2023

Crafti, S. (2023). Second Home: A Different Way of Living. Schiffer Publishing. Featuring Mirror Point Cottage and Smith House.

2023

Jodido, P. (2023). Homes For Our Time: Small Houses. Taschen. Featuring Enough House.

2023

Jodidio, P. Homes for Our Time—Contemporary Houses around the World (Vol. 2). Taschen. 2023. Featuring Sunset Rock House.

2022

Gendall, J. Rocky Mountain Modern—Contemporary Alpine Homes. Monacelli. 2022. Featuring Horizon Neighbourhood.

2022

The Governor General’s Medals. (2022). Architecture Canada 2022. Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Featuring ‘Village at the End of the World’.

2022

Princeton Architectural Press. Radical Practice: The work of Marlon Blackwell Architects. June 28, 2022. Featuring Resistances by Brian MacKay-Lyons.

2022

Woodward, M. (2022). Beautiful Houses by the Water: Living at the Water’s Edge. The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd. Featuring Mirror Point Cottage.

2022

The Images Publishing Group. Northern Hideaway; Canadian Cottages and Cabins. June 15, 2022. Featuring Smith House.

2021

2020—2021 Wood Design Award Winners—Merit Award. (2021). In Celebrating Excellence in Wood Architecture (p. 40). Featuring Horizon Neighborhood.

2021

Choma, J. The Philosophy of Dumbness. ORO Publications published March 2021. Featuring Brian MacKay-Lyons

2021

Diehl, T. Internal: Developing Informed Architectural Languages. ORO Publications Spring 2021. Featuring Hill House.

2021

Hanna, J. Small Spaces of Nova Scotia. Nimbus Publishing, October 19, 2021. Featuring Refuge.

2021

Jen, L. Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identity. Figure 1 Publishing, September 2021. Featuring Smith House and Two Hulls

2020

Frampton, K. Modern Architecture: A Critical Perspective. Thames & Hudson published September 1, 2020

2020

Morgan, W. Snowbound: Dwelling in Winter. Princeton Architectural Press Published October 20, 2020

2020

Phaidon Editors. Living on Vacation: Contemporary Houses for Tranquil Living. Phaindon Press published May 6, 2020

2020

2019—2020 Wood Design Award Winners. (2020). In Celebrating Excellence in Wood Architecture (pp. 16–25). Featuring Mirror Point Cottage and Prospect/Refuge 3.

2020

McAllister, C., & Ryan, J. (2020). Escapology: Modern Cabins, Cottages and Retreats. Figure 1 Publishing. Featuring Refuge Free Lab.

2020

Cedar Book 13. Western Red Cedar Lumber Association: 2020. Featuring Horizon Neighbourhood.

2019

Jones, Will. Making Marks: Architects' Sketchbooks - The Creative Process. Thames & Hudson: March 2019.

2019

Toromanoff, Agata. Edgy Architecture: Architecture in the most impossible places. Lannoo: Aug 2019. Featuring Cliff House.

2019

Lam, Elsa. Canadian Modern Architecture. Princeton Architectural Press: 2019. Featuring Ghost 1, House 12, Howard House, and Enough House.

2019

Moses, Nalina. Single-Handedly: Contemporary Architects Draw by Hand. Princeton Architectural Press: May 2019.

2019

Houses: Extraordinary Living. Phaidon Editors: May 2019. Featuring Cliff House.

2018

Magida, Amy and Joanna Shaw. 30 Years Architalx Selections from 138 Lectures. 2018. Featuring 2001 Lecture by Brian MacKay-Lyons.

2018

Volland, Jennifer M, et al, editors. Cabin Fever. Vancouver Art Gallery: Belgium, 2018. Featuring Cliff House.

2018

Architecture Canada 2018. Royal Architectural Institute of Canada: September 2018. Featuring Two Hulls House.

2018

Living on Water. Phaidon Press Inc.: New York, February 2018. Featuring Sunset Rock House & Two Hulls House.

2017

Celebrating Excellence in Wood Architecture, 2016-2017 Wood Design Award Winners. Dovetail Communications: October 2017. Featuring Point House.

2017

The Hinterland – Cabins, Love Shacks and other Hide-Outs. Gestalten: January 2017. Featuring Cliff House & Enough House.

2017

Hill, Albert and Matt Gibberd. Ornament is a Crime: Modernist Architecture. Phaidon Press Inc.: New York, June 2017. Featuring Cliff House.

2017

Legler, Heinz and Veronique Lievre and Martin Nicholas Kunz. Boutique Homes: Handpicked Vacation Rentals. Avedition GmbH: Stuttgart, December 2017. Featuring Schoolhouse.

2017

Keaton, Diane. The House That Pinterest Built. Rizzoli: October 2017. Featuring Sunset Rock House & Cliff House.

2016

Elemental Living. Phaidon Press Inc.: New York, November 2016. Featuring Cliff House.

