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Fernand Pouillon: master of the modern middle class

2014-02-12T08:00:00Z

The work of Fernand Pouillon is given fresh perspective in this English edition
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The Brits Who Built The Modern World

2014-02-10T08:02:00Z

New TV series and RIBA exhibition chart the rise of British architecture’s ‘famous five’
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Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy

2014-01-22T07:00:00Z

Impressive line-up provides a rich sensory experience at the RA’s new show
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Book Club review: The Life of the British Home: An Architectural History by Edward Denison and Guang Yu Ren

2014-01-21T06:08:00Z

An attempt to chart the development of the British home falls flat
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Book Club review: Explore everything: Place-hacking the City by Bradley Garrett

2014-01-14T06:30:00Z

Attempting to apply a heavy theoretical justification to urban place-hacking might be a bit of a stretch, but this book still manages to challenge conceptions about the limits of the city
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Book Club review: Down Detour Road: An Architect in Search of Practice by Eric J Cesal

2014-01-07T06:30:00Z

Down Detour Road paints an accurate picture of the architecture profession
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New titles to review in January's architecture book club

2014-01-06T06:30:00Z

Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of five new titles, covering topics from architecture’s relation to modernity to Dutch post war era master, Hugh Maaskant
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Book Club Review: The Houses of Louis Kahn by George H. Marcus and William Whitaker

2013-12-23T06:30:00Z

Despite the plethora of books already published on Kahn, this one manages to offer something new
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Great Estates: how London’s landowners shape the city

2013-12-18T09:20:00Z

Back-slapping and self worship from the developer sponsors overshadows the real value of this exhibition at the Building Centre
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Book Club Review: Key Interiors Since 1900 by Graeme Brooker

2013-12-17T06:00:00Z

Personal observations and detailed research take this book beyond a simple collection of projects
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Anti-Ugly: Excursions in English Architecture & Design by Gavin Stamp

2013-12-10T06:30:00Z

Gavin Stamp’s Apollo columns reveal his passions
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Book Club Review: China’s Contested Capital: Architecture, Ritual and Response in Nanjing by Charles D. Musgrove

2013-12-10T06:00:00Z

A rich and refined account of the ‘Nanjing Decade’ with chapters so thorough they could stand alone
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Why city planning needs the human perspective

2013-12-06T15:49:00Z

Bird droppings and perfume bottles at a lively and provocative Urban Thresholds Conference
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Book Club Review: Innovative Houses: Concepts for Sustainable Living by Avi Friedman

2013-12-03T06:00:00Z

A good overview of environmental dwellings let down by a lack of consistency in the details
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Work on Paper: The changing metropolis 1940s — 1980s

2013-11-29T06:30:00Z

Part III in this selection of drawings that chronicle the design strategies that cities used to develop the urban landscape
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Work on Paper: The changing metropolis 1900 — 1930s

2013-11-28T06:30:00Z

Part II in this selection of drawings that chronicle the design strategies that cities used to develop the urban landscape
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Work on Paper: The changing metropolis 1815 — 1900

2013-11-27T06:25:00Z

This selection of drawings chronicles the design strategies that cities used to develop the urban landscape
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Book Club Review: Parametric Design for Architecture by Wassim Jabi

2013-11-26T07:00:00Z

A promising handbook struggles to pitch itself at the right level
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New titles to review in December's architecture book club

2013-11-25T06:00:00Z

Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of five new titles, covering topics from the history of the British home to the way we’ll live next - the aerotropolis
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Book Club Review: Weather Architecture by Jonathan Hill

2013-11-19T06:00:00Z

Hill’s arument may contain some incontinuities, but his passion for user-based design shines through