2013 Holiday Gift Books

This year I'm presenting a selection of 35 holiday gift books from the same number of publishers. The book covers provide more information and links to Amazon, while the book titles are linked to the publishers' websites. Where applicable, links to my reviews are provided.<br /><br /><table border="0"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8415391145/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8415391145&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=8415391145&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=8415391145" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Actar</b><br /><br /><i><b>Landscape Futures: Instruments, Devices and Architectural Inventions</b></i> <br />Geoff Manaugh, editor<br />Paperback, 308 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/09/23/landscape-futures/">on my weekly page</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8461641361/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8461641361&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=8461641361&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=8461641361" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>a+t</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://aplust.net/tienda/libros/%20%20%20%20%20/10%20Stories%20of%20Collective%20Housing/">10 Stories of Collective Housing: Graphical Analysis of Inspiring Masterpieces</a></b></i> <br />a+t research group<br />Paperback, 496 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/10/21/10-stories-of-collective-housing/">on my weekly page</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161769052X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=161769052X&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=161769052X&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=161769052X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Abrams</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Design_Brooklyn-9781617690525.html">Design Brooklyn: Renovation, Restoration, Innovation</a></b></i> <br />Anne Hellman and Michel Arnaud<br />Hardcover, 256 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3038214124/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3038214124&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3038214124&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3038214124" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Birkhäuser</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/210776">Where Architects Work</a></b></i> <br />Nils Ballhausen, editor<br />Paperback, 256 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3943365808/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3943365808&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3943365808&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3943365808" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>CCA</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www3.cca.qc.ca/Bookstore/fiche.asp?lang=eng&BookID=26501200000018318">Archaeology of the Digital</a></b></i> <br />Greg Lynn, editor<br />Paperback, 396 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8862082444/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8862082444&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=8862082444&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=8862082444" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Damiani</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.artbook.com/9788862082440.html">Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Lincoln Center Inside Out: An Architectural Account</a></b></i> <br />Diller Scofidio + Renfro<br />Hardcover, 311 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-talk-and-review-lincoln-center.html">on this blog</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3869222204/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3869222204&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3869222204&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3869222204" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>DOM Publishers</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.dom-publishers.com/products/en/Architectural-Guides/Brazil-Architectural-Guide.html">Brazil Architectural Guide</a></b></i> <br />Laurence Kimmel, Anke Tiggemann, Bruno Santa CecÍlia<br />Paperback, 336 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374211744/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374211744&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0374211744&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0374211744" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Farrar, Straus and Giroux</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/howarchitectureworks/WitoldRybczynski">How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit</a></b></i> <br />Witold Rybczynski<br />Hardcover, 368 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/10/14/how-architecture-works/">on my weekly page</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3899554973/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3899554973&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3899554973&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3899554973" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Gestalten</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://usshop.gestalten.com/around-the-world.html">Around the World: An Atlas for Today</a></b></i> <br />Andrew Losowsky, Sven Ehmann, and Robert Klanten, editors<br />Hardcover, 272 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2013/11/book-review-around-world.html">on this blog</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1864704950/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1864704950&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1864704950&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1864704950" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Images Publishing</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.imagespublishing.com/index.cfm?booktitle=Kinetic%20Architecture&siteaction=details&id=537">Kinetic Architecture: Design for Active Envelopes</a></b></i> <br />Russell Fortmeyer and Charles Linn<br />Hardcover, 224 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610914260/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610914260&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1610914260&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1610914260" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Island Press</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/D/bo9099987.html">Design for an Empathic World: Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self</a></b></i> <br />Sim van der Ryn<br />Hardcover, 192 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/11/18/design-for-an-empathic-world/">on my weekly page</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3037783443/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3037783443&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3037783443&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3037783443" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Lars Müller Publishers</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/en/le-corbusier-secret-photographer">LC Foto: Le Corbusier Secret Photographer</a></b></i><br />Tim Benton<br />Hardcover, 416 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1780672721/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1780672721&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1780672721&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1780672721" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Laurence King Publishers</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/us/100-years-of-architectural-drawing-1900-2000/">100 Years of Architectural Drawing: 1900 - 2000</a></b></i> <br />Neil Bingham<br />Hardcover, 320 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935202960/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935202960&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1935202960&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1935202960" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Metropolis Books</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://metropolisbooks.com/books/new-releases/never-built-los-angeles/">Never Built Los Angeles</a></b></i> <br />Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin<br />Hardcover, 376 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262519550/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0262519550&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0262519550&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0262519550" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>MIT Press</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/question-qualities">A Question of Qualities: Essays in Architecture</a></b></i> <br />Jeffrey Kipnis, edited by Alexander Maymind<br />Paperback, 288 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580933696/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1580933696&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1580933696&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1580933696" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>The Monacelli Press</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.monacellipress.com/book/?isbn=9781580933698">Old Building, New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations</a></b></i> <br />Françoise Bollack<br />Hardcover, 224 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0870708937/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0870708937&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0870708937&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0870708937" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Museum of Modern Art</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Young%20Frank%20Architect_10451_10001_162154_-1_26683_11486_162167">Young Frank, Architect</a></b></i> <br />Frank Viva<br />Hardcover, 40 