2016

Canada – Modern Architectures in History, Rhodri Windsor Liscombe & Michelangelo Sabatino, 2016

2015

The Architectural League of New York, 30 Years of Emerging Voices, Princeton Architectural press

2015

North American Wood Design Awards Publication. Featuring Refuge.

2015

Mike Welton, Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand, Routledge, 2014, Routledge, 2015

2015

100 Contemporary Wood Buildings, TASCHEN. Featuring Ghost Lab.

2012

Pressman, Andrew. Designing Architecture, the Elements of the Process. Routledge, 2012. Featuring Howard House

2012

Friedman, Avi. Fundamentals of Sustainable Dwellings. Island Press, 2012.

2012

Browne, B. (2012). Masterpiece Iconic Houses (p. 54). Images Publishing Group. Featuring Hill House.

2012

Moskow, Keith and Robert Linn. Contemporary Follies. Monacelli Press LLC, 2012. Featuring Ghost Laboratory.

2011

Graffin, Emmanuelle. Maisons des Bords de Mer. Éditions Glénat, 2011. Featuring Sliding House

2011

XII Foro Internacional de Arqitectura, El Nuevo Regionalismo en Norte América USFQ, 2012.

2011

Keaton, Diane. House on the Landscape. Rizzoli, 2011. Featuring Hill House, Regan House, House #22, Sliding House, Kutcher House, Shobac Cottages and Troop Barn.

2010

Friedman, Avi. Fundamentals of Sustainable Dwellings. Island Press, 2012. Featuring Sliding House.

2010

Friedman, Avi and Ian MacBurnie. Terraced and Row Housing. Routledge Publishing, February 2012. Featuring Creighton Street infill townhouses.

2010

Fernandez-Galiano, Luis. Atlas: Architectures of the 21st Century. BBVA Foundation, December 2010. Featuring Ghost Laboratory.

2010

Gaudet, Larry. Safe Haven, Vintage Canada 2010. Featuring Brian MacKay-Lyons and his Ghost Laboratory

2010

Clark, Roger H, and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture: Precedents in Architecture: Analytic Diagrams, Formative Ideas, and Partis (4th edition). John Wiley & Sons Publishing, 2012. Featuring Messenger II and Hill House.

2010

Friedman, Avi. Narrow Houses: New Directions in Efficient Design. Princeton Architectural Press: New York, 2010. Featuring Sliding House.

2010

Celebrating Excellence in Wood Structures: 2009-10 North American Wood Design Award Winners. Compiled by Canadian Wood Council. Dovetail Communications: Richmond Hill, ON, 2010

2010

Hart, Patricia. Contemporary Villas: Dialoguing with Nature. Schiffer Publishing, 2011. Featuring Howard House, Kutcher House, Sliding House, House on the Nova Scotia Coast and Spa #22.

2010

Pauwels, Wim. Archi-Nature Vol. II: Exceptional Houses in Extraordinary Places. Belgium: Beta Plus Publishing, 2010. Featuring Hill House.

2010

Goodfellow, Philip (ed.) Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto. D & M Adult Publishers: Toronto, ON, 2010. Featuring the Academic Resource Center, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Ontario.

2009

Decker, Julie. Modern North. Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY. 2009. Featuring Rubadoux Studio

2009

Sorge, Julian. Arcadia. Die Gestalten Verlag GmbH & Co: Berlin, Germany, 2009. Featuring Sliding House

2009

Hanlon, Don. Compositions in Architecture. Jon Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009

2009

Pallasmaa, J. (2009). The Thinking Hand (1st ed.). Wiley.

2008

Desmoulins, Christine. Living by the Sea: 25 International Examples. Birkhauser Verlag: Basel, Switzerland, 2008

2008

Bain, Morag & Lowenstein, Oliver (co-ed.). Architecture in Scotland 2006-2008 Building Biographies the Lighthouse Trust, Glasgow, Scotland, 2008

2008

Connah, Roger (ed.). The Ark of Architecture – Selected Writings of Malcolm Quantrill Rakennustieto Publishing, Finland, 2008. Featuring two essays; “Plain Modern – The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons” and “Fellow Travelers” (author, Brian MacKay-Lyons)

2008

Kalahele, Malia (ed.). Verge; Between Education and Practice. Department of Architecture, Portland State University: Portland, OR, 2008. Featuring interview with Brian MacKay-Lyons

2007

Desmoulins, Christine. 25 maisons en bord de mer. Groupe Moniteur: Paris, 2007. Featuring House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22 Featuring House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22.

2007

Jodidio, Philip. Architecture Now! 5. Taschen: London, 2007. Featuring Ghost Lab.

2007

Mathewson, Casey (ed.). Residential Designs for the 21st Century. Firefly Books: Buffalo, NY, 2007. Featuring Hill House.

2006

Slavid, Ruth. Wood Houses. Laurence King Publishing Ltd.: London, 2006. Featuring Messenger House II

2006

Southern Accents Vol. II. University of North Carolina: Charlotte, 2006.

2006

Bell, Victoria Ballard and Rand, Patrick. Materials for Design. Princeton Architectural Press: New York, 2006. Featuring Messenger House II.

