A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

Steven Holl:  Inspiration and Process in Architecture Steven Holl Princeton Architectural Press , October 2020 Hardcover | 5 x 8-1/4 inches | 144 pages | 100 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-1616898977 | $24.95 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : Internationally recognized for his ability to blend space and light with great contextual sensitivity, architect Steven Holl achieves his award-winning designs by beginning each commission with a small watercolor exploring light, color, and form. Paintings help Holl create a concept-driven design that showcases the unique qualities of each project. This collection of watercolors, which are works of art themselves, includes his most recent projects, from the JFK Center for the Performing Arts expansion and Hunters Point Public Library to University College Dublin. Steven Holl established Steven Holl Architects in New York City in 1977. Considered one of the most influential practitioners of his generation, Holl received the Cooper Hewitt, Sm...

Paul Rudolph: Inspiration and Process in Architecture Eugenia Bell (Editor) Princeton Architectural Press / Moleskine Books , November 2019 Hardcover | 5 x 8-1/4 inches | 144 pages | English | ISBN: 978-1616898656 | $24.95 Publisher's Description : Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) authored some of Modernism's most powerful designs and served as an influential educator while chair of Yale's School of Architecture. His early residential work in Sarasota, Florida, garnered international attention, and his later exploration of Brutalist materials and forms, most famously embodied in his Yale Art & Architecture Building (1963), earned Rudolph both notoriety and acclaim. Many of the dynamic drawings included in this collection--selected from the architect's archive housed in the Library of Congress --illustrate his highly emotive hand and deft drafting skill. They include his designs for Tuskegee University Chapel, Interama, Lower Manhattan Expressway, his analysis of M...

Inspiration and Process in Architecture - Bolles+Wilson , published by  Moleskine , 2011. Hardcover, 144 pages. ( Amazon ) Like many architects, I have a lot of Moleskine sketchbooks. I can't remember when I purchased the first one, but since then I've received a number of them as gifts, and purchased planners, ruled notebooks, city notebooks, and other variations on their basic theme of quality paper, sturdy binding, and simple cover. Recently the Italian company added a number of other products, including books , to their now expansive catalog. A number of the books focus on how architects draw. Four of them fall under the "Inspiration and Process in Architecture" rubric: Giancarlo De Carlo, Zaha Hadid, Alberto Kalach, and this one on Bolles+Wilson. While the title refers to the name of the German office, just about all of the sketches and other drawings that fill the pages of the book are by Peter Wilson. In an interview that starts the book Wi...