Anthos

Simone Rodia, Watts Towers / No. 3

Simone Rodia, John Hill, Calvin Trillin

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 17 - May 17, 1968. Text by Calvin Trillin, introduction and reprinted essay from The New Yorker. Includes folded exhibition poster with photograph by John Hill and text by Simone Rodia. [details]

Architecture Today

Charles Jencks, William Chaitkin, Alvar Aalto, Burton and Koralek Ahrends, Takefumi Aida, John Andrews, Ant Farm, Archigram, Archizoom, Arquitectonica, Gaetana Aulenti, Carlo Aymonino, Steve Baer, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Welton Becket, Behnisch & Partner, Gunnar Birkerts, Piet Blom, Ricardo Bofill, Gottfried Böhm, Mario Botta, Neave Brown, Colquhoun + Miller, Edward Cullinan, Darbourne & Darke, Vittorio De Feo, Andrew Derbyshire, Francois Deslaugiers, Jeremy Dixon, Steve Durkee, Peter Eisenman, Craig Ellwood, Ralph Erskine, Hassan Fathy, Bernard Feilden, Norman Foster, Friday Architects/Planners, Hiromi Fujii, R. Buckminster Fuller, Frank O. Gehry, Bruce Goff, Bruce Graham, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, Hiroshi Hara, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, John Hejduk, Boh Helliwell, Herman Herzberger, Fernando Higueras, Hans Hollein, Michael John Hopkins, Kazuhiro Ishii, Osamu Ishiyama, Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Helmut Jahn, John Johansen, Martin Johnson, Philip Johnson, Louis I. Kahn, Kallmann and McKinnell, Yasufumi Kijima, Kiyonori Kikutake, Josef Paul Kleihues, Rem Koolhaas, Leon Krier, Robert Krier, Lucien Kroll, Kisho Kurokawa, Sir Denys Lasdun, Le Corbusier, Anthony Lumsden, Michael McNamara, Richard Meier, Mayumi Miyawaki, Charles Moore, Monta Kikoh Mozuna, OMA, Frei Otto, I.M. Pei, Gustav Peichl, Cesar Pelli, Renzo Piano, John Portman, Paolo Portghesi, Cedric Price, George Ranalli, Kevin Roche, John Dinkeldoo and Associates, Simon Rodia, Richard Rogers, Peter Rose, Aldo Rossi, Paul Rudolph, Clarence Schmidt, José Lluis Sert, SITE, Thomas Gordon Smith, Paolo Soleri, Robert A.M. Stern, James Stirling, Superstudio, Taft Architects, Minoru Takeyama, Kenzo Tange, Quinlan Terry, Stanley Tigerman, William Turnbull, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Aldo Van Eyck, Frank Van Klingeren, Venturi and Rauch, Derek Walker, Roer Walker, Toyokazu Watanabe, Kazumasa Yamashita

A survey of contemporary architecture published in 1982. "Anyone interested in sorting out the diversities and complexities of contemporary architecture - and in speculating on the future shape of contemporary architecture - and in speculating on the future shape of our homes and cities - will enjoy this spirited, up-to-the-minute book. ... [details]

Mixed Blessings : New Art in Multicultural America

Lucy R. Lippard, Alfredo Jaar, Mario Torero, Linda Nishio, Vivian Brown, Clarissa Sligh, Edna Jackson, Jane Ash Poitras, Howardena Pindell, Jesse Cooday, Margo Machida, Marina Gutiérrez, Yolanda López, Carlos Villa, Joyce J. Scott, Helen Oji, Daniel Rosenberg, Peter Jemison, Joe Feddersen, Michele Godwin, Cristina Emmanuel, Mo Bahc, Arlan Huang, Bing Lee, Pat Ward Williams, Judith Jackson, Carrie Mae Weems, Coreen Simpson, Ernie Pepion, Yolanda M. López, Adrian Piper, Emma Amos, Enrique Chagoya, Lance Belanger, Lorna Simpson, Patricia Rodriguez, Hulleah Tsinhahjinnie, Fred Holland, Ishmael Houston-Jones, John Outterbridge, Mel Edwards, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Trena Banks, Simon Rodia, Noah Jemison, Houston Conwill, Martin Puryear, Carol Ann Carter, James (Son Ford) Thomas, Thornton Dial, María Enríquez de Allen, Geno Rodriguez, Kathy Vargas, Michael Tracy, Jorge Rodriguez, Charles Abramson, David Hammons, Betye Saar, Bessie Harvey, Alison Star, Faith Ringgold, Rosie Lee Tompkins, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Leo Tanguma, Lorraine O'Grady, Robbie McCauley, Joe Lewis III, Rafael Montañez Ortiz, Merián Soto, Pepón Osorio, Muna Tseng, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Lanie Lee, Kwok Mang-Ho, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Isabel John

Critical theory by Lucy R. Lippard focusing on art from various ethnic backgrounds. "Mixed Blessings is the first book to discuss the crosscultural process taking place in the world of Latino. Native-, African-, and Asian-American artists. ... [details]