2005

Schittich, Christian (ed.). In DETAIL: Single Family Houses. Birkhauser: Germany, 2005.

2005

Ballarin, Joaquin and Villavieja, Mariona. Wood: Contemporary Houses in Wood. Universe Publishing: New York, 2005.

2005

Ballarin, Joaquim. Wood Houses. teNeues Publishing Company: New York, NY, 2005.

2005

Porteous Colin, and MacGregor, Kerr. Solar Architecture in Cool Climates. Earthscan Publishing: London, 2005. Firm profile featuring Ships Co. Theatre, Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science Building, House 22, Howard House, Hill House, Kutcher House and Messenger House.

2005

McDonald, Christopher. Cabin, Cottage & Camp: New Designs on the Canadian Landscape. Simply Read Books: Ottawa, 2005.

2005

Booknight, Joanne Kellar. Celebrating the American Home: 50 Great Houses from 50 American Architects. Taunton Press: Newtown, CT, 2005. Featuring Bay Bluff Cottage.

2005

Griffith, Don (ed.). The Wood Design Awards 2005. Janam Publications: Gatineau, QC, 2005. Featuring Ghost 6.

2005

Rochon, Lisa. Up North, where Canada’s architecture meets the land. Key Porter Books: Toronto, 2005. Firm profile featuring Messenger House II and Ghost 6.

2005

Canizares, Ana. Miniarch: Houses by the Water. Rockport Publishers: Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2005.

2005

Gruft, Andrew. Substance Over Spectacle: Contemporary Canadian Architecture. Arsenal Pulp Press: Vancouver, 2005. Firm profile featuring House on the Nova Scotia Coast # 22, Hill House and Messenger II

2005

McMinn, John and Polo, Marco. 41° to 66° Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada. Cambridge Galleries: Cambridge, ON, 2005. Featuring Danielson Cottage, Messenger House II, and Howard House.

2005

Stang, Alanna and Hawthorne, Christopher. The Green House, New Directions in Sustainable Architecture. Princeton Architectural Press: New York, 2005. Featuring Howard House.

2004

Adamczyk, Georges. Maisons-Lieux: architecture contemporaine au Canada. Canadian Council of the Arts: Montreal 2004

2004

Living Spaces/Espaces de vie: 21 Contemporary Canadian Homes/Maisons Contemporaines au Canada. Cambridge Galleries: Cambridge, ON, 2004. Featuring Hill House.

2004

Feierabend Verlag, The Big Book of Homes. Loft Publications: Barcelona, Spain, 2004. Featuring Danielson House and Howard House.

2004

Sirefman, Susanna (ed.). Whereabouts: New Architecture with Local Identities. Monacelli Press: New York, 2004. Firm profile featuring Danielson Cottage, House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22, and Howard House.

2004

Mannell, Steve (ed.). Atlantic Modern: The Architecture of the Atlantic Provinces 1950-2000. TUNS Press: Halifax, NS, 2004. Featuring Howard House.

2004

Mulfinger, Dale. The Getaway Home. Taunton Press: Newtown, CT, 2004. Featuring Danielson Cottage.

2004

Turlove, Jim (ed.). Sustainable Homes. Grayson Publishing: Washington, D.C., 2004. Featuring Howard House, Danielson Cottage and Kutcher Residence

2003

Eck, Jeremiah. The Distinctive Home: A Vision of Timeless Design. Taunton Press: Newtown, CT, 2003. Featuring Agnew House

2003

Griffith, Don (ed.). The Wood Design Awards 2003. Janam Publishing and TUNS Press: Halifax, NS, 2003. Featuring Messenger House II

2003

Cañizares, Ana G. Waterfront Retreats. Loft Publications: New York, 2003. Featuring House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22

2003

Habermann, Karl J. Stairs – Design and Construction. Birkhauser: Basel, 2003. Featuring House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22

2002

Haike, Falkenberg (ed.). Beach Cottages. Loft Publications: New York, 2002. Featuring Danielson Cottage.

2002

Strahan, D., McMillan Ph. D., K. K., & McMillan, P. H. (n.d.). Contemporary Villas (pp. 162–167). Schiffer. Featuring Sliding House.

2002

Finlay-de-Monchy, Marike and Cope, Karin. Casting a Legend: The Story of the Lunenburg Foundry. Nimbus: Halifax, 2002. Forward by Brian MacKay-Lyons.

2002

Architecture Canada 2002: 2002 Governor General Medals Catalogue. TUNS Press: Halifax, NS, 2002. Feature: House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22.

2001

Ho, Cathy Lang and Barreneche, Raul A. House: American Houses for the New Century. Universe Publishing: New York, 2001. Featuring House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22.

2001

Mulfinger, Dale and Davis, Susan E. The Cabin. Taunton Press: Newtown, CT, 2001. Featuring Yaukey Cottage.

2001

Cuito, Aurora. Country Modern. Loft Publication: New York, 2001. Featuring Howard House