Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Delights at NYBG Kara Mavros May 4, 2021 One Comment The new exhibition by the Japanese artist is on view through October at New York Botanical Garden.Read More
Review of 'Shared Structures, Private Spaces: Housing in Mexico' By Fernanda Canales Florian Idenburg April 8, 2021 No Comments Mexico City–based architect Fernanda Canales chronicles an extensive collection of housing projects across the country.Read More
Review of 'My House Is Better Than Your House' By Nader Tehrani Stella Betts April 7, 2021 No Comments Architects Nader Tehrani and Preston Scott Cohen debate the design of the house at a disciplinary level.Read More
The Legacy of Racism in the Making of Cities and Communities Alicia Olushola Ajayi March 18, 2021 No Comments Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness, at MoMA, interrogates the past while imagining a liberated future.Read More
Review of 'Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture' and 'Avant-Garde as Method: Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930' By Jean-Louis Cohen; Anna Bokov Eric Mumford March 8, 2021 No Comments Historians shed light on Soviet Design and pedagogy in two books.Read More
Review of 'Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn' By Harriet Pattison Cathleen McGuigan February 28, 2021 One Comment A handsomely illustrated volume of Kahn’s love letters during the last 15 years of his complicated—and architecturally triumphant—life, salted with photographs, sketches, and personal memories.Read More
Bill Gates's Book on How to Save the Planet Fred A. Bernstein February 23, 2021 2 Comments The billionaire's new book on the climate crisis is as much about practicality as it is about technology.Read More
Review of 'Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook' By Naomi Pollock Wendy Moonan February 8, 2021 No Comments The book gives a comprehensive history of postwar design in Japan.Read More
Review of 'Architectural Styles' and 'The Elements of Modern Architecture' By Margaret Fletcher and Robbie Polley; Antony Radford, Selen Morkoç, and Amit Srivastava Josephine Minutillo February 5, 2021 One Comment Two new books serve as handy refreshers for understanding architectural styles and structures.Read More
Review of "Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing" By Diana Lind Paul Makovsky January 12, 2021 No Comments A new book explores the idea that many problems besetting America connect to the historic fixation on the single-family house.Read More
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