All Books articles – Page 13

  • La Maison du Café, Paris, designed by Charles Siclis in 1933.
    Review

    A return to café culture

    2007-09-28T00:00:00Z

    This anecdotal history of café design is timely.

  • George Nelson in his car with his cocker spaniel.
    Review

    Sentimental education

    2007-09-14T00:00:00Z

    As chaos menaced Europe in 1935, a young US architect interviewed its architectural crème

  • News

    The joy of car parks

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    FIRST PERSON: Simon Henley, author of a new book on parking architecture, explains his passion IMAGES: Six of the best OPINION: A fascinating account long-overdue COMPETITION: Win a copy of the book

  • News

    Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    REVIEW: An impressive new book charts Rudofsky's remarkable life COMPETITION: Win a copy of the book and have your review published on bdonline

  • The German room installed at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, in 1840-46
    Review

    Savings plan

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Gavin Stamp enjoys a lively history of the architectural salvage trade

  • John Harris in front of a Robert Adam fireplace at a branch of the London Architectural Salvage & Supply Co.
    Review

    Moving stories

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    John Harris says architectural salvage is not what it once was. Here he discusses how it has changed, while opposite we review his latest book on the subject

  • Stella’s Chinese pavilion: hard to imagine as a building.
    Review

    Broadening his palette

    2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Tony McIntyre has some reservations about artist Frank Stella’s foray into architecture

  • Pugin, 1845, by JR Herbert.
    Review

    Father of the chapel

    2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

    This long-awaited biography finally brings Pugin to life — and reveals a complex and colourful figure who has shaped views of our heritage.

  • Edwin Lutyens’ Ferry Inn at Rosneath, built in 1896-97 for one of Queen Victoria’s daughters.
    Review

    Muthesius comes home

    2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

    The only shame about this really magnificent century-old work is that the English have been denied it for so long

  • Interior perspective of the Fun Palace, 1961-65, which Cedric Price designed with theatre director Joan Littlewood.
    Review

    Price with real value

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    This must-read book is so riveting, it seems at times like a thrilling historical movie, writes Kester Rattenbury

  • Thoughtful detailing: Rafael Moneo’s Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels, California, 2002.
    Review

    Keeping the faith

    2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

    This useful history overestimates the status of churches for society and architects.

  • Foster Associates’ Willlis Faber & Dumas head office, Ipswich, 1975.
    Review

    Building up their case

    2007-06-15T00:00:00Z

    These well presented case studies frame broader thoughts on post-war buildings, writes Alan Powers

  • Claudio Silvestrin’s Panetteria Princi in Milan: quality food and materials.
    Review

    Tickling the tastebuds

    2007-05-25T00:00:00Z

    This latest addition to the genre is sometimes succulent, but leaves you far from replete

  • Calatrava’s design for the new WTC transportation hub at New York’s Ground Zero..
    Review

    All eyes on Calatrava

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Even by its notably lavish standards, Taschen has excelled itself with Santiago Calatrava, Complete Works 1979-2007, an XL format, 500 page-plus blockbuster so weighty that it’s unlikely to stray far from any coffee table.

  • Review

    A machine for living in

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    This latest book adds to knowledge of a fascinating house, but there is only one way to really know it: go there

  • Rebel modernists: Alison and Peter Smithson’s Economist building in London, 1964.
    Review

    Century in a nutshell

    2007-04-27T00:00:00Z

    This thorough, thoughtful and balanced history is a must-read, discovers Thomas Muirhead

  • One of the “underground palaces” of the Moscow Metro.
    Review

    Broad church

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Russian architecture is not as isolated from western Europe as it might appear, learns Gavin Stamp

  • Domestic bliss? “Houseful of Plastics”, taken from Life magazine, 1952.
    Review

    The home front, US style

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Modern architecture is intrinsically tied up with war, argues this US-centric book reviewed by Catherine Croft

  • Eero Saarinen’s St Louis Gateway Arch, engineered by Fred Severud, under construction.
    Review

    Charting the tides that carry technical change

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    The strength of this ambitious publication is its linking of technical development to the social and cultural context, writes Matthew Wells

  • Anthony Van Dyck’s portrait of Inigo Jones, circa 1635.
    Review

    Bringing it all back home

    2007-03-22T00:00:00Z

    An innovative study of Inigo Jones is a testament to both its subject and author.