Architecture & Design
Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes
Paperback
A tour of not-to-be-missed public places—parks, plazas, memorials, streets—that shape the New York experience.
An Infinity of Graces: Cecil Ross Pinsent, An English Architect in the Italian Landscape
Hardback
An exploration of the work of the English architect and landscape designer who practiced almost exclusively in Italy from 1907 to midcentury.
Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World
Paperback
Disaster-proof, environmentally friendly housing solutions for a changing climate.
The Planning Game: Lessons from Great Cities
Hardback
Can planners—or anyone—improve a neighborhood, city, suburb, or region? Planning does work: this book explains how.
Edward Durell Stone: Modernism's Populist Architect
Hardback
“Colossus,” “visionary,” “giant” are superlatives used in the mid-twentieth century to describe Edward Durell Stone (1902–1978), a celebrity architect whose wholly unique modern aesthetic of “new romanticism” played a crucial role in defining middle-class culture.