Archive for the 'Books' Category

Conformity

November 7th, 2015

Bertrand Russell on conformity, from “Furniture and the Ego”: “Tolstoy describes somewhere a newly married couple who are giving their first evening party; when it is over, they congratulate each other on the fact that it has been exactly like anyone else’s evening party. Those to whom this is the highest ambition evidently fear contempt […]

Book as Coffee Table

December 31st, 2012

Nothing quite drives the last nail into the coffin of an architectural movement like a tombstone-sized retrospective.  Did Corbu even design a coffee table capable of supporting this 21-pound volume?

Favorite Books on Architecture

September 15th, 2010

Every now and then I come across a book so enlightening, so thought provoking, so intelligently written, it makes me want to toss out a score of others on my shelves lest I be tempted to waste time on them.