Ornament is Crime: Modernist Architecture

An unprecedented homage to modernist architecture from the 1920s up to the present day

Ornament Is Crime is a celebration and a thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architecture. 

The book proposes that modernism need no longer be confined by traditional definitions, and can be seen in both the iconic works of the modernist canon by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Walter Gropius, as well as in the work of some of the best contemporary architects of the twenty-first century. 

This book is a visual manifesto and a celebration of the most important architectural movement in modern history.

  Ornament is Crime: Modernist Architecture

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Ornament is Crime journeys between the decades to liberate Modernism from its traditional definitions and proposes its continuing presence in the in the work of 21st century architects... [With] elegant spreads and striking examples... An intriguing manifesto... The use of quotes from cultural figures as diverse as Leonard Cohen and Kazimir Malevich here reframes Modernism as a timeless dialogue."—Aesthetica

"A gorgeous collection of black-and-white photographs of homes by modern masters and contemporary architects."—Curbed

"Beautifully illustrated throughout, this thought-provoking compendium invites you to discover modernism's journey from the 1920s to the present day... Inspiring... Ornament is Crime is also interspersed with classic song lyrics, literary excerpts and insightful quotes [...] adding depth and context to the featured images."—CreativeBoom.com

Ornament is Crime: Modernist Architecture

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Phaidon Press (June 19, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0714874167
ISBN-13: 978-0714874166
Product Dimensions: 10 x 1 x 11.5 inches

Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 Complete Reference Guide

Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 Complete Reference Guide is a popular book among users new to 3ds Max and is used extensively in schools around the globe. The success of this book is found in its simple easy-to-understand explanations coupled with its even easier to follow tutorials. The tutorials are laser focused on a specific topic without any extra material, making it simple to grasp difficult concepts. The book also covers all aspects of the software, making it a valuable reference for users of all levels.

The Complete Reference Guide is the ultimate book on 3ds Max, and like Autodesk s 3D animation software, it just gets better and better with each release. Whether you're new to 3ds Max or an experienced user, you'll find everything you need in this complete resource. The book kicks off with a getting started section, so beginners can jump in and begin working with 3ds Max right away. Experienced 3ds Max users, will appreciate advanced coverage of features like crowd simulation, particle systems, radiosity, MAXScript and more. Over 150 tutorials complete with before and after files help users at all levels build real world skills.

What you'll learn

Discover all the new features and changes in 3ds Max 2018
Learn how to reference, select, clone, group, link and transform objects
Explore 3D modeling and how to apply materials and textures
Set impressive scenes with backgrounds, cameras and lighting
Master smart techniques for rendering, compositing and animating
Create characters, add special effects, and finish with dynamic animations such as hair and cloth
Get comfortable with key tools such as Track View, Quicksilver, mental ray®, Space Warps, MassFX and more 

Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 Complete Reference Guide

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Perfect Paperback: 1300 pages
Publisher: SDC Publications (June 23, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1630571075

ISBN-13: 978-1630571078

New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham's Jazz Age Architecture

Of all the world's great cities, perhaps none is so defined by its Art Deco architecture as New York. Lively and informative, New York Art Deco leads readers step-by-step past the monuments of the 1920s and 30s that recast New York as the world's modern metropolis.

Anthony W. Robins, New York's best-known Art Deco guide, includes an introductory essay describing the Art Deco phenomenon, followed by eleven walking tour itineraries in Manhattan each accompanied by a map designed by legendary New York cartographer John Tauranac and a survey of Deco sites across the four other boroughs.

 Also included is a photo gallery of sixteen color plates by nationally acclaimed Art Deco photographer Randy Juster. In New York Art Deco, Robins has distilled thirty years' worth of experience into a guidebook for all to enjoy at their own pace.

