Paul Goldberger Books

Set in the Hamptons, this narrative explores the innovative design and construction of a remarkable house that embodies avant-garde principles. The book delves into the creative vision and artistic spirit behind the project, highlighting how the house serves as a source of inspiration and renewal for contemporary architecture. Through its unique features and aesthetic, it challenges conventional norms and celebrates the fusion of modernity and nature.

Here, from Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger, is the first full-fledged critical biography of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins—the son of working-class Jewish immigrants in Toronto—to the heights of his extraordinary career. He explores Gehry’s relationship to Los Angeles, a city that welcomed outsider artists and profoundly shaped him in his formative years. He surveys the full range of his work, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. to the architect’s own home in Santa Monica, which galvanized his neighbors and astonished the world. He analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which an amiable surface masks a driving ambition. And he discusses his use of technology, not just to change the way a building looks, but to revolutionize the very practice of the field. Comprehensive and incisive, Building Art is a sweeping view of a singular artist—and an essential story of architecture’s modern era.

Young design partners Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat combine modernist architecture with vibrant primary hues, sensuous materials, sculptural walls, and classic modern furniture. The firm's first monograph presents 20 buildings and projects as well as commentary. The book's innovative graphics and stunning photography reflect Stamberg Aferiat's urbane, cutting-edge approach to design. 160 illus. 100 in color.

Featuring stunning, custom-designed homes by an acclaimed architecture firm, this book showcases environmentally conscious and modern designs that emphasize beauty and soul. As the first publication dedicated to the firm's projects, it highlights their innovative approach to architecture and commitment to sustainability.

Discover exceptional hospitality through architecture and design in "The Leading Hotels of the World." This richly illustrated volume showcases over 70 exclusive luxury hotels from a global collection, featuring in-depth stories, interviews, and expert travel tips from renowned designers and writers, celebrating extraordinary aesthetics and hospitality.

Spectacular views of New York from high above it all. A collection of aerial photographs from then and now.

Building art' shows the full range of Gehry’s work, from early houses constructed of plywood and chain-link fencing to lamps made in the shape of fish to the triumphant success of such late projects as the spectacular art museum of glass in Paris. It tells the story behind Gehry’s own house, which upset his neighbors and excited the world with its mix of the traditional and the extraordinary, and recounts how Gehry came to design the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, his remarkable structure of swirling titanium that changed a declining city into a destination spot. Building Art also explains Gehry’s sixteen-year quest to complete Walt Disney Concert Hall, the beautiful, acoustically brilliant home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.0.

Swid Objects by Architects

Rising dramatically above other skyscrapers at the tip of Manhattan, the World Trade Center symbolized New York. From any direction the Towers were lodestars, Manhattan's local mountains. This book presents seventy-two images of the World Trade Center that portray the site from different directions.

A guide to the styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. It helps to 'come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually' - with its impact on our lives.