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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 19 books in this booklist
£19.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780857304957 | ISBN 10: 085730495x
For nearly 150 years, living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529156089 | ISBN 10: 1529156084
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR Beginning in a tiny hermitage on the remote north Scottish coast, and ending up backstage at the National Theatre, Raw Concrete embarks on a wide-ranging journey through Britain over the past sixty years, stopping to e ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781910312315 | ISBN 10: 1910312312
“We architects must be idealists. We construct not just individual buildings, but whole cities. We plan cities, and in doing so, change lives.” Plastic Emotions is inspired by the life of Minnette de Silva – a forgotten feminist icon and ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780500292938 | ISBN 10: 0500292930
‘Everyone in Syria has lived his war. Every day people have fought for their lives, every day has brought a bid for survival, but it is not only bodies that suffer; souls, too, go through these battles, dying a thousand times in anticipation, only ... more
View book details£5.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781904263746 | ISBN 10: 1904263747
When is an entrance a portal? In this beautiful little book, packed with rare antique illustrations and original artwork by Miles Thistlethwaite, architectural historian Philippa Lewis explores the fascinating world of liminal boundaries and th ... more
View book details£8.99 hardback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9783836536356 | ISBN 10: 3836536358
Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable. During the latter years of her life, Hadids daring visio ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780141975894 | ISBN 10: 014197589x
"In the craven world of architectural criticism Hatherley is that rarest of things: a brave, incisive, elegant and erudite writer, whose books dissect the contemporary built environment to reveal the political fantasies and social realities it embodi ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781782797371 | ISBN 10: 1782797378
Can architectural discourse rethink itself in terms of a radical emancipatory project? And if so, what would be the contours of such a discourse? "Can architecture be an instrument of emancipation? Can architects unchain themselves from their own ... more
View book details£9.95 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781780235974 | ISBN 10: 1780235976
The destruction of Nimrud and Palmyra, crumbled shells of mosques in Iraq, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11: when architectural totems such as these are destroyed by conflicts and the ravages of war, more than mere buildings ar ... more
View book details£18.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781781688687 | ISBN 10: 1781688680
What makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city? In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of the activist architects, maverick politicians and alternative communities already answering these ... more
View book details£24.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781844672202 | ISBN 10: 1844672204
Robert Hughes once described Michael Sorkin as unique in America brave, principled, highly informed and fiercely funny. All Over the Map confirms all of these superlatives as Sorkin assaults the national security city, with its archite ... more
View book details£13.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781604864069 | ISBN 10: 1604864060
First published in 2008, (as Contro larchitettura), Against Architecture has been translated into French and Greek, with editions forthcoming in Polish and Portuguese. The book is a passionate and erudite charge against the celebrities of the curren ... more
View book details£35.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781844078196 | ISBN 10: 1844078191
Achieving urban sustainability is amongst the most pressing issues facing planners and governments. This book is the first to provide a cohesive analysis of sustainable urban development and to examine the processes by which change in how urban areas ... more
View book details£21.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781900322515 | ISBN 10: 190032251x
Strawbale building is a radically different approach to construction. Pioneered in the USA over a hundred years ago and established in the UK in the 1990s, the technique is now entering the mainstream used by firms who see its value in terms of cos ... more
View book details£5.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781904263692 | ISBN 10: 1904263690
A bender is the British traveller's abode of choice. Built from little more than a tarpaulin and some thin hazel poles, people live in these snug, warm eco-homes the length and breadth of Britain. Despite this, however, many people have nev ... more
View book details£33.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781844075980 | ISBN 10: 1844075982
The Creative City is a clarion call for imaginative action in developing and running urban life. It shows how to think, plan and act creatively in addressing urban issues, with remarkable examples of innovation and regeneration from around the world. ... more
View book details£21.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780865715523 | ISBN 10: 0865715521
Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention. EcoCities is about re-building cities and towns based ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780863154805 | ISBN 10: 0863154808
The Ecovillages movement is a worldwide network of communities which strive to integrate a supportive social environment with a low-impact way of life. Examples include Kibbutz, Camphill communities and others based on frameworks such as Permaculture ... more
View book details£6.00 paperback (1996) - ISBN 13: 9780900384882 | ISBN 10: 0900384883
This book gathers together addresses to mainly architectural audiences over twenty years. They seek to persuade observers of the built environment that beyond the adulation of architectural celebrities from Le Corbusier onward, there has been a quiet ... more
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