Favorite Books of 2008

Here's a list of my dozen favorites from the 65 books I reviewed last year on my weekly and daily pages, in chronological order. Tomorrow I'll post my dozen favorite doses featured on these two sites last year.


The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account by Kenneth Frampton


Designs on the Public: The Private Lives of New York's Public Spaces by Kristine F. Miller


Patent Constructions: New Architecture Made in Catalonia by Albert Ferré, Ricardo Devesa & Jaime Salazar


Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S.–Mexico Border and Its Future by Fernando Romero/LAR


Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness by Elizabeth Farrelly


The Endless City by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic


Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes by Andrew Blauvelt


Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky: Life as a Voyage by Architekturzentrum Wien


Shift: SANAA and the New Museum by Joseph Grima & Karen Wong


The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema by Juhani Pallasmaa


After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan by Thomas Daniell


DBOOK: Density, Data, Diagrams, Dwellings by Javier Mozas & Aurora Fernandez Per