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Magic Architecture
The Story of Human Housing
ISBN: 9780262046749
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 18, 2025
The first publication of artist and architect Frederick Kiesler's epoch-spanning history of human architecture, largely unknown but still relevant.
Sick Architecture
ISBN: 9780262049689
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 21, 2025
A thought-provoking essay collection about how architecture and sickness are surprisingly interwoven—from Ancient Greece to present-day New York City.
The Additional Element in Architecture
The Additional Element in Architecture
On Kazimir Malevich’s Arkhitektons and Planits
ISBN: 9780262548908
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
An ingenious reconstruction—and revealing analysis through “visual archaeology”—of avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich's lost arkhitektons.
The Hero of Doubt
Selected Writings by Ernesto Nathan Rogers
ISBN: 9780262049047
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 21, 2025
The first English anthology of the writings of a critical figure in the history of modern architecture in Europe.
Notes from Another Los Angeles
Notes from Another Los Angeles
Gregory Ain and the Construction of a Social Landscape
ISBN: 9780262046657
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 19, 2022
The first book to focus on California architect Gregory Ain's housing projects, which featured open kitchens, movable walls, and other design innovations.
Living and Working
ISBN: 9780262543514
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 24, 2022
An argument against the ideology of domesticity that separates work from home; lavishly illustrated, with architectural proposals for alternate approaches to working and living.
Ai Weiwei: Spatial Matters
Art Architecture and Activism
ISBN: 9780262525749
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 4, 2014
A richly illustrated exploration of Ai Weiwei's installation and architecture projects, focusing on the artist's use of space.
Manifesto Architecture
The Ghost of Mies
ISBN: 9783956790003
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Pub Date: April 4, 2014
A history of the modern architectural manifesto, with a focus on Mies van der Rohe.
Architecture after Revolution
ISBN: 9783943365795
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Pub Date: September 6, 2013
The Architecture of Science
ISBN: 9780262526456
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 29, 1999
The Architecture of Science offers a dazzling set of speculations by historians of science, architecture, and art; architectural theorists; and sociologists as well as practicing scientists and architects.
Magic Architecture
The Story of Human Housing
ISBN: 9780262046749
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 18, 2025
The first publication of artist and architect Frederick Kiesler's epoch-spanning history of human architecture, largely unknown but still relevant.
Sick Architecture
ISBN: 9780262049689
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 21, 2025
A thought-provoking essay collection about how architecture and sickness are surprisingly interwoven—from Ancient Greece to present-day New York City.
The Additional Element in Architecture
The Additional Element in Architecture
On Kazimir Malevich’s Arkhitektons and Planits
ISBN: 9780262548908
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
An ingenious reconstruction—and revealing analysis through “visual archaeology”—of avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich's lost arkhitektons.
The Hero of Doubt
Selected Writings by Ernesto Nathan Rogers
ISBN: 9780262049047
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 21, 2025
The first English anthology of the writings of a critical figure in the history of modern architecture in Europe.
Notes from Another Los Angeles
Notes from Another Los Angeles
Gregory Ain and the Construction of a Social Landscape
ISBN: 9780262046657
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 19, 2022
The first book to focus on California architect Gregory Ain's housing projects, which featured open kitchens, movable walls, and other design innovations.
Living and Working
ISBN: 9780262543514
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 24, 2022
An argument against the ideology of domesticity that separates work from home; lavishly illustrated, with architectural proposals for alternate approaches to working and living.
Ai Weiwei: Spatial Matters
Art Architecture and Activism
ISBN: 9780262525749
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 4, 2014
A richly illustrated exploration of Ai Weiwei's installation and architecture projects, focusing on the artist's use of space.
Manifesto Architecture
The Ghost of Mies
ISBN: 9783956790003
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Pub Date: April 4, 2014
A history of the modern architectural manifesto, with a focus on Mies van der Rohe.
Architecture after Revolution
ISBN: 9783943365795
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Pub Date: September 6, 2013
The Architecture of Science
ISBN: 9780262526456
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 29, 1999
The Architecture of Science offers a dazzling set of speculations by historians of science, architecture, and art; architectural theorists; and sociologists as well as practicing scientists and architects.