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9 Amazing Modern Houses by Paul Archer
We're big fans of British architect Paul Archer, so much so that we ran a story on the incredible Green Orchard house he designed for his parents in our June 2013 issue. Naturally we were thrilled...
written by: Aaron Britt06.14.13 -
Wood Architecture Now! Volume 2 by Philip Jodidio
Taschen’s forthcoming Wood Architecture Now! Volume 2 is a compilation of pioneering works built from man’s inaugural construction material. Pushed to the wayside of late for steel, concrete, and...
written by: Sara Carpenter06.11.13 -
3 New Book Releases: The Life and Work of Le Corbusier
2012 marked what would have been the 125th birthday of the great French architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known to the world as Le Corbusier.
written by: Kelsey Keith05.22.13 -
Picture Perfect
A new biography highlights the rich, black-and-white photography of Balthazar Korab, whose sharp imagery helped give a face to modernist architecture in mid-century America.
written by: Kelsey Keith12.18.12 -
Phaidon's 20th Century World Architecture Atlas
On November 1st, Phaidon debuted 20th Century World Architecture: The Phaidon Atlas. It's a huge book with some 750 works of last century's architecture that range from homes to civic structures to...
written by: Aaron Britt11.13.12 -
Nate Berkus's One Two Punch
Nate Berkus fans will have plenty to take in this month as the designer just released a book and a Target collaboration, both in stores now. ...
written by: Sara Carpenter10.24.12 -
Paul Smith on Architecture
Fashion icon, branding expert, and all around English design maven Paul Smith is the subject of the new book Paul Smith A to Z, a collection of his musings on a vast array of topics. Interviewed by...
written by: Aaron Britt08.29.12 -
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Works
Design fans, get ready to add a hot new monograph to the bookshelf—Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Works by Anniia Koivu is out from Phaidon Press this month. A handsome, large-format tome,...
written by: Aaron Britt05.10.12 -
Houses of the Sundown Sea
Way back in our Dec/Jan issue that kicked off 2008, we told the story of the super groovy, surf bum-cum-architectural genius Harry Gesner. The man was a true California original, one who found a...
written by: Aaron Britt04.02.12 -
Top 5 Saul Bass Movie Titles
In our February issue, on newsstands now, we celebrate the life and work of the great graphic designer Saul Bass on the publication of a new monograph Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design by...
written by: Aaron Britt01.17.12 -
Paris Versus New York
It's rare that a series of visual puns has much of a shelf life, but Paris Versus New York, a punchy book of illustrations comparing and contrasting the two cities from Vahram Muratyan merits...
written by: Aaron Britt01.06.12 -
The Story of De Stijl
The threads of turn-of-the-20th century radicalism in the arts and design have by now pretty much been woven into one broad yarn: capital-M Modernism. But the new book The Story of De Stijl:...
written by: Aaron Britt11.22.11 -
Movie Posters of Soy Cuba
If movie posters are essentially advertisements to get you into the theater, the Hollywood versions splashed with matinee-idol close-ups and 100-point typefaces, then the moody, highly graphic...
written by: Aaron Britt10.06.11 -
Knoll Textiles
The roster of furniture designers who have graced the factories of Knoll is startling: Saarinen, Platner, Bertoia, Breuer. But the textile designers like Marianne Strengell, Evelyn Hill...
written by: Aaron Britt08.22.11 -
City Notes: San Francisco
A very unusual guide book came across my desk last week. And though City Notes: San Francisco by Jesse Coburn from Terry Warner Press is certainly a beautiful object (dig the clean design by Martin...
written by: Aaron Britt08.09.11 -
Future Beauty
Because the September 2011 issue is dedicated to the influence of Japanese design (architecture, craft, and industrial design primarily), we'd be utterly remiss if we didn't give a nod to the...
written by: Aaron Britt08.03.11 -
More Favorite Play! Spaces
Our September 2011 issue is about to hit newsstands, but we're not finished celebrating play (the theme of our July/August 2011 issue). Earlier this week we featured five fantastic projects from...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.01.11 -
Bookshelf Basics
Classic or contemporary, these titles are guaranteed to appeal to burgeoning bookworms of the modernist sort.
written by: Jordan Kushins07.29.11 -
Favorite Play! Spaces
We love to play and love places that celebrate our inner, creative, kidlike selves—we dedicated our July/August 2011 issue to the subjects of families, kids, and play after all. The editors...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake07.28.11 -
Nature Framed
A recently released book from the Monacelli Press celebrates the connection between indoor and outdoor space in residential architecture. In Nature Framed: At Home in the Landscape, author Eva...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake06.15.11
