A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

This week's dose features two publications on Louis I. Kahn released in 2022: the revised and expanded second edition of Robert McCarter's monograph on Kahn; and a facsimile edition of one of the architect's first monographs, edited by Richard Saul Wurman and accompanied by a new reader's guide. Be sure to scroll all the way down for a list of other Kahn titles of interest. Louis I Kahn (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Robert McCarter Phaidon , March 2022 Hardcover | 9-3/4 x 12-1/4 inches | 528 pages | 800 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9781838663049 | $150.00 | "A thoroughly updated and redesigned edition of McCarter’s esteemed monograph on the globally-revered modern master – includes Roosevelt Island, Four Freedoms Park, which was completed after Kahn's death" ( click here for publisher's description and author bio ) REFERRAL LINKS :       REVIEW : According to his page on the website of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washi...

Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture by Robert A. M. Stern, with Leopoldo Villardi The Monacelli Press , March 2022 Hardcover | 7-1/2 x 10 inches | 520 pages | English | ISBN: 9781580935890 | $60.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : For more than fifty years, Robert A. M. Stern has designed extraordinary buildings around the world. Founding partner of Robert A. M. Stern Architects (RAMSA), Stern was once described as “the brightest young man I have ever met in my entire teaching career” by Philip Johnson and recently called “New York City’s most valuable architect” by Bloomberg.   Encompassing autobiography, institutional history, and lively, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture surveys the world of architecture from the 1960s to the present and Robert A. M. Stern’s critical role in it. The book chronicles Stern’s formative years, architectural education, and half-century of architectural practice, touching on a...

Over at World-Architects, I put together a list of 15 Summer Reads for the Newsletter I edit there, a newsletter that goes on summer break as of today. In lieu of a review on this blog this week, I'm linking to that summer reading list , which features short, first-hand descriptions of the books. In the coming weeks and months, many of these books will receive longer reviews on this blog. If you don't feel like clicking over to read my commentary on the books, here are the 15 books, presented from S to XL (counterclockwise from top-left in the image), with links to them on Amazon: Vitruvius Without Text: The Biography of a Book by André Tavares Formulations: Architecture, Mathematics, Culture by Andrew Witt Outdoor Domesticity: On the Relationships between Trees, Architecture, and Inhabitants by Ricardo Devesa Densification of Urban Landscapes: Post-War Housing Developments Between Preservation and Renewal by Anke Domschky, Stefan Kurath, Simon Mühlebach and Urs Primas Tru...