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1. COUNTRY HOUSES OF DAVID ADLER
By Stephen Salny (Norton $60)
A comprehensive study of 15 houses, illustrated with archival photos and newly drawn plans.
2. MUTATIONS
By Rem Koolhaas, et al. (Actar $45)
Richly illustrated atlas of contemporary urban landscapes that looks at questions of urbanism, architecture, technology and the environment.
3. MINIMALIST SPACES, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
By Aurora Cuito (Loft Publications & HBI $35)
A guide to the style in which each component, detail and junction is stripped down to its essentials. Features more than 30 examples of homes, offices, public buildings and shopping spaces from around the world.
4. SHIGERU BAN
By Emilio Ambasz and Shigeru Ban (Princeton Architectural $35)
Monograph on the designer of the Curtain Wall Houses in Tokyo, a highlight of MOMA’s 1999 Un-Private House exhibit.
5. CHICAGO METROPOLIS 2020: The Chicago Plan for the Twenty-First Century
By Elmer W. Johnson (University of Chicago Press $40)
Moves beyond Burnham’s seminal 1909 Plan of Chicago and its concern with architecture and spatial planning to address such issues as public education, suburban sprawl, transportation and social and economic segregation.
