A thoroughly enjoyable look at five films by four directors, by an architect/writer focused on re-instilling architecture with the poetry that can still be found in cinematic spaces.

A thought-provoking and very entertaining romp through the varied aspects of the contemporary suburban condition, with the usual SUVs, McMansions, and other destructive pieces skewered with Farrelly's skilled and witty prose.

Sanders takes a look at the real and the mythic New York City through the medium of movies, and the reader is that much better off for his perseverance and obvious love of film.

This book presents Darden's search for architectural meaning through his unique design process, his love of literature and poetry, and the skilled hands of a master delineator.

A fascinating and timely book that focuses on public space in the American city where its existence is not only exploited to the fullest, but also defended to the utmost.

This collection is an important addition to any architect's library for its important subject matter (building with the dirt we walk upon and grow crops in) and the quality of projects that come from it.

Garreau uses variety of voices and approaches to illuminate what is in effect a homogenous physical thing.

An outstanding monograph on Slovenia's Sadar Vuga Arhitekti that can be read in numerous ways via a cross-referencing of formulas to architectural projects. Photos and drawings are accompanied by diagrams and text, the last with a personal honesty missing from other monographs that tend towards the dry and objective.

A monograph on a speculative project for a hanging funereal structure hanging over Baghdad. A powerful, if hard to decipher design that makes one think about the actions contributing to the project's occupation.

A beautifully-made book on one of the unsung personalities in architecture, told via lengthy essays and a bevy of well-chosen illustrations and book and magazine excerpts.

A well-designed book that looks at three cities in relationship to their shared roles in the loops of the corporate global network.

A compilation of projects in Catalonia presented for their innovative solutions. A good variety with consistently high quality work throughout.

An illuminating account of the ways different cultures view their past through preservation, and enlightening the reader to the effects of war, time, pollution, and other forces impacting buildings.

A sometimes exhilarating and sometimes frustrating work that attempts to bridge theory and practice, by focusing on space and its production.

A lucid analysis of city theory, urban design, and architecture that instills the reader with a fresh vocabulary, a new way of thinking about the city, and henceforth its future.

A mix of theory and its practical application, this book attempts to influence architects and designers towards a consideration of all the senses, away from the predominantly visual and formal designs of today.

An interesting read on the making of the New Museum's new home on the Bowery. Geared to architects with its details on the building's construction.

While focusing specifically on NYC, this book is a microcosm of the rest of America, which finds itself struggling to contain and control this beast it's unleashed in the name of individual freedom and progress but at the expense of community

The first in a series from Toto that looks at the Japanese master's buildings; this one focuses on his wonderful single-family houses and Rokko Housing. The text by Ando is an insightful addition to the usual images of his photogenic designs.

Billed as the first collection of all of Mies van der Rohe's houses built in Germany and the United States, this beautifully photographed and carefully documented double issue illuminates the architect's transformations in residential design.