  New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham's Jazz Age Architecture 

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

A wonderful, warmhearted, exceptionally knowledgeable and detailed guidebook that takes you firmly by the hand along fifteen thoughtfully planned itineraries through New York's most exuberant and optimistic architectural heritage: those much-beloved Art Deco skyscrapers, apartment houses, shops, and theaters that stand out as the showy orchids and magnificent birds-of-paradise of the city's building stock. Anthony W. Robins's New York Art Deco is an essential introduction to hundreds of structures that are, as the book says, waiting impatiently for you to visit. Tony Hiss, author of In Motion: The Experience of Travel

New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham's Jazz Age Architecture

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Paperback: 273 pages
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press (June 1, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1438463960
ISBN-13: 978-1438463964
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches

Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons

Cool breezes, miles of pristine beaches, and vast, open farmland have long attracted visitors to Long Island’s South Fork, known worldwide as “The Hamptons.” 

Residents in picturesque seaside communities from Southampton to Montauk are calling upon world-class designers to fine-tune their visions, giving rise to a fresh design vernacular: homes that are testaments to what can be achieved when inspired by the natural beauty of a unique locale—and when imagination is one’s only limitation.

Out East captures the enduring appeal of shingled houses, modernist oceanfront designs, artists’ compounds, and Montauk surf shacks. Jennifer Ash Rudick, a long-time Southampton resident, leads an insider’s tour of more than 25 houses, cottages, and pool houses. Tria Giovan, a Sag Harbor–based photographer, captures extraordinary gardens, verandas, lakeside pavilions, farmhouses, and converted barns.

Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons

About the Author

Jennifer Ash Rudick is the author of Palm Beach Chic, a contributing editor to Veranda, and a former editor at Town & Country andW. She lives in Southampton and New York City.

Tria Giovan is a photographer specializing in interiors and still lifes. Her work has appeared in books and in Coastal Living, Esquire, House Beautiful, Travel & Leisure, and Veranda. She lives in Sag Harbor and New York City.

Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons

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Hardcover: 328 pages
Publisher: Vendome Press (July 11, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0865653372
ISBN-13: 978-0865653375
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 9.4 x 12.2 inches

Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere

Rural escapes for those yearning for a simpler existence, by the creators of the wildly popular tumblr Cabin Porn.

Created by a group of friends who preserve 55 acres of hidden forest in Upstate New York-Cabin Porn began as a scrapbook to collect inspiration for their building projects. As the collection grew, the site attracted a following, which is now a huge and obsessive audience.

The site features photos of the most remarkable handmade homes in the backcountry of America and all over the world. It has had over 10 million unique visitors, with 350,000 followers on Tumblr. Now Zach Klein, the creator of the site (and a co-founder of Vimeo) goes further into the most alluring images from the site and new getaways, including more interior photography and how-to advice for setting up a quiet place somewhere.

With their idyllic settings, unique architecture and cozy interiors, the Cabin Porn photographs, are an invitation to slow down, take a deep breath, and feel the beauty and serenity that nature and simple construction can create.

Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; unabridged edition (September 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316378216
ISBN-13: 978-0316378215
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.2 x 9.4 inches

The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design 6th Edition

The time-saving resource every architect needs

The Architect’s Studio Companion is a robust, user-friendly resource that keeps important information at your fingertips throughout the design process. It includes guidelines for the design of structure, environmental systems, parking, accessibility, and more. This new sixth edition has been fully updated with the latest model building codes for the U.S. and Canada, extensive new information on heating and cooling systems for buildings, and new structural systems, all in a form that facilitates rapid preliminary design. More than just a reference, this book is a true companion that no practicing architect or student should be without.

This book provides quick access to guidelines for systems that affect the form and spatial organization of buildings and allows this information to be incorporated into the earliest stages of building design. With it you can:

Select, configure, and size structural systems
Plan for building heating and cooling
Incorporate passive systems and daylighting into your design
Design for parking and meet code-related life-safety and accessibility requirements

From the Back Cover
THE GUIDEBOOK AT EVERY ARCHITECT'S FINGERTIPS—UPDATED AND EXPANDED

Get your preliminary designs off the ground with The Architect's Studio Companion, Sixth Edition—the handbook you need for the preliminary selecting, configuring, and sizing of the structural, environmental, life safety, accessibility, and parking systems of a building. Edward Allen and Joseph Iano, authors of the bestselling Fundamentals of Building Construction, use their trademark talent for boiling down complex technical requirements into easy-to-use and time saving guidelines for the engineering and architectural design of buildings. Use this practical reference to:

Quickly access up-to-date information on the latest energy efficient building heating and cooling systems
Easily explore alternative structural materials and systems for your building design
Readily incorporate the requirements of the latest U.S. and Canadian model building codes and accessibility regulations
Consider passive approaches to heating and cooling, natural daylighting, and other sustainable building design strategies
Streamline your design process today with The Architect's Studio Companion, Sixth Edition.

