It is that time of year again! Docomomo US is pleased to present our annual list of notable books of 2016. This year's list is packed full of must-have books, many written by Docomomo US members, that will inspire you to unplug for a while.
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Breuer: The Complete monograph on Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), the last of the first generation of Modernist architects Robert McCarter
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The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945-1976 John Harwood
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Concrete Cuba: Cuban Geometric Abstraction from the 1950s Text by: Abigail McEwen, Susanna Temkin
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Paul Rand: A Designer’s Art Paul Rand, Afterword by Steven Heller
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Coming 2017 Wendy Lesser
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Unseen Midcentury Desert Modern Daniel Chavkin
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Coming Soon Michelangelo Sabatino and Rhodri Windsor Liscombe |
Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist Jens Hoffmann and Claudia J. Nahson
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Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: West Coast USA Sam Lubell and Darren Bradley (Photography)
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Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence Styliane Philippou
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The Creative Architect: Inside the Great Midcentury Personality Study Pierluigi Serraino
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This Brutal World Peter Chadwick |
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Coming 2017 Victor Gruen (Author) Anette Baldauf (Editor) |
Marfa Modern: Artistic Interiors of the West Texas High Desert Helen Thompson (Author), Casey Dunn (Photographer) |
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Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America Edited by Brian D. Conway and Amy Arnold
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Coming January 2017 Rem Koolhaas, Denise Scott Brown, and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto in Conversation with Enrique Walker
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Andrew Geller: Deconstructed Jake Gorst
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This is Frank Lloyd Wright Ian Volner (Author), Michael Kirkham (Illustrator)
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Vertical Urban Factory Nina Rappaport |
Proceedings of the Mid-Century Modern Structures: Materials and Preservation Symposium St. Louis, Missouri, April 13-16, 2015 Edited by: Katheryn Doyle, Andrew Ferrell, Frank E. Sanchis III, Mary F. Striegel |
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Out of Season: The Vanishing Architecture of the Wildwoods Mark Havens (Author), Jamer Hunt (Contributor), Joseph Giovannini (Contributor)
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Mid-Michigan Modern: From Frank Lloyd Wright to Googie Susan J. Bandes
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Voyage Le Corbusier: Drawings on the Road Jacob Brillhart (Author) Le Corbusier (Drawings by)
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Manual of Section Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis
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African Modernism: Architecture of Independence Manuel Herz, Ingrid Schroder, Hans Focketyn, and Julia Jamrozik
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William Krisel’s Palm Springs: The Language of Modernism Heidi Creighton (Author), Chris Menrad (Author), Darren Bradley (Photographer)
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Concrete Concept: Brutalist Buildings Around the World Christopher Beanland (Author) Jonathan Meades (Foreword) |
Modern Forms Photographs by Nicolas Grospierre |
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The Suburban Church: Modernism and Community in Postwar America Gretchen Buggeln
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Chairs by Architects Agata Toromanoff
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John Vassos: Industrial Design for Modern Life Danielle Shapiro |
Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument Francesco Dal Co |
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30 Years of Emerging Voices: Idea, Form, Resonance The Architectural League of New York
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Coming 2017 Michael G. Smith
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Aalto Louna Lahti (Author), Peter Gössel (Editor)
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Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York Judith Gura, Kate Wood
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Louis I. Kahn in Conversation: Interviews with John W. Cook and Heinrich Klotz, 1969-70 Edited by Jules David Prown and Karen E. Denavit
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Environmental Communications: Contact High Mark Wasiuta and Marcos Sanchez
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Last Project Standing: Civics and Sympathy in Post-Welfare Chicago Catherine Fennell |
The Other Architect / Another Way of Building Architecture Giovanna Borasi |
