Examines the achievements of women in the field of architecture over the past century

A first in a series showcasing selected works from The Museum of Modern Art features drawings by notable architects and contemporary practitioners of the modern age including Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Rem Koolhaas, Frank O. Gehry, and Zaha Hadid. (view table of contents)

An illuminating study of modern Japanese textile design illustrates more than sixty extraordinary creations, accompanied by information on the artisans and designers, the materials and techniques they use, and their unique integration of ancient Japanese craft traditions into modern design. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Tools celebrates the richness of the human imagination through a surprising range of juxtaposed and seemingly disparate objects. Accompanying an exhibition of the same name that celebrates the fall 2014 reopening of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Tools is unprecedented in its composition of collaborators--the exhibition is Cooper Hewitt's first pan-institutional show, spanning ten Smithsonian museums...read more