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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

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The book is a fitting result of a building, the Petite École , that functions as an architecture school for children. A House Deconstructed by Office of (Un)Certainty Research (Mark Jarzombek + Vikramaditya Prakash), published by Actar Publishers. Architectures of Spatial Justice by Dana Cuff, published by MIT Press.

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Rereading the Nineties

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.

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Chile Architecture News: Buildings Designs

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Aug 20, 2016 Omnibus House , Cachagua, Zapallar Design: Gubbins Arquitectos photo : Marco Mendizabal Casa Omnibus To break the typical areas of an urban house; kitchen, living–dining room and dormitories, this house has a double circulation that deconstructs these areas into a set of complimentary places.