Highlights from our Architecture backlist

Are the long, dark nights making you want to stay cosy and warm indoors and read, or watch a DVD? Well, we have an excellent selection of architecture titles and we thought it certainly worth reminding you of them. Perhaps you could treat yourself to while away these wintry days? It seems as good a time as any to sit back and enjoy the great backlist we have. See the title links below for more information on each one. Selected by the Cornerhouse Publications team especially for you…

Bijoy Jain: Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2012 — Profiling the celebrated Indian architect who combines traditional craftwork and architecture using meagre resources.

Having a Cigarette with Alvaro Siza DVD  An insightful documentary/interview with the Prizker Prize winning Portuguese architect.

Villas and Saunas in Finland — Presenting summer residences and saunas, on sites ranging from the archipelago to the Finnish lake district and the fells in the north.

Sympathetic Seeing: Esther McCoy and the Heart of American Modernist Architecture and Design  Presenting the life and work of Esther McCoy, and is the first book to focus on her activities affirming an unassailable role as a key figure in American modernism.

Alvar Aalto: What and When? Arguably the ultimate reference book on the iconic Finnish architect’s implemented and unimplemented designs.

Pablo Bronstein: A Guide to Postmodern Architecture in London — Bronstein’s homage to the pocket-sized 19th century architectural almanac is now pretty rare and rather collectable.

Herzog & de Meuron / Ai Weiwei: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 — Documenting the Pavilion presented as part of the London 2012 Festival, it was Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei’s first collaborative built structure in the UK.

Villa Frankenstein. volumes 1 & 2: The Journal of the British Pavilion, 12th International Architecture Exhibition — Revealing the work of Artistic Director muf architecture/art who challenged all assumptions by opening up the British Pavilion in Venice to everyone from scientists to children in the city.

O&O Baukunst: View of the Interior. Buildings and Projects (1980–2015) — A lavish book presenting an impressive cross-section of the German architectural practice’s interiors of buildings and projects.

Dandelion: The Making of the UK Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 — Winner of the RIBA’s Lubetkin Prize, Thomas Heatherwick’s wondrous work is documented and celebrated in this publication.

Alvar Aalto: A Gentler Structure for Life — Beautifully produced, with fold-outs, this book presents 23 of Aalto’s projects from the 1920s onwards, ranging from private houses to public buildings.

Photo credit: Villa Frankenstein. Venice Biennale 2010 © Cristiano Corte
Posted on 16th January 2017
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