The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale
If ever there were a “Baby’s First Architecture Book,” this would be it. It seems the author is hoping to breed a generation of architects with this book, by seeping the master designs of Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson into their infantile subconscious, cloaked behind the story of the three little pigs.
Much like the traditional fairytale, the three pigs, who happen to read Domus and Abitare and whose houses contain Thonet and Frank Gehry chairs, are outsmarting the huffing and puffing big bad wolf. But it’s the numerous references to famous architecture and design icons (each pig’s home is inspired by a landmark house) within the story and illustrations that is the book’s real delight.
Steven Guarnaccia, Abrams Books, 2010, 30 pp, rrp $29.95.
