Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Architecture, Interiors and Cities

Art and design

Holds books on buildings, architectural theory, urban planning, streets and the design of homes and libraries.

Books 27Experts 1Recommenders 18

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  1. The Death and Life of Great American CitiesJane Jacobs, 1961
  2. A Pattern LanguageChristopher Alexander, 1977
  3. Notes on the Synthesis of FormChristopher Alexander, 1964
  4. Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century ArchitectureUlrich Conrads, 1971
  5. Life in the English Country HouseMark Girouard, 1978
The Death and Life of Great American CitiesThe Death and Life of Great American Cities
T1 The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs · 1961
Open LibraryGoodreads

What makes city streets work, and how 1950s planning and slum clearance broke them.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Chris Dixon, Daniel Burka and 1 other

A Pattern LanguageA Pattern Language
T1 A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander · 1977
Open LibraryGoodreads

253 patterns for building, from the layout of towns down to a window seat.

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Patrick Collison, Sam Altman and 1 other

Notes on the Synthesis of FormNotes on the Synthesis of Form
T4 Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Christopher Alexander · 1964
Open LibraryGoodreads

The process of design: how to invent things with new physical order and form.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century ArcPrograms and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
T4 Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
Ulrich Conrads · 1971
Open LibraryGoodreads

Architects' manifestos and programs, 1903 to 1963, that shaped modern architecture.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Life in the English Country HouseLife in the English Country House
T4 Life in the English Country House
Mark Girouard · 1978
Open LibraryGoodreads

“Girouard, Life in the English Country House” — Paul Graham

Source: Rarely-Asked Questions — paulgraham.com

Recommended by: Paul Graham

The Timeless Way of BuildingThe Timeless Way of Building
T4 The Timeless Way of Building
Christopher Alexander · 1979
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Daniel Burka, David Perell

How Buildings LearnHow Buildings Learn
T4 How Buildings Learn
Stewart Brand · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Buildings as processes that change after they are built, and how to design for it.

Recommended by: Stewart Brand, Caterina Fake, Daniel Burka and 3 others

At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live withAt Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
T4 At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
Estelle Ellis, Christopher Simon Sykes · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Casa California: Spanish-Style Houses from SCasa California: Spanish-Style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente
T4 Casa California: Spanish-Style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente
Elizabeth McMillian, Melba Levick · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Sea Ranch... Diary of an IdeaSea Ranch... Diary of an Idea
T4 Sea Ranch... Diary of an Idea
Lawrence Halprin · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Books Do Furnish a RoomBooks Do Furnish a Room
T4 Books Do Furnish a Room
Leslie Geddes-Brown · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Decorating with BooksDecorating with Books
T4 Decorating with Books
Marie Proeller Hueston · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an UrbaA Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America
T4 A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America
Vishaan Chakrabarti · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Happy CityHappy City
T4 Happy City
Charles Montgomery · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mr. Money Mustache

How to Study Public LifeHow to Study Public Life
T4 How to Study Public Life
Jan Gehl · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Sea Ranch: Fifty Years of Architecture, The Sea Ranch: Fifty Years of Architecture, Landscape, Place, and Community on the Northern California Coast
T4 The Sea Ranch: Fifty Years of Architecture, Landscape, Place, and Community on the Northern California Coast
Donlyn Lyndon · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Nonstop MetropolisNonstop Metropolis
T4 Nonstop Metropolis
Rebecca Solnit · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Twenty-six imaginative maps of New York City and the lives lived within it.

Recommended by: Laura R Walker

The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science,The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life
T4 The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life
Jonathan F. P. Rose · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban RevolutioStreetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
T4 Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their B
T4 Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books
Jo Steffens · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

CozyCozy
T4 Cozy
Isabel Gillies · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Arianna Huffington

Adjaye Africa Architecture
T4 Adjaye Africa Architecture
David Adjaye
Goodreads

Recommended by: Yves Béhar

Delirious New YorkDelirious New York
T4 Delirious New York
Rem Koolhaas
Goodreads

Recommended by: Matt Mullenweg

Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares A Con
T4 Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares A Context Sensitive Approach
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

In Praise of Shadows
T4 In Praise of Shadows
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Goodreads

Recommended by: Jason Fried, Tim Ferriss

The Oregon Experiment (Center for EnvironmenThe Oregon Experiment (Center for Environmental Structure)
T4 The Oregon Experiment (Center for Environmental Structure)
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Urban Street Design GuideUrban Street Design Guide
T4 Urban Street Design Guide
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

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