DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
the possibilities and challenges of building in and after war.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Ghost Storeys Judith Adamson 15th July, pb, eb, £35, 9780773549890 Haunted study of modern gothic architecture and literature. Painstakingly researched and lavishly illustrated, this looks at Ralph Adams Cram, America’s most prolific Gothic Revival architect and an author of ghost stories.
MIT Press
Machine a Amuser Wim van den Bergh 9th April, hb, £55, 9780262048774 Illustrated history of a single building, the enigmatic penthouse of the playboy Charles de Beistegui, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in late-1920s Paris.
Wolkenbugel: El Lissitzky As Architect Richard Anderson 9th April, hb, £55, 9780262048781 How a visionary, never- realised architectural project, devised by one of the 20th century’s greatest artists, shaped architectural culture in Europe between the world wars.
Designed for Success Janet Borgerson, Jonathan Schroeder 14th May, hb, £36, 9780262048835 Charmingly illustrated history of mid-century instructional records and their untold contribution to the American narrative of self- improvement, aspiration and success.
Barbarian Architecture Joanna Merwood-Salisbury 2nd April, pb, £32, 9780262547413 Richly visual architectural history and theory of modernity that re-exam- ines Thorstein Veblen’s classic text The Theory of the Leisure Class through the lens of Chicago in the 1890s.
Something Completely Different: Architecture in Belgium Christophe van Gerrewey 2nd July, pb, £36, 9780262547512 How architecture in
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Belgium, from its very beginnings, has epito- mised modernity and singularity.
Design for a Better World Donald A Norman 2nd April, pb, £23, 9780262548304 How human behaviour has brought our world to the brink and how human behaviour can save us.
Speculative Everything Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby 2nd April, pb, £32, 9780262548687 How to use design as a tool to create not only things but ideas to specu- late about possible futures.
Monacelli
Decorate Like a Decorator Dara Caponigro 15th April, hb, £39.95, 9781580936309 From Frederic magazine, the best and most unexpected decorating pro tips and tricks of the trade in one accessible guide.
Midcentury Houses Today Michael Bondo, Jeffrey R Matz, Lorenzo Ottaviani, Cristina A Ross, John Morris Dixon 15th April, hb, £39.95, 9781580936101 Traces the evolution of mid-century houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived in today.
The Edith Farnsworth House Michelangelo Sabatino 15th June, hb, £54.95, 9781580936194 Comprehensive story of an icon of modern architecture designed by Mies van der Rohe.
New England Coastal Mark Hutker, Kyle Hoepner 15th June, hb, £29.95, 9781580936347 Dreamy coastal residences from Martha’s Vineyard to Maine to Maryland and beyond.
American Modern Matt Shaw, Iwan Baan (illus) 15th July, pb, £54.95, 9781580936125 First in-depth history of Columbus, Indiana, demonstrates the unique convergence of civic, industrial and social forces that produced the pre-eminent laboratory of architectural modernism in the US.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
Museum of Modern Art
SERIES
One on One pb, £14.99, 9781633451 Each volume is a sustained meditation on a single work from the museum’s collection. Frank Lloyd Wright: Broadacre City Project Juliet Kinchin 30th June, 537 Clara Porset: Butaque Ana Elena Mallet 5th March, 629
Niggli
Swiss Design Sandra Ellegiers 27th June, hb, £49.95, 9783721210132 Utility items and luxury accessories—achieve- ments in product design.
O’Brien Press
Heart & Home Catherine Carton 6th May, hb, £19.99, 9781788494212 Encouraging and passionate, this book’s mission is to bring beauty, happiness and love into every corner of the home with 50 craft and DIY projects.
Orange Hippo! SERIES
Te Little Guides hb, eb, £6.99, 97818006962 The Little Guide to Gucci 23rd May, 11 Introduction to one of the world’s most recognised fashion brands. The Little Guide to Yves Saint Laurent Orange Hippo! 4th July, 80
Charts the designer’s tumultuous rise to the top, accompanied by facts and quotes from, and about, the man himself.
Oro Applied Research + Design
Flux
Ila Berman, Andrew Kudless 11th March, hb, £55, 9781940743004 Focuses on the innova- tions and transformation of architectural practices in the last quarter-century in relation to the radical evolution of computa- tional and material technologies.
Toward an American Spolia Aleksandr Mergold 11th March, pb, £24.95, 9781943532858 Inventory of the
processes of spolia, a cultural practice from ancient times to ours, framing the necessity for the spoliation of the American 20th century.
