City College of New York Architecture Library

Diana Agrest: Selected Bibliography

Books:

Agrest, Diana.  Agrest and Gandelsonas : works. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c1995.
Reference. NA737.A34 A4. 1995.

__________. Architecture from without : theoretical framings for a  critical practice. Cambridge,
Mass: MIT Press, 1991. NA2500 .A42 1991.

__________.  “A Cold View.” In The architect : reconstructing her practice. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT
Press, 1996. NA1997.A68 1996.

__________. “Design versus Non-Design,” paper presented 1974; published in Oppositions 6 (Fall
1976) In Architecture theory since 1968 / edited by K. Michael Hays. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT
Press, c1998. Reference. NA680 .A728 1998.

__________   and Mario Gandelsonas. “A Plain Man's Guide to the Theory of Signs in Architecture
(1977).”  In Theorizing a new agenda for architecture : an anthology of architectural theory
1965-1995. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, c1996. Reference. NA 680 .T45 1996.

Cable, Carole. The architecture and writings of Diana Agrest and Mario Gandelsonas. Monticello,
Ill.: Vance Bibliographies,  <1985>  Reference. NA680.Z927 no. A-1494.

The sex of architecture.  Edited by Diana Agrest, et al. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
NA2543.W65 S48 1996.

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Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library
 

Articles (Selected from 1990-1999):

Kellogg, Craig. “Architecture beyond Manhattan [exhibition review]”.  Oculus 1999, v.62, n.3, p. [6] -7.
        Report of a panel discussion held on Sept. 9, 1999 at the Architectural League in New York in
        conjunction with the exhibit "New New York 1," curated by Kenneth Frampton, Amanda Burden,
        Suzanne Stephens, and Henry Urbach.

O'Connor, Michael J. “Community commitment”. Architecture 1999, v.88, n.2, p.38-39.

Lee, Joyce S. “Creating neighborhood stability by design: the new Williamsburg Community Center
in Brooklyn.”  Competitions 1998 Summer, v.8, n.2, p.24-33,

Merkel, Jayne. “Testing at the extremes: houses now.” Oculus 1997 Oct., v.60, n.2, p.6-13.
        Local New York architects, including Gwathmey Siegel; Deamer Phillips; Agrest & Gandelsonas;
        ARO; and Hanrahan & Meyers, are designing houses and using them as laboratories for architecture.

Haar, Sharon. “The sex of architecture [ed. by] Diana Agrest, Patricia Conway, Leslie Kanes Weisman
[book review].” Harvard design magazine 1997 Winter-Spring, p.79-80.

Zingsheim, Patricia. “Agrest and Gandelsonas, Architects: works in Iowa.” Iowa architect. 1
991 Fall, v.40, no.3, p.30-35.

Interview: Diana Agrest and Mario Gandelsonas. Transition 1991, n.36-37, p.116-125.

Agrest, Diana. “A symbolic dissent: a project for China Basin, San Francisco.”
Modulus 1991, no.21, p.56-63.

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Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Library.
 

Web Site:

Agrest & Gandelsonas Architects   -   http://www.ag-architects.com/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Judy Connorton
September 2000