From a Shigeru Ban monograph to a book of national-parks maps, a selection of the year’s best books for design lovers.

Discover Villa Cavrois, a modernist masterpiece by Robert Mallet-Stevens, blending luxury and functionality in architectural ...

Ron Charles review: In Ingvild Rishoi’s novella, two Norwegian girls with an alcoholic father begin working at a Christmas tree stand to scrape by.

This expansive genre includes any title with a bearing on the multifaceted art world — from Audrey Flack’s memoir to Caitlin ...

Former war reporter Lara Pawson mixes the mundane with the momentous in Spent Light, her genre-defying portrait of a woman’s London life ...

From 15th-century stepwells to the creations of Le Corbusier and B.V. Doshi — there’s much to explore in this UNESCO Heritage City ...

The 584-page tome offers the first comprehensive outsider history of Peter Eisenman’s influential architectural think tank.

A Carmel Valley home on the market for the first time, and designed by renowned architect Marcel Sedletzky, is listed for ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

The CEPT Archives in Ahmedabad celebrates a significant achievement by accumulating over 70,000 original architectural ...

In Madhavi Desai’s book Gender and the Built Environment in India ... Society is quick to recognize and praise the worlds that Antonio Gaudi, Le Corbusier, and Walter Gropius (all white men) built, ...