I make two confessions at the outset of this review – firstly, I haven’t read Volume 1 of Collected Works 1990-2005, despite having bought it for my own practice. Which points to my second – that, even though I am an unabashed Caruso St John fanboy, I can’t shake the feeling that monographs are not really meant for reading, but display – as signifiers of taste and a shamefully bourgeois desire to possess.

I can offer one opinion very quickly. Even if you have both their El Croquis volumes, I would counsel you to consider buying these beautifully produced and useful Mack editions, and saving up for subsequent volumes.

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