Oro Editions
The Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe Steven Hurtt, Antonio Pietro Latini, James Tice 11th March, pb, £35, 9781940743516 For anyone seriously interested in the forces that shape the everyday environment of our cities, towns and suburbs.
Pratt Sessions Vol 3 David Erdman 11th March, pb, £22.95, 9781951541736 Conversations with notable names in architecture unpack their work in non-standard ways to reveal insights into familiar terms in the discipline.
Performance + Assembly 11th March, pb, £32.95, 9781954081369 Covers a range of perfor- mance and assembly spaces designed by AS+GG, from central spaces in the world’s larg- est expositions to small, high-technology theatres.
Island Homes Clare Jacobson, Malia Mattoch McManus 8th April, hb, £49.95, 9781954081611 Beautiful yet unpreten- tious homes, residential renovations and commer- cial buildings designed by Honolulu-based Peter Vincent Architects.
Cohabitation Strategies Lucia Babina, Emiliano Gandolfi, Gabriela Rendon, Miguel Robles-Duran et al 11th March, hb, £33, 9781954081741 Proposes new transdisci- plinary methodologies, practices, tools and strate- gies to challenge for-profit- driven urban development and the advancement of the right to the city.
Houses That Sugar Built Gina Consing McAdam, Siobhan Doran 12th February, hb, £49.95, 9781957183800 Explores the largely unknown architectural legacy to be found in the ancestral houses of Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Pampanga, the three main sugar-producing provinces of the Philippines.
Design for a Radically Changing World
Andy Cohen, Diane Hoskins 13th February, hb, £59.95, 9781957183848 Explores, with both big-picture insights and concrete examples, the ways that design can help solve the world’s greatest challenges and improve the human experience.
Reimagined Worlds Margaret Kerrison 12th February, pb, £29.95, 9781957183923 Kerrison presents an indispensable manifesto compelling designers of environments and experiences to embrace a people-centred approach fuelled by intentional narratives.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems 1 Robert Stuart-Smith 1st May, hb, £40, 9781957183961 State-of-the-art research into robotic fabrication for architectural design. This is a visual guide through the first three years of a structured post-professional programme into advanced fabrication and computational design.
Noguchi’s Gardens Marc Treib 1st February, hb, £55, 9781957183992 Accompanied by aston- ishing images from the archives of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum archives, this book will reward those interested in land- scape architecture, art history, garden design and art.
City Making 101 Alexis Sanal 12th February, other printed item, £39.95, 9781961856004 Learn 101 topics of urban design in a 2½-hour game! A reference guide to cultivate a new civic imagination for liveable and lovable cities.
Modern Chinese Architecture Nancy S Steinhardt 9th July, hb, £59.95, 9781961856073 Tells the dramatic story of the transformation of Chinese architecture from a predominantly modular, timber-frame, single-story building system with ceramic tile roofs.
Oxford University Press
British Architecture: A Very Short Introduction Dana Arnold
23rd May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780192898210 Original and engaging overview from medieval times to the present day explores enduring key aspects of British architecture.
PA Press
Architect and Designer Birthday Book James Biber, Michael Bierut 4th July, hb, £35, 9781797224541 Day-by-day celebration and exploration of the greatest architects and designers throughout history.
Thinking With Type Ellen Lupton 14th March, pb, £21.99, 9781797226828 Essential guide to typography from popular design educator. Revised and expanded to include new and additional voices, examples and principles and a wider array of typefaces.
Park
Josef Frank: Spaces Mikael Bergquist, Olof Michelsen 8th April, hb, £30, 9783038600183 Frank ranks among Europe’s most significant Modernist architects and designers. This compre- hensive book, a first, explores the evolution of his designs and investi- gates the influences that shaped his work.
Sponge Park Susannah C Drake 13th May, pb, £35, 9783038602491 Introduces New York- based DLandstudio’s pioneering and award- winning Sponge Park concept for the regenera- tion of the notorious Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.
Milieu—Lien—Lieu 13th May, hb, £45, 9783038602637 First-ever book on Laus- anne-based Swiss firm Farra Zoumboulakis & Associes Architectes Urbanistes. Three signa- ture designs exemplify its philosophy of sustainabil- ity and carbon-neutrality. Text in French.
Paper Architecture in Novosibirsk Georg Schoellhammer (ed), Ruben Arevshatyan (ed), Anton Karamanov (ed) 13th May, pb, £35, 9783038602651 The first book to offer a
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