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Birmingham: Shaping the City
Publisher: RIBA
Author: Ben Flatman
The book seeks to identify the drivers for change in the renaissance of contemporary Birmingham following its evolution from Victorian times and explores the depth and complexity of the public-private partnerships involved in the delivery structures and their achievements. Using unique case studies that illustrate the processes involved in the major physical change of the city, it assesses their influence on planned future projects. The book articulates and stresses the importance of urban design for successful regeneration in this ever-changing city.
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£19.95
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Britain: Modern Architectures in History
Publisher: Reaktion
Author: Alan Powers
Featuring more than 220 images, including both recent and historical photographs, this is an authoritative, highly accessible account of twentieth-century British architecture. Giving due regard to the separate identities of England, Scotland and Wales, the book also adds a new and original dimension to the perennial problem of defining 'Britain' in the modern world.
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£16.95
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Building Wales: Adeiladu Cymru
Publisher: WDA
Author: Monica Cherry
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£10.00
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Compass and Rule
Publisher: Yale University Press
Author: Anthony Gerbino, Stephen Johnstone
The spread of Renaissance culture in England coincided with the birth of the profession of architecture, whose practitioners soon became superior to simple builders in social standing and perceived intellectual prowess. This stimulating book, which focuses in particular on the scientist, mathematician, and architect Sir Christopher Wren, explores the extent to which this new professional identity was based on expertise in the mathematical arts and sciences. Featuring drawings, instruments, paintings and other examples of the material culture of English architecture, the book discusses the role of mathematics in architectural design and building technology.
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£30.00
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Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Publisher: Yale
Author: Nikolas Pevsner & David Lloyd
Hampshire boasts some of England's finest buildings, set amid a still largely rural landscape. This architectual guide covers the county in superb detail, covering every building of note, from castles down to cottages.
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£19.95
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Houses and Cottages of Britain
Publisher: Orion
Author: R. W. Brunskill
Houses and Cottages is based on Professor Brunskill's considerable research work and on archaeological and documentary discoveries. It looks inside the buildings and shows how and why they were originally planned and how they have evolved, often from very simple structures. In the process, a great amount of fascinating information is revealed about the lifestyles of the people for whom the houses were built, both in terms of their work and of their social lives
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£20.00
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Liverpool: Shaping the City
Publisher: RIBA
Author: Stephen Bayley
Liverpool: Shaping the City is an entertaining and objective assessment of the architectural history and recent regeneration of Liverpool. The city has certainly produced its fair share of best practice over the last few years, and in 2009 Liverpool One by BDP became the first masterplan to be nominated for the RIBA Stirling Prize. But then this should be no surprise as Liverpool has a history of ‘firsts’ – the first building which used skyscraper technology, the first commercial wet dock and the world’s first hydraulic cargo-handling systems.
Liverpool: Shaping the City tells the story of a city that once was proud and wealthy, then declined into ruin, and is now a city that can really show what it means to strive for world class architecture and urban design. A valuable and enlightening book, this book is a must read for all architects, developers, built environment professionals, academics – indeed anyone interested in the redevelopment and regeneration of Liverpool.
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£19.95
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London Style
Publisher: Taschen
Author: Jane Edwards
London is the capital of cool, full of famous artists, photographers, musicians, writers, decorators, designers, architects, and film-makers - and here is a chance to sneak into their homes! Arranged progressively by color, the rich, detailed full-page photos featured here take the reader on a whirlwind tour of the town, exploring a wide range of architecture and interior design
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£3.99
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Modern Architect: The Life and Times of Robert Matthew
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
Author: Miles Glendinning
Was: £49.99 Now: £44.99
This full-blooded biography of Sir Robert Matthew (1906–1975), one of the dominant figures in 20th century British architecture, interweaves his personal story with the turbulent political and social cross-currents of the welfare-state-era. A strong-willed, idealistic leader, Matthew exploited the great narratives of the day – public collectivism and private individualism, modernity and tradition – to help chart a wider strategy for architecture in Britain and abroad.
Miles Glendinning's Modern Architect: the Life and Times of Robert Matthew is a monumental achievement of historical scholarship that not only synthesises the disparate threads of Matthew's own life but also sets out a comprehensively nuanced, balanced picture of the broad context of post-war modern architecture in Britain.
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£44.99
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Pevsner Architectural Guides: Nottingham
Publisher: Yale
Author: Elain Harwood
This is a lively, authoritative and practical guide to the buildings of Nottingham, from its medieval beginnings to the innovative architecture of the 21st century. Outstanding buildings range from the famous Castle, a Baroque palace on an unforgettable cliff-top site, to the internationally important 1930s complex for Boots at Beeston.
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£9.99
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Real Cardiff
Publisher: Seren
Author: Peter Finch
Peter Finch discovers the real Cardiff - lost rivers, Roman forts, holy wells, Arthurian knights, itinerant poets, the old race courses, the revitalised city centre, the redeveloped Cardiff Bay - as he travels the city from east to west and north to south.
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£9.95
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Real Cardiff Two
Publisher: Seren
Author: Peter Finch
In the sequel to the hugely popular Real Cardiff, Peter Finch explores the city further, visiting the parts the tourist guides don't tell you about. Traversing the capital from North to South and East to West, he explores the far reaches, and even crosses the Atlantic in search of the Cardiff Giant.
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£9.99
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Style City: London
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Author: Lucas Dietrich (Ed)
This is the new, fully revised edition in the world’s number one stylish travel series, bringing you up to date with what’s happening in London.
Strikingly photographed, superbly designed and produced, and yet ingeniously practical with easy-to-read maps and pacy, informed texts, each StyleCity volume presents a selective, particular and stylish portrait of a great world city.
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£14.95
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The National Waterfront Museum
Publisher: The National Museum of Wales
Author: Richard Keen
This book expolres the story told at the innovative new National Waterfront Museum in Swansea. Richly illustrated and clearly laid out, it incorporates a wealth of archive photography, paintings and stunning new images of this special Museum.
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£5.00
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Villages of Vision: A study of Strange Utopias
Publisher: Five Leaves
Author: Gillian Darley
All over Britain and Ireland there are planned villages: for aesthetic, philanthropic or political reasons, for convenience and for ideals – the best known being Portmeirion, Port Sunlight, New Lanark and Bournville. Gillian Darley covers many hundreds of these strange and pretty arcadias built by aristocrats, industrialists and visionaries.
This revised edition includes a greatly expanded gazetteer, revised bibliography and a new introduction. The gazetteer shows, county by county, where such villages can be seen – not as museums but as evolving, living places.
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£14.99
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