It's true, architecture and design people love books. Thanks to @archpaper for selecting two of our books for the 2022 Gift Guide for this very selective crowd! 'Uncrating the Japanese House: Junzo Yoshimura, Antonin and Noémi Raymond, and George Nakashima' from @augusteditions @shofusoa — a Japanese house and garden located in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park designed by Japanese architect Junzō Yoshimura, and two properties in Bucks County (the Raymond Farm by Antonin and Noémi Raymond and, nearby, George Nakashima’s compound) are the subjects of this handsome book. Published by August Editions, this story about modern living in Japan and the United States emerges from historical context and newly commissioned photographs. 'In Miami in the 1980s: The Vanishing Architecture of a “Paradise Lost"' from @buchhandlungwaltherfranzkoenig @charlottevonmoos sheds some much needed light on Miami’s 1980s architecture detailing realized projects, demolished ones such as @arquitectonicaintl ’s The Babylon (captured here by photographer @maxcreasy ), and others that never saw the light of day. The book’s vivid graphics emulate the showy quality of the buildings it examines, and of course an early project by Rem Koolhaas makes a guest appearance. The offering is a bold, preservation-minded plea with rich archival images, illustrations, floor plans, and historical text. The volume’s opening and closing sequences of soft-focus magazine imagery hits home, as decades before cofounding AN, Bill Menking worked as the art director for 'Miami Vice.' #architecturegiftbook #designgiftbook #uncratingthejapanesehouse #inmiamiinthe1980s #80smiami #miami80sarchitecture https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHgOGhpy8B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=