Architecture and Design

Designing the Creative Child Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Amy F. Ogata 2013 Spring

The construction of the “creative child” as Cold War America’s best hope for the future

House, but No Garden Apartment Living in Bombay’s Suburbs, 1898–1964 Nikhil Rao 2012 Fall

The emergence of apartment living in the suburbs in mid-twentieth-century Bombay

Constitutional Modernism Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933–1959 Timothy Hyde 2012 Fall

How architecture, law, and urbanism shaped the premises of civil society in Cuba

Little White Houses How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America Dianne Harris 2012 Fall

How the ordinary American house contributed to definitions of middle-class whiteness and an exclusionary housing market in the postwar era

Unlearning the City Infrastructure in a New Optical Field Swati Chattopadhyay 2012 Fall

A new way to describe the city—through the lens of popular culture and street life

The Modern Architectural Landscape Caroline Constant 2012 Spring

Examines the overlooked contributions of modern architects to landscape design

Ottoman Izmir The Rise of a Cosmopolitan Port, 1840-1880 Sibel Zandi-Sayek 2011 Fall

A revelatory examination of the multiple constructions of urban modernization

Henri Lefebvre on Space Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory Łukasz Stanek 2011 Spring

Shows how Lefebvre’s theory of space developed out of direct engagement with architecture, urbanism, and urban sociology

Architecture of Thought Andrzej Piotrowski 2011 Spring

An innovative examination of how material practices and constructed environments have shaped cultures

Fallout Shelter Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War David Monteyne 2011 Spring

Tracing the partnership between architects and American civil defense officials during the Cold War

Mediterranean Crossroads Marseille and Modern Architecture Sheila Crane 2011 Spring

Examining Marseille as a significant center for the evolution of architectural and urban modernism

A Joint Enterprise Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay Preeti Chopra 2011 Spring

An in-depth look at the urban history of British Bombay

Women and the Everyday City Public Space in San Francisco, 1890–1915 Jessica Ellen Sewell 2010 Fall

Women in the city in turn-of-the-century San Francisco

Utopia’s Ghost Architecture and Postmodernism, Again Reinhold Martin 2010 Spring

Unpacking architecture’s important—and continuing—role in postmodern thought

A Manufactured Wilderness Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890–1960 Abigail A. Van Slyck 2010 Spring

An engrossing look at American summer camps—from mess halls to tents to fire circles

University of Minnesota Press