By Sean Ruthen
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Book Review: Design School Wisdom
Design School Wisdom was born out of a desire to share the wisdom of design instructors with designers everywhere – students just entering their studies...
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Book Reviews From the Stacks – Le Corbusier: Homme de Lettres
“Known for his modern architecture, numbering fewer than sixty buildings, Charles Edouard Jeanneret/Le Corbusier (1887-1965) also wrote some fifty...
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Book Review: Derrida for Architects
Even the most prosaic oppositions of architecture can be cast in terms that indicate something is really at stake. This is Derrida for architects. There...
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Book Review – The Architecture of Art Museums: A Decade of Design
As a building type, art museums are unparalleled for the opportunities they provide for architectural investigation and experimentation. They are...
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Book Review: Twenty Minutes in Manhattan
Every morning, the architect and writer Michael Sorkin walks downtown from his Greenwich Village apartment through Washington Square to his Tribeca...
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Book Review – Bing Thom Works
“As the author himself states, this is not the typical architect’s monograph. For the book, Bing Thom has selected a number of projects from...
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Book Review – Arthur Erickson: An Architect’s Life
This full biography of Erickson, who died in 2009 at age eighty-four, traces his life from its modest origins to his emergence on the world stage...
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Book Review: Pools – Aquatic Architecture: Hughes Condon Marler Architects
Vancouver is globally acclaimed for its advanced architecture and urbanism, and Hughes Condon Marler Architects is one of its most respected and...
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Book Review: BattersbyHowat
BattersbyHowat have been focused on an integrative approach to design, looking beyond the confines of architecture. This approach examines the nature of...
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Book Review – Blue Sky Living: The Architecture of Helliwell + Smith
There is a singular, sinuous line of fine houses shaped by Kim Smith and Bo Helliwell through some of North America’s most dramatic landscapes. Like a...