All Books articles – Page 6
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ReviewRobin Hood Gardens Re-Visions
Alan Powers’ case study looks at the Smithsons’ Robin Hood Gardens housing from all sides.
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FeaturesFurther reading on education
Two very different books about space for young children together provide a balanced picture of provision in the early years sector.
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ReviewDistance and Engagement: Vogt Landscape Architect
Alice Foxley’s elegant monograph provides new studio insights but fails to get its hands dirty.
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ReviewTeaching Architecture, Three Positions, Made in Switzerland
Three refreshing books emerged from a project exploring teaching and practice
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ReviewAtlas of Conflict: Israel-Palestine
Malkit Shoshan’s careful mapping of Israel’s physical data invites further interrogation
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ReviewLost Victorian Britain, by Gavin Stamp
This record of destroyed buildings fails to transcend its agenda
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ReviewCemeteries of the Great War by Sir Edwin Lutyens
A new book charts Lutyens and Baker’s designs to honour the first world war dead
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ReviewArchitecture in the Balkans
Slobodan Curcic’s epic survey is worth the complexity of its journey
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ReviewArchitecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970
Thomas S Hines’s huge volume examines LA through the architects that created it, with special focus on Schindler and Neutra
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ReviewEngineers: A History of Engineering & Structural Design
Matthew Wells’ new study conveys the heroism of engineers through the ages.
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ReviewNew Delhi: Making of a Capital
As global power shifts eastward, a new book charting the birth of New Delhi reclaims the city’s history
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ReviewTalking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo
An innovative dialogue draws out the background to Raj Rewal’s architecture to show current Indian practice in a postcolonial context.
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ReviewPrefab Houses
A new book by Arnt Cobbers and Oliver Jahn overlooks the real big hitters of the industry.
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ReviewGerrit Thomas Rietveld: Life Thought Work
Bertus Mulder’s biography, issued in English to mark the ’Year of Rietveld’, is a handy introduction to Utrecht’s most famous son
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ReviewBlock magazine launched
This new architecture magazine’s first issue speaks for a growing culture of austerity chic.
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ReviewCharles Rennie Mackintosh, by James Macaulay
John McKean finds this latest biography of the celebrated Scottish architect confusing and of shaky scholarly integrity.
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ReviewRecent books on sustainability
RIBA Bookshops’ choice of books this month covers a guide to biodiversity, climate change and the realities of green building.
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ReviewBuildings of England: Berkshire
The expanded Pevsner guide provides a wealth of new detail and introduces the people behind the buildings
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ReviewThe American Department Store Transformed: 1920-1960, by Richard Longstreth
A new history of the golden age of American department stores is right on the money.