All Review articles – Page 3
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ReviewReview | The Church Architecture of Richard Twentyman
Andy Foster reviews a new book celebrating the work of one of the Midlands’ pre-eminent modern architects
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ReviewReview | Housing Atlas: Europe 20th Century
This timely publication offers a reminder that the value of innovation is not in being different, but in imagining and creating new models from which others can learn, writes Bob Allies
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ReviewReview | The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens – Volume 1: Country Houses
This reissued volume on Lutyens’ country houses is a vital resource and spur to further research, writes Jeroen Geurst
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ReviewReview | Chris Dyson Architects: Heritage & Modernity
A new book on the respected architectural practice highlights work that straddles tradition and innovation, writes Richard Griffiths
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ReviewReview | Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion – ‘A book that reminds us what our profession is about’
Caroline Voet reviews an expanded edition of the 1986 book by Enric Miralles with Alison and Peter Smithson, about their Upper Lawn Solar Pavilion
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ReviewReview | London of the Future
Chris Dyson is challenged and inspired by a new book that plots multiple future trajectories for London
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ReviewReview | The architecture of Kay Fisker: ‘These titles should be compulsory reading on every architecture course’
Matthew Wickens reviews two recent books on Kay Fisker, the renowned Danish architect
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ReviewReview | Queer Nature at Kew Gardens
A new festival at Kew showcases a diverse range of voices and artists by exploring their relationship to plants and nature, writes Sarah Simpkin
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ReviewReview | RIBA Climate Guide
A new guide to delivering sustainable places misses an opportunity to highlight the centrality of reuse in addressing climate change, writes Laura Baron
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ReviewReview | Becoming Urban: The Mongolian City of Nomads
The challenges of a rapidly urbanising Mongolia are dissected and addressed in a new book, reviewed by Katharine Heron
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ReviewReview | Living Tradition: The Architecture and Urbanism of Hugh Petter
Hugh Petter’s work offers a much needed riposte to the orthodoxies of much architecture and urbanism over the last 60 years, writes Nicholas Boys Smith
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ReviewReview | High Street: How our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis
A new book on high streets invites us to see the retail crisis in a different light, and seek out innovative ways to reinvent our urban centres, writes Jennie Savage
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ReviewReview | Out of Architecture: The Value of Architects Beyond Traditional Practice
Stephen Lovejoy reviews a new book that dissects the industry, while celebrating the value that architects can bring elsewhere
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ReviewReview | Peter Womersley, by Neil Jackson
James Grimley enjoys a new book on Peter Womersley and hopes that it acts as ‘a rallying call to action’ on preserving the architect’s work
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ReviewReview | Mousa to Mackintosh: the Scottishness of Scottish architecture
Roger Emmerson reviews a new book on the history of Scottish architecture
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ReviewReview | Norman Foster at the Centre Pompidou: ‘Definitive… for now’
This giant restrospective captures the rich diversity of Foster’s output, but leaves the man still something of a mystery, writes Sarah Simpkin
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ReviewHerzog and de Meuron at the Royal Academy: ‘This is not a retrospective’
The RA has mounted an exhibition that tells an intriguing and judicously edited story about the renowned Swiss practice, writes Daniel Elsea
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ReviewReview | Encounterism: The Neglected Joys of Being In Person
A new book by Andy Field reminds Karl Singporewala of the vital importance of in-person interactions
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ReviewReview | Isaac Julien: What Freedom Means to Me
Nicholas de Klerk finds an exhibition at Tate Britain is a reminder that the creation of buildings and their use over time is an essentially collective human endeavour
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ReviewReview | At Home in London: The Mansion Block, by Karin Templin
Giles Heather finds a new book on the London mansion block uplifting, but wonders whether the contemporary typology needs to be better defined