By Geoff Manaugh
Nearly five million readers have visited the BLDGBLOG Web site since its inception in 2004 for stories about the past, news about the present, and speculation about the future of how humans shape their environment. The site provides intriguing ...    more >>
By Bodhi Oser Foreword by Art Chantry
From the Rolling Stones' tongue-and-lips trademark to the Grateful Dead's lightning bolt skull to Prince's glyph, logos embody an identity and experience shared between musicians and their fans, who proudly display these graphics on ...    more >>
By Harvey Helfland
The first of the University of California schools, the Berkeley campus opened in 1873. The 1903 Beaux-Arts master plan by John Galen Howard created a classic setting for early and later works by Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, Greene & ...    more >>
By Scott Beatty
For the legions that collect the immensely popular DC Comics action figures, we have good news: the official visual compendium of more than 1,400 characters has finally arrived. The DC Comics Action Figure Archive is the definitive ...    more >>
Photographs by Jeff Brouws
Jeff Brouws has crisscrossed the country for two decades, documenting an America that is at once quintessential and peculiar. Readymades is a quirky, multi-layered catalog of this ascendant photographer's work: partially painted pickup ...    more >>
By Bob Sloan Photographs by Antonis Achilleos
Bob Sloan offers tasty recipes, sage advice, and witty reflections in this ultimate tribute to the glory of dads and their grills. He shows how easy it is to transform fresh ingredients into 100 sizzling, delicious dishes like Honey-Glazed ...    more >>
By Lauren Dukoff Foreword by Devendra Banhart
For many years, Lauren Dukoff has been photographing close friend and musician Devendra Banhart and an extended, loose-knit international family of artists who share inspiration variously from folk, Tropicalia, and each other, as well ...    more >>
By Andrew Zuckerman
Photographer Andrew Zuckerman's strikingly detailed images of animals from around the world are as delightful as they are inspiring. This collection of astonishing studio portraits of 175 wild creatures—from baby leopards to parrots, bears, ...    more >>