All Review articles – Page 39
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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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ReviewBuilding a Library 21: The Hindu Temple
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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ReviewCultural Guide: July 12- 18
Take a trip back into the dark ages with Kettle’s Yard as they explore the enduring influence of medievalism on the modern age or for something a little different, why not eat your way through the ages and pay a visit to food wizards Bombas and Parr’s latest edible instalment ...
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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.
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ReviewBas Smets, London Festival of Architecture
The landscape architect’s recent presentation revealed his commitment to process over PR.
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ReviewBuilding a Library 19 & 20: Oxford Archaeological Guides: Rome; Rome and Environs, an Archaeological Guide
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
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ReviewCultural Week: July 5-10
This week it’s the second instalment in the New Designers show, with a chance to see the work of a new crop of UK’s design graduates. There’s also a chance to put our homes under the microscope with Edgar Martins’ Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings.
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ReviewGoldberger's book explores architecture's deeper meaning
Why Architecture Matters has an excellent introduction stating clear aims, but leaves the reader wanting more on the exciting subjects introduced.
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ReviewThe New Décor and Ernesto Neto
The Hayward Gallery’s summer show is an uncomfortable journey into the world of interiors.
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ReviewDamascene: drawings by Michael Stiff
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, Michael Stiff of Stiff & Trevillion Architects is exhibiting his pastel and pencil drawings depicting the ancient buildings of Syria.
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ReviewBuilding a Library 18: The Gothic Cathedral
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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ReviewThe Surreal House exhibition
The Barbican Art Gallery’s attempt to examine the influence of surrealism on architecture proves monotonal and lacking in confidence
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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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ReviewBuilding a Library 17: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
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ReviewEllis Woodman's LFA 2010
Ellis Woodman reveals his top tips for this year’s London Festival of Architecture.
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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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ReviewBuilding a Library 16: Collage City
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
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ReviewCultural week: June 14-20
It’s a busy week for culture vultures as the London Festival of Architecture opens alongside the V&A’s architects build small spaces. If you’re architectured up to the eyeballs, then you can find relief at the Barbican’s mini Terry Gilliam film season.