The 2024 Holiday Book List December 13, 2024
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The 2024 Holiday Book List Wondering what to read in the new year? We've compiled 60 must-read titles on architecture and design, as well as recommended reading to get you thinking about on-theme topics for 2025 and beyond. Our Annual Theme for next year focuses on Places of Worship (more on that soon), and we're looking forward to the PRP4 conference, March 19-22, in Boston. Further afield, check out recommended reads about Los Angeles, our host city for the 2026 International °®¶¹app Conference.
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The Farm at Black Mountain College Written by David Silver; edited by Ananda Pellerin
, 2024
Alexander Girard Let the Sun In Written by Todd Oldham and Kiera Coffee
, 2024
Roberto Burle Marx Lectures Landscape as Art and Urbanism Edited by Gareth Doherty, photographs by Leonardo Finotti
, 2020
Noguchi's Gardens Landscape as Sculpture Written by Marc Treib
, 2024
Brutalist Plants Written by Olivia Broome
, 2024
Architectural Pottery Ceramics for a Modern Landscape Written by Daniel Chavkin, Jeffrey Head , and Jo Lauria
, 2024
Lost Danish Treasure Written by Carl J. D'Silva
2024
Sheila Hicks Radical Vertical Inquiries Written by Sheila Hicks; edited by Frauke V. Josenhans; foreword by Enrico Martignoni
, 2024
Woven Histories Textiles and Modern Abstraction Edited by Lynne Cooke
, 2023
Paula Scher Works Written by Paula Scher
, 2024
Mid-Century Type Typography, Graphics, Designers David Jury (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
, 2023
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces Written by Dominic Bradbury
, 2024
Margin and Text Amplifying Diverse Voices in Architecture Editied by Kelly Carlson-Reddig, José L. S. Gámez, and Betsy West
, 2024
The Responsible Object A History of Design Ideology for the Future Edited by Marjanne Van Helvert
, 2017
Modernism's Magic Hat Written by Ijlal Muzaffar
, 2024
Bowlarama The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling Written by Chris Nichols, with Adriene Biondo
, 2024
The Aluminaire House Written by Jon Michael Schwarting and Frances Campani
, 2024
Materialized Space The Architecture of Paul Rudolph Written by Abraham Thomas
, 2024
Constructed Geographies Paulo Mendes Da Rocha Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen and Vanessa Grossman
, 2024
Le Corbusier  Album Punjab, 1951 Edited by Maristella Casciato
, 2024
Breuer Written by Robert McCarter
, 2024
Isay W Isay Weinfeld Introduction by Isay Weinfeld
, 2024
The Mack Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art Written by Robyne Calvert
, 2024
Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture Written by Diane Ghirardo
, 2024
Mies in His Own Words Complete Writings, Speeches, and Interviews: 1922-1969 Edited by Michelangelo Sabatino and Vittorio Pizzigoni
, 2024
Mies Van Der Rohe An Architect in His Time Written by Dietrich Neumann
, 2024
Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago Rise and Fall of Experimentation in Concrete Written by Alexander Eisenschmidt
, 2024
Assembly by Design The United Nations and Its Global Interior Written by Olga Touloumi
, 2024
Modern Chinese Architecture 180 Years Written by Nancy S. Steinhardt
, 2024
Cuban Mid-Century Design A Modernist Regime Written by Abel González Fernandez, Laura Mott, and Andrew Satake Blauvelt
, 2024
South Bank Architecture & Design Written by Dominic Bradbury; photographs by Rachael Smith
, 2024
Brutalist Japan A Photographic Tour of Post-War Japanese Architecture Written by Paul Tulett
, 2024
A Concrete Alliance Communism and Modern Architecture in Postwar France Written by Vanessa Grossman
, 2024
Who Are Godwin and Hopwood? Exploring Tropical Architecture in the Age of the Climate Crisis Written by Ben Tosland
, 2024
Miami in the Anthropocene Rising Seas and Urban Resilience Written by Stephanie Wakefield
, 2025
Second-Order Preservation Social Justice and Climate Action Through Heritage Policy Writtrn by Erica Avrami
, 2024
Modernity and the Construction of Sacred Space Edited by Aaron French and Katharina Waldner
, 2024
Sacred Modernity The Holy Embrace of Modernist Architecture Hardcover Text and photographs by Jamie McGregor Smith, with Ivica Brnic and Jonathan Meades
, 2024
Sacred Concrete The Churches of Le Corbusier Written by Flora Samuel and Inge Linder-Gaillard
, 2024
The Making of Modern Muslim Selves through Architecture Edited by Farhan S. Karim and Patricia Blessing
, 2024
The Architecture of Modern American Synagogues, 1950s–1960s Written by Anat Geva
, 2023
American Unitarian Churches Architecture of a Democratic Religion Written by Ann Marie Borys
, 2022
Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture Edited by Anat Geva
, 2018
Designing Sacred Spaces Written by Sherin Wing
, 2018
Islamic Architecture on the Move Motion and Modernity Written by Christiane Gruber
Sacred Spaces Contemporary Religious Architecture Written by James Pallister
, 2015
Beth Sholom Synagogue Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture Written by Joseph M. Siry
2011
Constructing the Ineffable: Contemporary Sacred Architecture Yale University School of Architecture; edited by Karla Britton
, 2011
Insuring the City The Prudential Center and the Postwar Urban Landscape Written by Elihu Rubin
, 2024
Boston in Transit Mapping the History of Public Transportation in The Hub Written by Steven Beaucher
, 2023
Brutalist Boston Map Guide to Brutalist Architecture in Boston Edited by Chris Grimley, Blue Crow Media, Michael Kubo
, 2017
Building Boston Stories of Architectural and Engineering Feats Written by Ted Clarke
, 2016
Heroic Concrete Architecture and the New Boston Written by Mark Pasnik, Chris Grimley, and Michael Kubo
, 2015
AIA Guide to Boston Contemporary Landmarks, Urban Design, Parks, Historic Buildings And Neighborhoods Written by Michael Southworth and Susan Southworth
, 2008
The Making of Modern Los Angeles Written by Nick Patsaouras
, 2024
Inventing Paradise The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles Written by Paul Haddad
, 2024
Los Angeles The Development, Life, and Structure of the City of Two Million in Southern California Written by Anton Wagner; edited by Edward Dimendberg; translated by Timothy Grundy; foreword by Anthony Vidler
, 2022
Preserving Los Angeles How Historic Places Can Transform America's Cities Written by Ken Bernstein; photographs by Stephen Schafer
, 2021
Los Angeles The Architecture of Four Ecologies Written by Reyner Banham; foreword by Joe Day
, 2009
Los Angeles and the Automobile The Making of the Modern City Written by Scott L. Bottles
, 1991