The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design

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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 6 edition (January 17, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1119092418
ISBN-13: 978-1119092414
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1.1 x 10.8 inches

Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry

From Pulitzer Prize–winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger: an engaging, nuanced exploration of the life and work of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. This first full-fledged critical biography presents and evaluates the work of a man who has almost single-handedly transformed contemporary architecture in his innovative use of materials, design, and form, and who is among the very few architects in history to be both respected by critics as a creative, cutting-edge force and embraced by the general public as a popular figure.

Building Art shows the full range of Gehry’s work, from early houses constructed of plywood and chain-link fencing to lamps made in the shape of fish to the triumphant success of such late projects as the spectacular art museum of glass in Paris. It tells the story behind Gehry’s own house, which upset his neighbors and excited the world with its mix of the traditional and the extraordinary, and recounts how Gehry came to design the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, his remarkable structure of swirling titanium that changed a declining city into a destination spot. Building Art also explains Gehry’s sixteen-year quest to complete Walt Disney Concert Hall, the beautiful, acoustically brilliant home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry

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Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Knopf; First Edition edition (September 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307701530
ISBN-13: 978-0307701534
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.6 x 9.5 inches

The Finer Things: Timeless Furniture, Textiles, and Details

Rural escapes for those yearning for a simpler existence, by the creators of the wildly popular tumblr Cabin Porn.

Created by a group of friends who preserve 55 acres of hidden forest in Upstate New York-Cabin Porn began as a scrapbook to collect inspiration for their building projects. As the collection grew, the site attracted a following, which is now a huge and obsessive audience.

The site features photos of the most remarkable handmade homes in the backcountry of America and all over the world. It has had over 10 million unique visitors, with 350,000 followers on Tumblr. Now Zach Klein, the creator of the site (and a co-founder of Vimeo) goes further into the most alluring images from the site and new getaways, including more interior photography and how-to advice for setting up a quiet place somewhere.

With their idyllic settings, unique architecture and cozy interiors, the Cabin Porn photographs, are an invitation to slow down, take a deep breath, and feel the beauty and serenity that nature and simple construction can create.

With a foreword by Miles Redd, this luxurious decorating resource trains the eye to recognize enduring, quality home goods and to use them to dazzling design effect.

Quality matters. Just as a home’s foundation should be built to stand the test of time, so, too, should the furniture, objects, and elements of our rooms speak to an enduring sense of beauty and comfort. They should outlast trends and our loving day-to-day use. But how does one recognize quality and judge whether something is well made?

Christiane Lemieux set out to answer this question by interviewing the world’s greatest experts. Weaving together the insights and guidance of dozens of wallpaper and paint specialists, textile fabricators, accessories artisans, and interior designers, Lemieux has curated an unparalleled education in recognizing the hallmarks of timeless, heirloom-quality pieces. Hundreds of elegant home interiors—both iconic examples from the past and stunning residences today--represent the range of luxurious and customized environments that can be created with fine décor.

The Finer Things: Timeless Furniture, Textiles, and Details

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Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Clarkson Potter (September 6, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0770434290
ISBN-13: 978-0770434298
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 1.6 x 11.3 inches

Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods 6th Edition

The latest updated edition of the #1 reference on building construction

For the nuts and bolts on building construction practices and materials, thousands of professionals and students of architecture, engineering, and construction technology have turned to Edward Allen and Joseph Iano's Fundamentals of Building Construction. This new Sixth Edition of the bestselling work provides the most up-to-date survey of the basic materials and methods that are used in contemporary building construction.

