Architecture Books – Week 38/2022
My kind of town...
…Chicago is. In turn, the latest reviews on A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books are:
Two Chicago Guides: The fourth edition of the AIA Guide to Chicago by the American Institute of Architects Chicago, edited by Laurie McGovern Petersen, published by University of Illinois Press; and Architectural Guide Chicago: A Critic's Guide to 100 Post-Modern Buildings in Chicago from 1978 to 2025 by Vladimir Belogolovsky, published by DOM Publishers.
Architecture Book News:
Alexandra Jacobs at the New York Times reviews Charlotte Van den Broeck’s Bold Ventures: Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy, "an idiosyncratic tour of architectural misfires, dotted with its author’s personal anxieties."
Michael Webb on Joseph Giovannini’s Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde, “a monumental exploration of non-conformist design,” in Metropolis. (My review from December 2021)
Queens Chronicle has a recap of an August book talk by Rafael Herrin-Ferri on All the Queens Houses, a book devoted to the “quirky houses could be found all over Queens,” the borough I call home. (My review from October 2021)
#archidosereads
Wim Wenders is one of the five Praemium Imperiale laureates for 2022 that were announced last week. This architect has always liked his films (esp. Paris, Texas), and a few of the pieces in On Film (Faber & Faber, 2001) make me realize why:
A few recently received books:
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