A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books Newsletter

This newsletter for the week of July 13 looks at a companion book to the exhibition Seny i Rauxa: An Account of Catalan Architecture, on display at Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHub) until September 6. I got a peek at the exhibition when I was in Barcelona for the UIA World Congress of Architects and delved into the book after returning home. The book from the archive is, by turn, devoted to exhibitions in New York City, while the usual headlines and new releases are in between.

This newsletter for the week of June 29 is a slight departure from its normal format. Instead of a Book of the Week and a list of new releases, I’m highlighting a dozen summer reads: new and forthcoming books that are united by their subject matter (architecture, obviously) and size. These are small books that can be carried to the beach or other vacation spots—no coffee table books here. There are a few headlines plus some old summer reads from the archive.

This newsletter for the week of June 22 looks at Underdover Architect: Townhouse Design-Build in Harlem NY, by Christian Volkmann, released this week in the United States by Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers. While telling the story of the titular townhouse, the book is also an argument for reorienting architectural practice toward design-build. Is it successful? Read on and see.

This newsletter for the week of June 15 looks at A Builder’s Life Done Well: The Story of Prutting + Co., a monograph released last month on the firm that has built some of the most stunning contemporary houses in and around Connecticut this century. Fittingly, the book from the archive looks at a six-year-old book featuring interviews with builders and tradespeople. In between are the usual headlines and new releases.

This newsletter for the week of June 8 heads to Aurora, Illinois, for a tour of Bruce Goff’s Ford House, courtesy of MAS Context and the new book Sam and Ruth Van Sickle Ford House. The book from the archive is Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture and in between are the usual headlines and new releases.

Architecture Books – Week 23/2026 This newsletter for the week of June 1 looks at Out There: New Architecture Across America, a survey of 50 US architects by Robert Ivy, Cathleen McGuigan and Peter MacKeith, released this week by Merrell Publishers. Their hefty book has a foreword by Arkansas architect Marlon Blackwell, so the book from the archive is his equally hefty monograph from 2022, Radical Practice. In between are the usual headlines and new releases.

Architecture Books – Week 22/2026 This newsletter for the week of May 25 wraps up Monograph Month, which featured four such architecture books over the last four weeks. Ironically, this week’s Book of the Week, Unfinished Atlas: 19 Projects by Manuel Herz Architects, asserts in its introductory essay, “This is not a monograph.” If not a monograph, what is it? And why is it my favorite of the four monographs I featured this month of May?

May is Monograph Month. This newsletter for the week of May 18 looks at the latest one on Henley Halebrown, the practice Simon Henley and Gavin Hale-Brown founded in London in 1995. Published last year by Lund Humphries, Henley Halebrown: Building for Society 2010–2022 presents a dozen works completed over the same number of years.

May is Monograph Month in these parts, so this newsletter for the week of May 11 looks at a new monograph on Ralph Johnson, design director at Perkins&Will, that is being released this week. It is a two-volume monograph, with one devoted to his creative journey and the second presenting some recent work. The book from the archive is another monograph on Ralph Johnson, while the usual headlines and new releases are in between.

May is Monograph Month on A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books, so this newsletter for the week of May 4 take a look inside BIG Atlas, the new monograph on Bjarke Ingels Group released last month by Phaidon. The book from the archive is an old issue of CLOG devoted to BIG. As a special treat, I’m featuring a find I made at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair last week. As always, there are also headlines and new releases.