Architect's Newspaper Roundup Features New Architecture Photobooks, from Louis Kahn to Frank Gehry's Early Work
A fresh exploration of architecturally themed photobooks reveals the influence of photography on architectural design. This assessment coincides with the exhibition "Photobooks USA 2000–25" at the International Center of Photography. Notable entries include "The House That Kahn Built" by Louis Kahn, with images by Kashef Chowdhury. Other highlights are Max Creasy's "Bad Language," featuring text by Frida Grahn, and Johan Dehlin's "Five Buildings by Frank Gehry," which includes insights from Hilary Sample and Tom Emerson. Additionally, Edward Dimendberg's work on Richard Neutra's Lovell Health House gains attention as restoration efforts commence.
Key facts
- The roundup was inspired by the exhibition Photobooks USA 2000–25 at the International Center of Photography in New York
- Kashef Chowdhury's photographs of Louis Kahn's National Assembly Building in Dhaka include images from a 2001 exhibition marking Kahn's 100th birthday
- Johan Dehlin documented five early Frank Gehry projects in 2015, redrawing their plans and sections
- Richard Neutra's Lovell Health House has been restored by Escher GuneWardena, with a book edited by Edward Dimendberg from Getty Publications
- Mark Power spent 27 years taking construction photographs in 23 countries for FASHION
- Daniel Shea exhibited at American Framing, the U.S. Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale
- Jan Staller's Manhattan Project, begun in 2013 and published in 2025, features a foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson
- The Houses of Guadalajara examines the Escuela Tapatía and architects linked to Luis Barragán
Entities
Artists
- Kashef Chowdhury
- Marina Tabassum
- Max Creasy
- Frida Grahn
- Johan Dehlin
- Frank Gehry
- Hilary Sample
- Tom Emerson
- Richard Neutra
- Edward Dimendberg
- Willard Morgan
- Grant Mudford
- Takashi Homma
- Kazuyo Sejima
- Ian James
- Aurora Tang
- Naho Kubota
- Jesús Vassallo
- James Florio
- Bruce Goff
- Antonio Bonet Castellana
- Gili Merin
- Allan Sekula
- Pier Vittorio Aureli
- Aleix Plademunt
- Rolf Fehlbaum
- Mark Power
- Stuart Smith
- Edgar Rodríguez
- Ari Seligmann
- Yoshio Watanabe
- Chuji Hirayama
- Akio Kawasumi
- Osamu Murai
- Yukio Futagawa
- Tomio Ohashi
- Kiyoshi Takai
- Shuji Yamada
- Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
- Jamel Shabazz
- Eugene Richards
- Daniel Shea
- Jan Staller
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Jorge Alberto Muñoz
- César Béjar
- Rafael Palacios Macías
- Luis Barragán
- Ellis Woodman
- Matthew Blunderfield
- John Winter
- Christopher Payne
- Rory Gardiner
- Maxime Delvaux
- Bridget Goldberg
- Lütjens Padmanabhan
- Wenche Selmer
- Louis Kahn
- Iker Gil
- Escher GuneWardena
- Melania Dalle Grave
Institutions
- The Architect's Newspaper
- International Center of Photography
- Architectural Association
- Getty Publications
- Dashwood Books
- Session Press
- Cultured at Home
- The Fulcrum Press
- Special Effects
- Dog Years
- MAS Context
- Humboldt Books
- Spector Books
- Vitra
- GOST Books
- The New Yorker
- primapress
- Syracuse University
- Thames & Hudson
- Prestel
- MACK
- Five Continents Editions
- Birkhäuser
- The Architecture Foundation
- Quart Verlag
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
- Escher GuneWardena
- Center for Land Use Interpretation
- La Biennale di Venezia
- OFFICE
- SANAA
- Johnston Marklee
- Normal
- Scaffold podcast
- Mas Context
- AN Interior
- Pavilion of the United States
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Dhaka
- Bangladesh
- Sydney
- Australia
- London
- United Kingdom
- Berlin
- Germany
- Memphis
- Illinois
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Jerusalem
- Israel
- Europe
- Japan
- Brooklyn
- Guadalajara
- Mexico
- Mexico City
- Venice
- Italy
- Regal Lane
- Tennessee
- Prospect Park
- Green-Wood Cemetery
- Gateway tunnel