Book Excerpt: Concrete—From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future
The following excerpt is taken from Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future by Mary Soderstrom (University of Regina Press, 2020). The book can…
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Book Review: Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm
Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm, by Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA
(Wiley and Sons: Houston, 2020)From the title, I initially thought this book was about…
Book Review: Adaptation
Adaptation
By Omar Gandhi, Jimenez Lai and John Leroux (Mexico City: Arquine, 2020)
“There is a mythology about the first ten years of young architects in…
Book Review: Modern Architecture and Climate—Design before Air Conditioning
Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning
By Daniel A. Barber (Princeton University Press, 2020)
It’s been more than 50 years since…
Book review: Race and Modern Architecture
Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020.
Edited by Irene Cheng, Charles L.…
Two international experts release open access book on competitions
Two international competition experts—Université de Montréal's Jean-Pierre Chupin and G. Stanley Collyer, chief editor of Competitions magazine—have penned an…
Book Review: Vancouverism
Vancouverism
By Larry Beasley (UBC Press, 2019)
REVIEW Sean Ruthen
It’s been about a decade since the term “Vancouverism” entered the popular lexicon. Also…
Canadian Modern Book Launches in Edmonton and Toronto
On Thursday, March 5, the book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present launches at events in Edmonton and in Toronto.The Edmonton event will be…
Our book reviewed in Architect and Abitare
The AIA's Architect magazine and Abitare are among the publications that have profiled the book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present, …
Canadian Modern Architecture book launch in Montreal
On Saturday February 15, the book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present launches at the CCA with an afternoon panel discussion. The discussion takes…