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Books
chapters
Oct. 25, 2023
What a School-bus Crash in Jerusalem Reveals About Life in Occupied Palestine
A deadly collision exposes the system of checkpoints and borders that made it inevitable.
By
Nathan Thrall
street view
Oct. 23, 2023
Thomas Heatherwick Thinks Nearly All New Buildings Are Boring
A critique of his critique.
By
Justin Davidson
photography
Oct. 20, 2023
When New York Started to Wake Up
The photographs in
Metropolitan Melancholia
, made in 2021 and 2022, document a city learning to un-shelter in place.
By
Christopher Bonanos
chapters
Oct. 6, 2023
Sofia Coppola’s Bedrooms
The director’s new book,
Archive,
is a showcase for the little temples, or little cells, she creates for her characters.
By
Katie McDonough
books
Sept. 25, 2023
Dory Fantasmagory
Is Some of the Best Children’s Literature in Years
In the six-book series, author Abby Hanlon embraces the messier parts of childhood and raising children.
By
Genevieve Smith
interior design
June 16, 2023
Why Young Collectors Are Buying Fussy Antiques
Talking with Michael Diaz-Griffith, author of
The New Antiquarians
, about the renewed interest in very old things.
By
Diana Budds
books
June 12, 2023
The 8 Best New Design, Architecture, and Urbanism Books Out This Summer
Including a look at Isamu Noguchi’s affinity for Greece and David Adjaye’s tactile architecture.
By
Curbed Staff
books
June 2, 2023
New York City’s Latest Specialty Libraries for Design Obsessives
From critic Michael Sorkin’s collection at CUNY to the Brazilian modernism archive at R & Company.
By
Diana Budds
design
May 8, 2023
Mining the Milton Glaser Archives
From never-printed Broadway posters to a Manhattan phone-book cover, seven works from the designer’s early decades.
By
Diana Budds
look book
Apr. 13, 2023
The Look Book Goes to Catherine Lacey’s Book Launch
On a recent Thursday, the novelist spoke to critic Merve Emre about her new book,
Biography of X
, at Greenlight Bookstore.
By
Kelsie Schrader
and
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
books
Mar. 10, 2023
The 9 Best Architecture, Design, and Urbanism Books Out This Spring
Including a compendium of Milton Glaser’s illustrations and a delightful collection of underground weed ads.
By
Curbed Staff
books
Mar. 10, 2023
A Visit to the Home of Dansk’s Most Prolific Designer
An excerpt from
Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer.
By
The Editors
street view
Jan. 4, 2023
An Office Is Wherever We Decide It Is
A new book chronicles employers’, architects’, and employees’ relentless reinvention of the workplace.
By
Justin Davidson
gift guide
Nov. 8, 2022
The Best New Books for Design, Architecture, and Urbanism Enthusiasts
From an encyclopedia of furniture to an especially gorgeous travel guide to Florida.
By
Curbed Staff
books
June 27, 2022
Walking the Mall With Alexandra Lange
The architecture critic and
Meet Me by the Fountain
author sizes up her local food court.
By
Christopher Bonanos
objects of desire
June 7, 2022
Inside the Obsessive World of Taschen’s Custom Book Stands
The publisher’s 50-pound editions are too big for most furniture, so it’s been making its own.
By
Diana Budds
street view
May 25, 2022
What’s a Bicycle For?
A new book digs into our ambivalent relationship with life on two wheels.
By
Justin Davidson
design edit
Apr. 15, 2022
Death Masks, Dopamine Décor, Antiquarian Books, and More Design Finds
Plus Julio Torres’s story about a plunger that just wants to be a vase.
By
Diana Budds
books
Dec. 23, 2021
What Will It Take to Design (Actually) Healthy Cities?
The Topography of Wellness
explores a century of how we’ve gotten it wrong and the resilient systems we need to get it right.
By
Diana Budds
books
Nov. 5, 2021
Walking the Streets, Looking for a Long-Lost Madam
The historian Debby Applegate knows where all the best disreputables once hung out.
By
Christopher Bonanos
architecture
Oct. 1, 2021
The Candy-Colored Tudors and Mini Mediterranean Palaces of Queens
‘All the Queens Houses’ shows the most diverse borough’s most diverse residences.
By
Diana Budds
books
July 30, 2021
The Power Broker
Is Still Not Available As an E-Book. Except … It Is.
“A myth,” says Robert Caro’s publisher. Yet, somehow, I just bought the Kindle edition.
By
Christopher Bonanos
mutual aid
Apr. 9, 2021
A New Network of Little Free Libraries Stocks Exclusively BIPOC Authors
“A lot of people don’t have exposure to Black authors; I didn’t.”
By
Diana Budds
in the stacks
Mar. 19, 2021
How the Strand Lost Its Workers
The bookstore’s owner says it’s hanging by a thread — and staff say they’re the ones paying the price.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
up high
Dec. 15, 2020
This Artist Posed As a Hungarian Billionaire Buyer to Get Into 25 Penthouses
Adopting a new persona, then photographing the view from the 100th floor.
By
Christopher Bonanos
at home
Oct. 16, 2020
Your Quarantine Clutter Has a Long and Distinguished History
Embrace the mess.
By
Alexandra Lange
space of the week
Oct. 9, 2020
An Insider’s View of the Grit and Glamour of the Fashion World
Amy Fine Collins’s new book,
The International Best-Dressed List,
chronicles the history of stylish, larger-than-life personalities.
By
Wendy Goodman
space of the week
June 9, 2016
Inside a Book Editor’s Legendary Home Library
Madeline Kripke has been known to walk visitors through her shelves with a flashlight in hand and card catalogue in her head.
By
Wendy Lubovich
space of the week
June 9, 2016
Inside a Book Editor’s Legendary Home Library
Madeline Kripke has been known to walk visitors through her shelves with a flashlight in hand and card catalogue in her head.
By
Wendy Lubovich
design hunting
Sept. 24, 2015
Take a Rare Glimpse Inside the Art-Filled Homes of Artists
A new book takes you inside the lofts, townhouses, and upstate retreats of Will Cotton, Rashid Johnson, and Marilyn Minter.
By
Wendy Goodman
design hunting
Oct. 6, 2009
Design Hunting: Albert Hadley’s Books, Moss and Ferns in Midtown, and Dinner With Anya Hindmarch
Plus, Simon Doonan — a Fashion Week must.
By
Wendy Goodman