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Florence Knoll Bassett, the polymath designer and architect who transformed corporate interiors in America, passed away in late January of 2019 at the age of 101. As partner of Knoll Associates, Florence built a company that revolutionized the landscape of modern furniture design.

The contemporary library has become an architect's dream project.
We're not surprised to see the field's most respected architects like Rem Koolhaas, Sou Fujimoto and Frank Lloyd Wright behind the most surprising and intriguing libraries in the world.

We asked our friends in the art and design world: Which books should be on everyone's shelf? Which books have shaped your own creative work?
Recommendations by Ellen Van Dusen, Patrick Parrish, Alexander Gilkes, Omar Sosa, Jolie Mae Signorile & Gabe Frederick Cohen.