Urban Center Books

Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books
ISBN/SKU: 0300158939
What does a library say about the mind of its owner? How do books map the intellectual interests, curiosities, tastes, and personalities of their readers? What does the collecting of books have in common with the practice of architecture? Unpacking My Library provides an intimate look at the personal libraries of fourteen of the world’s leading architects, alongside conversations about the significance of books to their careers and lives. Photographs of bookshelves—displaying well-loved and rare volumes, eclectic organizational schemes, and the individual touches that make a bookshelf one’s own—provide an evocative glimpse of their owner’s personal life. Each architect also presents a reading list of top ten influential titles, from architectural history to theory to fiction and nonfiction, that serves as a personal philosophy of literature and history, and advice on what every young architect, scholar, and lover of architecture should read. An inspiring cross-section of notable libraries, this beautiful book celebrates the arts of reading and collecting.

Your Price: $20.00

Binding: HARDCOVER

Author: Steffens, Jo

Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Review by: Kristin
Review Date: 2/28/2009 12:35:33 AM
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars.

Review by: Glenn
Review Date: 4/2/2009 3:54:58 PM
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars.

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Review Date: 4/28/2010 11:37:49 AM
Rating: 10 out of 5 stars.

The book is great!