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In “The Modern Architectural Landscape,” architecture professor Caroline Constant interprets the world and humankind’s place in it by analyzing the progression of landscape architecture in Europe and the United States from 1915 to the mid-1980s.

Kevin Groenke doesn’t spend much of his work day sitting at a desk, but that didn’t stop him from designing the UMod studio desk, a perfect workspace for any architect.

Comment to win a copy of “Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities.”

Here’s our monthly book recommendation and giveaway from the University of Minnesota Press. In “The Interface,” John Harwood examines how IBM pioneered the corporate identity through design. Comment for a chance to win the book.