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"Fall's Top Architecture Books\nPack away your summer reading. Fall brings an abundance of new releases celebrating the work of architects both past and present\nTom Kundig: Houses 2\n\nThe architect follows up his first monograph with a new volume devoted to 17 stunning homes. The far-flung projects\u2014from an industrial-chic apartment in New York City to a cliff-side beach house in Maui\u2014showcase Kundig's inventive use of steel, concrete, and glass as well as his ability to create flexible spaces that incorporate the buildings' natural surroundings.\n\nPrinceton Architectural Press, $55; papress.com\nCarr\u00E8re &amp;amp; Hastings\n\nHistorians Laurie Ossman and Heather Ewing examine the prolific partnership of Gilded Age architects John M. Carr\u00E8re and Thomas Hastings, creators of mansions for captains of industry such as Henry Clay Frick, Alfred DuPont, and Andrew Carnegie. Stunning images of their elegant buildings\u2014including the New York Public Library and the William Starr Miller House (now the Neue Galerie museum)\u2014are accompanied by fascinating backstories.\n\nAvailable in October, Rizzoli, $75; amazon.com\nLuis Barrag\u00E1n: His House\n\nThe Pritzker Prize\u2013winning architect's celebrated home in Mexico City is showcased in this new monograph. Almost 200 images provide a tour of the colorful concrete house, which was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Essays by Barrag\u00E1n experts Alfonso Alfaro, Juan Palomar, and Daniel Garza Usabiaga examine the history of both the residence and its furnishings.\n\nAvailable in October, RM, $65; artbook.com\nEdward Durell Stone: A Son's Untold Story of a Legendary Architect\n\nHicks Stone recalls his father's tumultuous life and often controversial oeuvre, which includes some of the 20th century's most iconic buildings, such as New York City's Museum of Modern Art and Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Plagued throughout his career by the architectural community's harsh criticism of his decorative approach to modernism, Stone remains a polarizing figure with a complicated legacy.\n\nAvailable in October, Rizzoli, $85; amazon.com\nPrivate Estates: New Architecture by Landry Design Group\n\nRichard Landry takes readers through 15 of his firm's recent projects. The homes represent a wide range of styles, among them a modern villa in Los Angeles and a French-inspired estate in Chicago. Each is tailored to the client's interests, with special features such as home theaters, massage rooms, and even a subterranean casino.\n\nAvailable in October, Oro, $85; amazon.com\nLouis Vuitton: Architecture and Interiors\n\nWith this new release, the luxury-goods brand proves its global influence extends far beyond handbags and luggage. Scholars and writers Mohsen Mostafavi, Fr\u00E9d\u00E9ric Edelmann, Ian Luna, and Rafael Magrou explore how the Louis Vuitton Architecture Department has pushed the boundaries of retail spaces, through both its own designs as well as through collaborations with high-profile talents Peter Marino, Shigeru Ban, and Zaha Hadid.\n\nAvailable in October, Rizzoli, $85; amazon.com\nHouse, Home, Heart: Artistry and Craftsmanship in the Architecture of Shope Reno Wharton\n\nBernard Wharton offers a behind-the-scenes look at his firm's design process, taking readers through projects from initial sketches and floor plans to the finished home. The architect also includes the design briefs for each featured house, which provide insights into the collaborative process between architect and client.\n\nAvailable in October, Pointed Leaf Press, $85; amazon.com\nInigo Jones: The Architect of Kings\n\nKnown as the English Vitruvius, 16th- and 17th-century visionary Inigo Jones is widely credited with bringing the classical principles of the Italian masters to his own country through major commissions received from clients such as King James I's wife, Anne (the Queen's House in Greenwich), and the fourth Earl of Bedford (Covent Garden). Vaughan Hart highlights the architect's lesser-known influences, including British arts and crafts, and examines how the political and religious environment of the time impacted Jones's glittering career.\n\nYale University Press, $70; yalepress.yale.edu\nMiller House and Garden\n\nFew homes boast the pedigree of the Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana. Bradley C. Brooks, assistant curator of American decorative arts at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, takes readers through the history of the Modernist landmark, which synthesizes the visions of architect Eero Saarinen, designer Alexander Girard, and landscape architect Dan Kiley.\n\nAssouline, $25; assouline.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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