A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

The Architect's Studio: Wang Shu - Amateur Architecture Studio is on display at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark until 30 April 2017. Head over to World-Architects, where I'm an editor, to read an exhibition review Christian Schittich .

Here are a couple photos of Pieter Stoutjesdijk's Haiti shelter prototype, part of the exhibition  Dream Out Loud: Designing for Tomorrow's Demands  that was on display the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam last year. (Photographs:  Klaas Vermaas ) 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

Here are photos of artist Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, as part of their exhibition YAYOI KUSAMA: Infinity Mirrors , on display until May 14, 2017. (Photographs:  Mark Andre ) 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

Today it was announced that Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta of RCR Arquitectes have been selected as the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates . Back in 2012 I featured their La Lira project, when I referred to them as "my new favorite architect." To celebrate today's good news, here is a sampling of their work pulled from contributions to the  archidose pool  on Flickr. Les Cols Pavilions (2005) in Olot (photographs by Pablo Twose Valls ): Sant Antoni – Joan Oliver Library, Senior Citizens Center and Cándida Pérez Gardens (2007) in Barcelona (photographs by Tiago Lopes Dias , Pablo Twose Valls , and Ziemowit Cabanek ): Plaça Europa 31 Office Building (2011) in Barcelona (photographs by a.caland , Tiago Lopes Dias , and Jesus M War ): Pedra Tosca Park (2004) in Les Preses (photographs by Tiago Lopes Dias ): Law Faculty (1999) at Girona University (photographs by Adrián MALLOL i MORETTI ): To contribute your Flickr ...

"Old + New" is a new series that pairs two books: one old and one new. Most of the reviews on this blog are fairly recent titles sent to me by publishers, but I wanted to expand the reviews to include older books from my library. To do so I'm using this series to review new books and, when appropriate, dig out an old book and include it as part of the review. This series does not replace my typical  book reviews  or  book briefs  or my  Unpacking My Library  blog; it merely expands how I present books on this blog. Unexpected Chicagoland  by Camilo José Vergara and Timothy J. Samuelson, published by The New Press, 2001. Hardcover, 164 pages. ( Amazon ) Detroit Is No Dry Bones: The Eternal City of the Industrial Age  by Camilo José Vergara, published by University of Michigan Press, 2016. Flexicover, 304 pages. ( Amazon ) Camilo José Vergara  is an American treasure. Educated in sociology and skilled in photography,...

Here are some photos of the Kreeger Museum  in Washington, DC. The building was designed by Philip Johnson and completed in 1963 as the residence of David and Carmen Kreeger. (Photograph: Mark Andre ) 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

Stagecraft: Models and Photos  is on display at Columbia GSAPP's Arthur Ross Gallery until March 10th. The show combines models made by Kenneth Frampton's students over the years and photos by James Ewing of the same. The latter appear to layer photos of the models with computer post-production, but the exhibition booklet illustrates that the backgrounds and other effects are all in-camera. Impressive and worth seeing in person. Frank Lloyd Wright's Samuel Freeman House, Los Angeles (USA) 1924: Le Corbusier's Pavilion des Temps Nouveaux, Paris (FR) 1937: Jørn Utzon's Bagsværd Church, Bagsværd (DK) 1976: Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon (UK) 1982: Peter Zumthor's Saint Benedict Chapel, Sumvitg (CH), 1988: