Books Reviews

Antonio Citterio

“I have not done ‘pieces of work’ %u2026 I have done ‘companies’”, says Antonio, referring to his long-term relationship with companies such as B & B Italia, Vitra and Kartell. Internationally renowned architect and designer, Antonio Citterio, has been immersed in Italy’s architecture and design fraternity from a very young age, deciding on his career …

S.F.’s Mission District Goes Large

Proving Good Design is no longer just for the rich, the City by the Bay is bracing for a massive influx of affordable housing, located right in the middle of San Francisco’s famous Mission District. Arquitectonica, an award-winning architectural firm based in Miami, is going cross-country to create Trinity Place, an enormous, six building, 1,900-unit …

Living Modern: Bringing Modernism Home

Modern Living by Andrew Weaving, Graham Atkins Hughes (Photographer), Lisa Freedman ISBN: 9780811833592 192pp From the Publisher Architectural modernism was revolutionary when it first appeared in the 1920s, and its innovation showed the world just what twentieth-century design could bring. Living Modern is a grand showcase of classic homes by such design luminaries as Mies …

1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them

A richly illustrated overview of the best in Modern design On for the home captures one thousand innovative objects produced over the past five years, including furniture, storage, lighting, textiles, carpets and rugs, bathroom fixtures, kitchenware, and electronics, with addresses and designers and cheap furniture manufacturers, materials,  dimensions, and other data. Miami furniture Original. Bringing …

Architecture Now

More than ever before, architecture at the beginning of the 21st century is changing and evolving at lightning speed. Appropriated, chewed up, mulled over, digested, contemplated, and contorted – gathering up along the way fashion, ecology, politics, and art – architectural concepts become veritable things unto themselves in the present tense. As astoundingly diverse as …