Architects and Designers | National Building Museum https://nbm.org Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Crossed Histories https://nbm.org/product/crossed-histories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crossed-histories Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:10 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/crossed-histories/ ? Crossed Histories: Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable, Phyllis Lambert on Architecture and the City by Catherine Bedard and L?a-Cath?rine Szacka Developing the postwar city as seen through the eyes…

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Crossed Histories: Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable, Phyllis Lambert on Architecture and the City
by Catherine Bedard and L?a-Cath?rine Szacka
Developing the postwar city as seen through the eyes of three women in the field of architecture, from New York to Montreal, Paris and Milan
The book focuses on the impact of women on the postmodern city. To do so, it follows the personal and professional trajectories of three protagonists who, each in their own way, shaped the intellectual and physical environment of their city: Ada Louise Huxtable (1921-2013), through her articles in the New York Times architecture column; Gae Aulenti (1927-2012), with her conversion of Paris’ Gare d’Orsay into a museum and the Piazzale Cadorna in Milan; and Phyllis Lambert (born 1927), with her founding of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal in 1979.
Through documentary and archival images, this catalog documents a turning point in architectural history, when modernity returned to the architectural values of the past and the existing built environment. It also takes a more individual and biographical approach, crossing the paths of three women who played a major role in the construction of the city as we know it today.

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LOCATELLI PARTNERS https://nbm.org/product/locatelli-partners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=locatelli-partners Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:09 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/locatelli-partners/ ? Locatelli Partners The first book to celebrate the work of Milan-based architecture firm Locatelli Partners, the go-to studio, from residences to showrooms, for many of the fashion world’s leading…

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Locatelli Partners
The first book to celebrate the work of Milan-based architecture firm Locatelli Partners, the go-to studio, from residences to showrooms, for many of the fashion world’s leading lights.

Locatelli Partners is one of Italy’s leading architecture firms, with offices in Milan (in a sixteenth-century frescoed church) and New York. Offering an unprecedented insight into the practice’s methodology, this monograph gathers more than twenty years of projects illustrating the firm’s mastery of innovative solutions at different scales, from subtle material touches to ambitious architectural propositions.
This anthology features thirty-two residential and commercial projects, as well as highlights from the firm’s furniture and lighting design. Featured projects include Massimiliano Locatelli’s home in Milan’s iconic Torre Velasca, a 3D-printed house, and renowned Milan design dealer Nina Yashar’s Nilufar Depot, as well as showrooms for Missoni, MSGM, and Miss Sixty.
The book will chart the unique remit and bespoke innovations of each project, as well as the firm’s consistent commitment to historical heritage and character. Through drawings, photographs, and floor plans, it will illustrate the firm’s continuous exploration of space and materials and its balance of tradition, craft, and innovation to create a unique design language. An inspiring resource for architects, designers, and interiors professionals, this book celebrates Locatelli Partners’ pioneering design approach and a distinctive alchemy of quality, Italian craft, and contemporary forms.The first book to celebrate the work of Milan-based architecture firm Locatelli Partners, the go-to studio, from residences to showrooms, for many of the fashion world’s leading lights.
Locatelli Partners is one of Italy’s leading architecture firms, with offices in Milan (in a sixteenth-century frescoed church) and New York. Offering an unprecedented insight into the practice’s methodology, this monograph gathers more than twenty years of projects illustrating the firm’s mastery of innovative solutions at different scales, from subtle material touches to ambitious architectural propositions. This anthology features thirty-two residential and commercial projects, as well as highlights from the firm’s furniture and lighting design. Featured projects include Massimiliano Locatelli’s home in Milan’s iconic Torre Velasca, a 3D-printed house, and renowned Milan design dealer Nina Yashar’s Nilufar Depot, as well as showrooms for Missoni, MSGM, and Miss Sixty. The book will chart the unique remit and bespoke innovations of each project, as well as the firm’s consistent commitment to historical heritage and character. Through drawings, photographs, and floor plans, it will illustrate the firm’s continuous exploration of space and materials and its balance of tradition, craft, and innovation to create a unique design language. An inspiring resource for architects, designers, and interiors professionals, this book celebrates Locatelli Partners’ pioneering design approach and a distinctive alchemy of quality, Italian craft, and contemporary forms.
Code: 58237
Member price: $76.50

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OLAFUR ELIASSON EXPERIENCE https://nbm.org/product/olafur-eliasson-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=olafur-eliasson-experience Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:09 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/olafur-eliasson-experience/ ? Olafur Eliasson: Experience Experience spans Eliasson’s career to date via images of his installations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, films, architectural projects, and interventions in public space – each with an…

