Gordon Bock reviews the new book Houses by Robert A.M. Stern Architects.
Read about the book Cities Alive: Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, and the Roots of the New Urban Renaissance, by Michael W. Mehaffy, reviewed by Emily O'Brien.
Patrick Webb reviews Lucien Steil's book In the Mood for Architecture—Tradition, Modernism and Serendipity.
A new book, Covered Bridges and The Birth of American Engineering, published by HAER (Historic American Engineering Record) documents the National Covered Bridges Recording Project.
We've rounded up six books on architecture we think are worth reading.
Patrick Webb reviews the book Beauty Memory Unity by Steve Bass.
Patrick Webb reviews The Art of Classic Planning.
Judy Hayward reviews Diana Waite's latest book, The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History.
A review of the book From Truths to Tools, which explores artisan geometry.
Clem Labine reviews the book McKim, Mead & White: Selected Works 1879-1915.
A review of James Stevens Curl's Making Dystopia by Nikos A. Salingaros.
A book review on Robert Venturi's Rome by Frederick Fisher and Stephen Harby.
Clem Labine reviews The Classicist No. 14: New York City by Charles D. Warren.
Clem Labine's book review of Classic Columns: 40 Years of Writing on Architecture.
A review of the book Introduction to Early American Masonry: Stone, Brick, Mortar and Plaster.
Read about the book Learn to Timber Frame, by Will Beemer, reviewed by Judy Hayward.
A review of Stephanie Meeks' The Past and Future City, a look at the essential place of historic preservation in contemporary urban planning, reviewed by Kristin Hopf.
Rethinking Modernism and the Built Environment examines the impact of structures on cities and urban environments associated with Modernism.
Designs for Learning: College and University Buildings by Robert A.M. Stern Architects reviewed by Clem Labine
A review by Clem Labine of the book Harrison Design.
A variety of organizational strategies makes it possible for this to serve as an attractive coffee table book as well as a serious course in design.
Read the review of Classicist No. 13 by Peter H. Miller, president, Home Group, Active Interest Media.
A review of the book Traditional Architecture: Timeless Building for the Twenty-First Century.
Robert A.M. Stern's City Living: Apartment Houses, showcases superlative urban architecture, while analyzing the precedent, context and history of each project.
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