Using the latest building codes, standards, and developments in materials and technologies as its basis, this book covers the complete range of construction activities—from excavating and foundations to cladding and interior finishes—and examines common construction systems, such as light wood frame, masonry bearing wall, steel frame, and reinforced concrete construction.

This Sixth Edition has been fully updated and includes:

More than 200 new or updated illustrations and photographs, as well as 70 new photorealistic renderings
The latest innovations in glass, concrete, wood, and other materials
Updated chapter sections reflecting the latest information and practices on environmental impact, embodied energy and carbon, and sustainability of materials and construction
Current 2012 International Building Code®, MasterFormat®2012, and the most recent ASTM references and LEED information
Sidebars addressing sustainability considerations
"From Concept to Reality" case studies demonstrating how technical decisions are made in real-world building projects
Entirely updated end-of-chapter sections, including selected references, web sites, key terminology, review questions, and exercises
Completely revised digital learning resources available on the Interactive Resource Center companion site, including new Interactive Exercises, Animations, Flash Cards, Self-Tests, and Image Gallery
Icons found throughout the text indicating availability of Interactive Exercises and Animations on the online Interactive Resource Center companion site to expand learning of difficult concepts
Companion book, Exercises in Building Construction, available in print or e-book format
Fundamentals of Building Construction, Sixth Edition lays the foundation that every architect and construction professional needs to build a successful career.

Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods

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Hardcover: 1024 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 6 edition (October 14, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118138910
ISBN-13: 978-1118138915
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 1.4 x 11.2 inches

Eames

Visual impact: Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design

The creative duo Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Kaiser Eames (1912–1988) transformed the visual character of America. Though best known for their furniture, the husband and wife team were also forerunners in architecture, textile design, photography, and film.

The Eames’ work defined a new, multifunctional modernity, exemplary for its integration of craft and design, as well as for the use of modern materials, notably plywood and plastics. The Eames Lounge Chair Wood, designed with molded plywood technology, became a defining furniture piece of the twentieth century, while the couple’s contribution to the Case Study Houses project not only made inventive use of industrial materials but also developed an adaptable floor plan of multipurpose spaces which would become a hallmark of postwar modern architecture.

From the couple’s earliest furniture experiments to their seminal short film Powers of Ten, this book covers all the aspects of the illustrious Eames repertoire and its revolutionary impact on middle-class American living.

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture Series features:
an introduction to the life and work of the architect
the major works in chronological order
information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)

Eames 

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 Eames 

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Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Taschen (July 21, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3836560216
ISBN-13: 978-3836560214
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.6 x 10.3 inches

Zaha Hadid

Radical space: How Zaha Hadid created a 21st-century architecture

Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable.

During the latter years of her life, Hadid’s daring visions became a reality, bringing a unique new architectural language to cities and structures as varied as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, hailed by The New York Times as “the most important new building in America since the Cold War;” the MAXXI Museum in Rome; the Guangzhou Opera House in China; and the London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre.


At the time of her unexpected death in 2016, Hadid was firmly established among the elite of world architecture, recognized as the first woman to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, but above all as a giver of new forms, the first great architect of the noughties.

From her early sharply angled buildings to later more fluid architecture that made floors, ceilings, walls, and furniture part of an overall design, this essential introduction presents key examples of Hadid’s pioneering practice to study an artist, as much as an architect, who fought to break the old rules and crafted her own 21st-century universe.

About the series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture series features:
an introduction to the life and work of the architect
the major works in chronological order
information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)

Zaha Hadid 

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Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Taschen (August 4, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3836536358
ISBN-13: 978-3836536356
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.5 x 10.3 inches

The Creative Architect: Inside the Great Midcentury Personality Study

An unknown episode in the annals of modern architecture and psychology—a 1950s University of California, Berkeley, evaluation of creativity with subjects including Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Philip Johnson, and 37 other major architects—is published for the first time.

The story of midcentury architecture in America is dominated by outsized figures—Richard Neutra, George Nelson, Louis Kahn—who were universally acknowledged as creative geniuses. Yet virtually unheard of is the intensive 1958–59 study, conducted at the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research at the University of California, Berkeley, that scrutinized these and dozens of other famous architects in an effort to map their minds. 



