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Metropolis Books
Welcome to Metropolis Books, the home of high-quality, relevant books on architecture, design, sustainability, and the environment. We make books that matter. Books that are beautifully designed. Books that inspire action! Here’s what people are saying about us: “Metropolis Books is the guidepost for the future of design.” —Valerie Casey, founder, Designers Accord “Metropolis Books reveal the beauty ...
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Architecture of Seduction and the Legacy of Horrace Gifford: Monday, May 6 at The Standard, High Line
Come celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fire Island Pines and the publication of Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction, published by Metropolis Books / Gordon de Vries Studio! Monday, May 6, The Standard, High Line hosts a discussion about Fire Island Modernism and the legacy of architect Horace Gifford, featuring architect Charles Renfro, author Chris Rawlins, New Museum Deputy Director Karen ...
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Designers & Books | 7 Books on Mies van der Rohe
Thanks for the View Mr. Mies featured on Designers & Books website as one of the 7 books on Mies van der Rohe. From the Designers & Books site: These 7 books on architect Mies van der Rohe (b. March 27, 1886, d. August 19, 1969) were chosen or written by our contributors, including Massimo Vignelli, Stanley ...
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MASS Design Group on Architectural Record website
Photo © Iwan Baan The Architectural Record article about MASS Design Group discusses their project, The Butaro Hospital in Rwanda for which the book published by MASS further highlights strategies to improve health and strengthen communities through design. Laura Raskin writes, “Before 2007, people living in ...
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Vishaan Chakrabarti discusses his new book on ARCHITECT Magazine website
From the ARCHITECT Video Series An ongoing discussion about the ways technology, the economy and other factors are transforming architects relationships with their jobs. Weekly, different thought leaders in and around the profession will share their insights about the future of the architecture workplace. http://www.architectmagazine.com/business/whats-next/ Hardback, 6.5 x 9.5 128 pages, 150 color images ISBN 9781935202172 Publication ...
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Material Change on The Spaces In Between Blog
In a blog post yesterday on The Spaces In Between Blog, blogger Carrie Olshan writes about discovering a copy of Material Change at her local bookstore, Skylight Books, in Los Angeles. Olshan writes, ”Blossom’s work is not idealistic, it is rooted in the idea that a successful business must make money to survive. Seeking to find ...
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Advance Praise for Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction
“The sophistication, spaciousness, and graciousness of Gifford’s houses of the 1960s and ’70s are a revelation.” – Terence Riley, architect and curator “The injustice of Horace Gifford’s early death was compounded by the fact that his important contribution to American domestic architecture of the 1960s and ’70s has been overlooked by history. No one can bring Gifford back, ...
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Forthcoming titles announced in ARTBOOK | D.A.P. Spring 2013 catalogue
Four new and noteworthy titles have been announced in the new ARTBOOK | D.A.P. Spring 2013 catalog. Titles include: Visible | Invisible: Landscape Works of Reed Hilderbrand, Never Built Los Angeles, A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America, and Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction. The Spring 2013 catalog also includes and represents, for the ...
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Eve Blossom featured on The LiP blog
Eve Blossom, author of Material Change and founder of Lulan Artisans is going to be launching a new e-commerce site, we’ve, a new phase of the Lulan Artisan company. Recently featured on the Luxury in Progress blog, here is an excerpt of an interview with Eve about the project. The LiP: What does Lulan Artisans do? EVE ...
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MASS Design Video by Curry Stone Design Prize
MASS Design Group, founded in 2007 by Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks, has quickly shot to the top of the social design field, with projects in Rwanda and Haiti, features in The New York Times and Forbes, and major awards from such prominent institutions as the Curry Stone Foundation, who put together the video below. The firm’s new monograph, MASS Design Group: Empowering ...
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Thanks For the View Mr. Mies Talk at Van Alen Institute
Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, and Natasha Chandani talk with Alexandra Lange about their book, Thanks for the View Mr. Mies, at Van Alen Books.