written by critic and curator deyan sudjic, the book is richly illustrated with pawson’s own photography and ephemera.
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From Glasgow to Somerset, here are historian John Boughton’s picks of the UK’s most interesting public housing schemes featured in his latest book, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates. Published by RIBA Books, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates celebrates the achievements of the UK’s public housing, offering a counterpoint to
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Continuing our review of 2022, we look at 11 page-turning books published on design and architecture this year, including a tome on the century’s best British houses and a “cookbook” of experimental food designs. The selected titles represent many of the major themes and hot-button topics of the last 12 months, from the role of
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On the Street aims to draw attention to a layer of public architecture that often goes unnoticed. Here, the book’s author Edwin Heathcote highlights nine types of street furniture that “slot in amid the big things”. From benches to 5G masts, On the Street: In-Between Architecture focuses on the various structures that occupy pavements in
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RIBA Award-winning homes are the focus of author Dominic Bradbury’s latest book, 21st Century Houses. Here, he spotlights 10 of the most remarkable projects featured inside. More than 300 photographs, plans and sketches fill the 21st Century Houses book, published by RIBA Books, to bring readers inside the “best of the best” of modern British
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the multimedia manual enriches the fragmented memories of refugees who fled varosha 48 years ago.
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A new book titled Birmingham: The Brutiful Years celebrates the UK city’s brutalist structures. Here Birmingham-based creative Sharonjit Sutton, who designed the volume, picks 10 favourites. The UK’s second city was a hotspot for post-war construction and innovation, though its modernist architecture has not always been widely appreciated. “I think many things from Birmingham are
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A stilted hut for ceramics and an artichoke-like garden room are among the home studios featured in Work From Shed, a book that explores the “new fluidity about where we work”. Published by Hoxton Mini Press, Work From Shed brings together garden studios, garages and sheds from around the world that give their owners a
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Panoramic maps, playful diagrams and layered illustrations feature in Videogame Atlas, a book by architectural design research studio You + Pea that highlights 12 video games and their use of architecture and architectural theory. Videogame Atlas provides detailed and playful insights into the virtual environments through the style of drawings typically found in 20th-century architecture
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Jack Young’s book The Council House aims to capture the beauty of London’s council estates, which he photographed to “look like they could be perched on an Italian hillside”. He chooses 10 favourites for Dezeen. The Council House collects 68 of London’s “most innovative and iconic” council homes, including recognisable examples such as Ernö Goldfinger’s
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