By Elle Ziegler
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Book Review: Urban Wildscapes, Anna Jorgensen and Richard Kennan
Editors: Anna Jorgensen and Richard Kennan (Routledge, 2011) Urban Wildscapes is a diverse collection of essays that provides a critical look at the...
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Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography
Author: John Comazzi (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) Balthazar Korab is “an architect who makes pictures rather than a photographer who is...
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Urban Composition: Developing Community Through Design
Author: Mark C. Childs (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) Cities are one of humanity’s greatest achievements, more than just a sum of their parts—they...
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Up on the Roof: New York’s Hidden Skyline Spaces
Author: Alex MacLean (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) Up on the Roof is a playful photographic exploration of a secret world that exists high above...
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The Human Face of Climate Change
Authors: Mathias Braschler & Monika Fischer (Hatje Cantz, 2011) The Human Face of Climate Change is a quiet and stunning journey into the lives of...
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Old Buildings and New Design: Architectural Transformations
Author: Charles Bloszies (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) “Design integrity is essential for exemplary architecture” – it is with this philosophy...
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Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching and Other Tales from a Newfoundland Fishing Village
Author: Robert Mellin (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008) Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching and Other Tales from a Newfoundland...
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The Mythic City: Photographs of New York by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1925-1944
Author: Donald Albrecht (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005) In 1925, at the age of 50, traveling salesman Samuel H. Gottscho quit his job and began a...
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In the Wilds: Drawings by Nigel Peake
Into the Wilds is an incredible collection of hand-drawings by Irish artist, Nigel Peake. Created over the course of three months, Peake uses illustrative...
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Pamphlet Architecture 31: New Haitian Villages
Author: Steven Holl (Princeton Architectural Presss, 2011) Reviewed by Ellen Ziegler, Spacing Vancouver Pamphlet Architecture 31: New Haitian Villages...
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Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities: Design Strategies for the Post-carbon World
With years of research and experience in designing sustainable urban landscape, University of British Columbia Professor Patrick Condon shares what he has...
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Narrow Houses: New Directions in Efficient Design
With growing interest in compact and narrow urban housing, Avi Friedman’s most recent book – Narrow Houses – is a timely and...