Deploying an array of tests reflecting current psychological theories, the investigation sought to answer questions that still apply to creative practice today: What makes a person creative? What are the biographical conditions and personality traits necessary to actualize that potential? 

The study’s findings have been gathered through numerous original sources, including questionnaires, aptitude tests, and interview transcripts, revealing how these great architects evaluated their own creativity and that of their peers. In The Creative Architect, Pierluigi Serraino charts the development, implementation, and findings of this historic study, producing the first look at a fascinating and forgotten moment in architecture, psychology, and American history.

The Creative Architect: Inside the Great Midcentury Personality Study 

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Hardcover: 248 pages
Publisher: The Monacelli Press (June 14, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580934250
ISBN-13: 978-1580934251
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches

The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings

Marc Kushner is a practicing architect who splits his time between designing buildings at HWKN,
the architecture firm he cofounded, and amassing the world’s architecture on the website he runs,
Architizer.com.

Both have the same mission: to reconnect the public with architecture.

Kushner’s core belief is that architecture touches everyone—and everyone is a fan of
architecture—even if they don’t know it yet. New forms of media empower people to shape the built environment, and that means better buildings that make better cities that make a better world.


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series: TED Books
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: SImon & Schuster/TED (March 10, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1476784922
ISBN-13: 978-1476784922
Product Dimensions: 5x0.7x7 inches

The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings (TED Books)

Architecture: Form, Space, and Order 4th Edition

For more than forty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has served as the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. The updated and revised Fourth Edition features the fundamental elements of space and form and is designed to encourage critical thought in order to promote a more evocative understanding of architecture.

Architecture: Form, Space, and Order distills complex concepts of design into a clear focus and brings difficult abstractions to life. The book explains form and space in relation to light, view, openings, and enclosures and explores the organization of space, and the elements and relationships of circulation, as well as proportion and scale. In addition, the text’s detailed illustrations demonstrate the concepts presented and reveal the relationships between fundamental elements of architecture through the ages and across cultures.

This edition includes an access card with a redemption code for the online Interactive Resource Center, which features thirty-five animations, flashcards of key architectural terms, and an image gallery showcasing hundreds of photos that enrich the book’s content.

Architecture: Form, Space, and Order 4th Edition

Product Details

    Paperback: 464 pages
    Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (September 29, 2014)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1118745086
    ISBN-13: 978-1118745083
    Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.1 x 10.8 inches

Building Construction Illustrated 5th Edition

The classic visual guide to core principles of building construction, now with a Companion Web Site

Building Construction Illustrated is the go-to resource for answers to questions about the basic concepts underlying every construction project. With rich illustrations and detailed discussions of building concepts, this book gives you the knowledge you need to succeed in residential and commercial construction, architecture, and structural engineering.

This new edition of the revered industry standard remains as relevant as ever—providing the latest information in renowned author Francis D.K. Ching’s signature style that blends in-depth content and extraordinary illustration. Ching also expands on his decades-long commitment to environmentally-sensitive construction principles designed to reduce reliance on active environmental control systems and the energy they consume.

With detailed instructions, beautiful graphic presentation, and access to new, interactive digital content, Building Construction Illustrated includes:

    Core, introductory information about construction materials and methods—topics covered in architectural and building technology education and learned by designers, technologists, and managers.
    Clear and accurate drawings that illustrate state-of-the-art construction processes and materials—updated and revised to include the latest knowledge on sustainability, incorporation of building systems, and use of new materials.
    A digital 3-D model showing how building components are assembled—offered in a companion web site: wiley.com/go/constructionillustrated.

Whether you are brushing up on the basics or looking for inspiring new construction ideas, Ching’s Building Construction Illustrated is an essential reference guide.

Building Construction Illustrated 5th Edition

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    Paperback: 480 pages
    Publisher: Wiley; 5 edition (February 17, 2014)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1118458346
    ISBN-13: 978-1118458341
    Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.2 x 10.9 inches