McGraw-Hill Ryerson Chemistry

Michael Webb

Christy Hayhoe

Frank J. Mustoe

Michael Jansen

Ted Doram

Jim Gaylor

Anita Ghazariansteja

McGraw-Hill Ryerson School

Stronger focus on conceptual understanding, differentiated learning, and assessment with assessment for and of learning opportunities integrated into every lesson Structured so that all students have a variety of learning opportunities

Mathlinks 7

Rick Wunderlich

Bruce McAskill

Wayne Watt

Stella Ablett

Ralph Backe

Blaise Johnson

Eric Balzarini

Tricia Licorish (Perry)

Greg McInulty

Chris Zarski

In the first book of its kind, architectural critic Michael Webb and Esto photographer Roger Straus III examine 35 extraordinary modern houses that have been restored , enhanced, or extended by new owners who see them as timeless classics. Built in the heyday of modernism, from the 1930s through the early 1960s, these houses were designed by exceptional architects for themselves or for adventurous clients. A few were preserved as time capsules, but most endured years of neglect or abuse and might easily have been torn down. Webb explores how these houses were created-- as daring experiments or as creative responses to site and climate-- and the research and effort that went into their restoration. Included here are villas that fuse craft and invention, machines for living, and residences that embrace the landscape. Here, too, are houses inspired by the purity of classical temples, and frugal dwellings that have been sensitively enlarged. After a long eclipse, these houses and the enlightened attitudes they embody are being rediscovered by creative individuals searching for distinctive, open, light-filled places to live. Modernism is a way of living, more than a style, and this book celebrates the architects and owners who respect its character and scale. Also included are nearly 200 photographs taken by Roger Straus, all of which were specially commissioned for this book.

Modernism Reborn: Mid-Century American Houses

Politics & Social Sciences

Roger Straus III

Social Sciences

Universe

Venice, California, is one of the most vibrant and distinctive communities in the United States. While it’s best known for its bohemian atmosphere, picture-perfect canals, and rambunctious boardwalk, there’s much more to Venice than what appears on the glossy surface. For years, it has been a locus of creative activity and home to world-class artists, architects, and designers who have continuously given it new life. Venice, CA is an exploration of Venice’s original and captivating approach to lifestyle, architecture, and design. Established a century ago as the Coney Island of the Pacific, Venice lost its rides and gained a picturesque clutter of cottages and warehouses. In between these humble facades are cutting-edge buildings by Frank Gehry, Morphosis, Coop Himmelblau, and Lorcan O’Herlihy. Venice, CA allows readers unprecedented access into the homes and studios of Ed Ruscha, Dennis Hopper, John Baldessari, Ken Price, Robert Graham, and other major artists, architects, and mavericks.

Venice, CA: Art and Architecture in a Maverick Community

Arts & Photography

Juergen Nogai

History & Criticism

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Continuing to put great classic and contemporary design within everyones grasp, Chronicle Books proudly delivers the next four installments of the popular Compact Design Portfolio. Written by top design critics, these books cover modern masters whose work ranges from the cozily domestic to the aggressively avant-garde: Eva Zeisel, whose elegantly democratic housewares span a 70-year career; Ingo Maurer, who raises lamp and lighting design to a high art form; Gaetano Pesce, whose rejection of traditional good taste brought about revolutionary furniture design; and George Nelson, the impresario behind the Marshmallow sofa and other Herman Miller classics. Follow-ing the introductory essay, a visual gallery exhibits selections of the designers best work in photographs and sketches. Presented in an irresistible small format, this series encapsulates the life, work, and influence of the great designers of our time.

Ingo Maurer

Marisa Bartolucci

Raul Cabra

Architecture

Chronicle Books+

Modern to Classic is a rare jewel in the world of architectural monographs, welcoming the reader behind the gates of some of today's most inspiring residential estates. Whether it is a contemporary compound, a French chateau, an Italian villa, an English manor or a Neo-classical estate, the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Landry Design Group has skillfully designed each project with an exquisite attention to detail and a keen understanding of their clients' unique lifestyles. The firm's ability to create within the influence of architectural precedents or to freely invent within contemporary parameters displays a unique talent that has attracted the attention of today's movers and shakers, including such notable clients as Eddie Murphy, Kenny G., Rod Stewart, Sylvester Stallone and others.

MODERN TO CLASSIC: Residential Estates by Landry Design Group

Paul Goldberger

Richard Landry

ORO Editions

Sets out to crunch the numbers of several centuries of unrealized urbanism, all the way from the ideal Roman city to the great utopian projects of the 20th century. Through plans, sections, charts and scale drawings, 49 cities are observed statistically and presented in an unprecedented comparative study, the result of a research project conducted over several years. Despite the fact that these cities never actually existed in their intended form, this overview of utopian urbanism provides a remarkable insight into our understanding of the contemporary metropolis.

Work Ac: 49 Cities, 2nd Edition.

Sam Jacob

Storefront for Art and Architecture

"Three on the Edge: Architecture of Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, James Hubbell, and Wallace Cunningham" honors these three San Diego based architectural designers and focuses on the trio's design genius, sensitive use of materials, and excellent craftsmanship.. Friends and professional colleagues of long standing in San Diego, they were all colleagues and admirers of San Diego's star architect of the last generation, Sim Bruce Richards. Through him, and directly, they are linked with the muse of Frank Lloyd Wright. Their work, each decidedly different from the others, is together particularly expressive of the San Diego region and the expansive, even free-wheeling lifestyle of Californians-at one with sun, and light, wind and water, and the spare landscape of Southern California's chaparral. In their work, too, there is an embrace of earlier Romantic values in expressions of unconfined imaginations that allow buildings to bend, swoop, and soar. The homes and other built environments of Kellogg, Hubbell, and Cunningham sit sensitively within the natural realm yet make stunning statements within it. Each building can be experienced as a great jewel placed beautifully into nature as its perfectly complementing-and complemented-setting.

Three on the Edge: Architecture of Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, James Hubbell and Wallace Cunningham by Michael Webb (2015-01-01)

Fine Arts Press

Pure. Minimal. Simple. These are the words commonly used to describe the work of contemporary Japanese architects. FOBA, an internationally celebrated architectural practice based in Kyoto, looks beyond the aesthetics of minimalism, instead finding inspiration in the relationships between structure and site. FOBA: Buildings, the first monograph on the decade-old firm, features ten projects of surprising range: undulating lines, overlapping cubes, interpenetrating forms, and unexpected pairings demonstrate a varied set of approaches to projects. The work is at times boldly expressionistic, and at others refreshingly austere. 
The book also chronicles the FOB Homes system—a FOBA subsidiary company established in 1999—a uniquely creative response to the generic mass-produced pre-fabricated housing available in Japan. With five basic prototypes that can be easily adapted to any site or client, FOB Homes redefines the concept of standardized housing. Their simple, neutral white boxes counter the visual chaos of contemporary Japan and offer the elegance and experience of "architecture" to the general public—a union of modernist aesthetics with the modernist ideology of democratic, affordable design. 
Together, FOBA and FOB Homes offers a look into the architecture of tomorrow. FOBA: Buildings will be an inspirational sourcebook of ideas for those interested in innovative architecture with humane ideals.

FOBA: Buildings

Thomas Daniell

Katsu Umebayashi

Princeton Architectural Press

The Whole at Once: A Conversation on Meaning

Fire Hill Press

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