scenes look at 50 groundbreaking library projects to show how widely varied fields and communities can join forces to make a difference in the lives of children. Features work by many architects including 1100 Architects, Weiss/Manfredi Architects, Della Valle Bernheimer, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, and Dean/Wolf Architects. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988320. Paperback. $60. LINK
Rebecca Lepkoff et al
This first monograph of Lepkoff’s works highlights the lost neighborhood between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. With over 170 duotone photographs that reveal the dynamic community of Italians, Irish, Jews, Greeks, Spaniards, Chinese, Puerto Ricans and African Americans and how the Lower East Side has both stayed the same and changed forever. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989396. Paperback. $52.50. LINK
Liza Kirwin
Presents almost 70 artifacts from the Smithsonian Institution, including lists of paintings sold, books to read, appointments made and lists of supplies to get by Vito Acconci, Leo Castelli, Joseph Cornell, Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Reginald Marsh, H.L. Mencken, Pablo Picasso, Ad Reinhardt and Eero Saarinen. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988887. Paperback. $43.50. LINK
Donata Fabbri & Alberto Munari
Our different ways of organising knowledge become a game of 32 cards to be used in different contexts. Described through 10 metaphors, operative epistemology, set up by the two authors at the beginning of the 1980s, studies these images, which have been passed down through our culture and history, to analyse and understand the processes of knowledge. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 0033532910051. 32 cards in box. $60. LINK
Julie Decker et al
Author Julie Decker presents 34 of the most compelling and far-ranging possibilities of contemporary architecture in the North. These buildings-located in northern Canada, Scandinavia, and Alaska-are united in the way they embrace extreme conditions. Architects include David Chipperfield, Studio Granda, Shim-Sutcliffe and Snohetta. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988993. Hardback. $79. LINK
Department of Typography, University of Reading
A collection of essays and articles which for the first time provide rich contexts for graphic design in Britain. Reaching from WWII to the early 1970s, they fizz with provocative interconnections: between print culture, photojournalism and publishing, the London of émigrés, political meetings and demonstrations, cultural cafés and art schools. Hyphen Press. ISBN 9780907259398. Paperback. $65. LINK
Michael Schumacher
The fundamentals and design principles of kinetics in architecture, technology, art and nature. Presents the technical tools and constructional solutions that will allow architects to implement various movements in architecture with 40 movable elements shown in action. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764399863. Hardback. $170. LINK
Arthur Andersson and Chris Wise
For Andersson-Wise, the fundamental elements that give buildings meaning are found in nature. Natural Houses presents seven of the Austin based firm’s exquisitely crafted projects. Precise and cool, with forms often derived from the American vernacular, these are painstakingly crafted houses made from regionally appropriate and aesthetically timeless materials. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988795. Hardback. $70. LINK
Sophie Paine
Oliver the firefighter is shy, quiet and very willing to help others. He smiles and nods but dares not say a word: until he has to save a child ... This is a book about shyness. The delightful illustrations are my Maxim Lo, a graphic designer cum illustrator based in Hong Kong and graduated from the London College of Printing. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984335. Hardback. $30. LINK
Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham
Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Wu and Canham utilize the tools of an architect and the tools of a photographer to document rooftop communities on five buildings located in older districts in the Kowloon Peninsula. An unprecedented insight into Hong Kong life. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984380. Paperback. $70. LINK
Bob Gill
What is that nice shiny package in Dad’s closet? Arthur’s birthday is coming in two weeks: it must be a present for him ... This tale by Bob Gill goes beyond the frame of the book by suggesting an infinite possible list of presents wrapped in that shiny paper. Bob Gill’s new book is a collection of real and imaginative surprises. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702366. Hardback. $37.50. LINK
Ken Koo
A compilation of the best in design concepts. More than an identification of the latest innovations, this publication is a showcase of strong design ideas beyond appearance, beyond aesthetic form. The yearbook celebrates the achievements of the winning designers and their exceptional concepts. AVedition. ISBN 9783899391091. Hardback. $187.50. LINK
Rosanna Bianchi Piccoli
This book is an excursion across the work tables of ceramic artist Rosanna Bianchi Piccoli, with photos by Melina Mulas and an introduction by Marco Belpoliti. Melina Mulas’s lens has captured with an intimate and sympathetic eye the objects, tools, books, fabrics and colours that surround her works. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875700918. Paperback. $30. LINK
Joshua Bolchover & Jonathan Solomon eds
Sustain and Develop, the thirteenth volume from 306090 Books, investigates the contradictory yet potentially productive tension between our drive to develop and our growing realisation that unregulated growth is eroding the natural ecology in which we live. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9780692000885. Paperback. $60. LINK
Ulrich Dangel
The combination of a regional building style of sophisticated simplicity with sustainable construction methods has made the architecture of Vorarlberg in Austria a model for the rest of the world. This book presents particularly successful projects from recent years involving various building types and portrays their development from design idea to built detail. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034601191. Hardback. $147.50. LINK
Sophie Paine
In every language, mothers choose to use sweet words with their children. Sweet Words travels around the world, in 25 languages, searching for these expressions. A special gift for mothers, it is also an intimate and easy way for children to learn new languages. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984342. Hardback. $37.
Kiel Moe
Using water in building surfaces to heat and cool bodies is at once more efficient, comfortable and healthy. Three sections in this book cover the histories of thermally active surfaces and air conditioning, the physiological and thermodynamic basis of these surfaces and a series of case studies that demonstrate the efficacy of this technique. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988801. Hardback. $96.50. LINK
Sara Fortunati and Paola Zini
Turin was the World Design Capital for 2008 and this collection of interviews, stories, photos, ideas, products and people charts the 365 days which transformed Turin and the Piedmont region into a living experimental testing ground. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702304. Paperback. $57.50.
Beppe Finessi
In four of Milan’s ‘house museums’, Beppe Finessi curates 200 design objects that engage with the historical fabric of the houses. Designers include Ron Arad, the Bouroullecs, Andrea Branzi, Martino Gamper, Konstantin Grcic, Herzog & De Meuron, Alessandro Mendini, Jasper Morrison, Gaetano Pesce, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck and Patricia Urquiola. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702434. Hardback. $70. LINK
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