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One House Per Day

‘One House Per Day’ Catalogs an Architect’s Ongoing Social Media Experiment

Review: ‘One House Per Day’ by Andrew Bruno
Leopoldo Villardi
Leopoldo Villardi
May 2, 2023
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Every day since November 2019, Andrew Bruno has sketched a single dwelling and shared it with his Instagram following—his new book reflects on the first 365 days of this self-initiated drawing exercise.
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Residentialism A Suburban Archipelago

In 'Residentialism,' Lina Malfona Echoes Deconstructivism in Suburban Rome

Review: ‘Residentialism: A Suburban Archipelago’ by Lina Malfona
Franco Purini
April 13, 2023
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The architect's book and work, Franco Purini writes, "provides an exemplary counterpoint" to prevalent modes of architectural expression from the last 30 years.
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Manual of Biogenic House Sections

LTL Architects' Newest Book Cuts Through Houses Constructed of Low-Carbon Materials

Review: ‘Manual of Biogenic House Sections’ by Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David Lewis
Fred
Fred A. Bernstein
April 11, 2023
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Part coffee-table book, part construction manual, the volume illustrates 55 houses over six contents, in rural and urban settings, with the goal of removing the mystery behind building with low-carbon materials.
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Great Displacement

Jake Bittle Documents Climate Displacement Across the United States in New Book

Review: ‘The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration' by Jake Bittle
Anthony Acciavatti
March 14, 2023
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Extensive field research reveals how climate change has already impacted and reshaped communities.
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Who is the City For

A Chicago Architecture Critic Interrogates the Role of Design in Constructing the City's History

Review: ‘Who is the City for? Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago’ by Blair Kamin
Eric Mumford
March 6, 2023
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Blair Kamin chronicles a recent urban history of Chicago architecture.
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Architect Verb

Reinier de Graaf's Latest Book Is a How-To Guide for Architect-ing

Review: 'Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building' by Reinier de Graaf
Tim A
Tim Abrahams
February 22, 2023
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OMA partner and the author of three books over the last six years, Reinier de Graaf writes from within the world of architecture on everything from building codes to architectural awards.
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archival photo of russian design students

Revisiting Anna Bokov's 'Avant-Garde as Method: Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930'

Eric Mumford
February 10, 2023
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With the Cooper Union exhibition on Vkhutemas now moving ahead in spring after being postponed under a cloud of controversy, we take a look back at the comprehensive volume published in 2021 that precedes the forthcoming show.


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Fifty Years After ‘Learning from Las Vegas,’ Denise Scott Brown Gets Her Due

Review: 'Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect,' edited by Frida Grahn
Izzy Kornblatt
Izzy Kornblatt
February 7, 2023
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An expansive new volume—the first collection of writings dedicated solely to Scott Brown—includes personal remembrances among other essays.


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Digesting Metabolism

A New Volume Provides Food for Thought on Metabolist Architecture in Japan

Review: Digesting Metabolism: Artificial Land in Japan 1954–2202 by Casey Mack
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
January 30, 2023
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As opposed to Modernism’s swapping of old for new, Metabolism promoted “replacement as an ongoing process.”


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African Modernism Book Cover

Back in Print, Second Edition of 'African Modernism' Surveys Architecture Across the Continent

Review: 'African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence: Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia,' edited by Manuel Herz with Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn, and Julia Jamrozik
David Adjaye
January 26, 2023
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Reread David Adjaye’s thoughtful review of the compendium, originally published in Architectural Record in October 2015.
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