All Books articles – Page 7
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ReviewThe Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment
Celina Fox has written an extraordinary account of efforts to combine the mechanical and liberal arts
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ReviewPevsner’s Visual Planning and the Picturesque
Mathew Aitchison revives Pevsner’s unfinished book on urban Britain
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FeaturesRecent books on education architecture
This month BD Reviews looks at how design could improve learning and architectural responses to education.
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ReviewNorman Foster: A Life in Architecture
Deyan Sudjic’s clichéd and unexciting authorised biography of Norman Foster leaves no stone turned.
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ReviewRestless Cities, edited by Matthew Beaumont and Gregory Dart
A collection of essays sheds light on metropolitan growth and urban decay
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ReviewRecent housing books look at themes in 21st century residential design
RIBA Bookshops’ pick of books on housing favours global residential projects, new concepts in design and future living
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FeaturesRIBA Bookshops’ books on refurbishment
Julian Harrap of Julian Harrap Architects reviews guides to maintaining and refurbishing buildings and a pictorial view of converted projects
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ReviewJames Stirling: early and unpublished writings on architecture
James Stirling put the world of architecture to rights in his often hilarious pad
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ReviewAldington Craig & Collinge by Alan Powers
This practice’s meticulous approach avoided the formulaic and set them apart from the modernist mainstream
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ReviewGraphic Masterpieces of Yakov Georgievich Chernikhov: the Collection of Dmitry Chernikhov
A new three-volume set reveals how Chernikhov’s architectural fantasies helped him to rise above totalitarianism
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ReviewAnjalendran: Architect of Sri Lanka
David Robson’s book gives little hint of the political context behind the architecture of Tamil architect Chelvadurai Anjalendran
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FeaturesRIBA Bookshops’ pick of the best books on healthcare
Toh Shimazaki co-founder Yuli Toh reviews a tour of pharmacy fitouts, Lele’s medical buildings and health facilities
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ReviewFarshid Moussavi’s new book focuses on form
FOA partner Moussavi has thoroughly explored in The Function of Form how ‘affects’ can create more inclusive architectural forms
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FeaturesRIBA Bookshops’ pick of the best books on education
The built and unbuilt works of Herman Hertzberger and a primer on education spaces worldwide feature in this month’s selection of books on schools reviewed by Graeme Sutherland, director, Adams & Sutherland
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ReviewThrowing new light on Ruskin’s Stones of Venice
Robert Hewison’s new book, Ruskin on Venice, tells the story behind his writings
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ReviewHow Muschamp put the spirit in Manhattan
New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp’s legacy is a crop of new buildings rather than his journalism
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ReviewWhen Birmingham was workshop of the world
A new book shows how Birmingham’s industrial rise was echoed by a growth in architectural talent
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ReviewChanging the face of the Highlands
A new account of how the Scottish Enlightenment recreated the country’s architecture tells a broader story of people and place
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ReviewUnderneath architects’ book covers
You can learn a great deal about architects by snooping through the collections on their library shelves
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Features
RIBA Bookshops’ pick of the best books on commercial projects
Michael Stiff, director of Stiff & Trevillion Architects reviews three books on the design of small shops, show stands and interiors for bars, restaurants and hotels