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"Bookshelf: Spring 2026" is here!
Browse our seasonal roundup of reviews of recent books on buildings, landscapes, and cities. This spring, our critics’ roundtable takes on fascism at home, revolution in Black bookstores, climate change in augmented reality, gentrification as metaphor, and more.
Recent books on fascism at home, revolution in Black bookstores, climate change in augmented reality, gentrification as metaphor, and more.
"This design history of Mussolini’s Italy moves beyond the usual focus on monuments to show how fascism also took hold within the home ... The conversation it starts is important for anyone interested in examining historical and contemporary fascism." — Ecem Sarıçayır, review of "Furnishing Fascism"
With contributions from Susanne Schindler, Kwesi Daniels, Danika Cooper, David Grahame Shane, Elgin Cleckley, Moriah Ulinskas, Ecem Saricayir, and Brian Davis.
"An essential reference for the design community and beyond, this volume responds to a growing urgency within our disciplines to develop the frameworks needed to pursue spatial justice. It’s a call for all of us in education to rethink our curricula." —Elgin Cleckley, review of "Spatial (In)Justice"
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"This book is a resource for those looking to foster public design initiatives to reclaim spaces once dominated by Confederate monuments. Landscape-based narratives have caused harm, the authors show. Landscape-based narratives can heal, they promise."
— Moriah Ulinskas, review of "Empty Pedestals"
