Architecture and Urban Studies Book Sale 2023
Virtual space for attendees and those interested in the meetings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Society for Architectural Historians, and Vernacular Architecture Forum. Books on sale, info on University of Minnesota Press, and more.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS: 40% OFF BOOKS
All books below are 40% off using code MNARCH23. Code expires June 15, 2023.
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BROWSE BOOKS:
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY // THEORY // DESIGN
URBAN STUDIES // TECHNOLOGY, TOOLS, MODELING // MODERNISM
AESTHETICS // FILM // WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
ENVIRONMENT // SOCIAL JUSTICE // MUSEUM STUDIES
NORTH AMERICA // EUROPE // ASIA // NEW YORK // CALIFORNIA
- Superhumanity Design of the Self Nick Axel, Beatriz Colomina, Nikolaus Hirsch, Anton Vidokle and Mark Wigley, Editors 2018 Spring
- A wide-ranging and challenging exploration of design and how it engages with the self
- Spectacle of Property The House in American Film John David Rhodes 2017 Fall
- A fascinating and unprecedented look at our relationship with the house in cinema
- Historic Capital Preservation, Race, and Real Estate in Washington, D.C. Cameron Logan 2017 Fall
- A chronicle of historic preservation’s profound impact on Washington, D.C., highlighting the major changes urban revitalization has made on American cities
- Building Access Universal Design and the Politics of Disability Aimi Hamraie 2017 Fall
- Rich with archival images, the first critical history of the Universal Design movement
- Code and Clay, Data and Dirt Five Thousand Years of Urban Media Shannon Mattern 2017 Fall
- A breathtaking tour through thousands of years of urban life and its attendant technologies, rewriting the history of our cities
- The Construction of Equality Syriac Immigration and the Swedish City Jennifer Mack 2017 Fall
- A compelling case study that traces the transformation of a Swedish city by an active and engaged immigrant community
- Seizing Jerusalem The Architectures of Unilateral Unification Alona Nitzan-Shiftan 2017 Spring
- Reveals the ways architectural modernism and Zionism have intertwined to imagine and reshape the city
- Shopping Town Designing the City in Suburban America Victor Gruen Anette Baldauf, Editor 2017 Spring
- For the first time in English, the “father of the shopping mall” tells his life story
- From Light to Dark Daylight, Illumination, and Gloom Tim Edensor 2017 Spring
- A fascinating and unprecedented look at how illumination and darkness shape our experiences across history and space
- Curated Decay Heritage beyond Saving Caitlin DeSilvey 2017 Spring
- A bold new approach to heritage conservation that embraces change and accommodates decay
- California Mission Landscapes Race, Memory, and the Politics of Heritage Elizabeth Kryder-Reid 2016 Fall
- How iconic American places cultivate and conceal contested pasts
- Marxist Thought and the City Henri Lefebvre 2016 Fall
- For the first time in English, Lefebvre’s essential work on how Marx and Engels conceptualized the development of the city
- The Urban Apparatus Mediapolitics and the City Reinhold Martin 2016 Fall
- What is a city, today?
- The Interface IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945–1976 John Harwood 2016 Fall
- How a cast of superstars at IBM altered the face of corporate culture and design in America
- The Rule of Logistics Walmart and the Architecture of Fulfillment Jesse LeCavalier 2016 Spring
- How the world’s largest retailer is redefining architecture by organizing flows of merchandise and information across space and time
- Designing Our Way to a Better World Thomas Fisher 2016 Spring
- How design thinking can help create a sustainable, equitable future
- DIY Detroit Making Do in a City without Services Kimberley Kinder 2016 Spring
- When public services fail, neighbors step in to keep a city alive
- John Vassos Industrial Design for Modern Life Danielle Shapiro 2016 Spring
- The first biography of a renowned industrial designer and illustrator who shaped the look of modern technology
- Airport Urbanism Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia Max Hirsh 2016 Spring
- The first book on infrastructure and migration to focus on the Asian transportation boom
- The Suburban Church Modernism and Community in Postwar America Gretchen Buggeln 2015 Fall
- A richly illustrated history of midcentury modern suburban churches
- Minnesota Modern Architecture and Life at Midcentury Larry Millett 2015 Fall
- An expert, illustrated guide through the style that defined midcentury Minnesota
- Barnstorming the Prairies How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest Jason Weems 2015 Fall
- How flight led to a new view of the Midwest, making it the center of the nation in more ways than one
- Avant-Garde Museology e-flux classics Arseny Zhilyaev, Editor 2015 Fall
- Avant-Garde Museology is the Press’s first title in e-flux classics
- Martin Heidegger Saved My Life Grant Farred 2015 Fall
- Could there be a bigger paradox than the black man using Martin Heidegger to repel the white woman's racism?
- John H. Howe, Architect From Taliesin Apprentice to Master of Organic Design Jane King Hession and Tim Quigley 2015 Spring
- A richly illustrated biography of John H. Howe, “the pencil in Frank Lloyd Wright’s hand” and one of Minnesota’s premier architects
- Deep Mapping the Media City Shannon Mattern 2015 Spring
- Examines the material spaces in which our networks entangle themselves
- Architectural Agents The Delusional, Abusive, Addictive Lives of Buildings Annabel Jane Wharton 2015 Spring
- How buildings interact with—and manipulate—our world and ourselves
- Impossible Heights Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder Adnan Morshed 2014 Fall
- A rich exploration of the influence of skyscrapers, airplanes, and aerial vision on interwar American visual culture
- No Speed Limit Three Essays on Accelerationism Steven Shaviro 2015 Spring
- Proposes a vision of survival and flourishing in the face of economic and environmental catastrophe
- Building Zion The Material World of Mormon Settlement Thomas Carter 2014 Fall
- What the built environment shows us about the complex and evolving nature of nineteenth-century Mormon social and religious life