{"title":"Architecture: public and commercial Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"these-silent-mansions-9780099587149","title":"These Silent Mansions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A refreshingly original meditation... I wish I had written it myself'' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraveyards are oases: places of escape, peace and reflection. Liminal sites of commemoration, where the past is close enough to touch. Yet they also reflect their living community - how in our restless, accelerated modern world, we are losing our sense of connection to the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Sprackland - the prize-winning poet and author of Strands - travels back through her life, revisiting her once local graveyards. In seeking out the stories of those who lived and died there, remembered and forgotten, she unearths what has been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging, unpredictable and refreshingly original meditation on a huge but widely ignored subject: \u003c\/b\u003ethe relationship between the living and the dead… \u003cb\u003eExhilarating\u003c\/b\u003e… This is\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ea lovely book: \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e, never lapsing into self-conscious ‘poet’s prose’, \u003cb\u003ealways a joy to read\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eI wish I had written it myself.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nigel Andrew * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCemetery tales, filled with fascinating details and told with a poet’s skill\u003c\/b\u003e… \u003cb\u003eDelightfully morbid\u003c\/b\u003e… Sprackland roves about history, language, biology, architecture, entomology, iconography and much else in her quest for meaning… [and] the \u003cb\u003eastonishing twist\u003c\/b\u003e…should justify your reading \u003ci\u003eThese Silent Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e in its entirety. -- Anthony Quinn * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShot through with delightful digressions\u003c\/b\u003e… \u003cb\u003eThere is a spare beauty to Sprackland’s prose\u003c\/b\u003e… \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese Silent Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e is a strange and mercurial book; hard to pin down, but even harder to forget.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lucy Scholes * i *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSprackland has the poet’s knack for atmosphere and a magician’s ability to conjure up other worlds. She is like a ghostly time traveller\u003c\/b\u003e… Sprackland is particularly agile, though, at exploring the ways in which a graveyard reflects its community and how, with modern life, we are losing this sense of connection. -- Ann Treneman * The Times *\u003cbr\u003ePart social history, part personal meditation and \u003cb\u003ewholly enchanting\u003c\/b\u003e - as attentive to local and moving details as it is to the fact of mortality itself. -- Andrew Motion","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47832655692119,"sku":"9780099587149","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099587149.jpg?v=1710336410"},{"product_id":"beyond-the-footpath-9780349419664","title":"Beyond the Footpath","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA practical and inspirational guide to modern pilgrimages: the art of mindful walks to a place of meaning.","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47833108644183,"sku":"9780349419664","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349419664.jpg?v=1710342251"},{"product_id":"ancient-crosses-of-the-three-choirs-counties-9780752452883","title":"Ancient Crosses of the Three Choirs Counties","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrosses are a quintessential part of the English countryside. Whether standing proud in the village market place or hidden beneath ivy in a forgotten corner of the churchyard, each has its own story to tell. Many of these crosses have ancient origins, dating back to a time when wandering preachers were making the push to convert a wary pagan population, whilst others are far more modern, often serving as memorials to the dead of the two world wars. Many were disfigured by the fervent Puritanism of the Commonwealth period, whilst others have been rebuilt and redesigned to such an extent that they no longer resemble a traditional cross at all. The countryside cross is also more than just a religious symbol; many act as signposts, boundary markers or meeting places. Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, often known as the ''Three Choirs Counties'', are blessed with a plethora of these crosses. Here, Marion Freeman provides the reader with a wealth of information, drawn from y","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47833700335959,"sku":"9780752452883","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780752452883.jpg?v=1710348163"},{"product_id":"flow-the-making-of-the-omega-centre-the-making-of-the-omega-center-for-sustainable-livingin-pursuit-of-a-living-building-9780981985749","title":"Flow The Making of the Omega Centre The Making of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration into the work of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, as it tests what is possible with regenerative design and the outcome when sustainability is moved to the top of the list of criteria.","brand":"Oro Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836655649111,"sku":"9780981985749","price":14.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780981985749.jpg?v=1710380150"},{"product_id":"greening-your-office-an-a-z-guide-9781900322140","title":"Greening Your Office: An A-Z Guide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Green Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47850629988695,"sku":"9781900322140","price":6.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781900322140.jpg?v=1710617115"},{"product_id":"transeurope-express-9780141991573","title":"TransEurope Express","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past twenty years European cities have become the envy of the world: a Kraftwerk Utopia of historic centres, supermodernist concert halls, imaginative public spaces and futuristic egalitarian housing estates which, interconnected by high-speed trains traversing open borders, have a combination of order and pleasure which is exceptionally unusual elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTrans-Europe Express\u003c\/i\u003e, Owen Hatherley sets out to explore the European city across the entire continent, to see what exactly makes it so different to the Anglo-Saxon norm - the unplanned, car-centred, developer-oriented spaces common to the US, Ireland, UK and Australia. Attempting to define the European city, Hatherley finds a continent divided both within the EU and outside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA scathing, lively and timely look at the \"European city\", from one of our most provocative voices on culture and architecture today -- Owen Jones\u003cbr\u003eThe best book I've read on Europe, blending history, architecture and contemporary politics and written in Owen Hatherley's trademark mixture of scepticism, erudition and humanity. He is a writer of lasting merit who will be read fifty years from now. -- Anna Minton\u003cbr\u003eThe latest heir to Ruskin. -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732513829207,"sku":"9780141991573","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141991573.jpg?v=1719997215"},{"product_id":"modern-architecture-9780198783442","title":"Modern