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Some major recent works are ‘Sea Pools – 66 saltwater sanctuaries from around the world’, by Chris Romer-Lee, published by Batsford, and ‘Lubetkin and Goldfinger: The Rise and Fall of British High-Rise Council Housing’ by Nicholas Russell. Lubetkin built one of the earliest post-war estates in London, Spa Green (Finsbury), while Goldfinger designed the last and most notorious council block in the city, Trellick Tower (North Kensington).
We also feature architect Nili Portugali’s third tome, ‘And the alley she whitewashed in light blue-‘. Nili is also a senior lecturer; researcher; published author; film director, living in the holly ‘Kabbala’ city of Tsefat, Israel. Her work focuses on both practice and theory.
‘This is an excellent book – comprehensively researched, powerfully presented and crystal clear. It should be the first stop for anyone seeking objective advice in a field cluttered with misleading claims. I couldn’t recommend it more strongly.’
Limited to 200 numbered copies, delivered in a clamshell box and each signed by the architect, this Art Edition features a special cover custom-made by Zaha Hadid, a cast and high gloss polished black acrylic plate inspired by the design of the new MAXXI in Rome.
A Prefab is a mass produced house, constructed in a factory and assembled on site in a few days or weeks. Once regarded as a cheap, easy solution for urgent housing problems, the prefab has evolved to become a synonym for ambitious design and sophisticated detailing solutions.
Modern Architecture A-Z. Hardcover, 2 vol. in a slipcase, 23.8 x 30.5cm (9.4 x 12 in.), 592 pages. “The book provides a splendid record of architecture from the nineteenth century to the present day.”
49 cities inscribes our time within a larger historical context, rereading seminal projects and visionary cities of the past through an ecological lens of the present.
China is creating the largest urban society the world has ever seen. Small towns in Central and Western China transform at breakneck pace into huge metropolises with many millions of inhabitants.
Architecture can get people talking together. Architecture can calm children in the classroom. Architecture can make passive people more active. Architecture can shape corporate culture.
Sebastian Irarrazaval Architecture Book – publication about this Chile architectural practice – Sebastian Irarrazaval book
Rennie Mackintosh architect books, Scotland – Scottish architecture publications such as the ‘Poetics of Workmanship’ & ‘The Glasgow School of Art’
MONU, Dutch architecture magazine – buildings + architects, Rotterdam design – MONU magazine architecture publication Holland – the dichotomy between the urban and the non-urban
Winy Maas Book – 010 Publishers, Rotterdam – MVRDV Books, Architecture: Dutch Architects, Winy Maas Publication Netherlands
Terry Farrell architect – architecture publications by this British masterplanning architect – Terry Farrell & Partners, London, Edinburgh
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Scottish Broch Book – image, architecture, titles, authors, publications – Scottish Brochs, architecture books Scotland