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Book Briefs #41: Six Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

I've decided to bring back "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog. A well-considered use of materials and an emphasis on small-scale massing (even in the larger projects) unite the projects.

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Reconstructing the Stockholm Exhibition 1930

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The exhibition is organised by Svenska Slöjdföreningen ('Swedish Arts and Crafts Society'), managed by its director, the art historian Gregor Paulsson, and designed to a large extent by Gunnar Asplund. Acceptera is one of "three founding texts" included in MoMA's 2008 English-language book Modern Swedish Design.)

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Ten Pairs of Books for Christmas

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

This year's roundup of books to give to discerning architects for the holidays is presented in pairs. While at least one book in each pair is new, the other one isn't necessarily so — new, old, or not-so-old, it is related to the first in some manner, as explained in my descriptions. Hey, architectural historians like gift books, too!)

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Architecture Education Through The Ages: Part I, Pre-Revolutionary France

Architizer

Students should not face unworkable schedules that force them to sacrifice their sleep and overall health. Just recently, an Architizer article by Samantha Frew lamented the ubiquit y of “all nighters” among architecture students. However, its influence on subsequent architecture education was profound.

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Bob Stern and Bill Brussat

Architecture Here and There

(Pinterest/from his latest book). A book unexpected and unannounced arrived on my doorstep today: Robert A.M. Stern’s Between Memory and Invention , which I immediately mistook for an update of an earlier volume of his, Tradition and Invention in Architecture (2011). I was just a kid. where I was primarily raised.

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What do we design for? Who do we design for? [10]

A Better Built Environment

People don’t hire us to make buildings, people hire us to create the inspiring spaces within which we experience and enjoy life. Book Club The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Follow the link above to see more images and explore their other inspiring design work.

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Thirteen architecture projects by students at Cardiff University

Deezen

This project reimagines Belleek from a decolonial perspective in an alternative arrangement of site and architecture." Student: Patrick Clarkson Unit: Unit 01 Alternative Arrangements Tutor: Michael Corr Email: clarksonpe[at]gmail.com The Healing Journey by Tara Alizadeh Irani "For the wounded, a simple walk becomes a battling journey.

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