Earlier this week, Stephen Colbert tapped Yale professor and YUP author Dan Esty to discuss the latest international hot topic: global warming. As a professor of Environmental Law and Policy with appointments at both the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Esty offered a
Through his pioneering works on design, abstraction, and color, Joseph Albers influenced generations of modern artists. In 1963, Yale University Press published Albers’s highly influential Interaction of Color, which remains in print in paperback. Now, the Press is thrilled to announce the publication of Interaction of Color: New and Complete
Dr. Richard Frank— For most people, the word "cancer" conjures up fears of a life-threatening disease. Common definitions found on internet sites describe cancer cells as "growing out of control" and relentlessly spreading throughout the body causing harm. The reality, however, is much more complicated. Because I have found in
You need look no further than our previous post to see that we’re excited about Unpacking My Library, an intimate look into the literary collections of some of the world’s most important architects. Turns out we’re not the only ones. The Pentagram-designed project was recently nominated by Amazon.com’s Omnivoracious blog
Urban Center Books has posted some wonderful videos related to Jo Steffens’s Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books. A co-publication of the Municipal Art Society of New York and Yale University Press, the book and its accompanying exhibit delve into the personal libraries of twelve of the world’s leading architects,
Paul Goldberger more than held his own while discussing Why Architecture Matters with Stephen Colbert last night. The critic kept a cool head and even lent his expert opinion to the host’s proposed “half Parthenon, half White House” design for the Colbert estate. In reference to his book, Goldberger also
At 11:30 this evening, New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger will be in the hot seat on the Colbert Report discussing his new book, Why Architecture Matters. While we can’t predict what line of questioning Colbert will follow (is there some secret left-wing architectural conspiracy we’re not aware of?), Goldberger
On October 26th, Robert A.M. Stern, Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, was presented with the Municipal Arts Society’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal. The MAS’s highest honor, the medal is presented "to individuals who, by their work and deeds, have made an outstanding contribution to New York City" and
In the wake of a heated commentary by Carlin Romano in The Chronicle Review, the academy has revived a familiar and unsettling debate over the merits of philosopher Martin Heidegger's work in light of the thinker's well-known connections to Nazism. The publication of Emmanuel Faye's book, Heidegger: The Introduction of
The following guest post was written by Marva Barnett, author of Victor Hugo on Things That Matter: What is just and what is legal are all too often not the same thing. Nina Totenberg’s recounting of the current Supreme Court case about prosecutorial immunity illuminates what Victor Hugo called “the