learning from las vegas, leaving las vegas and suburban nation. all three are great reads

if you want something obscure...

Michael Alder - Das Haus als Typ.

Alder worked and taught in basel, before the morger + degelo/herzog + de meuron/diener + diener explosion.

meinrad morger, hanspeter mueller, and isabel furtado (Serôdio, Furtado & Associados) worked for him. his houses are phenomenal.

thank post...some good suggestions

non-architectural: check out 'cloud atlas'

on weathering

put $1200 into my PayPal account, and you will have yourself a nice copy of Zumthor Works

why is everyone so keen to sell their Zumthor? Did you get it off the back of a truck?

not architecture, but...........

The Road
by: Carmac McCarthy

no see name...I read architect books sonny. What's that "road" about anyway...probably some civil engineers handboob

get george carlin's trilogy...

brain droppings
napalm and silly putty
when will jesus bring the pork chops

speakin of books... maybe the newest by actar - the function of ornament?? has anyone seen this one? if so, is it good? what are your synopses?

ok here's the list so far

Concrete Architecture: Tone, Texture, Form
Concrete Architecture: Design and Construction
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
Louis I. Kahn: 1901 - 1974: Enlightened Space
Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures
The Alexandria Link: A Novel

the last one is for my dad - i'm keeping it strickly architecture

I'm not too sure about the Duany book, since i know it will be about trying to get me to swallow some new urbanism crap

and if anyone is feeling real kind and wants send a book over for me i'll send you the address of the wish list

anything by Joyce Carol Oates

American Psycho

last day to pitch your ideas...

anything with really great photography? Any europeans want to throw their money | thoughts into the hat?

I was very interested in a book on Enric Miralles; the monograph done inbetween carme & benedetta but its out of print via amazon

I picked up the Function of Ornament book a couple weeks ago. I dig it. I believe it was actually put together by a recent GSD class. It's good to flip through and provides a nice starting point if you're interested in more detail on facade systems in a wide range of buildings.

impressed me.

I'm pushing Goldhagen's "Louis Kahn's situated modernism" - best n´book on kahn I've read - puts him into context cleverly and has interesting project descriptions. It's a textbook. not many images.

I just bought this one on Kahn. Nice pictures, good renderings and models of Kahn's buildings.

My favorite books that I own:

Phylogenesis - FOA
Gordon Matta-Clark - Diserens
Informal - Balmond
Egon Schiele: Drawings & Watercolors - Kallir
SMLXL - Koolhaas (obvious)
Covering + Exposing - Werner
Gyroscopic Horizons - Denari

Calvin and Hobbes: Its a Magical World - Watterson

I second For an Architecture of Reality and add Bernhard Rudofsky: Streets for People.
If you really want to spend some money get the three volumes on Alvar Aalto.
A new one I just got Franz Riepl Architekt by Peters. English and German, havn't finished it but have heard Riepl speak and was impressed. Nothing for you if you are looking for flashy designs.

@agfa8x

how is that Kahn book. I have not seen it and am still looking for "the" Kahn book. Better than the silver exhibit catalogue?

I think it's really good. It has nicely rendered models of unbuilt projects, is well written and has plenty of plans and sections and Kahn's drawings. It doesn't cover much in the way of Kahn's domestic work. It's my only Kahn book, and I'm very happy with it. It's nicely bound and printed, too, which matters. It makes his spaces, especially his big public spaces, look astonishing. I don't know the catalogue book.

if you can find a walter pichler monograph, highly recommend it.

jitka hanzlova-forest

i know who you are...thanks for the fig pie...

nine chains to the moon by buckminster fuller

kristin,

i'm good, what's up with you?...working for a design-build office in mar vista and i do a 9am-11am and 7pm-9m posting shift on archinect...

yeah let's kick it...i'll email you

BOOKS | BOOKS | BOOKS

come on kristin...offer up some commentary on the books damnit; what should i get?

kristin,
nice seeing you...that was fun!

bump

So I have one book in my amazon shopping cart, ready to go. but in the spirit of owning more books, economic stimulus check, and the amount of time it's been since I've purchased something, I'm looking for some suggestions beyond what's been talked about above.

Specifically, I'm looking for monograph from a firm or architect, perhaps something more recent, you know the type of book you keep by your desk at work because it seems like there's always a page you can flip to to get inspiration from, one that doesn't fall under some of the vices that a lot of monographs do (too many pictures and/or no words and vice versa, distracting/poor graphic design, bad organization, done by a second hand editor with what seems like little input from the architect... etc).

Super clean well detailed european wooden boxes, austere spanish concrete monoliths, foldy japanese metal abstractions; anything influenced by the name that building thread... any suggestions?

phu, some suggestions…

morger + degelo
gigon_guyer
mendes de rocha
burkhalter sumi
dietrich untertrifaller
baumschlager eberle
kienast vogt
rcr
kengo kuma
saarinen
gert windgardh
claus en kaan
antoniol + huber
h&dem
sverre fehn
mathias klotz
sean godsell
abalos + herreros
bcj – 12 works
neutelings riedijk
shigeru ban
WYSIWYG – sauerbruch hutton
Tezuka architects


Alternatively, invest in an el croquis, A10 or detail subscription…

yeah, i second klotz. i've been wanting to get this:



mathias klotz: architecture and projects

thanks for the suggestions guys.. the klotz will go to the wishlist for a later time. Wingardh's 30 years of architecture is getting added (I'm a sucker for anything Birkhäuser, someday I'll own the H&deM complete works, or at least one of them). The tezuka was the first one in, and I think the claus en kaan is going to make it in there as well. sounds like a good trifecta for my small library. I have a few on your list Holz.. I've wanted to get a B&E one for awhile, there's just a lot out there and I'm hesitant to buy one blind, we have the 2G one in the office, you have one yourself you could recommend?

i have the two liesbeth waechter-böhm b&e books, housing and her monograph.

they’re good, a bit too much text, and not so much fancy photos and almost zero details, unfortunately.

there is a newer one that might be promising, i haven’t had a chance to browse.

Same story w/ the dietrich untertrifaller mogr. as well (d|u: architektur, staedtebau design)

if you like their work, look for the christian lenz / hermann kaufmann monograph. similar style (both a bit younger than b&e) better photos and details.

All 3 are in german/english

otto kapfinger is writing a hermann kaufmann book that looks rather promising as well (check amazon)

The Search Inside function doesn't do Reiser & Umemoto's Atlas of Novel Tectonics full justice. It is a multi-sensorial joy.

Just type in Bible on ABE and click highest price

phu,

a few more suggestions now that i am home...

monographs:
aldo van eyck
clark & menefee
tom kundig
OSKA
pawson
morphosis
lewerentz
future systems
barkow leibinger
theo hotz
dominque perrault
atelier 5
charles rose
jersey devil

the in detail & construction atlases are a nice addition as well.

always cool when someone bumps a thread you've created

I've been wanting this Mathias Klotz for too long.

the 2g is devoid of legible drawings

thanks for the extended list holz and additional suggestions guys... also on the horizon:

MGF monograph
MAD dinner
jensen skodvin stateside in august

and anyone know what this zumthor is all about?

wow, thanks for all the del.icio.us fodder guys!

Rafael Moneo - Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies

This was a really great and easy-to-read breakdown of eight different architects and their approach to architecture. It's also interesting to read Moneo's thoughts on them.

1966 the number of posts for dread the controller | 1966 HIS visit to Jamaica. Coincidence? I don't think so!!

His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia and Elect of God

oops he's only at 1962...

ha ha ha ha