ARCHITECT | DESIGN | BUILD 2013
required reading
Six Architecture and Design Books to Give—or Receive!
BY PAMELA CORANTE-HANSEN
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There's a book lover or two on every gift list, or maybe you're the one whose idea of quality time involves a fireplace, your favorite chair
and a hot-off-the-press architecture and design title. Whether you're searching for the perfect gift or dropping a few hints about your
own holiday wish list, South Bay Digs is about to make your seasonal shopping a little easier with our shortlist of 2013's best architecture
and design books.
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Best of Residential
Architecture and Design
Francois Halard
by Francois Halard, Isabelle Dupuy Chavanat,
From the Land:
Backen, Gillam & Kroger Architects
Pierre Berge & Mayer Rus
by Daniel P. Gregory
(RIZZOLI, 2013) - $75
(RIZZOLI, 2013) - $85
by Cindy Allen, editor
(SANDOW MEDIA, 2013) - $49.95
Gorgeous photography, drool-worthy modern and
Ever wish you could snoop around the homes of
Get ready for some posh mountain cabins with
classic homes, and a rich cache of ideas make this a
Coco Chanel, Cy Twombly, Yves Saint Laurent,
spectacular natural views, rustic yet elegant
perfect gift for anyone on your list who is looking to
Richard Avedon and Anh Duong? Fabled interior design
farmhouses surrounded by olive trees, and naturally
build their dream home, remodel their existing abode,
photographer Francois Halard has done all the legwork
beautiful interiors that make you wish you could
or simply kick back while exploring some extraordinary
for you, and his singularly intimate yet all-encompassing
dive into the page and make yourself at home on
examples of architecture and interior design. Everything
photos will transport you in an instant. This substantial
a spacious and well-appointed terrace overlooking
from Don-Draper-esque dining rooms to sleek modern
book can keep the interior design junkies on your gift
a vineyard. Some of the homes featured include
furniture in traditional Beaux-Arts spaces makes this
list happy for hours, maybe even days.
accompanying sketches of the layout to add a
volume a must-see.
practical element to your architectural escapism.
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Interaction of Color
(50th anniversary edition with iPad app)
Remodelista:
A Manual for the Considered Home
Frank Lloyd Wright:
Natural Design, Organic Architecture
by Josef Albers
by Julie Carson & the editors of Remodelista
by Alan Weintraub and Alan Hess
(YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2013) - IPAD APP: $10
(ARTISAN, 2013) - $37.50
(RIZZOLI, 2012) - $55
Written 50 years ago as an academic text, this timeless
Although this title was published last year, it's worth
Remodelista.com, with three like-minded friends. The
a mention (see this edition of DIGS, where we profile
design color scheme as it does to art and painting.
book version takes you through 12 homes and distills the
a Frank Lloyd Wright home in LA County on page
The anniversary edition is accompanied by an optional
most important aspects of turning a tired space into one
91). Wright devotees will swoon at the stunning
iPad app, of which there's a free sample version that
that looks like you called in the world's most exclusive
photography, and design fans in general will appreciate
lets you browse a chapter and play around with the
design teams, but really only spent the equivalent of
the parallels between Wright's design philosophy and
color palette tool.
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Author Julie Carson founded the design website,
primer on color theory applies as much to an interior
what you would on a do-it-yourself project.
today's green architecture movement.
ARCHITECT | DESIGN | BUILD 12.13.2013
