Bookcase

With so many books being published, and so much available on the web, we review books we consider an interesting addition to an architect's library.

April 14, 2003 /
Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st CenturyBy David Gissen
The first book to examine the sustainable skyscraper, its history, the technologies that make it possible, and its role in the future of urban development. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press ...
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March 03, 2003 /
Work LifeBy Hadley Arnold
Publisher: Monacelli Press ...
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February 03, 2003 /
Programmable ArchitectureBy Kas Oosterhuis
What possibilities would be opened up if not only people but whole environments could be linked together in networks? Publisher: L'Arcaedizioni ...
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January 06, 2003 /
Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an architecture of DecencyBy Andrea Oppenheimer Dean
The buildings of the Rural Studio, along with the incredible story of the Rural Studio, the people who live there are detailed in this colorful book, the first on the subject. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press ...
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December 02, 2002 /
Futuro - Tomorrow's House from YesterdayBy Marko Home & Mika Taanila
This plastic, ellipsoid, portable holiday hideaway is among the most striking samples of Utopian space-age design. Publisher: Desura ...
December 02, 2002 /
Architecture Now! 2By Philip Jodidio
The fine line between art and architecture is rapidly becoming harder to perceive. Publisher: Taschen ...
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December 02, 2002 /
Barragán Space and Shadow, Walls and ColourBy Daniéle Pauly. In association with Jérome Habersetzer
Barragán's architecture is infused with the multiple influences of his travels, encounters and readings. ...
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December 02, 2002 /
Studios by the SeaBy Bob Colacello
Vanity Fair correspondent Bob Colacello and photographer Jonathan Becker go inside the renovated barns, split-shingled cottages, and minimalist mansions of the modern-day artist colony. Photographs by Jonathan Becker. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc. ...
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