Books

Japanese architect Tadao Ando’s latest book collects his drawings and models produced across his career. In this roundup, he selects nine of his favourite examples featured inside. Published in collaboration with Taschen, the book titled Tadao Ando. Sketches, Drawings & Architecture features a collection of 750 drawings, models and plans by the architect. It is

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The Pyramids: Special Economic Vortex Zones of North America explores pyramidal structures throughout the continent. Here, the book’s creator Ian James comments on ten of the weirdest and most interesting examples. Photographer James has been travelling around the United States and Canada documenting modern pyramids for years, stringing together road trips to visit both iconic and

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British architect Piers Taylor advocates a radically local approach to contemporary architecture in his book, Learning from the Local. In this roundup, he picks 10 featured projects that embody the idea. Published with the Royal Institute of British Architects, the book by Invisible Studio founder Taylor encourages the design of more contextual architectural design that

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Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces is a book of “landmark architecture” built around the world between the 1950s and 70s. For our mid-century modern series, its author Dominic Bradbury picks out eight lesser-known buildings that encapsulate the era. Published by Phaidon, the encyclopedic book features 450 modernist buildings across all continents, many created by the

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Over 100 modernist booths that brighten streets across central and eastern Europe feature in the book Kiosk. Authors David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka shed light on the unusual structures and pick ten of the most interesting. Kiosk compiles photos of 150 surviving modular kiosks that were built in factories and assembled in cities in the

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