April 24, 2024

Virginia Hanusik on Into the Quiet and the Light

Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana offers a glimpse into the vulnerabilities and possibilities of living on the water during an ongoing climate catastrophe and the fallout of the fossil fuel industry....

February 21, 2024

Q&A: Najha Zigbi-Johnson on Mapping Malcolm

Mapping Malcolm is a collection of essays, conversations, and works of art that reinscribes Malcolm X’s memory and legacy across the built environment, forms of contemporary community building, and Black freedom movements as they continue to manifest across New York...

February 9, 2024

15 Must-Read Books for Black History Month 2024

This month, we come together to celebrate the achievements of African Americans and to recognize their roles in shaping U.S. history and culture. This year, we invite you on a journey of discovery through these rich narratives and scholarly works....

October 21, 2020

New From Columbia Books on Architecture and the City! Paths to Prison

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Columbia Books on Architecture and the City Paths to Prison On the Architectures of Carcerality Edited by Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt The collected essays in this book implicate architecture in the more longstanding...

September 16, 2020

New From Our Distributed Presses! Superpowers of Scale

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Columbia Books on Architecture and the City Superpowers of Scale Andres Jaque Documenting a series of performances, research projects, installations, films, characters, and exhibitions, Superpowers of Scale demonstrates the breadth of architectural knowledge...

April 8, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Agenda Publishing Alarums and Excursions Improvising Politics on the European Stage Luuk van Middelaar. Translated by Liz Waters Luuk van Middelaar gives us the insider’s view of the EU’s political metamorphosis....

April 3, 2020

What’s New From Columbia Books on Architecture and the City

Welcome back our UAA Virtual Booth! In addition to publishing our own books, we distribute books for a wide range of exciting academic presses from around the world. In this post, Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt and James Graham from Columbia Books on...