All Book club articles
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ReviewMonumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past
Debates around public monuments are a potential minefield. A new book can help us navigate this complex territory, writes Emma Dent Coad
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ReviewPeter Marlow’s The English Cathedral: ‘Creeping towards eternity’
Giles Heather finds an exhibition of Peter Marlow’s English cathedral photographs evokes a medieval sense of longing and hope
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ReviewCaruso St John’s collected works: ‘An insightful journey through a pivotal period in British architecture’
Edmund Fowles reviews the first volume of Caruso St John’s collected works
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ReviewReview | A moment in time: The disappearing architecture of the Bengali Renaissance
To fully understand the Bengali Renaissance we need to understand and preserve its architecture, writes Megan Kirkpatrick
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ReviewReview | Brutalist Britain by Elain Harwood
Jenny Marris reviews a new book on the architecture that defined an era
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ReviewReview | 21st Century Houses: RIBA Award-Winning Homes
Matthew Lloyd appreciates the production quality of a new book on RIBA award-winning houses, but wonders what happened to the floorplans
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ReviewReview | Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life
Patrick Lynch finds that a book on Sigurd Lewerentz reveals new perspectives on the Swedish architect while also reinforcing his enduring relevance to contemporary practice
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ReviewNew titles to review in BD's New Year architecture book club
Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of eight new titles
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ReviewNew titles to review in September's architecture book club
Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of six new titles
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ReviewBook Club review: The City as Tangled Bank
Terry Farrell’s hardback draws on vast experience and can be read as a prologue to the Farrell Review
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ReviewBook Club review: The Wrong House – The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock
Architecture becomes a metaphor for the human psyche in Hitchcock’s films, says Paul McGrath
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ReviewBook Club review: Good Cities, Better Lives by Peter Hall
Peter Hall looks to Europe in order to address the critical state of urbanism in Britain, says Lionel Eid
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ReviewBook club review: A-Typical Plan: Projects and Essays on Identity, Flexibility and Atmosphere in the Office
Kuo makes a bold attempt to address how architecture can influence the nature of work today, says David Rushe
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ReviewBook club review: Drawing — The Motive Force of Architecture
Peter Cook’s enthusiasm for imagined realities and unbuilt schemes is irresistible, says Conor McKenna
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ReviewBook club review: Architecture Post Mortem
This collection of essays tracks the interaction of architecture’s literal and metaphorical deaths, says Jon Astbury
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FeaturesNew titles to review in April's architecture book club
Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of five new titles, covering topics from Alfred Hitchcock’s domestic architecture to the first English language translation of a seminal text by Lina Bo Bardi
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ReviewBook Club review: Old Buildings, New Forms
Bollack’s book is a timely, critical overview of new insertions to existing buildings, says Alice Haugh
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ReviewBook Club review: You Can’t Change China, China Changes You
Zac Carey reviews architect John van de Water’s Beijing odyssey
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ReviewBook Club review: No Matter: Theories and Practices of the Ephemeral in Architecture
Karandinou’s book asks us to question the limits of architecture in order to embark on a more multi-sensory experience, says Daniel Stilwell
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FeaturesNew titles to review in March's architecture book club
Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of five new titles, covering topics from the Euston Arch to the future of drawing