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
The most recent issue of TimeOut Kids features a series of articles on children and sexuality, highlighting the many dilemmas that parents face when educating their children about the realities of sex and gender. Ken Corbett, author of Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities, is quoted extensively in a piece on the particularly
A recent unexpected celebrity endorsement is just the latest in a string of successes for Yale’s Icons of America series, which presents brief, lively volumes on our nation’s major cultural touchstones. Past works have covered the Empire State Building, Gone with the Wind, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have
The winner of the 15 Minutes of Fame Photo Contest is Joseph C. from New York City! Not only did Joseph’s photograph maintain the inexplicable mirroring and black-and-white color scheme of Ms. McCain’s fateful snapshot; it also features a choice title from YUP’s backlist, Bernard Williams’s On Opera. The fact