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Azure’s Holiday Reading List: 5 Must-Read Architecture and Design Books

Azure’s Holiday Reading List: 5 Must-Read Architecture and Design Books

Azure has rounded up its holiday reading list – five architecture and design books that are sure to provide a little inspiration for the coming year.

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December 15, 2018

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Summer of Brutalism: What To See, Read and Visit

Summer of Brutalism: What To See, Read and Visit

With a major exhibit at MoMA, a new book on Marcel Breuer, and an online campaign to stop demolitions of raw-concrete icons, mid-century Brutalism is on every modernist’s mind. Here are our picks for what to see, read and visit.

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August 1, 2018

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Castor Design Turned the Largest Known Prime Number Into Books

Castor Design Turned the Largest Known Prime Number Into Books

Two to the power of Seventy-Four Million Two Hundred and Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-One minus One, a Castor Design book series comprised of three volumes, transforms the largest prime number…

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April 17, 2018

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Wutopia Lab’s Enchanting Zhongshu Bookstore in China

Wutopia Lab’s Enchanting Zhongshu Bookstore in China

Wutopia Lab’s enchanting Zhongshu bookstore uses a series of immersive and otherworldly environments.

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September 8, 2017

Section: Interiors

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Summer Reading List: 5 Beautiful Books

Summer Reading List: 5 Beautiful Books

There’s no better way to pass a sunny afternoon than lounging in the shade with a good book. Enjoy a little eye candy alongside an icy drink this July, with these five beautiful books that we think are worth adding to your summer reading list.

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July 17, 2017

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Designer Books & More, From ‘Level-1’ to ‘Rise and Sprawl’

Designer Books & More, From ‘Level-1’ to ‘Rise and Sprawl’

A tribute to the evolution of subway system design, plus an argument for migrating from land to sea and the story of the ‘rise and sprawl’ of condo towers in Toronto.

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January 4, 2017

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Designer Books & More, From ‘The City of Tomorrow’ to ‘Lo and Behold’

Designer Books & More, From ‘The City of Tomorrow’ to ‘Lo and Behold’

A dictionary for architectural installations, plus Werner Herzog’s reflection on the human-machine relationship and a collection of essays on the technologies changing the future of cities.

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December 7, 2016

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Designer Books & More, From ‘Designing for the Common Good’ to ‘Clever’

Designer Books & More, From ‘Designing for the Common Good’ to ‘Clever’

Case studies that prove design’s ability to create societal change, plus profiles of notable creatives working past 80 and a podcast not just about good design, but about the people behind it.

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October 28, 2016

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Designer Books & More, From ‘Ice Station’ to ‘On the Grid’

Designer Books & More, From ‘Ice Station’ to ‘On the Grid’

Author Ruth Slavid looks at the design ingenuity of an Antarctic research station, plus a film that imagines a post-apocalyptic residential tower, and a podcast created by and for graphic designers.

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July 18, 2016

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Designer Books: 30:30 Landscape Architecture

Designer Books: 30:30 Landscape Architecture

Thirty renowned landscape architects identify the next generation of practitioners who are charting new ground.

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May 24, 2016

Section: Curiosity

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