Architecture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it''s hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expensive buildings were transformed from ornamental fancies which referred to the classical and medieval pasts into strikingly plain reflections of novel materials, functions, and technologies. Modern architecture promised the transformation of cities from overcrowded conurbations characterised by packed slums and dirty industries to spacious realms of generous housing and clean mechanised production set in parkland. At certain times and in certain cultures, it stood for the liberation of the future from the past.This Very Short Introduction explores the technical innovations that opened-up the cultural and intellectual opportunities for modern architecture to happen. Adam Sharr shows how the invention of steel and reinforced concrete radically altered possibilities for shaping buildings, transforming what architects were able to imagine, as did new systems for air conditioning and lighting. While architects weren''t responsible for these innovations, they were among the first to appreciate how they could make the world look and feel different, in connection with imagery from other spheres like modern art and industrial design. Focusing on a selection of modern buildings that also symbolize bigger cultural ideas, Sharr discusses what modern architecture was like, why it was like that, and how it was imagined. Considering the work of some of the historians and critics who helped to shape modern architecture, he demonstrates how the field owes as much to its storytellers as to its buildings.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Sharr has succeeded in making modern architecture modern again, with this refreshing and original account of the technological revolutions and individual designers that shaped our world from the 1850s to the 1970s. Rather than concentrate on questions and debates over style and ideology, or follow the self-promotional versions of the architects themselves, he has preferred to go to the root of the revolution: the technologies and their innovative utilization. This little book will have an effect far beyond its size, providing more than an introduction for students and the public, and for architects themselves a salutary set of careful worked case studies, from Miess IIT Campus to Rogers and Pianos Centre Pompidou. * Anthony Vidler, Professor of Architecture, The Cooper Union *\u003cbr\u003eThe great strength of Adam Sharr's book is that it relates modern architecture to wider cultural, philosophical, and technological trends. It is also written in a very accessible style and, despite its brevity, covers a wide territory. * Jeremy Till, Head of Central Saint Martins, Pro Vice-Chancellor University of the Arts London *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Introduction 2: Iron and steel 3: Reinforced concrete 4: Brick 5: Light and air 6: Conclusion Further reading Bibliography Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732782133591,"sku":"9780198783442","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198783442.jpg?v=1719998377"},{"product_id":"humanise-9780241389799","title":"Humanise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the world''s most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This book is a super-accessible guide as to why we shouldn''t put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that'' \u003c\/b\u003eGRAYSON PERRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur world is losing its humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToo many developers care more about their shareholders than society. Too many politicians care more about power than the people who vote for them. And too many cities feel soulless and depressing, with buildings designed for business, not for us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo where do we find hope?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Heatherwick has an alternative. By changing the world around us, we can improve our health, restore our happiness, and save our planet. The time has come to put human emotion back at the heart of the design process. Drawing on thirty years of making bold, beautiful buildings, neuroscience and cognitive psychology, Heatherwick brings together vivid stories and hundreds of beautiful images into a visual masterpiece. \u003ci\u003eHumanise\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire us to do nothing less than remake our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Thomas Heatherwick brings a velvet sledgehammer to the way we think about buildings and how they change our lives . . . I want to live in the kind of city Heatherwick imagines!'' \u003c\/b\u003eSIMON SINEK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eHumanise \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterwork. It''s quietly furious, impassioned, rigorous and forensic in all the right doses. It leaves me very hopeful indeed about how things could go from here'' \u003c\/b\u003eALAIN DE BOTTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumanise \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterwork. It's quietly furious, impassioned, rigorous and forensic in all the right doses. It leaves me very hopeful indeed about how things could go from here. The Age of Boring might just have ended right now -- Alain de Botton\u003cbr\u003eThomas Heatherwick echoes many things I find myself saying as I travel round the country. How the hell did that monstrosity get built? Why is this place so depressing? Why is so much of the built environment so boring? This book will wind up quite a few architects, planners and developers who labour under the delusion that they are the adults in the room. Good. These people need to develop some compassion for the people who have to live with their joyless, bland, unlovable creations. This book is a super accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that -- Grayson Perry\u003cbr\u003eThomas Heatherwick brings a velvet sledgehammer to the way we think about buildings and how they change our lives. In simple, elegant words, he demands that we put people first. Not developers, politicians or architects. I want to live in the kind of city Heatherwick imagines! Vive la revolution! --  Simon Sinek, Optimist and New York Times-bestselling author of Start with Why and The Infinite Game\u003cbr\u003eThis book will help frustrated ordinary people and communities see what is possible -- David Byrne\u003cbr\u003eA revelation\u003ci\u003e. Humanise \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an accessible, compelling and entirely unique perspective on the world in which we live. Heatherwick’s storytelling ability shines through on each and every page - pushing boundaries and challenging perspectives. At a time where thoughtful and constructive ideas and solutions, that put the public at the centre of decision-making, are sought more than ever - this book provides a spark to ignite conversations across our city, country and the globe on how to build a better world for everyone -- Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London\u003cbr\u003eHeatherwick makes the case for human buildings that nurture our health and happiness. Out with the 'blandemic' of boring buildings and let's get back to interestingness. He calls for us all to engage with our built environment and so we should -- Dame Sally Davies\u003cbr\u003eArchitecture has the ability to uplift and inspire, support