Books

Through the ages, books have shaped architectural culture at least as much as buildings have. From manifestos to monographs to memoirs, architects have reimagined themselves as authors to communicate their ideas, elevate their status and promote their work to the world.

While the AR has long included reviews of recent publications, The book of books seeks to make more of these appraisals, dedicating an insert in select issues to books which frame and elaborate the themes through which we explore architecture; giving weight to the written, and straying occasionally into the poetic or otherwise oblique.