AASL Column, July 2025
Column by Barbara Opar
Summer Reads
Pixels, Reading Book (Free Stock Photo)
Let’s share a toast to the end of summer. Back to thinking about school. What have you missed? Well, here are some of the recent books that have crossed our desks. Check them out at your library.
Al, Stefan. Urbanism Reader: Design, Technology, Culture and the Future of Cities. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025. ISBN: 9781350377943. 280 pages. Paperback: $39.95.
Bradbury, Dominic. Mid-Century Modern Designers. New York: Phaidon Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781838669270. 352 pages. Hardcover: $89.95.
Brown, Lori A., Karen Burns. Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture. New York: Bloomsbury, 2025. Electronic version, print 2026.
Campanella, Thomas J. Designing the American Century: The Public Landscapes of Clarke and Rapuano, 1915–1965. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. ISBN: 9780691266428. 408 pages. Hardcover: $70.00.
Cayer, Aaron. Incorporating Architects: How American Architecture Became a Practice of Empire. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2025. ISBN: 9780520400970. 359 pages. Paperback: $29.95.
Cheshmehzangi, Ali. Designing Healthy Buildings and Communities: Shaping a Climate Resilient Future. Berlin: Springer, 2025. ISBN: 9789819630561. 207 pages. Hardcover: $169.99.
Collins, Sophie. History of the World in 500 Buildings. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781667205229. 400 pages. Hardcover: $27.46.
Coyne, Richard. AI and Language in the Urban Context. Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2025. ISBN: 9781032879901. 280 pages. Hardcover: $48.99.
Daniel, Cheryl M. The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers. New York: Atria/Black Privilege Publishing, 2025. ISBN: 9781668033999. 288 pages. Hardcover: $28.99.
Denman, Derek S. Fortress Power: Hostile Designs and the Politics of Spatial Control. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781517917937. 230 pages. Paperback: $25. Hardcover: $100. 00.
Frommel, Guillaume. Leonardo Da Vinci and Architecture (Leonardo Studies). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers, 2025. ISBN: 9789004537262. 320 pages. Hardcover: $187.08.
Gao, Yun. The Temporality of Building: European and Chinese Perspectives on Architecture and Heritage. New York: Routledge,2025. ISBN: 9781138674851. 226Pages.Hardcover: $190.00
Greenburg, Michael M. The Great Miscalculation: The Race to Save New York City’s Citicorp Tower. New York: Washington Mews Books, New York University Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781479829972. 264 pages. Hardcover: $27.95.
Loorbach, Derk. It’s About Time: The Architecture of Climate Change. Rotterdam: nai010 Publishers, 2025. ISBN: 9789462088795. 256 pages. Paperback: $35.99.
Marques, Bruno. Designing Therapeutic Environments: Social and Cultural Practice for Health and Well-Being. Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2025. ISBN: 9781032382760. 390 pages. Paperback: $54.99.
Metraux, Guy P.R. Ancient Roman Villas: The Essential Sourcebook. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2025. ISBN:9781606069373. 479 pages. Paperback: $55.00.
Munoz Sanz., Victor, Robbert J. Veen. Reconnecting Cities, People, and Nature: Exercises in Urban Design. Boston: Birkhäuser, 2025. ISBN: 9783035628043. 128 pages. Paperback: $41.99.
Neilson, Jim. Forever Practice: The Architect at Work. New York: Wiley, 2025. ISBN: 9781394324378. 240 pages. Paperback: $34.95.
Pearson, Clifford. Tips from the Top: Architects Share Their Advice for Success. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781797229980. 144 pages. Hardcover: $16.95.
Pottgiesser, Tostoes. Modernism in Africa: The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser, 2025. ISBN: 9783035628333. 400 pages. Hardcover: $86.99.
Prytherch, David L. Reclaiming the Road: Mobility Justice Beyond Complete Streets. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781517916459. 306 pages. Paperback: $27.
Shen, Fuxu. A History of Chinese Architecture. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. ISBN: 978981961654. 318 pages. Hardcover: $121.73.
Smith Robert, Stuart Robotic Fabrication and Architectural Design: Integrated Approaches to Fabrication, Computation, and Architectural Design. Novato, California: Oro Editions, 2025. ISBN: 9781957183961 240 Pages. Hardcover: $40.25.
Zagagoza, Rodolfo S., Adria, Miquel, Dellekamp, Derek. Sexta Bienal De Arquitectura De La Cuidad De Mexico = Mexico City’s Sixth Architecture Biennial. Mexico City: Arquine, 2025. ISBN: 978-6078880409. 128 pages. Paperback: $28.85.