‘Buildings in Print’ is a book of books for architecture aficionados

Conceptually, there’s not much to separate between making a book and making a building. Both start with an idea, both take a lot of time and energy to create, and the product is a physical object that you inhabit.

In either case, a single person receives most of the credit, although an entire army is responsible for making it a reality.

Perhaps these similarities explain why architects tend to covet books. That relationship is itself the fuel for – you guessed it – a new book on architecture books, Buildings in Print: 100 Influential and Inspiring Illustrated Architecture Books by John Hill (Prestel, $ 60).

A page from “A Field Guide to American Houses” by Virginia Savage McAlester. Page 718 shows new traditional houses and the author points out their design weaknesses.(included)

Among those featured: A Field Guide to American Houses, the must-see guide by the late monument conservator Virginia McAlester. Also included everywhere are lists of architects and critics’ favorite books (including this one). Most cited in this group: the critics Reyner Banham and Ada Louise Huxtable and the theorists and practitioners Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.

Good options, everything.

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Buildings in Print: 100 Influential and Inspirational Illustrated Architecture Books by John Hill (Prestel, $ 60).

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