Sean Ruthen is a Metro Vancouver-based architect and writer.

Book Review – Here & Gone: Artwork of Vancouver & Beyond

Text and watercolours by Michael Kluckner, Midtown Press, 2020 I could not have imagined Vancouver becoming such a city of contrasts... Read More

Book Review – Tom Kundig: Working Title

Princeton Architectural Press, 2020 When considering Kundig’s buildings, twenty-nine examples of which are included here in his... Read More

Edited by Laurie Olin and Pablo Mandel (ORO Editions, 2020) Drawing is about seeing and not wriggling one’s wrist. It is also an act... Read More

Written by Richard Weston (Laurence King Publishing, 2020) This book’s title poses two obvious questions: what is an architectural... Read More

Authors: Cesare Leonardi & Franca Stagi (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019) In Italy, most architects know this book and have... Read More

UBC SALA West Coast Modern House Series Written by Sherry McKay, Preface by Douglas Coupland (ORO Editions 2020) I miss that people... Read More

Written by Michael Green and Jim Taggart– Second and Expanded Edition (Birkhauser Press, 2020) A fundamental change in the way in... Read More

Written by Jim Taggart– Abacus Editions (2019) This book provides an important insight into this emerging model of social... Read More

Edited by Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey – Princeton Architectural Press (2019) This anthology comprises the contributions of seventeen... Read More

Author: Steven Holl (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019) Compression of human habitat should be a concern of all global citizens... Read More