Favorite Books of 2008

Here's a list of my dozen favorites from the 65 books I reviewed last year on my weekly and daily pages, in chronological order. Tomorrow I'll post my dozen favorite doses featured on these two sites last year.


The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account
Kenneth Frampton


Designs on the Public: The Private Lives of New York's Public Spaces
Kristine F. Miller


Patent Constructions: New Architecture Made in Catalonia
Albert Ferré, Ricardo Devesa & Jaime Salazar


Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S.–Mexico Border and Its Future
Fernando Romero/LAR


Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness
Elizabeth Farrelly


The Endless City
Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic


Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes
Andrew Blauvelt


Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky: Life as a Voyage
Architekturzentrum Wien


Shift: SANAA and the New Museum
Joseph Grima & Karen Wong


The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema
Juhani Pallasmaa


After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan
Thomas Daniell


DBOOK: Density, Data, Diagrams, Dwellings
Javier Mozas & Aurora Fernandez Per