A fascinating new book dives into the subtle but effective role of furniture in the cultivation of 20th-century Italian ...

Clean lines and organic forms are associated with midcentury design, along with a harmonious blend of materials that adds a functional simplicity. A new book by Phaidon, Mid-Century Modern Designers, ...

This week’s Title Search puzzle highlights 20th-century books that have maintained their evergreen popularity over the decades and are often studied today in literature classes. The titles of 13 ...

can they also affect design conception? Amanda Reeser Lawrence’s book The Architecture of Influence confronts some of these questions from a historical perspective, exploring the use of precedent, ...

How were the concepts of the observer and user in architecture and urban planning transformed throughout the 20th and 21st centuries ... Aldo Rossi's design methods, Denise Scott Brown's active ...

Listening to the Twentieth Century” as a model, Frank’s book (published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, the same imprint as Ross’) makes the case for what, exactly, a 20th century novel is ...