connection, and fuel invention - bringing life and vitality to our cities by making them better, more beautiful, more sustainable places to live and work. Thomas Heatherwick's new book offers us a powerful prescription for buildings that put the public first and help set the course for a brighter future for humanity -- Mike Bloomberg, entrepreneur, philanthropist, former Mayor of New York City\u003cbr\u003eIn a social and economic tour de force, Thomas Heatherwick explodes the waste of bad design: the neighbourhoods destroyed, the wellbeing lost, the carbon burned. And then he pivots to the potential of bending the straight line into a curve, the building into the feeling, and the narrowly rational into the fully human -- Mark Carney\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumanise \u003c\/i\u003eignites the urgent public conversation I've been calling for for years -- Sir Terry Farrell CBE, architect and urban designer\u003cbr\u003eA book that will change how you see the world -- Simon Jenkins\u003cbr\u003eThe climate crisis, a post-pandemic era and war. All these issues that the world is facing require unprecedented approaches in art, architecture and design. \u003ci\u003eHumanise\u003c\/i\u003e transcends all borders, cultures and fields of expertise. This book maintains an exquisite balance between quantitative evidence, architectural history, ideals and reality. It urges all of us on this planet to celebrate life -- Mami Kataoka, Director of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo\u003cbr\u003eInspiring, enlightening and provocative, \u003ci\u003eHumanise\u003c\/i\u003e arms us with a new way of seeing our built environment, and makes explicit what's at stake if we blindly accept the status quo -- Noreena Hertz, author of The Lonely Century: A Call to Reconnect\u003cbr\u003eThomas Heatherwick's humanity centred imagination is brought to life through his buildings and designs. He challenges us all to see the world differently, in harmony with nature, for the better. \u003ci\u003eHumanise\u003c\/i\u003e is a look behind the scenes and into the mind of his creative genius -- Tony Fadell, NYT bestselling author of Build, iPod inventor, Nest founder\u003cbr\u003eHeatherwick's fascinating book argues we must bring public value and delight back to the world of architecture which has been lost in boringness that is bad for people and planet -- Marianna Mazzucato, author of Author of Misson Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eA world-renowned designer * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eThe Leonardo da Vinci of our times -- Terence Conran\u003cbr\u003eProbably the most creative person in the world -- Stephen Ross","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733092675927,"sku":"9780241389799","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241389799.jpg?v=1719999362"},{"product_id":"britains-100-best-railway-stations-9780241979006","title":"Britains 100 Best Railway Stations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the architectural gems that are Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller'This is a cracker . . . a beautiful book' Chris EvansIt is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at the railway station.   Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed to Beverley, to select his hundred best railway stations. Blending his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust - the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories.    Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the station's role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very British creations. These are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation, celebrated like never before.   'However spectacular the book's photographs, it's the author's prowess as a phrase-maker that keeps you turning the pages' The Times'An uplifting exploration of our social history' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Spreads] enthusiasm by inviting the reader to join in a game of admiration. -- Christopher Howse * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eHowever spectacular the book's photographs, it's the author's prowess as a phrase-maker that keeps you turning the pages -- Richard Morrison * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA most beautiful book . . . full of information. I'd like to travel to every one of the stations. Simon Jenkins is a blessing to the nation, keeping an eye on our buildings and making sure they are not forgotten or neglected. -- Claire Tomalin\u003cbr\u003eJenkins has unearthed a lot of gems. The photography is stunning -- Christian Wolmar * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a cracker . . . a beautiful book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Chris Evans\u003cbr\u003eSimon Jenkins extols the virtues of 100 of them, as well as offering a brief history of the rise, fall and rise again of Britain's railways. And he is the perfect person to do so. Excellent, enticing. -- Gavin Stamp * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003eglorious and utterly essential guide\u003c\/b\u003e to Britain's best railway stations is also a history of some of the remarkable - but often undersung - landmarks to our social history * The Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterly\u003c\/b\u003e, perhaps a masterpiece * Independent, Books of the Year on 'England's Thousand Best Churches' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery house in England should have a copy of this book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Auberon Waugh on 'England's Thousand Best Churches' * Literary Review, Book of the Century *\u003cbr\u003eJenkins is, like all good guides, \u003cb\u003emore than simply informative\u003c\/b\u003e: he can be courteous and rude, nostalgic and funny, elegant, convincing and relaxed' -- Adam Nicolson on 'England's Thousand Best Houses' * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAny passably cultured inhabitant of the British Isles should ask for, say, three or four copies \u003c\/b\u003eof this book -- Max Hastings on 'England's Thousand Best Houses' * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eFull of stand-out facts . . . \u003cb\u003eabsolutely fascinating\u003c\/b\u003e -- Richard Bacon on 'A Short History of England' * BBC Radio 2 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of the good judgements one might hope for\u003c\/b\u003e from such a sensible and readable commentator, and they alone are worth perusing for pleasure and food for thought -- Michael Wood on 'A Short History of England' * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eJenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain's railways. Beautifully illustrated with colour photos, this is an uplifting exploration of our social history * The Guardian *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733423796567,"sku":"9780241979006","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241979006.jpg?v=1720000031"},{"product_id":"grain-elevators-9780262026062","title":"Grain Elevators","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733443948887,"sku":"9780262026062","price":61.