2014 Holiday Gift Books, 2 of 4

This year I'm presenting a selection of 40 holiday gift books from the same number of publishers, presented alphabetically in chunks of 10. Some none-too-serious recommendations of who might like the titles are indicated. See the others here.

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	For the lover of cities: Urban Acupuncture: Celebrating Pinpricks of Change that Enrich City Life Jaime Lerner Island Press Hardcover, 160 pages
	For the lover of Venice: Elements of Venice Foscari Giulia Lars Müller Publishers Hardcover, 696 pages
	For the non-architect interested in architecture: Architectural Styles: A Visual Guide Owen Hopkins Laurence King Publishers Paperback, 240 pages
	For the completist:  Elements: A series of 15 books accompanying the exhibition Elements of Architecture at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale James Westcott (contributions by Rem Koolhaas et al.) Marsilio Paperback w/slipcase, 2,336 pages in 15 books
	For the lover of offbeat graphics: Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires and Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986 Louise Sandhaus (contributions by Lorraine Wild, Denise Gonzales Crisp, Michael Worthington) Metropolis Books Hardcover, 432 pages
	For the proud Luddite: Why Architects Still Draw Paolo Belardi, translated by Zachary Nowak MIT Press Paperback, 136 pages
	For the art lover who doesn't want to spend more than $2.50: New York's Underground Art Museum: MTA Arts and Design Françoise Bollack The Monacelli Press Hardcover, 264 pages
	For the tactical urbanist: Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities Pedro Gadanho Museum of Modern Art Paperback, 176 pages
	For the alternative energy optimist: Landscape and Energy: Designing Transition Dirk Sijmons nai010 Publishers Hardcover, 430 pages
	For the lover of reprints: Los Angeles Boulevard: Eight X-Rays of the Body Public 25th Anniversary Edition Doug Suisman ORO Editions Hardcover, 144 pages

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2014 Holiday Gift Books, 1 of 4

This year I'm presenting a selection of 40 holiday gift books from the same number of publishers, presented alphabetically in chunks of 10. Some none-too-serious recommendations of who might like the titles are indicated. See the others here.

Click covers ↓ to visit Amazon - or click titles ↓ to visit publishers' websites.

	For the creative (co)worker: a+t 43: Workforce: A Better Place to Work a+t research group a+t Paperback, 160 pages
	For the naturalist: Animal Architecture Ingo Arndt Abrams Hardcover, 160 pages
	For the aural architect: Shape of Sound Victoria Meyers Artifice Books on Architecture Hardcover, 144 pages
	For the phenomenologist: Architectural Atmospheres: On the Experience and Politics of Architecture Christian Borch, editor (contributions by Böhme, Eliasson, Pallasmaa) Birkhäuser Hardcover, 112 pages
	For the beginner: Conditional Design: An introduction to elemental architecture Anthony di Mari BIS Publishers Paperback, 160 pages
	For the Eurocentric history buff: The Morphology of the Times European Cities and their Historical Growth Ton Hinse DOM Publishers Paperback, 304 pages
	For the techno-theorist: Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models for Design Agency in Architecture Edited by David Jason Gerber, Mariana Ibanez eVolo Hardcover, 408 pages
	For the eternal dreamer: Imagine Architecture: Artistic Visions of the Urban Realm Lukas Feireiss, Robert Klanten, editors Gestalten Hardcover, 240 pages
	For the landscape artist: Composite Landscapes: Photomontage and Landscape Architecture Edited by Charles Waldheim, Andrea Hansen Hatje Cantz Hardcover, 176 pages
	For the Mies disciple: Last Is More: Mies, IBM and the Transformation of Chicago Robert Sharoff, William Zbaren Images Publishing Hardcover, 160 pages

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Today's archidose #798

Here are some photos of the Roman Temple of Diana Environments (2011) in Merida, Spain, by José María Sánchez García Architects, photographed by Gonzalo Mauleón.











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Interactive Tour: Bushwick Inlet Park

New York City has seen many physical changes in the last couple decades, but none as dramatic as what is taking place along its once industrial waterfronts. Abandoned piers and waterfront land has become the site for new parks along the East River in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. A stretch of the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn has also seen the creation of waterfront housing. Combined with the neighborhood’s rapid gentrification, there has been a desire for open space, part of it satiated by the Bushwick Inlet Park, designed by Kiss + Cathcart, Architects with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners.

Click on the photograph below to launch the interactive tour of Bushwick Inlet Park.

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Today's archidose #797

Here are some photos of the Departments Of Law And Central Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business (2014) in Vienna, Austria, by Crab Studio (Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau), photographed by Sebastian Deptula.

















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