Best of #books:

Critical Proximity
Through a series of entangled instances of history and architecture in Palestine, the book edited by Petti, Hilal and Weizman asks the question: “what is decolonization today?”

Indomitable creativity
A recent monograph on Ettore Sottsass is a multi-layered container, rich and complex like its protagonist who marked a profound and avant-garde turning point in twentieth-century design culture.

For me, writing is the reverse side of drawing
For Beniamino Servino the project is a way to clarify, to himself and to others, the significance of architecture. As demonstrated in his latest book Obvius, the logical sequel to Monumental Need.

Translating space
A normal dictionary allows us to understand a foreign language and the dictionary of Japanese spatiality enables us to translate the way space is organised in another culture.

The story of design
The book by Charlotte and Peter Fiell is a passionate narration of the history of design of all times and rich in ethical comments on the legacy we shall pass on to future generations.

The Ghost of Mies
In the third installment of the Critical Spatial Practice book series, Beatriz Colomina narrates an alternative history of modern architecture that doesn’t focus on what was proposed, but instead where, how, and even at times why modern architecture was formulated as a project.

It’s time to make a book
The first monograph on the rich and multi-faceted work of Patricia Urquiola seizes the moment for a deeper look at her work, but also opens up many ideas and many interpretations for the future.