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780262026062.jpg?v=1720000105"},{"product_id":"beyond-the-footpath-mindful-adventures-for-modern-pilgrims-9780349419671","title":"Beyond the Footpath Mindful Adventures for Modern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A treasure-trove of inspiration . .. [Beyond the Footpath] shows us how to make the most of the calm beauty of the natural world that surrounds us, as well as offering practical guidance on where to find - and how to travel to - those special places'' Raynor Winn, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Path\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Inspirational yet practical. With mindful exercises and tracks to take. Discover the benefits of being a modern pilgrim'' \u003ci\u003eCountry Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A brilliant solution to restoring balance and rediscovering meaning''\u003ci\u003e The Simple Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSPIRING GUIDE TO WALKING MINDFULLY TO PLACES OF MEANING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pilgrimage - long, short, secular or religious - gives you the opportunity to step out of your day-to-day routine and follow a path that promises meaning, a little magic and the space to breathe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Footpath\u003c\/i\u003e will take you on a journey to places of spiritual or personal significance - and show you h\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalk off your worries with the help of Clare Gogerty's new book \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Footpath\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Proof that you don't need to sit still to be mindful. Just put one foot in front of the other * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Footpath\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure-trove of inspiration, whether you simply love to visit beautiful places or seek the solace of a long-distance walk. It shows us how to make the most of the calm beauty of the natural world that surrounds us, as well as offering practical guidance on where to find - and how to travel to - those special places * Raynor Winn, bestselling author of The Salt Path *\u003cbr\u003eInspirational yet practical. With mindful exercises and tracks to take. Discover the benefits of being a modern pilgrim * Country Living *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant solution to restoring balance and rediscovering meaning. Clare rekindles a connection with the world of nature and a sense of stillness * The Simple Things *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Footpath\u003c\/i\u003e] serves up a rare secular view on France's Lourdes or Mount Kailash in Nepal, as well as challenges that tug at the soul, such as tracing a river to its headwaters or even exploring a city at lunch. Wherever your heart calls is a pilgrimage, its author seems to say, and we heartily concur * Wanderlust *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733671752023,"sku":"9780349419671","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349419671.jpg?v=1720001145"},{"product_id":"stadium-and-arena-design-stadium-engineering-9780727757906","title":"Stadium and Arena Design Stadium Engineering","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStadium and Arena Design\u003c\/em\u003e recognises the importance of the multidisciplinary approach required to design, build and run modern, international stadiums. Bringing together a broad range of knowledge from specialists in each of the key areas of stadium and arena design, this book provides up-to-date, practical guidance for professionals in the field, researchers and students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the success of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eStadium Engineering\u003c\/em\u003e, this second edition has been fully updated for the contemporary demands of the sporting facilities industry. \u003cem\u003eStadium and Arena Design\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a tour through the evolution of stadium design from the Eighth Century BC to present-day achievements in sporting arenas, including the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. Coverage includes in-depth analysis and explanation of all aspects of design and construction, from site appraisal and material technologies to crowd circulation and signage. New and updated chapters \u003cem\u003eto t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Evolution of Stadium and Arena Engineering Integrating Stadium Developments into Existing Urban Environments Symbiosis and Advanced Technologies  II. SPECIALIST SKILLS Stadium Site Appraisal Stadium Circulation: Transport planning and crowd control Engineering Secure Stadia Blast Engineering in Stadia Stadium Fire Safety Design Stadium Signage Dynamics of Stadium Structures Stadium Acoustics Stadium Refurbishment, Investigation and Repair  III. ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION Visualisation and Design Tools in Stadium Development Concrete Technology in Stadia Development Formwork for Precast\/Prestressed Stadium Components Steel in Stadium Engineering Facade Engineering Lightweight Structures  IV. CASE STUDIES Case study: American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, UK Case study: London Olympic Stadium, UK Case study: Beijing Olympic Stadium URLs Case study: Marlin's Park retractable roof, Miami Case study: Velociudad Speedcity Circuit Case Study: West Haymarket Arena, Nebraska Case study: Pune International Cricket Stadium\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736362496343,"sku":"9780727757906","price":113.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780727757906.jpg?v=1723810612"},{"product_id":"british-rail-architecture-9780860936855","title":"British Rail Architecture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith many now seeing the return of British Rail as a solution to the manifest problems on Britain''s railways in the 21st century, the work of BR is being re-evaluated on various levels. This book focuses on one aspect of this, BR''s architectural legacy showing how it pursued innovation and experiment in this field.  British Rail Architecture demonstrates how twentieth century British railway stations were being brought into the mainstream of modern architecture. It explores not just the buildings and their designers but styles, materials, furniture, colours, artworks and unexpected links to distant places that inspired these changing design idioms.  The book''s structure is loosely chronological, accounting for the time architecture takes to evolve from a sketch to a finished building. It begins with the ambitious ideas conceived during the 1930s with inspiration from mainland Europe and then examines post Second World War reconstruction as a precursor to the considerable innovation","brand":"Crecy Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737767686487,"sku":"9780860936855","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780860936855.jpg?v=1723811439"},{"product_id":"theatre-spaces-19202020-9781350056244","title":"Theatre Spaces 19202020","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this lavishly illustrated hands-on account of the creation of new theatre spaces spanning a century, Iain Mackintosh offers a compelling history that is part memoir, part impassioned call to rethink the design of our theatre spaces and the future of live theatre. As the originator of theatre designs as diverse as the Cottesloe in 1977, Glyndebourne in 1994, the Orange Tree Theatre in 1991, the Martha Cohen Theatre in 1985 and the Tina Packer Playhouse in 2001, he discovered why the same show worked in some theatres but not in others. It is this unique blend of experience that informs this account of many of the best-known theatre spaces in Britain, besides many international examples including the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis and the Oslo Opera House. Running throughout is a consideration of factors which have shaped design thinking during this time and which demand attention today. After the long theatre closures driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, Mackintosh argues that now is the ti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperb … if you have a theatre aficionado in your family, this beautifully illustrated, thoroughly opinionated volume ought to be on your list. With six decades of experience to call on, Mackintosh has no end of lessons to pass on. