books

Observation is a Constant that Underlies All Approaches  By Phyllis Lambert (Lars Müller Publishers, 2023)  REVIEW Elsa Lam  Architect and philanthropist…

Architect Moshe Safdie listens to Yo-Yo Ma play the prelude to Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major on an open deck by the sea, seated alongside King…

Architecture + Itinérance: Pratiques inclusives pour une ville solidaire By Sarahlou Wagner-Lapierre, Élizabeth Prince, Véronic Lapalme, and Sonia Blank;…

Videogame Atlas: Mapping Interactive Worlds By Luke Casper Pearson and Sandra Youkhana (Thames and Hudson, 2022) REVIEW Ksenia Eic Video games have…

D’Arcy Jones Architects, 2009-2020  By D’Arcy Jones (Dalhousie Architectural Press, 2022) EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION BY Trevor Boddy Barely at the mid-point…

Beyond the Divide—A Century of Canadian Mosque Design By Tammy Gaber (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022) REVIEW Roberto Chiotti Beyond the Divide: A…

Context and Content: The Memoir of a Fortunate Architect By A.J. Diamond (Dundurn Press, 2022) REVIEW Stefan Novakovic In the opening chapter of his…

Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead is the only novel that I ever tossed into the recycling after reading the last page. I still remember the THUNK of paperback…

Growing Up Modern, by Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster (Birkhäuser, 2021) REVIEW Javier Zeller PHOTOS Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster    Julia Jamrozik…

By Alex Bozikovic and Raymond Biesinger. Goose Lane Editions, 2022. REVIEW Adele Weder Contemporary cities have evolved from a plethora of buildings that,…

What sleight of hand is required to create a richly comprehensive book, when the subject is just four small projects? Meticulous writing, excellent…

Modern Architecture (Fifth Edition) By Kenneth Frampton (Thames & Hudson, 2020) Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld: Essays in Honor of Kenneth…

The past year saw a bonanza of new books of interest to Canadian architects—many of them authored by Canadian designers. As the holidays approach, we offer…

Falconi’s Tractor, by Dave LeBlanc (Guernica Editions, 2019) Canada has few architecture writers like Globe and Mail columnist Dave LeBlanc, whose…

Slow Disturbance: Infrastructural Mediation on the Settler Colonial Resource Frontier Duke University Press, 2021 REVIEW Lola Sheppard and Mason White At…

Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century By Matthew Soules. Princeton Architectural Press, 2021 Sick…