All Reviews articles – Page 2
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ReviewThe Ingenious Mr Flitcroft, Palladian Architect
Andy Foster reviews a new book by Gill Hedley that explores the early eighteenth century world of architects, clients and building
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ReviewThe Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens – Volume 2: Gardens, Delhi, Washington
Charles Holland enjoys the latest volume in the series on Lutyens’ key works
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Review100 Women: Architects in Practice
A new book offers welcome inspiration for today’s practitioners, as well as for the next generation of women architects, writes Sumita Singha
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ReviewProperty: The myth that built the world
Rowan Moore’s new book helps put the political focus on the financial and ideoligical agendas that underpin much of the built environment, writes Nicholas de Klerk
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ReviewArchitect: The evolving story of a profession
Eleanor Jolliffe and Paul Crosby’s new book makes an important contribution to the profession’s awareness of its own history, writes Neal Shasore
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ReviewHidden Patrons: ‘We need more of these stories to be told’
Eleanor Jolliffe discovers how a generation of Georgian women pioneers acted as both patrons and architects
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ReviewHow to Be an Architect Developer: ‘This book should probably be compulsory reading’
A book about architects as developers celebrates the broader creativity, ingenuity and business sense of the profession, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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ReviewBD’s book reviews of the year
We share some of our most popular book reviews from throughout 2023
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ReviewReview | Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn
Emma Dent Coad welcomes the republication of Nairn’s classic book on modernist London
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ReviewCaruso St John’s Collected Works, Volume 2: ‘A genuine insight into their motivations and interests’
Giles Heather finds that this latest volume of collected works sheds fresh light on the practice’s profound interest in history and alternative modernisms
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ReviewReview | Thrive: A Field Guide for Women in Architecture
Indujah Srikaran describes Sumita Singha’s new book as one that she wishes she’d had during her own education
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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