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe virtue of his book is that it is the work of a knowledgeable enthusiast, and proves that, while the play’s the thing, the frame in which it is seen is crucial to our enjoyment. * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIain Mackintosh describes his book as a memoir, but it is also a comprehensive handbook for theatre makers and audiences the world over. A one stop shop for anyone interested in how the delicate and vital relationship between audience and performance has evolved over centuries. Upon his shoulders I have stood for 30 years. His argument and understanding is as vital today as it always has been. Essential reading. * Stephen Daldry O.B.E. *\u003cbr\u003eLike the man himself, Iain Mackintosh’s memoir is erudite, trenchant, occasionally infuriating but always entertaining, enthusiastic and informative. Anyone who wants to understand more deeply the complexities and subtleties of theatre architecture should read this book. * Steve Tompkins, Director, HaworthTompkins *\u003cbr\u003eIain’s memoir is a potpourri of historical thesis, personal recollection and entertaining gossip. It gives a glimpse of the theatre world and the agonies and ecstasies of achieving buildings suited to purpose. * Anne Minors, Founding Director, SOUND SPACE VISION, Theatre Planning and Acoustics *\u003cbr\u003eThis book clears a luminous space of insight at the point where the pragmatics of architecture meet the poetics of the theatrical moment. Iain Mackintosh gleans highly consequential lessons about the challenge of engineering intimacy in the modern theatre auditorium from his long and rich practice. He also grounds them so deftly in their particular, British, history that they begin to acquire a universal appeal. With its stylish writing and generous, well-chosen illustrations this book vivifies and clarifies a theme that has been as elusive as it is important. * Himanshu Burte, Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, India *\u003cbr\u003eA revelatory and much needed guide to the structure of theatres both in Britain and abroad.  Iain Mackintosh reveals how certain architectural choices can be traced to having an effect on a performance: for example it’s easier to play comedy in a narrow proscenium, very hard to raise a laugh on the wide stages of the Olivier or the Lyttelton, and how crucial it is to the success of a play that it is performed in its correct home. It’s an amazingly detailed research of great value to anyone performing on stage today and a necessity for future architects. * Dame Eileen Atkins *\u003cbr\u003eA vivid hybrid manifesto\/memoir … It is simply an essential book: authoritative, original, comprehensive, compulsively readable, beautifully designed. You can dip in and out; even if you just visit one of these venues casually, you will find this engrossing. * Plays International \u0026amp; Europe *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Foreword by Richard Eyre  An Introduction and a Summary  \u003cb\u003eAct 1 Pre-1920: Setting the Scene and Some Early Pionee\u003c\/b\u003ers Chapter One: Theatre is Ephemeral While Buildings Endure. Some Necessary Background Chapter Two: Richard Wagner, Adolphe Appia and the Spreading of the Fan  \u003cb\u003eAct II 1920\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter Three: The Festival Cambridge, Stratford-upon-Avon and Early Days of the National Chapter Four: Guthrie’s Thrust Stages Chapter Five: Germany’s Building Boom and Anglo-American Shakespeare Chapter Six: The Olivier, the Lyttelton and the Barbican Theatres  \u003cb\u003eAct III 1976–2020: The Past Informs the Present\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter Seven: The Cottesloe and Other Courtyards Chapter Eight: Worthy Scaffolds: Brook’s Empty Space and Spaces Found by Others Chapter Nine: Regenerating the Old Offers an Antidote to Modernism. Part One: English Theatres of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Chapter Ten: Regenerating the old offers an antidote to modernism. Part Two: A Couple of Twentieth-century Scottish Theatres Reborn – One in Edinburgh and the Other in Florida Chapter Eleven: New Opera Houses from Glyndebourne to Dallas. Elsewhere Some Starchitects Upstage the Performers Chapter Twelve:  Learning from the Netherlands, Berlin, Brazil, Australia, Indian and Chinese Cultures. The Threat of Internationalism Chapter Thirteen: 2010–2020: Some New Builds, Two Renovations – One at Stratford-upon-Avon and One in London – And Diversions on In-the-round and the Open Air  \u003cb\u003eAct IV 2021: The Future\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter Fourteen: Unforeseen Consequences of Seventeenth-century Plagues, of the Arrival of the Talkies and the More Recent Dangers of the Pandemic and of ‘Virtual Theatre’. Some Central Themes Restated  References Further Reading Acknowledgements Theatre Index Person Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738583871831,"sku":"9781350056244","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350056244.jpg?v=1720049552"},{"product_id":"napoleonic-britain-9781399084376","title":"Napoleonic Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essential guide to the heritage of this tumultuous period in French and British history.","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738889498967,"sku":"9781399084376","price":23.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399084376.jpg?v=1720050491"},{"product_id":"londons-hidden-burial-grounds-9781445661117","title":"Londons Hidden Burial Grounds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncovers the dark secrets of London's lost and forgotten burial places.","brand":"Amberley Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739284681047,"sku":"9781445661117","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781445661117.jpg?v=1720051764"},{"product_id":"seaside-hotels-9781445675466","title":"Seaside Hotels","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe grand hotel is an icon of the British seaside. Occupying the most favoured spots on the prom, elaborate Victorian and later buildings maintain an air of refinement that harks back to an earlier age. This book tells their story.","brand":"Amberley Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739291103575,"sku":"9781445675466","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781445675466.jpg?v=1720051786"},{"product_id":"greyfriars-graveyard-9781445688183","title":"Greyfriars Graveyard","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplore the story of Greyfriars Graveyard, Edinburghâs most important burial ground since the 16th century.","brand":"Amberley Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739299230039,"sku":"9781445688183","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781445688183.jpg?v=1720051823"},{"product_id":"scotland-remembered-9781445696508","title":"Scotland Remembered","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book author Michael Meighan examines the history of Scotland through its monuments and memorials.","brand":"Amberley Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739306307927,"sku":"9781445696508","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781445696508.jpg?v=1720051848"},{"product_id":"dunlin-castle-from-fortress-to-palace-9781446880716","title":"Dunlin Castle; from Fortress to Palace","description":"","brand":"Government Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739330163031,"sku":"9781446880715","price":42.