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Olafur Eliasson: Experience
Experience spans Eliasson’s career to date via images of his installations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, films, architectural projects, and interventions in public space – each with an extended caption to guide readers through the work
Conceived in close collaboration with the artist, this survey tracks almost three decades of Eliasson’s artistic practice – including works completed in 2018. Hundreds of illustrations are introduced by a perceptive essay by art historian Michelle Kuo and an interview with Eliasson. The book provides an unparalleled overview of his creative output, which speaks to an astonishingly varied audience, from large-scale installations such as The weather project, which drew over two million visitors to London’s Tate Modern in 2003-4, to smaller, more delicate works, such as watercolours, compasses, and glass works. Views of his dynamic studio in Berlin round out the picture.
An inspiring guide to the work of one of today’s most multi-faceted and influential artists, Experience includes such pivotal artworks as Green river (1998), Ice Watch (2014), and Waterfall at the Palace of Versailles in Paris (2016), and gives an invaluable glimpse into many of his lesser-known works. It also features brand-new projects A view of things to come, Reality projector, and The unspeakable openness of things, which was installed in Beijing in March 2018.
Experience spans Eliasson’s career to date via images of his installations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, films, architectural projects, and interventions in public space – each with an extended caption to guide readers through the work
Conceived in close collaboration with the artist, this survey tracks almost three decades of Eliasson’s artistic practice – including works completed in 2018. Hundreds of illustrations are introduced by a perceptive essay by art historian Michelle Kuo and an interview with Eliasson. The book provides an unparalleled overview of his creative output, which speaks to an astonishingly varied audience, from large-scale installations such as The weather project, which drew over two million visitors to London’s Tate Modern in 2003-4, to smaller, more delicate works, such as watercolours, compasses, and glass works. Views of his dynamic studio in Berlin round out the picture.
An inspiring guide to the work of one of today’s most multi-faceted and influential artists, Experience includes such pivotal artworks as Green river (1998), Ice Watch (2014), and Waterfall at the Palace of Versailles in Paris (2016), and gives an invaluable glimpse into many of his lesser-known works. It also features brand-new projects A view of things to come, Reality projector, and The unspeakable openness of things, which was installed in Beijing in March 2018.
Code: 39313
Member price: $76.50

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The Story of the Interior https://nbm.org/product/the-story-of-the-interior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-story-of-the-interior Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:08 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/the-story-of-the-interior/ ?? The Story of the Interior: How We Have Shaped Rooms and How They Shape Us (Hardcover) An exhilarating and eclectic volume on the social, cultural, and technological history of…

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The Story of the Interior: How We Have Shaped Rooms and How They Shape Us (Hardcover)
An exhilarating and eclectic volume on the social, cultural, and technological history of interior design from prehistory to the present day, exploring how spaces shape our lives.

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20 20 GRAHAM HANSON DESIGN https://nbm.org/product/20-20-graham-hanson-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-20-graham-hanson-design Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:08 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/20-20-graham-hanson-design/ ? 20/20 Graham Hanson Design 20/20 presents the work of celebrated New York-based graphic design firm GHD / Graham Hanson Design. For the past twenty years, GHD has produced award-winning…

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20/20 Graham Hanson Design
20/20 presents the work of celebrated New York-based graphic design firm GHD / Graham Hanson Design. For the past twenty years, GHD has produced award-winning results across a variety of disciplines for clients including Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, Google, and The Smithsonian Institution. This carefully-curated monograph showcases twenty of the firm’s most important projects executed during this time – from early work to recently completed projects – and illustrates GHD’s ability to design enduring experiences that inspire the way people live and work.
Packed with beautiful photographs and concise, informative annotations, the monograph begins with introductions from the editor, architectural and design author Roger Yee, and noted design educator Jeff Bellantoni. Reflections from founder J. Graham Hanson, along with an extensive index of additional projects spanning the firm’s years of practice, close out the book. 20/20’s 192 pages cover the full scope of GHD’s expertise in branding, print, environmental graphics, and more, offering readers a look into the first twenty years of the studio’s rigorous approach to graphic design.

Select Clients include: Panasonic, Guggenheim Museum, Google, Seagram Building, American Institute of Architects NY, Carnegie Hall, American Express, Holt Renfrew, Macklowe Properties, RFR, Rockefeller Center, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, The Smithsonian Institute, Vornado Realty Trust.
20/20 presents the work of celebrated New York-based graphic design firm GHD / Graham Hanson Design. For the past twenty years, GHD has produced award-winning results across a variety of disciplines for clients including Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, Google, and The Smithsonian Institution. This carefully-curated monograph showcases twenty of the firm’s most important projects executed during this time – from early work to recently completed projects – and illustrates GHD’s ability to design enduring experiences that inspire the way people live and work.
Packed with beautiful photographs and concise, informative annotations, the monograph begins with introductions from the editor, architectural and design author Roger Yee, and noted design educator Jeff Bellantoni. Reflections from founder J. Graham Hanson, along with an extensive index of additional projects spanning the firm’s years of practice, close out the book. 20/20’s 192 pages cover the full scope of GHD’s expertise in branding, print, environmental graphics, and more, offering readers a look into the first twenty years of the studio’s rigorous approach to graphic design.
Select Clients include: Panasonic, Guggenheim Museum, Google, Seagram Building, American Institute of Architects NY, Carnegie Hall, American Express, Holt Renfrew, Macklowe Properties, RFR, Rockefeller Center, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, The Smithsonian Institute, Vornado Realty Trust.
Code: 39290
Member price: $54.00

