Architecture Monographs
RAFAEL VINOLY ARCHITECTS
Written by Jodidio, Philip
The definitive monograph highlighting the global works of the visionary hailed by the New York Times' Herbert Muschamp as 'the most elegant architect now practicing in the United States. For nearly half a century Rafael Vinoly has been driven by the belief that the responsibility of architecture is to elevate the public realm.
EERO SAARINEN
Written by Merkel, Jayne
This monograph is the first major publication on Eero Saarinen since the early 1960s and fills a significant gap in Saarinen scholarship. Written in an accessible, journalistic style, it should be of interest to architects and students as well as general readers interested in the significant figures of 20th-century modernism.
LOUIS I. KAHN
Written by McCarter, Robert
An in-depth and scholarly monograph on the mid-20th century architect.
ANTONIO GAUDI: MASTER ARCHITECT
Written by Nonell, Juan Bassengoda
In this enlightening volume, a concise, knowledgeable text by the director of the Royal Gaudí Chair at the Polytechnical University of Catalonia (Barcelona) combines with striking images by a well-known architectural photographer to provide a new perspective on Gaudí's remarkable career.
BERNARD MAYBECK: VISONARY ARCHITECT
Written by Woodbridge, Sally Byrne
Gracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential and beloved architects of the early twentieth century.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ON THE WEST COAST
Written by Wilson, Mark
Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings on the West Coast have not been thoroughly covered in print until now. Between 1909 and 1959, Wright designed a total of 38 structures up and down the West Coast, from Seattle to Southern California.
JULIA MORGAN: ARCHITECT OF BEAUTY
Written by Forney McMurray, Lynn
Julia Morgan, America's first truly independent female architect, left a legacy of over 700 buildings, many of which are now designated landmarks, in cities throughout California, as well as in Hawaii, Utah, and Illinois. Her work spanned five decades, and the total of her commissions was greater than any other major American architect, including Frank Lloyd Wright.
LINA BO BARDI
Written by Lima, Zeuler R M De a
One of the most important architects of the twentieth century, Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was remarkably prolific and intriguingly idiosyncratic. A participant in the efforts to reshape Italian culture in her youth, Bo Bardi immigrated to Brazil in 1946, where her practice evolved within the social and cultural realities of her adopted country.
TOM KUNDIG: HOUSES
Written by Ngo, Dung
The work of Seattle-based architect Tom Kundig has been called both raw and refined, as well as super-crafted and warm. Kundig's projects, especially his houses, uniquely combine these two seemingly disparate sets of characteristics to produce some of the most inventive structures found in the architecture world today.
ANDREA PALLADIO: AN ARCHITECT IN HIS TIME
Written by Boucher, Bruce
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) is known as the architect who has guided Western design philosophy for half a millennium, creating forms that have been studied and reproduced from age to age and around the world. For architects and the public alike, his buildings have become enduring testaments to his architectural genius as creator of a timeless classicism.
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