Urgent Architecture

 Drawing for Product Designers

Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza

 Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee

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A hefty olive-green box has appeared in our reference section: The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design. This "book-in-a-box" is great (and fun) to sift through for inspiration and enrichment.

It contains five hundred sheets of card stock which together give a history of graphic design. Each sheet has two sides: one reproduces an important work of graphic design (see Side 1 below), and one includes the name of the designer, client, title of the piece,  and historical/biographical remarks (see Side 2 below). Works range from the Gutenberg Bible to the Mercedes-Benz logo to the Obama posters (and the Periodic table is in there too!).

Side 1: Side 2:

Also in the box is an index you can use to look up works by title, designer, client, or category. We currently have sorted the pages alphabetically by last name of the designer, but it is possible to sort them chronologically or by category. Which do you think is best?

Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes

Gutenburg: How One Man Remade the World with Words

Small Scale Big Change

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Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme is a magazine about contemporary architecture, urban planning, and arts published in Barcelona, Spain. It is the Journal of the Association of Architects of Catalonia. The magazine has been in publication since 1944, but has been revamped by a new editorial team since 2011.

Each new issue contains theme, case study, & reference to a past magazine issue, presented in the magazine sections of Visual Essay, the Observatory, & the Archive. As well as looking back to the magazine's past in the Archive section, each issue of Quaderns also looks to the near future with a presentation of the next issue's theme by a guest contributor.

The most recent issues of Quaderns are located on the LADC's current periodicals' shelving.

The Crisis of the African-American Architect

Japan's Master Gardens: Lessons in Space and Environment

Concrete

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 Planning Olympic Legacies: Transport Dreams and Urban Realities

 Design of the 20th Century

 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: 12 houses

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Designed for Habitat: Collaborations with Habitat for Humanity
by APLA faculty David Hinson & Justin Miller

Architecture: From Commission to Construction

Linotype, the film: In Search of the Eighth Wonder of the World [DVD]

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George Washington's Eye: Landscape, Architecture, and Design at Mount Vernon

Studio and Cube

Designing with Video: Focusing on the User-Centred Design Process

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Diversity in Design: Perspectives from the Non-Western World

Wohnen in Wien: 20 residential buildings

Scapes

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The Medina: The Restoration & Conservation of Historic Islamic Cities

Eames: The Architect and the Painter [DVD]

Manufacturing the Bespoke

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