12 Favorite Books of 2012

Here are a dozen of my <b>favorite books</b> from the 71 that I reviewed in 2012 on my <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/books.html">weekly</a> and <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/search/label/book-review">daily</a> pages, listed in chronological order. Note, these books weren't necessarily released in 2012; for my list of Notable Books that were released in 2012, with some overlap below, see <a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com/designer/booklist/john-hill/notable-books-2012" target="_blank">my list at Designers and Books</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-100-ideas-that-changed.html"><img alt="book-1" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-100ideas.jpg" title=" 100 Ideas that Changed Architecture by Richard Weston" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/01/23/wonderland-manual-for-emerging-architects/"><img alt="book-2.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wonderland.jpg" title="Wonderland Manual for Emerging Architects edited by Wonderland - Platform for Architecture, Silvia Forlati, Anne Isopp" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/03/12/writing-about-architecture/"><img alt="book-3.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lange.jpg" title="Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities by Alexandra Lange" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/03/20/five-north-american-architects/"><img alt="book-4.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/frampton-na.jpg" title="Five North American Architects: An Anthology by Kenneth Frampton" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/04/09/project-japan/"><img alt="book-5.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/project-japan.jpg" title="Project Japan: Metabolism Talks by Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/06/04/imperfect-health/"><img alt="book-6.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/imperfect_health.jpg" title="Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture edited by Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/06/18/citizens-of-no-place/"><img alt="book-7.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/no-place.jpg" title="Citizens of No Place: An Architectural Graphic Novel by Jimenez Lai" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/07/09/thomas-heatherwick-making/"><img alt="book-8.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/heatherwick.jpg" title="Thomas Heatherwick: Making by Thomas Heatherwick with Maisie Rowe" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/08/13/the-shape-of-green/"><img alt="book-9.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hosey.jpg" title="The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design by Lance Hosey" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/10/22/thanks-for-the-view-mr-mies/"><img alt="book-10.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mr-mies.jpg" title="Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park, Detroit edited and with text by Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani | Placement" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/10/29/terunobu-fujimori-architect/"><img alt="book-11.jpg" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fujimori.jpg" title="Terunobu Fujimori: Architect edited by Michael Buhrs and Hannes Rössler" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/11/19/three-books-about-architecture-and-its-relationship-to-landscape/"><img alt="book-12.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-12.jpg" title="White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes by Raymund Ryan" width="250" /></a>

12 Favorite Books of 2012

Here are a dozen of my favorite books from the 71 that I reviewed in 2012 on my weekly and daily pages, listed in chronological order. ...

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