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781446880715.jpg?v=1720051925"},{"product_id":"an-encyclopaedia-of-world-bridges-9781526794468","title":"An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridges are one of the most important artefacts constructed by man, the structures having had an incalculable effect on the development of trade and civilisation throughout the world. Their construction has led to continuing advances in civil engineering technology, leading to bigger spans and the use of new materials. Their failures, too, whether from an inadequate understanding of engineering principles or as a result of natural catastrophes or warfare, have often caused immense hardship as a result of lost lives or broken communications.  In this book, a sister publication to his earlier An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges (Pen \u0026amp; Sword 2019), David McFetrich gives brief descriptions of some 1200 bridges from more than 170 countries around the world. They represent a wide range of different types of structure (such as beam, cantilever, stayed and suspension bridges). Although some of the pictures are of extremely well-known structures, many are not so widely recognisable and a separate section of the book includes more than seventy lists of bridges with distinctly unusual characteristics in their design, usage and history.","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48740031430999,"sku":"9781526794468","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526794468.jpg?v=1720053703"},{"product_id":"the-99-invisible-city-a-field-guide-to-the-hidden-world-of-everyday-design-9781529355277","title":"The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOut now: The most entertaining and fascinating book about architecture and design, from the wildly popular podcast 99% Invisible. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of surprises and quirky information . . . a fascinating journey through the over-familiar.' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times,\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 99% Invisible City\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.' \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A delightful book about the under-appreciated wonders of good design'\u003c\/b\u003e - Tim Harford, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Undercover Economist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFifty Things that Made the Modern Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e99% Invisible\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e goes deep on the design and architecture we tend to overlook - this is it in glorious guidebook form . . . fascinating.\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is 99% Invisible. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular \u003ci\u003e99% Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e podcast \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHave you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr stopped to ponder who gets to name the streets we walk along?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr what the story is behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e99% Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse. The show celebrates design and architecture in all of its functional glory and accidental absurdity, with intriguing tales of both designers and the people impacted by their designs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, in \u003ci\u003eThe 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to Hidden World of Everyday Design\u003c\/i\u003e, host Roman Mars and coauthor Kurt Kohlstedt zoom in on the various elements that make our cities work, exploring the origins and other fascinating stories behind everything from power grids and fire escapes to drinking fountains and street signs. With deeply researched entries and beautiful line drawings throughout, \u003ci\u003eThe 99% Invisible City \u003c\/i\u003ewill captivate devoted fans of the show and anyone curious about design, urban environments, and the unsung marvels of the world around them.\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are about to see stories everywhere, you beautiful nerd. Now get out there.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If you've ever wondered why our world is the way it is, this show has your answers' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'99% Invisible...is completely wonderful and entertaining and beautifully produced...' \u003c\/b\u003eIra Glass, \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The hugely inventive 99% Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e treats the design of everyday things like a forensic science.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWIRED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ideal companion for city buffs, who'll come away seeing the streets in an entirely different light. - \u003cb\u003eKirkus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a field guide, a boon, a \u003ci\u003ebible\u003c\/i\u003e, for the urban curious.  Your city's secret anatomy laid bare -- a hundred things you look at but don't see, see but don't know.  Each entry is a compact, surprising story, a thought piece, an invitation to marvel.  Together, they are almost transformative. To know why things are as they are adds a satisfying richness to daily existence.  This book is terrific, just terrific. \u003cb\u003e- Mary Roach, author of \u003ci\u003eStiff \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGrunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI can hear Roman's dulcet tones as I read through this book. It's absolutely fascinating to get an in depth look at the city through their eyes, my walks will never be the same again. 100% brilliant. - \u003cb\u003eRoma Agrawal, author of \u003ci\u003eBuilt: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe usually define cities in terms of their bigness, so it's easy to forget that our daily experience of any city is made up of countless tiny, intimate encounters. Just as Jane Jacobs did fifty years ago, Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt provide a new way of seeing urban life, finding secrets and surprises behind every sewer grate, storefront, and street sign. \u003cb\u003e- Michael Bierut, design critic and author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConversational, bite-size entries [and] beautiful tricolor illustrations . . . A field guide for anywhere. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 99% Invisible City\u003c\/i\u003e brings into view the fascinating but often unnoticed worlds we walk and drive through every day, and \u003cb\u003eto read it is to feel newly alive and aware of your place in the world\u003c\/b\u003e. This book made me laugh, and it made me cry, and it reminded me to always read the plaque.' - \u003cb\u003eJohn Green, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fault in Our Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTurtles All The Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . \u003ci\u003eThe 99% Invisible City\u003c\/i\u003e is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces. - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Invisible City is not a book, but a pair of magic glasses that transform the mundane city around you into a vibrant museum of human ingenuity.' \u003cb\u003e- Justin McElroy, podcaster and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Adventure Zone\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48740211982679,"sku":"9781529355277","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529355277.jpg?v=1720054146"},{"product_id":"memory-bank-a-biography-of-blythe-house-9781785515026","title":"Memory Bank: A Biography of Blythe House","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlythe House in London, originally built in 1903 for the Post Office Savings Bank, has for more than 40 years been the store for three national museums, the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum, holding millions of historical objects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe collections have now been moved to purpose-built sites, and Blythe House’s closure has been marked by specially commissioned photographs of its architecture, collections and occupants, along with personal testimonies. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory Bank\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e takes you behind the scenes to reveal one building’s hidden history and its unique place in British cultural and social life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Brief History of Blythe House First Encounters  The Building Collecting and Sorting  People Danger Atmosphere Leaving Blythe People of Blythe Contributors' Biographies Notes on Sources  Captions Acknowledgments","brand":"Scala Arts \u0026 Heritage Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741357814103,"sku":"9781785515026","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"co-curating-the-city-universities-and-urban-heritage-past-and-future-9781800081840","title":"Co-Curating the City: Universities and Urban","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCo-curating the City\u003c\/i\u003e explores the role of universities in the construction and mobilisation of heritage discourses in urban development and regeneration processes, with a focus on six global sites. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UCL Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741695193431,"sku":"9781800081840","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"senedd-9781802584165","title":"Senedd","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Senedd was designed to be a bridge into the future, emerging from a long historical and political evolution. This illustrated book by Trevor Fishlock explores the background to the Assembly''s site in Cardiff Bay and to government in Wales. The photographs illustrate the building designed by Richard Rogers: its construction, technology and architecture.","brand":"Graffeg Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741823709527,"sku":"9781802584165","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781802584165.jpg?v=1720058939"},{"product_id":"bryant-may-s-peculiar-london-9781804990933","title":"Bryant \u0026 May’s Peculiar London","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the nation's oldest serving detectives, we know more about London than almost anyone. After all, we've been walking its streets and impulsively arresting its citizens for decades. Who better to take you through its less savoury side? \u003cbr\u003e We'll be chatting about odd buildings, odder characters, lost venues, forgotten disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures and hidden pubs. We'll be making all sorts of odd connections and showing you why it's almost impossible to separate fact from fiction in London. \u003cbr\u003e With the help of some of our more disreputable friends, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in his or her own dodgy field, we'll explain why some streets have genders, why only two Londoners got to meet Dracula, how a department store and a prison played tricks on your mind, when a theatre got stranded in the past, how a building vanished in plain sight, what excited Charlotte Brontë about the city and where the devils hide in London. \u003cbr\u003e We hope to capture something of the city's restless spirit by wilfully wandering off course, and it goes without saying that we'll bluff and bamboozle you along the way but that's all part of the fun. History is what you remember. London is what you forget (and we've forgotten a lot). So please do join us on this magical mystery tour of our city. Who knows where we'll end up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the glories of the modern crime fiction field? The deliriously eccentric books by Christopher Fowler. -- Barry Forshaw * FINANCIAL TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eDevilishly clever . . . mordantly funny . . . sometimes heartbreakingly moving. -- VAL McDERMID\u003cbr\u003eIf you have never entered the curious world of Bryant and May, you're in for a treat. * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the glories of the modern crime fiction field? The deliriously eccentric books by Christopher Fowler. -- Barry Forshaw * FINANCIAL TIMES *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741914870103,"sku":"9781804990933","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"design-monograph-hadid-9781838611965","title":"Design Monograph: Hadid","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the few female architects to get world-wide recognition and the first to receive the Pritzker, Iraqi-British Hadid was nicknamed the 'Queen of the Curve'. Dramatic and confident, her buildings were influenced by globalism, elegantly flowing yet full of surprises. Her major works include the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics, Broad Art Museum and the Guangzhou Opera House; many others were completed after her unexpected death in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741958189399,"sku":"9781838611965","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781838611965.jpg?v=1720059459"},{"product_id":"design-monograph-foster-9781838612023","title":"Design Monograph: Foster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 87 Manchester-born Norman Foster has an illustrious career that spans many decades. A titan of design and master of high-tech and sustainable architecture, Foster was instrumental in changing the skyline of London and elevating British design. Among his famous structures are the Gherkin (Swiss Re) and the Millau viaduct bridge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741958517079,"sku":"9781838612023","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781838612023.jpg?v=1720059459"},{"product_id":"monumental-lies-culture-wars-and-the-truth-about-the-past-9781839761874","title":"Monumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe past is weaponised in culture wars and cynically edited by those who wish to impose their ideology upon the physical spaces around us. Holocaust  deniers use details of the ruins of the gas chambers Auschwitz to  promote their lies: 'No Holes; No Holocaust'. Yet long-standing concepts  such as 'authenticity' in heritage are undermined and trivialised by  gatekeepers such as UNESCO. At the same, time, opposition to this  manipulation is being undermined by cultural ideas that prioritise  memory and impressions over history and facts.