Architecture Books – Week 35/2021
Last week on A Daily Dose of Architecture Books:
Robin Boyd: Late Works, by Peter Raisbeck and Christine Phillips, published by Uro Publications: “Across five chapters, [the authors] hone in on Boyd's writings, a few non-residential projects, his designs for two expos in 1967 and 1970, a few urban redevelopment plans, and what the authors call ‘The Terrific Upheaval’ at the end of his all-too-short life.”
Pisé – Rammed Earth. Tradition and Potential, edited by Roger Boltshauser with Cyril Veillon and Nadja Maillard, published by Triest: “An impressive book … geared to swaying skeptical architects and other professionals, rather than reinforcing those already convinced of the benefits of earth architecture.”
Mute Icons — and Other Dichotomies on the Real in Architecture, by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich with Constance Vale, published by Actar Publishers: “[Spina and Huljich] mine precedents that span nearly 5,000 years, from Ancient Egypt to 2009, doing it in a way that renders them ‘familiar yet strange’ and enables their analysis to be applied to the projects of their studio, PATTERNS.”
Schweizerisches Landesmuseum Zürich. Erweiterung 2010-2016, edited by Jenny Keller with photographs by Roman Keller, published by Bundesamt für Bauten und Logistik BBL: “an excellent book on a worthwhile project; the care one expects from Swiss architecture extends to the book, with its detachable paperback jacket, gatefold drawings, and beautiful paper.”
#archidosereads
Some of the many instances of circular geometries on display in "The Architect as Developer" by John Portman and Jonathan Barnett (McGraw-Hill, 1976):
Coming up this week on A Daily Dose of Architecture Books:
New Middles: From Main Street to Megalopolis, What Is the Future of the Middle City?
Drawing Matter Extracts 2: Women Writing Architecture
And more!
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