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Builder: Builders/Tradesmen Tell Stories https://nbm.org/product/builder-builders-tradesmen-tell-stories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=builder-builders-tradesmen-tell-stories Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:07 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/builder-builders-tradesmen-tell-stories/ ? Builder Builders & Tradesmen Tell Their Stories By Mark Q. Kerson Builder is a gathering of insights and the telling of tales from residential builders.? It offers guiding principles,…

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Builder
Builders & Tradesmen Tell Their Stories
By Mark Q. Kerson
Builder is a gathering of insights and the telling of tales from residential builders.? It offers guiding principles, lessons learned, and a glimpse into why we take up a trade, and why so many of us are passionate about what we do. ?Its purpose, apart from telling these wonderful stories, is to help you navigate the process of opening and growing a company, by listening in as builders explain what they wish they?d known, how they learned, and what they would have done differently.? Published by:? From The Ground Up Publishing, paperback, 386 pages.
Code:? 81978
Member Price:? $24.30

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The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers https://nbm.org/product/the-black-family-who-built-america-the-mckissacks-two-centuries-of-daring-pioneers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-black-family-who-built-america-the-mckissacks-two-centuries-of-daring-pioneers Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:07 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/the-black-family-who-built-america-the-mckissacks-two-centuries-of-daring-pioneers/ ? The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers (Hardcover) ?The riveting story of the McKissack family?the founders of the leading Black design and construction…

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The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers (Hardcover)
?The riveting story of the McKissack family?the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today?in a moving celebration of resilience and innovation.?

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Dear Mazie https://nbm.org/product/dear-mazie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dear-mazie Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:07 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/dear-mazie/ ? Dear Mazie: Sanctuary, Speculation, and Sky by Amaza Meredith, Amber Esseiva? ?Redressing the woeful under-recognition of a pioneering Black queer architect and artist. ?This is an experimental illustrated reader…

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Dear Mazie: Sanctuary, Speculation, and Sky
by Amaza Meredith, Amber Esseiva?
?Redressing the woeful under-recognition of a pioneering Black queer architect and artist.
?This is an experimental illustrated reader exploring the work and legacy of American architect, educator and artist Amaza Lee Meredith (1895?1984), a trailblazer who was the first known Black queer woman to practice as an architect in the United States.
This book takes Meredith’s expansive letter-writing practice as a conceptual framework for epistolary responses in the present, plotting Meredith’s life and work within themes of placemaking, gender, sexuality and Black love, with a focus on how she built sanctuaries (homes, institutions and communities) for herself and other people of color to foster rigorous artistic pursuit, free of persecution.
The book features previously unpublished photos, blueprints, letters and scrapbooks from Meredith’s archives and an annotated timeline of her life and work. Essays from architectural scholars and oral histories with former students, colleagues and friends explore her legacy in public education, the arts, modernist architecture and the built environment in the context of school desegregation, civil rights, and land and property rights. A diverse group of contemporary artists also respond to Meredith’s legacy.

This book was published in association with Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University.?

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BREUER https://nbm.org/product/breuer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breuer Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:06 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/breuer/ ? Breuer By Robert McCarter The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail…

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Breuer
By Robert McCarter
The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)
The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed In Europe and the United States?from his beginning at the Bauhaus through his collaboration with Walter Gropius, and the establishment of his own practice in the USA.
Code: 22814
Member price: $135.00

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OPEN STUDIO: The Work of Robert A.M. Stern Architects https://nbm.org/product/open-studio-the-work-of-robert-a-m-stern-architects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-studio-the-work-of-robert-a-m-stern-architects Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:31:06 +0000 https://nbm.org/product/open-studio-the-work-of-robert-a-m-stern-architects/ ? Open Studio: The Work of Robert A.M. Stern Architects By Robert A.M. Stern Curated illustrations of hand sketches, study models, design sessions, and site visits pull back the curtain…

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Open Studio: The Work of Robert A.M. Stern Architects
By Robert A.M. Stern
Curated illustrations of hand sketches, study models, design sessions, and site visits pull back the curtain on the creative collaboration behind the scenes at Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Nearly 100 pages of photographs of finished work, including academic buildings, museums, houses, apartment houses, and office towers, demonstrate the firm’s ability to realize modern buildings in a wide variety of stylistic vocabularies through a commitment to fundamental principles of architecture and a respect for context and history.
Code:39551
Member price: $45.00

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