Two hundred and fifty things an architect should know
By Michael Sorkin, Princeton Architectural Press, 144 pages, $19.95
In Michael Sorkin’s first posthumous collection of works, Two hundred and fifty things an architect should know It expands on the late architect and critic’s famous list, punctuated by 100 photographs, illustrations, and archival photographs.
Bjarne Mastenbrueck. Dig it up! Building bound to the ground
By Bjarne Mastenbroek and Iwan Baan, Taschen, 1,390 pages, $125
How does architecture work in harmony with the Earth’s surface? Bjarne Mastenbroek’s Dig It! aims to find out. With nearly 1,400 pages, 500 analytical drawings by SeARCH, and photography by Iwan Baan, the single volume explores architecture’s relationship between site and nature.
Russell and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock in Manitoga
By Jennifer Golub, Princeton Architectural Press, 208 pages, $60
In her new volume, author Jennifer Golub persuasively argues that Russell and Mary Wright’s Dragon Rock home should be included in the famous mid-century home complex. Mining the archives of the Wright family, the Photographic Center of Woodstock (CPW), the Manitoga/Russell Wright Center for Design, and the Russell Wright papers at Syracuse University, the book collects stunning photographs of Wright’s industrial designs, photographs of Dragon Rock, and biographical details of the lives of their owners.
African Artists: From 1882 to Now
By Phaidon Editors With Foreword by Chika Okeke-Agulu and Glossary by Joseph L Underwood, Phaidon, 353 pages, $69.95
In this comprehensive A-Z survey, Phaidon highlights the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or residing in Africa including El Anatsui, Marlene Dumas, David Goldblatt, Lubaina Himid, William Kentridge, Julie Mehretu, Wangechi Mutu and Robin Rhode.
Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture
By Robert A.M. Stern, Monacelli, 520 pages, $60
Blending biography, history, and criticism, Robert A.M. Stern Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture It provides candid reflections on the architect’s life and work while incorporating behind-the-scenes tales from friends, students, and mentors (from Philip Johnson to Paul Rudolph to Barbra Streisand).
New Grammar for Decoration
By Thomas Weil, Lars Muller, 336 pages, $39
More than 160 years after the publication of Owen Jones, Thomas Well New rules of decoration He compares existing ornamental objects with archaeological research, and categorizes the variety of ornamental forms that can be found universally in buildings, textiles, ceramics, and wallpaper.
Out of the world with Gaetano Pesce
Essay by Sophie Heaney, New Photographs by Duane Michaels, Museum Books/Craft Material, 120 Pages, $58
Posted last spring, Out of the world with Gaetano Pesce, highlights new, never-before-seen work by 81-year-old radical Italian designer and architect Gaetano Pesce. With photography by nearly two dozen photographers around the world, the book includes an interview with Pesce by critic Sophie Henney and new photographs by Duane Michaels, as well as four commissioned photography series.
Rysum’s gender: a seat at the table
By Vicki Lowry, Phaedon, 264 pages, $125
Available now for pre-order and available in February 2022, Jens Reson: A seat at the table It is the first and only study of the life and work of Danish-American designer Jens Risom, “a little-known champion of Midcentury Modern design.”
Architecture and Anarchy: Building Without Authority
By Paul Dobraszczyk, Paul Holberton Publishing, 248 pages, $22
With over 60 projects, Paul Dobraszczyk’s new book Architecture and anarchy Examines the spirit of “Self-Regulating Ways of Building” – from Slab City to Occupy Wall Street. Teaching fellow at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, Dobraszczyk is the author of several books including Cities of the Future: Architecture and Imagination (2019); Dead City: Urban Ruins and a Scene of Decay (2017); And Iron, Ornament, and Architecture in Victorian Britain.