designboom book reports | architecture and design news and reviews https://www.designboom.com/tag/designboom-book-reports/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Fri, 15 Dec 2023 01:57:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ‘I am a rogue designer and a generous architect’: piero lissoni’s career explored in rizzoli book https://www.designboom.com/architecture/rogue-designer-generous-architect-piero-lissoni-rizzoli-book-12-11-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/rogue-designer-generous-architect-piero-lissoni-rizzoli-book-12-11-2023/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:30:44 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1035868

titled 'environments', the new volume serves as the first comprehensive exploration of the italian architect's 40-year-long creative journey.

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shigeru ban’s latest book celebrates timber in architecture from concepts to completion https://www.designboom.com/architecture/shigeru-ban-latest-book-timber-architecture-concepts-completion-12-07-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/shigeru-ban-latest-book-timber-architecture-concepts-completion-12-07-2023/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:15:07 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1034890

the book presents 45 projects, offering insights into the challenges and benefits of using wood in buildings.

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romain veillon captures abandoned places reclaimed by nature in the absence of humanity https://www.designboom.com/art/romain-veillon-abandoned-places-reclaimed-nature-absence-humanity-photo-book-10-11-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/romain-veillon-abandoned-places-reclaimed-nature-absence-humanity-photo-book-10-11-2023/#respond Wed, 11 Oct 2023 06:45:44 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1021789

what would the earth look like if humans suddenly disappeared?

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alastair philip wiper shoots nuclear test sites & steve job’s childhood home in uncanny photo book https://www.designboom.com/architecture/alastair-philip-wiper-nuclear-test-sites-steve-job-childhood-home-building-stories-photography-book-10-03-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/alastair-philip-wiper-nuclear-test-sites-steve-job-childhood-home-building-stories-photography-book-10-03-2023/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:55:49 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1020159

from ordinary parking lots to top-secret government labs, alastair philip wiper's latest photo book, 'building stories,' explores the hidden narratives of architecture.

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aino + alvar aalto: phaidon book takes readers into the lives and work of the iconic design duo https://www.designboom.com/design/aino-alvar-aalto-book-lives-work-iconic-design-duo-phaidon-09-07-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/aino-alvar-aalto-book-lives-work-iconic-design-duo-phaidon-09-07-2023/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:15:41 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1014600

phaidon's new book reveals the couple's design contributions from the 20th century.

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roberto conte & stefano perego capture brutalism from italian alps to mediterranean sea https://www.designboom.com/architecture/roberto-conte-stefano-perego-brutalism-italian-alps-mediterranean-sea-09-06-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/roberto-conte-stefano-perego-brutalism-italian-alps-mediterranean-sea-09-06-2023/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:50:12 +0000 Conte, Perego https://www.designboom.com/?p=1014334

from the casa del portuale in naples to the 'washing machines’ in genoa: the duo travels 20,000 kilometers across the peninsula.

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from imperial villas to humble sheds: dacha book records a vanishing fairytale wooden world https://www.designboom.com/architecture/imperial-villas-humble-sheds-dacha-book-fairytale-wooden-world-fyodor-savintsev-09-06-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/imperial-villas-humble-sheds-dacha-book-fairytale-wooden-world-fyodor-savintsev-09-06-2023/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:20:24 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1014344

emerging as seasonal or vacation houses typically found in the soviet era, dachas were often used as an escape from city life.

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democracy, diplomacy and defense: a deep dive into the architecture of US embassies https://www.designboom.com/architecture/democracy-diplomacy-defense-deep-dive-us-embassies-david-b-peterson-interview-08-25-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/democracy-diplomacy-defense-deep-dive-us-embassies-david-b-peterson-interview-08-25-2023/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:55:26 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1012154

designboom spoke with david B. peterson about his book on US embassy architecture designed by iconic names such as walter gropius, marcel breuer, and eero saarinen.

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louis vuitton gathers slim aarons’ italian riviera photographs from 1960-80 in new book https://www.designboom.com/art/slim-aarons-dolce-vita-italian-riviera-louis-vuitton-photo-book-07-15-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/slim-aarons-dolce-vita-italian-riviera-louis-vuitton-photo-book-07-15-2023/#respond Sat, 15 Jul 2023 04:15:01 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1005116

idyllic beaches, mediterranean feasts, cocktail hangouts and lush yacht gatherings animate the pages of the new louis vuitton photo book.

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interview: olajumoke adenowo on her neo-heritage book & defining african architecture https://www.designboom.com/architecture/interview-olajumoke-adenowo-contemporary-african-neo-heritage-book-07-12-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/interview-olajumoke-adenowo-contemporary-african-neo-heritage-book-07-12-2023/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:50:47 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1004416

olajumoke adenowo discusses her 'neo heritage' thesis, the significance of decoration and functionality and the influence of light in african architecture.

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