John Hill

An Architect Reads Uketsu Architecture Books – Week 11/2026

For my A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books newsletter this week, I read "Strange Buildings," the latest by Uketsu: archidose.substack.com/p/an-archite...

Next Installments Architecture Books – Week 10/2026

This week in my A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books newsletter are two books that continue two ongoing series: "Caruso St John Collected Works: Volume 3 2010–2020" (MACK) & "Typology: Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca. Review No. IV" (Park Books): archidose.substack.com/p/next-insta...

This week in A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books newsletter is "Thirtysix Views of Inverted Portal," by photographer James Florio, published by MAS Context. The 3-volume publication features photographs of Ensamble Studio's "Inverted Portal" at Tippet Rise. archidose.substack.com/p/7-winters-...

Form Follows Ficus Architecture Books – Week 8/2026

This week in A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is Rafael Herrin-Ferri’s latest book, "All the Queens Gardens: Everyday Landscaping in New York’s Largest and Most Diverse Borough," recently published by Jovis: archidose.substack.com/p/form-follo...

The Future Is Microbial Architecture Books – Week 7/2026

"We the Bacteria: Notes Toward Biotic Architecture," written by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley and published by Lars Müller Publishers, is atop my newsletter this week: archidose.substack.com/p/the-future...

The Life of a Critic Architecture Books – Week 6/2026

This week my A Weekly Dose of Architecture features "An Urban Odyssey: A Critic’s Search for the Soul of Cities and Self," the 2024 autobiography by Sam Hall Kaplan, who served as critic of architecture and urbanism at the Los Angeles Times for a dozen years: archidose.substack.com/p/the-life-o...

KPF at 50 Architecture Books – Week 5/2026

This week my A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books newsletter features "Connective Urbanism – New York" by KPF, published by KPF: archidose.substack.com/p/kpf-at-50

Maki and Associates at 60 Architecture Books – Week 4/2026

This week on A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is "MAKI OPUS," celebrating the 60th anniversary of Maki and Associates; published by @thamesandhudson.bsky.social
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Looks like you basically had the place to yourself. See other people there during your visit? Know if this portion of the Biennale is getting traffic?

Meet Me at the Daydreaming Zone Architecture Books – Week 3/2026

This week in my book newsletter is "Public Spaces, NY," a sequel to MOS's "Vacant Spaces NY," which is at the bottom of the newsletter: archidose.substack.com/p/meet-me-at...

Architectural Workers of the US, Unite Architecture Books – Week 2/2026

The first post of 2026 in my A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books newsletter features C. G. Beck's "The Labor of Architecture: Creativity, Design, and the Building of a New Class Consciousness," published by Monthly Review Press: archidose.substack.com/p/architectu...

American architecture at 250: a reading list Some resources for the semiquincentennial

Great bibliography on American architecture of the past 250 years compiled by @hawthorne.bsky.social.

Perfect for folks like me with a good background in architectural history but who are not specialists in American #architecture. #USA250 #USsemiquincentennial

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Favorite Architecture Books of 2025 Architecture Books – Week 51/2025

My last newsletter post of 2025 lists my top 10 from the nearly 50 books featured in it over the course of the year: archidose.substack.com/p/favorite-a...

2 Publications on Reuse Architecture Books – Week 50/2025

2 publications on reuse are in my newsletter this week: "Harvard Design Magazine No. 53: Reuse and Repair," edited by Jeanne Gang and Lizabeth Cohen; and "Reuse of Architectural Components" by Bailey Bestul:
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This week in my newsletter is "Shelter Cookbook," edited by Leopold Banchini and Lukas Feireiss, with photographs by Dylan Perrenoud and an interview with Lloyd Kahn: archidose.substack.com/p/cooking-up...
@spectorbooks.bsky.social

I happened to walk along Wall Street about a week ago and saw them hoisting the materials inside for the renovated lobby and POPS by KPF.

Vital City | What Mamdani Gets Wrong About Severe Mental Illness & Crisis Response Mayor Eric Adams’ senior advisor on the topic has some thoughts on the incoming mayor’s plans for a new Department of Community Safety.

Posting this only because of the photo they put atop the article: the POPS at 60 Wall Street designed by Kevin Roche that was recently demolished. Odd choice, I think.
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Gifts for People Who Read Architecture Books* *Gifts that are nearly everything BUT architecture books

Wanna buy an architecture-book lover a gift that's not an architecture book? Here are some suggestions I cobbled together: archidose.substack.com/p/gifts-for-...

Book of the Week in my newsletter is "Design for Construction: Tectonic Imagination in Contemporary Architecture" by Eric Höweler, published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social:
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I just learned the the Shubow-Ratti debate never happened but a panel discussion, "Classicism Now," with Justin Shubow, @katewagner.wehwalt.net and @edwinheathcote.bsky.social, moderated by Ratti, will be taking place this Saturday (5pm CET). Livestream via Ratti IG: www.instagram.com/crassociati/

A Princeton Renaissance Architecture Books – Week 47/2025

The book in my newsletter this week is "Renaissance: A New Museum for Princeton" by James Christen Steward, with contributions by Paul Goldberger, Ron McCoy, and Mark Stevens: archidose.substack.com/p/a-princeto...

David Halle and Elisabeth Tiso's "New York's New Edge: Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side," pictured, is great. Its balance of sociology, history, etc., plus its clarity of writing, has made it one of the most helpful books in my understanding of 21C NYC.

And important to Trump that the bathroom he renovated overlooks the future ballroom.

(Also note that the photo was taken before the East Wing demolition but posted after.)

Unboxing Archigram Architecture Books – Week 45/2025

My newsletter this week features "Archigram: The Magazine," the new facsimile edition of all nine and a half issues of Archigram, originally printed between 1961 and 1974:
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Not at all surprising to hear this news.

I wouldn't put it past Trump to put McCrery back on the commission so the architect can approve his own design for the ballroom.

Just saw it described as "The much-anticipated final volume in architect Robert A.M. Stern’s critically acclaimed New York series" on the Phaidon website. You had me second-guessing myself for a minute, @christinecipriani.bsky.social : )

That said, I guess the co-authors could continue the series in another 15 or 20 years...

Actually I'm not 100% that it's *the* last, but I think it's safe to assume its *his* last. He actually told Archpaper back in 2017, "I’m also working with Jake Tilove and David Fishman on my New York 2020 book, which I swore I would never do, but here I am." That makes 2020 something of a bonus.

20 Years of NYC Architecture Across 1500 Pages Architecture Books – Week 44/2025

The sixth and final installment in Robert A.M. Stern's magisterial New York series is out this week, so of course "New York 2020: Architecture and Urbanism at the Beginning of a New Century" is Book of the Week in A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books: archidose.substack.com/p/20-years-o...