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/08/19/young-frank-architect/">on my weekly page</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9462080127/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9462080127&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=9462080127&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=9462080127" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>nai010 Publishers</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.artbook.com/9789462080126.html">MVRDV Buildings</a></b></i> <br />Author<br />Hardcover, 400 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com/blog/12-notable-design-books-2013-september-reviews#5">at Designers and Books</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1941806163/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1941806163&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1941806163&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1941806163" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>ORO Editions</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.oroeditions.com//book/we-build-city">We Build the City: New York City's Design + Construction Excellence Program</a></b></i> <br />Jayne Merkel, editor<br />Paperback, 500 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307906906/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307906906&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0307906906&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307906906" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Pantheon</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.park-books.com/index.php?pd=pb&lang=en&page=books&book=519">Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories</a></b></i> <br />Ben Katchor<br />Hardcover, 160 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/06/03/hand-drying-in-america/">on my weekly page</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3906027317/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3906027317&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3906027317&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3906027317" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Park Books</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.park-books.com/index.php?pd=pb&lang=en&page=books&book=519">The Working Drawing: The Architect's Tool</a></b></i> <br />Annette Spiro and David Ganzoni, editors<br />Hardcover, 328 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/071484800X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=071484800X&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=071484800X&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=071484800X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Phaidon</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.phaidon.com/store/architecture/carlo-scarpa-9780714848006/">Carlo Scarpa</a></b></i> <br />Robert McCarter <br />Hardcover, 256 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193846107X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=193846107X&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=193846107X&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=193846107X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Pointed Leaf Press</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.pointedleafpress.com/kabbalah-in-art-and-architecture">Kabbalah in Art and Architecture</a></b></i> <br />Alexander Gorlin<br />Hardcover, 192 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3791345222/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3791345222&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3791345222&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3791345222" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Prestel</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.randomhouse.de/book/Crossover/Cecil-Balmond/e327707.rhd?pub=58500">Crossover</a></b></i> <br />Cecil Balmond<br />Hardcover, 720 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616891777/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616891777&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1616891777&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616891777" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Princeton Architectural Press</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616891770">The Sea Ranch: Fifty Years of Architecture, Landscape, and Placemaking on the Northern California Coast </a></b></i> <br />Donlyn Lyndon and Jim Alinder<br />Hardcover, 304 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0847831590/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0847831590&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0847831590&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0847831590" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Rizzoli</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847831593">Tadao Ando: Houses</a></b></i> <br />Philip Jodidio<br />Hardcover, 300 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415534887/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0415534887&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0415534887&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0415534887" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Routledge</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415534888/">Architecture and Capitalism: 1845 to the Present</a></b></i> <br />Peggy Deamer, editor<br />Paperback, 264 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3858813699/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3858813699&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3858813699&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3858813699" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Scheidegger and Spiess</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.park-books.com/index.php?lang=en&page=books&view=co&booktype=order_1_releasedate&subject=4&artist=all&author=all&pd=ss&book=465">Concrete: Photography and Architecture</a></b></i> <br />Daniela Janser, Thomas Seelig, and Urs Stahel, editors<br />Hardcover, 440 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3836544873/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3836544873&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3836544873&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=3836544873" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Taschen</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/architecture/all/48707/facts.the_architects_home.htm"><i><b>The Architect's Home</b></i></a> <br />Gennaro Postiglione<br />Hardcover, 480 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0789327074/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0789327074&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0789327074&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0789327074" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Universe</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780789327079"><i><b>Discovering Architecture</b></i></a> <br />Philip Jodidio<br />Hardcover, 260 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/10/28/discovering-architecture/">on my weekly page</a>.</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022604680X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=022604680X&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=022604680X&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=022604680X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>University of Chicago Press</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo16095803.html"><i><b>Building Ideas: An Architectural Guide to the University of Chicago</b></i></a> <br />Jay Pridmore <br />Paperback, 160 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081667745X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=081667745X&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=081667745X&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=081667745X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>University of Minnesota Press</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/new-architecture-on-indigenous-lands"><i><b>New Architecture on Indigenous Lands</b></i></a> <br />Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka<br />Paperback, 272 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118418794/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118418794&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1118418794&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1118418794" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Wiley</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118418794.html">Drawing Architecture AD</a></b></i> <br />Neil Spiller<br />Paperback, 136 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393733580/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393733580&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0393733580&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393733580" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>W. W. Norton</b><br /><br /><a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-73358-7/"><i><b>Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World</b></i></a> <br />Bridgette Meinhold<br />Paperback, 256 pages<br /><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300197985/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300197985&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0300197985&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=aweeklydoseof-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0300197985" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></td><td><b>Yale University Press</b><br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300197983">Wunderkammer</a></b></i> <br />Tod Williams and Billie Tsien<br />Hardcover, 256 pages<br /><br />My review <a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com/blog/10-notable-design-books-2013-november-reviews#9">at Designers and Books</a>.</td> </tr></tbody></table>

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