Ryan Waller is a partner at Other Means, a Brooklyn-based graphic design studio working with architects, artists, curators, editors, institutions, and schools.
The Architectural Association of London’s AA Words is a series of important texts on architecture by architects, scholars and others. In opposition to the image and information saturation of architectural publications and the world at large, these publications adhere to an aesthetic program of simple, legible design and bright colors. AA Words #4 Having Words presents a collection of the varied writings of Denise Scott Brown (of the highly influential architecture firm Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates). As Brett Steele, Director of AA School and AA publications, notes in his foreword, Scott Brown demonstrates an impressive sensitivity and stylistic breadth,…