HOUSING AND URBANIZATION IN INDIA

Charles Correa is an inventive, award-winning architect, planner, activist, and theoretician who has adapted the language of modern architecture to create humane habitats in his native India. In a new book, Housing and Urbanisation, he describes his most significant projects in detail, from low-cost, high-density housing to complete townships. His drawings demonstrate his architectural finesse and a compassion for the everyday lives of the people he designs for.

URBANIZATION CALIFORNIA STYLE

A unique architectural phenomenon exists in the Hayden Tract of Culver City, California, where Eric Owen Moss has been pursuing his idiosyncratic and intuitive architectural investigations for the past twelve years. What is built there, having now reached critical mass, has given rise to a dynamic and compelling urban environment. Stealth, Slash/Backslash, and Umbrella are three of the buildings that make up this exciting amalgamation of Moss projects.

WOOD CONSTRUCTION IN THE LANDSCAPE

Seattle landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has written a new book, Wood in the Landscape: A Practical Guide to Specification and Design. Practical, yes. The book includes countless drawings detailing how to build decks, arbors, and bridges. But it's also inspiring, with Winterbottom's own photography of local examples. He offers a history of the craft, general principles of construction, and pointers for avoiding common problems. Next week we launch a five-part series based on this book. Part I: Decks, their systems and framing.