Readers will be happy (or disappointed) to note that none of Tulane University's Libraries made this year's list of "Haunted Libraries" of the southern United States. Despite having served in the past as the physiological laboratory for Tulane's Medical School, with abundant sinks for anatomy classes (i.e. dissections), the Tulane School of Architecture (TSA) Library and Slide Library did not make ALA Librarian George Eberhart's showcase. Joseph Merrick Jones Hall, home to the Southeastern Architectural Archive, was formerly Tulane's Law School -- featured in Alan Pakula's 1993 film The Pelican Brief -- but it also did not instill terror.

Plans for the Richardson Memorial, which houses the TSA Libraries, and Jones Hall reside in the Southeastern Architectural Archive.

Borasi, Giovanna, et al., editors. Sorry, Out of Gas: Architecture's Response to the 1973 Oil Crisis. Montreál: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2007.

If you missed the CCA's Related exhibition
( 7 November 2007 - 20 April 2008)





And.......

Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World. Routledge, 2008.

Birdfoot: Where America's River Dissolves into the Sea. Culver City, CA: Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), 2007.

Bergdoll, Barry and Peter Christensen, eds. Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. New York: MOMA, 2008

Eco-Architecture II: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature. WIT Press, 2008.

Jakle, John A. and Keith A. Sculle. Motoring: The Highway Experience in America. University of Georgia Press, 2008.

Pawley, Martin. The Strange Death of Architectural Criticism: Collected Writings. Black Dog, 2007.

Rykwert, Joseph. The Judicious Eye: Architecture against the Other Arts. Reaktion, 2008.

Shaftoe, Henry. Convivial Urban Spaces: Creating Effective Public Places. Earthscan, 2008.

Szokolay, Steven V. Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design, 2nd ed. Architectural Press, 2008.

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