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The article requests that readers send academic or public library building projects completed between July 2006 and June 2007 to the journal. Projects may be featured in the journal's annual Architectural Issue, published in December. The article reports that computer problems caused the loss of previously submitted data. Relevant web site links are included.

The article reviews the book "Architecture Design and Validation Methods," edited by E. Borger.

A review of the book "Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines," by Jeanne Walker Harvey, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk, is presented.

At the exhibition of the National Academy of Design there were five large drawings, illustrating designs by artist B.M. Hunt for four entrances to the Central Park in New York City and for a terrace in connection with one of them. Photographs of these drawings are now for sale. It seems, then, that the four southern gateways to the park are to be built after these designs. As the southern wall of the park is nearly completed, and is only waiting for the gateways, and as it is already a very long time since gateways were first talked of and reported about, it is probable that the work will soon be begun. These designs, therefore, demand the notice of all who care about the character of decorative architecture.

Focuses on the proposal for the creation of a National Cultural Center in the U.S. by architect Edward Durrell Stone; Description of the architectural design of the Center; Details of the site at which the Center is to be built; Number of seats accommodated in the avant-garde international style architecture; Purpose of the Center.

The article reviews the book "The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren at All Souls College, Oxford: A Complete Catalogue" by Anthony Geraghty.

Reviews the book "Mobile Applications: Architecture, Design, and Development," by V. Lee, H. Schneider, and R. Schell.

Reviews the book "The Coral Buildings of Suakin. Islamic Architecture, Planning, Design and Domestic Arrangements in a Red Sea Port," by Jean-Pierre Greenlaw.

Highlights from the article: Inspiring Stories and Fundamental Topics: Scholl, B.; Peri'c, A.; Signer, R. (eds.) This second book review is on an edited volume originating from ETH Zurich. This publication was edited by Professor Bernd Scholl, Dr Ana Peri'c and Dr Rolf Signer, who guided a large group of researchers in an elaborate cooperative process of two or more years.

The article reviews the book "System on Chip Test Architectures: Nanometer Design for Testability," edited by Laung-Terng Wang, Charles E. Stroud, and Nur A. Touba, part of the System on Silicon series.

The article reviews the book "Architecture, Design and the Family in Britain 1900-1970," by David Jeremiah.

The article reviews the exhibition "The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture & Design," curated by Donald Albrecht, at the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., until June 3, 2007.

Reviews the book "Essays in Honor of C. M. Wise," edited by Arthur J. Bronstein, Claude L. Shaver and Cj Stevens.

The article reviews the book "Architects without Frontiers: War, Reconstruction and Design Responsibility," by Esther Charlesworth.

The article reviews the book "Labour, Work and Architecture: Collected Essays on Architecture and Design," by Kenneth Frampton.

The article reviews the book "Architectural Reproductions: A Manual for Identification and Care," second edition, by Eléonore Kissel and Erin Vigneau.

The article reviews the book "Eliot Noyes: A Pioneer of Design and Architecture in the Age of American Modernism," by Gordon Bruce.