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Owen Hatherley The urban state of the nation - from Olympic dreams to broken Britain | Philip Jodidio Part of "The Architecture Now!" series, which is an ongoing project documenting the work of the most innovative and influential architects across the globe, this special edition features famous names... |
John Minniss A striking photographic record of how the Beeching cuts and modernisation saw our grand terminal stations, soaring viaducts and cavernous locomotive works wiped from the landscape. | Tom Dyckhoff; Claire Barrett The story behind all the venues, both permanent and temporary, constructed for the London 2012 Olympic Games. |
Rowan Moore Buildings are driven by human emotions and desires: hope, power, money, sex, and the idea of home. | David Long; Jane Magarigal The seminal and pioneering London Underground is more than a mass transportation network - it is a style icon, its history involving some of the most important architects and artists... |
Andrew Blum Internet is a bunch of tubes. Hundreds of thousands of miles of fibre-optic cable, pulsing with trillions of photons of light, linking us via anonymous exchanges in secretive locations with... | Guillaume Picon; Francis Hammond;... From dusk on a summer's evening to the veil of mist on a winter's morning, these photographs reveal the many facets of Versailles and offer readers unprecedented access to... |
Peter Ashley Preposterous Erections brings together sixty uniquely fascinating towers from all corners of England with original photographs and witty, irreverent commentary. | Jane Alison Through a blend of art, film and architecture, this title presents the individual dwelling as a place of mystery and wonder. Fusing house and dream, it probes the relationship between... |
Ken Powell Organized spread by spread, easy to navigate and as elegantly designed as the building itself, this guidebook sets The Shard in the context of Southwark, one of the capitals most... | Paul Koudounaris A gripping and gruesome history of crypts around the world, full of archive images of long-gone or inaccessible sites. |
Victoria Thornton Open House London has become a landmark event in the capital's calendar, with a quarter of a million people attending the event and queues to enter buildings snaking down streets... | |
Laura Dushkes This is a book of quotations by and about architects, and architecture. One quotation per page, the quote on the left and right side of the spread will in some... | Phyllis Richardson Presents 43 examples of designs for small-scale (less than 75m2) houses set in a variety of contexts. Using digital tools, sustainable materials and prefabrication technologies, these projects offer realistic solutions... |