Princeton Architectural Press: 166 books
Handcrafted Maine
Art, Life, Harvest & Home
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Amid the sublime beauty of Maine—its primordial forests, remote lakes, rugged mountains, and craggy coastline blooms a handmade culture fed by heritage, self-sufficiency, and collaboration. Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest & Home features lively profiles of more than twenty artists, artisans,...
Brooklyn Makers
Food, Design, Craft, and Other Scenes from the Tactile Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
A creative renaissance blooms in Brooklyn. At its heart is a thriving community of artisans producing a remarkable variety of handmade goods. In Brooklyn Makers, photographer Jennifer Causey captures the spirit of this homegrown movement by documenting thirty of the borough's most celebrated craftsmen....
The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide
How to Split Wood, Shuck an Oyster, and Master Other Simple Pleasures
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Modern living isn't easy. It often seems to require some know-how our parents didn't pass on, or a special tool. Happily, Kaufmann Mercantile has both, and in this comprehensive field guide, they share their expertise on a huge range of topics, from frying an egg, tying a tie, or brewing coffee to...
Pamphlet Architecture 31
New Haiti Villages
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Holl attempts to answer these questions with his idea for "Dense-Pack Villages," a type of courtyard housing that could be built with recycled concrete from fallen buildings and steel and would be hurricane- and earthquake-resistant. Each "village" could house approximately 200...
After Taste
Expanded Practice in Interior Design
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
What is taste? This well-curated collection documents new theories and emerging critical practices in the field of interior design. It investigates taste, a concept central to the formation of the discipline in the eighteenth century that was repudiated by architects in the early twentieth century,...
by Jeanine Michna-Bales
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
They left in the middle of the night—often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. Between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865, an estimated one hundred thousand slaves became passengers on the Underground Railroad, a journey of untold hardship, in search of freedom.
In...
GoatMan
How I Took a Holiday from Being Human
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect...
Farming Cuba
Urban Agriculture From the Ground Up
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Cuba found itself solely responsible for feeding a nation that had grown dependent on imports and trade subsidies. With fuel, fertilizers, and pesticides disappearing overnight, citizens began growing their own organic produce anywhere...
The Business of Design
Balancing Creativity and Profitability
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The Business of Design debunks the myth that business sense and creative talent are mutually exclusive and, unlike other lackluster business books, is written and illustrated to captivate a visually thinking audience. For nearly thirty years, consultant Keith Granet has helped design professionals...
Psychobook
Games, Tests, Questionnaires, Histories
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Who knew a trip to the therapist could be so much fun, even aesthetically rewarding? Beyond sharing feelings or complaining about your mother, Psychobook reveals the rich history of psychological testing in a fascinating sideways look at classic testing methods, from word-association games to inkblots...
Sustainable Design
A Critical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, our new Architecture Brief Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. With clear, simple language and a practical...
The Concrete Dragon
China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
China is the most rapidly urbanizing nation in the world, with an urban population that may well reach one billion within a generation. Over the past 25 years, surging economic growth has propelled a construction boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, radically transforming both city and countryside...
Digital Design Theory
Readings from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Digital Design Theory bridges the gap between the discourse of print design and interactive experience by examining the impact of computation on the field of design. As graphic design moves from the creation of closed, static objects to the development of open, interactive frameworks, designers seek...
by MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Infinite Suburbia is the culmination of the MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism's yearlong study of the future of suburban development. Extensive research, an exhibition, and a conference at MIT's Media Lab, this groundbreaking collection presents fifty-two essays by seventy-four...