The Editors Pick the Top Monographs for Summer 2025
This roundup includes volumes focused on the work of David Chipperfield Architects, WORKac, Frei Otto, and many others. All images courtesy of the publishers. David…
A New Book Examines the Link Between Archigram’s Radical Vision and High-Tech London Architecture
This still-popular catchphrase, nailing the British preoccupation with World War II, comes from the 1975 sitcom Fawlty Towers. In a key episode, the eccentric manager…
‘Women Architects at Work’ Uncovers Overlooked Contributors to Modernist History
Women have been mostly missing from the history of Modernism. Authors Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy seek to correct the record. In this…
A New Edition of ‘Los Angeles Before the Freeways’ Comes at a Time When L.A. Again Finds Itself at a Crossroads
✕ Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of an Era 1850–1950, by Arnold Hylen with Nathan Marsak. Angel City Press at the Los Angeles Public…
David Cohn’s New Book Traces the Roots of Modernism in Spain
✕ The new book by Madrid-based architecture critic and RECORD contributing editor David Cohn traces the roots of modernism in Spain, from the Spanish Enlightenment…
A New Biography Captures Franklin D. Israel’s Brief but Impactful Career
✕ We often hear that history flatters the past by forgetting half of it. Although we shouldn’t need to be reminded of the lives taken…
‘Assembly by Design’ Challenges the Accepted Story behind the Design of UN Headquarters in New York
✕ The typical tale of the design of the United Nations Headquarters in New York as a World Cup match between Le Corbusier and Oscar…
Books for the 2024 Holiday Season Picked by the Editors
✕ This roundup of the year-end’s most captivating reads includes monographs and more from Shigeru Ban, Fernanda Canales, Carol Ross Barney, and many others. All…
