A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

African Metropolitan Architecture David Adjaye, edited by Peter Allison Rizzoli , 2011 Paperback (7 volumes w/slipcase) | 9-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches | 576 pages | 3,000+ illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-0847837168 | $100.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : The architecture and built environment of African cities are documented in groundbreaking photographs by acclaimed architect David Adjaye. David Adjaye is renowned for his highly acclaimed buildings in Europe and the United States. Of Tanzanian descent but raised and educated in London, he has found endless inspiration for his modern buildings in Africa. This book is the culmination of a personal quest--a decade-long project to document the built environment of every major African city. Adjaye has photographed thousands of structures and places, letting each speak for itself in contrast to a design world obsessed with photorealistic slickness. Fifty-three cities are featured, arranged by terrain and region, including: the Maghreb, the...

Fantastic Man 31 – Rem Koolhaas Gert Jonkers (Editor in Chief) Fantastic Man/TOP Publishers BV, Spring and Summer 2020 Paperback | 11-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches | 264 pages | English | ISSN: 1574-8979 | $23.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : The 31st edition of Fantastic Man explores the extraordinary world of REM KOOLHAAS and his fixation with the countryside. Made with, and on, the legendary architect and contrarian thinker it is a thorough investigation into how we live now and how the rural might bring us into the future. Some of the men to be found inside include Gucci’s mastermind ALESSANDRO MICHELE, the serene property guru ALISTAIR APPLETON, mind-bending art duo RYAN TRECARTIN and LIZZIE FITCH, as well as a full and frank observation of REM himself. Also appearing are investigations into the tech goldrush sweeping through a Nevada desert, male automobile obsession in China, a desert oasis for cows and a wide variety of rural fashions for Spring and Summer. Please enjoy an extraordin...

Race and Modern Architecture:  A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present Irene Cheng, Charles L. Davis II, Mabel O. Wilson (Editors) University of Pittsburgh Press , July 2020 Hardcover | 7 x 10 inches | 424 pages | English | ISBN: 978-0822966593 | $45.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : Although race—a concept of human difference that establishes hierarchies of power and domination—has played a critical role in the development of modern architectural discourse and practice since the Enlightenment, its influence on the discipline remains largely underexplored. This volume offers a welcome and long-awaited intervention for the field by shining a spotlight on constructions of race and their impact on architecture and theory in Europe and North America and across various global contexts since the eighteenth century. Challenging us to write race back into architectural history, contributors confront how racial thinking has intimately shaped some of the key concepts of mode...

In Search of African American Space: Redressing Racism Jeffrey Hogrefe and Scott Ruff, with Carrie Eastman and Ashley Simone (Editors) Lars Müller Publishers , September 2020 Paperback | 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches | 256 pages | 148 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-3037786338 | $30.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : If African American experience emerges from the structure of slavery, how does architecture relate to that experience? African Americans have claimed space in unexpected locations – often in opposition to architecture as a Eurocentric discipline that has served to regulate and exclude them. In Search of African American Space examines both historical record and personal and collective memory to uncover these instances. African American space can be creative and aspirational, taking the form of speech and performance that reflects its fleeting nature. This anthology of essays from contemporary architects, historians and artists presents a broad range of knowledge and practices...

David Adjaye - Works 1995-2007: Houses, Pavilions, Installations, Buildings Adjaye Associates, edited by Peter Allison Thames & Hudson , November 2020 Hardcover | 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches | 300 pages | 800 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-0500343517 | $90.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : Acclaimed architect David Adjaye is known for his artistic sensitivity and deft use of space and inexpensive, unexpected materials. With the hindsight of almost twenty years of practice and a raft of high-profile projects around the world— perhaps best symbolized by the National Museum for African American History and Culture in Washington, DC—this book looks back on the houses and buildings of his early career. Adjaye’s early commissions were the test sites for what would become his unique, celebrated, and highly sought-after brand of “critical regionalism.” From London to Brooklyn, in private houses and public buildings, his clever urban interventions abound: roof-level living space is added...

NESS.docs 2: Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas Florencia Rodriguez, Mercedes Peralta, Jeannette Sordi (Editors) Lots of Architecture –publishers, July 2020 Paperback | 8-1/2 x 11 inches | 208 pages | English | ISBN: 978-1732010635 | $23.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : The second issue of our monographic series reflects on the project of Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas, led by Charles Waldheim and the Office for Urbanization at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Curated together with Mercedes Peralta and Jeannette Sordi, NESS.docs 2 explores the potentials for landscape as a medium for urban intervention in the specific contexts of Latin-American cities. More than twenty Latin American practices are shown and grouped in five different themes: Biological Environments, Resilient Grounds, Performative Systems, Revealed Protocols, and Assembled Natures. Finally, a conversation between Charles Waldheim, Florencia Rodriguez, and Luis Callejas deepens the discussion of our aca...