By Sean Ruthen
Book Review: Architecture of Normal – The Colonization of the American Landscape
Written by Daniel Kaven, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2022 In the weeks leading up to my 40th birthday, I took an epic road trip. I drove east... Read More
Book Review: 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright
Written by Aaron Betsky and Gideon Fink Shapiro, Rizzoli Books, 2021 This book presents the work and imaginings of this iconic... Read More
Book Review: The Women Who Changed Architecture
Foreword by Beverly Willis, Introduction by Amale Andraos, Edited by Jan Cigliano Hartman, Princeton Architectural Press, 2022 The... Read More
Book Review: The Stahl House – Case Study House #22
Written by Shari Stahl Gronwald, Bruce Stahl, and Kim Cross, Chronicle Books (2021) Considered one of the most iconic and recognizable... Read More
Book Review: 250 Things an Architect Should Know
Author: Michael Sorkin (Princeton Architectural Press, 2021) Equal parts poetic, practical, playful, and wise, Two Hundred and Fifty... Read More
Book Review: Cuban Modernism – Mid-Century Architecture 1940-1970
Authors: Victor Deupi & Jean-Francois Lejeune (Birkhäuser, 2021) In the 20th century, modern architecture thrived in Cuba and a... Read More
Book Review: Canadian Architecture
Written by Leslie Jen, Figure 1 Publishing (2021) What is Canadian architecture? The question has often been posed, with no single... Read More
Book Review | Growing Up Modern: Childhoods in Iconic Homes
Written by Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster (Birkhäuser Publishing, 2021) Publishing these stories allows both architects and those... Read More
Book Review: Patented – 1,000 Design Patents
Thomas Rinaldi, Phaidon Press, 2021 From patents that have gone on to become world famous design classics to everyday, anonymous... Read More
Book Review – Lateness
Written by Peter Eisenman and Elisa Iturbe, Princeton University Press, 2020 In this incisive book, internationally renowned architect... Read More