18 Architecture Books to Look Forward to in 2022
A selection of 18 architecture books released in 2021 features notable titles such as 'Momentum of Light' by Francis Kéré and Iwan Baan (Lars Müller) and 'London. Being in the Library' edited by Daniela Keiser (Park Books). Other highlights include Mario Cucinella's 'Il futuro è un viaggio nel passato' (Quodlibet) and the revised edition of Fulvio Irace's 'Milano Moderna' (24 Ore Cultura). Additionally, there’s a monograph on Piero Portaluppi (Electa), Zeuler R. Lima's biography 'La dea stanca. Vita di Lina Bo Bardi' (Johan & Levi), and Ico Migliore's 'Sketches, Scenaries and Maps' (Electa). Other works include 'INLEGNO' by Park Associati and Bollinger+Grohmann (Lettera Ventidue), Gae Aulenti's 'Vedere molto, immaginare molto' (Edizioni di Comunità), Ben Wilson's 'Metropolis' (il Saggiatore), Deyan Sudjic's 'Il linguaggio delle città' (Ilios), Antonio Acocella's 'La rovina come pretesto' (Quodlibet), Peter Eisenman's 'Lateness' (Princeton University Press), 'Mostra Internazionale di Architettura 1980-2021' (La Biennale di Venezia), two books on Bauhaus, and Magdalena Jeleńska's children's title 'Archistoria' (Quinto Quarto).
Key facts
- 18 architecture books published in 2021 are reviewed.
- Momentum of Light features Francis Kéré and Iwan Baan documenting natural light in Burkina Faso.
- London. Being in the Library documents David Adjaye's Idea Store in East London.
- Mario Cucinella's memoir covers ten architectural sites including stepwells in Gujarat and ochre villages in Morocco.
- Fulvio Irace's Milano Moderna updated edition covers Milan architecture from 1947 to 2021.
- Piero Portaluppi monograph includes Villa Necchi Campiglio and Casa Corbellini-Wassermann.
- Zeuler R. Lima's biography of Lina Bo Bardi is based on 20 years of research.
- INLEGNO explores timber construction with a prototypical building for Milan.
- Peter Eisenman's Lateness examines temporal complexity through Adolf Loos, Aldo Rossi, and John Hejduk.
- ASAC's volume lists all participants of 17 Architecture Biennales from 1980 to 2021.
- Two Bauhaus books: one on Dessau architecture, one on 494 women associated with the school.
- Archistoria is a children's book on architectural history by Polish creators.
Entities
Artists
- Francis Kéré
- Iwan Baan
- Daniela Keiser
- David Adjaye
- Mario Cucinella
- Salima Naji
- Fulvio Irace
- Marco Introini
- Filippo Romano
- Giovanna Silva
- Gabriele Basilico
- Paolo Rosselli
- Simona Galateo
- Patrizia Piccinini
- Lorenzo Pennati
- Piero Portaluppi
- Zeuler R. Lima
- Lina Bo Bardi
- Ico Migliore
- Gae Aulenti
- Ben Wilson
- Deyan Sudjic
- Antonio Acocella
- Hans Döllgast
- Carlo Scarpa
- David Chipperfield
- Peter Eisenman
- Elisa Iturbe
- Adolf Loos
- Aldo Rossi
- John Hejduk
- Florian Strob
- Thomas Meyer
- Walter Gropius
- Carl Fieger
- Georg Muche
- Richard Paulick
- Anty Pansera
- Maria Grazia Rizzo
- Magdalena Jeleńska
- Acapulco Studio
Institutions
- Lars Müller
- Park Books
- Quodlibet
- 24 Ore Cultura
- Federico Motta Editore
- Fondazione OAMi
- Electa
- Johan & Levi
- Lettera Ventidue
- Edizioni di Comunità
- il Saggiatore
- Ilios
- Princeton University Press
- La Biennale di Venezia
- ASAC
- Jaca Book
- Nomos
- Quinto Quarto
- SOS School of Sustainability
- Politecnico di Milano
- Migliore+Servetto Architects
- Park Associati
- Bollinger+Grohmann
- Cambridge University
- Design Museum of London
- Domus
- Fondazione Bauhaus Dessau
- MUJI
- Idea Store Whitechapel Road
- Villa Necchi Campiglio
- Massimo De Carlo
- Alte Pinakothek
- Palazzo Abatellis
- Neues Museum
Locations
- Burkina Faso
- Gando
- Bobo-Dioulasso
- Tiébélé
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- London
- United Kingdom
- Whitechapel Road
- East London
- Bologna
- Italy
- Gujarat
- India
- Morocco
- Cappadocia
- Turkey
- Milan
- Monza
- Berlin
- Germany
- Siracusa
- Rome
- Uruk
- Lübeck
- Warsaw
- Poland
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- Bari
- Munich
- Palermo
- Princeton
- United States
- Oxford
- Beijing
- China
- Venice
- Weimar
- Dessau
- Busto Arsizio
- Faenza