A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

As an addendum to my list of Holiday Gift Books posted over the weekend , below is a baker's handful of desirable architecture books I found while browsing New Metaphor Books , a new website that bills itself as "a curated collection of exceptional rare, out of print, and unusual books on graphic design, art, architecture, fashion, and film." I assume there is only one copy of each title, so hurry up and get 'em if the price is right (click links to see more photos inside the books, read about the books and their condition and see the prices). Cinegramme Folie: Le Parc de la Villette , Bernard Tschumi (1987, first edition) The Gulf , Rem Koolhaas, OMA/AMO (2006, first edition) Brodsky & Utkin: The Complete Works (scarce 2003 edition) Architecture 2000: Predictions and Methods , Charles Jencks (1971, first edition paperback) Oppositions Reader: Selected Readings from a Journal for Ideas and Criticism in Architecture 1973-1984 (1998, first edition h...

Here are some photos of the Arnhem Central Station  (2015) in Arnhem, Netherlands by UNStudio , photographed by Matthijs Borghgraef . To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose

Louisiana Museum of Art's Louisiana Channel has made some of my favorite interviews* with artists, architects, filmmakers and other creative folks. Today they posted a one-hour interview with Peter Zumthor at his studio in Haldenstein, Switzerland that is well worth watching. *See also their interviews with Norman Foster , Steven Holl and Wim Wenders .

I'm not sure which is funnier: the $550,000 price tag of Peter Eisenman's 40-year-old "iconic" House VI in Cornwall, Connecticut (it was $1.4 million two years ago); this photo that accompanies the listing... [Photo: Screenshot from New York Times listing ] ...or the listing description itself (my emphasis): A once in a generation opportunity to own one of the most important modernist houses in the Northeast has come to the market for sale. House #VI created through a collaboration of renown international architect Peter Eisenman and the original owners for over 40 years is being put up for sale in beautiful Cornwall Connecticut. This iconic masterpiece of design is one of a limited number of residential properties created by Mr. Eisenman in this serial design. Mr. Eisenman is best known for his industrial and city designs which are featured in cities through out the world. As art relates to culture, Peter Eisenmens [sic] work on House #VI is a broad stro...

Here are some of my photos of the Elephant House at the Zurich Zoo by Markus Schietsch . To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose

BBC Culture has posted a short, four-minute video going inside Bertrand Goldberg's Marina City with Iker Gil, architect and editor of MAS Context . Gil lives in one of the corn cob towers and has documented the building and its occupants through an exhibition (with Andreas Larsson) and here in a tour through other parts of the tower, including the storage floor between the parking and apartments. Click the screenshot below to watch the short video, " What’s it like to live in a skyscraper? "

Here are some of my photos of Nova (2015) by SOFTlab , on display across the street from the Flatiron. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose