Daniel Frisch Book Signing

The Hickory Stick Bookshop is delighted to welcome author and architect Daniel Frisch who will be here signing copies of his new book “Looking Forward to Monday Morning” on Saturday, March 8th at 3 pm.

ABOUT THE BOOK

“Looking Forward to Monday Morning” is a collection of essays that weaves together stories from Daniel Frisch’s thirty-year (plus) residential architecture practice.

The essays focus on design and technology, anecdote and philosophy, entrepreneurship and culture, and beyond. Taken together, the essays provide a look into the practice of architecture (with insights applicable to any collaborative field), demystifying the complexities of the profession and challenging the elitism for which architects are so well known.

In his writings, Frisch works both in the dirt and from a mile high in an entertaining and instructive voice, marrying the practical and the theoretical. His essays on technical issues will help all students, practitioners and homeowners understand the underpinnings of design and construction, while his more personal musings touch on universal themes that speak to the very core of running a client service business and fostering a creative culture. In his practice and his personal life, informed by real-world experience, Daniel Frisch maintains a sense of idealism, candor and wit that shines through on every page of “Looking Forward to Monday Morning”. Throughout the entire volume Frisch inspires by celebrating his great good fortune in his combining avocation and vocation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Frisch began his architectural studies in 1982 at the Harvard University Career Discovery Program in Architecture. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture (’87), and a Master of Architecture from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (’91), and is licensed to practice in New York and Connecticut.

Frisch is the founding partner at Daniel Frisch Architecture, a residential architecture firm in midtown Manhattan (established 1991). The firm specializes in single family home commissions in New York City and beyond.

In addition to the practice of architecture he is also a writer, teacher, and product designer. He lives in New York City and Kent, Connecticut with his wife and two children.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK

“I recommend taking one or more (as needed) of Dan Frisch’s essays at bedtime on Sunday evening. It will transform your Monday from drudgery to inspiration.”
—Joel Rosenman, Woodstock Founder and author of Making Woodstock

“At all events, I know what it takes to write a book, and so does Dan. It ain’t easy. What has driven him to create Looking Forward to Monday Morning is that natural instinct to celebrate what he’s learned, share it, and reap benefits of earned erudition. We must raise a glass and toast to those impulses!”
—Tom Casey, Author of Strangers’ Gate and Unsettled States

“Dan Frisch is that rare architect who is also a true thinker and writer. He is full of ideas and he brings them to light in his new and illuminating book Looking Forward to Monday Morning. It was a pleasure for me to read, and others will agree.”
—Adam Van Doren, Painter and author of In the Founders’ Footsteps

This event is free and open to the public. If you are unable to attend this event, you may reserve signed copies of “Looking Forward to Monday Morning” by calling The Hickory Stick Bookshop at (860) 868 0525, or shop our website 24/7 at www.hickorystickbookshop.com.