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMonumental Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Bevan argues that monuments, architecture and cities are material evidence of history. They are the physical trace of past events, of previous ways of thinking and of politics, economics and values that percolate through to today. When our cities are reshaped as fantasies about the past, when monuments tell lies about who deserves honour or are destroyed and the struggle for justice forgotten, the historical record is being manipulated. When decisions are based on misinformed assumptions about how the built environment influences our behaviour or we are told, falsely, that certain architectural styles are alien to our cities, or when space pretends to be public but is private, or that physical separation is natural, we are being manipulated. There is a growing threat to the material evidence of the truth about history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We are in serious trouble if we can no longer trust the tangible world around us to tell us the truth. \u003ci\u003eMonumental Lies\u003c\/i\u003e  explores the threats to our understanding of the built environment and how it impacts on our lives, as well as offers solutions to how to combat the ideological manipulations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen as one of the best Architecture and Design books of 2022 by \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis useful book connects a number of apparently disparate stories about statues and monuments and considers the various ironies of their representation and significance, past and present. A recommended read. -- Professor Corinne Fowler, author of \u003ci\u003eGreen Unpleasant Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Bevan's passionate, timely polemic is a much-needed antidote to all the horror stories about 'woke' protesters tearing down monuments. The true threat to our built-up environment, he argues, comes not from the Left, but from governments who employ all the powers of the state to re-write history in their image. It is at times a truly terrifying read. -- Keith Lowe, author of \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWide ranging and rigorous, readable and profound, this superb book argues that if we can no longer trust the tangible world around us to tell the truth, then we are in trouble. Bevan offer us solutions arguing  that we need to look at ways we can layer our monuments and our city that turns sites of honour into sites of shame, that change the meaning of the past without losing altogether the vital evidence of that past from the public realm. -- Liza Fior, MUF Architecture\/Art\u003cbr\u003eThis close reading of the city is a potent response to the culture wars because it deals in precisely the historical honesty that culture warriors have no stomach for. Righteous but always nuanced, Bevan is the perfect guide to the way urban iconography distorts history and entrenches power. -- Justin McGuirk, Senior Curator, Design Museum\u003cbr\u003eA book that makes you sit up ... powerful -- Charlotte Mullins * Country Life *\u003cbr\u003eFrom statues of slave traders to pictures of medieval town centres offered as evidence of \"cultural superiority\", architecture and public art are everywhere in a coarsened discourse. Robert Bevan...navigates the territory delicately and brilliantly -- Edwin Heathcote * Financial Times, Best Books of 2022 *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most compelling progressive voices in the heritage world ... Using his nuanced knowledge of architectural history, he is attempting to unpick some of the myths and straight lies deployed when architecture is weaponised. -- Eddie Blake * Tribune *\u003cbr\u003eBevan astutely argues that those who manipulate our cultural past are shaping our future, making the case that historic buildings have become battlegrounds for right-wing and nationalist political arguments. * The Art Newspaper, Top Books of 2022 *\u003cbr\u003eKnowledgeable and thought-provoking -- Daniel Trilling * Apollo *\u003cbr\u003eTopical, thought-provoking, knowledgeable about the uses and abuses of culture wars. -- Rowan Moore, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e architecture critic\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonumental Lies\u003c\/i\u003e could hardly be better timed ... Bevan's book is the result of many years' research and contemplation, and is thorough, extensive and provocative ... brilliant -- Emma Dent Coad * Building Design *\u003cbr\u003eA book on cultural patrimony and historical architecture from Bevan's perspective is necessary ... searching and wide-ranging -- Ben Luke * The Art Newspaper *\u003cbr\u003eBlistering ... [a] hugely rewarding book that provides a considered and unexpected commentary on the built environment amid the culture wars -- Tristram Hunt * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating and very wide-ranging ... rich in detailed discussions of both the artistic and architectural issues and political contexts of many different problems across the contemporary world. -- Dominic Alexander * Counterfire *\u003cbr\u003ePowerful ... a must-read book for everyone interested in the questions of heritage representation, diversity and the city, and the way to move forward after painful and violent pasts. -- Ammar Azzouz * Urban Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonumental Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly absorbing and deserving read, and recommended for anyone with an interest in what the built environment says - or avoids saying - about history. -- Richard Crappsley * Urban Design Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1 - KILLERS ON EVERY CORNER \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2 STYLE WARS \/CULTURE WARS \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3THE ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4: AUTHENTICITY: THE MATERIAL TRUTH \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 5  THE MILITARY-HERITAGE COMPLEX \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 6   THE EVIDENCE OF HISTORY \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 7: WHITE LIES, MISUNDERSTANDINGS, AND WELL-MEANING MYTHS \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 8: SUBVERSIVE TRANSFORMATION \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 9: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? THE MONUMENTAL AND ITS  LIMITS","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742010224983,"sku":"9781839761874","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781839761874.jpg?v=1720059665"},{"product_id":"lighthouses-of-ireland-an-illustrated-guide-to-the-sentinels-that-guard-our-coastline-9781848893535","title":"Lighthouses of Ireland: An Illustrated Guide to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e`I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.’ George Bernard Shaw\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSince ancient times, long before GPS, radio transmission or radar, lighthouses have served as beacons helping ships to navigate Ireland’s sometimes treacherous waters. The earliest lights were simply bonfires built on hillsides; in the fifth century, St Dúbhan established a brazier of burning wood or turf on the headland of Hy Kinsellagh (now known as Hook Head). Today, despite technological advances, these coastal icons continue to serve as crucial navigational aids for the maritime traffic of our island nation, from the smallest leisure crafts to cargo ships and trawlers. By day, they mark the way with their instantly recognisable appearances; at night, by the character of their signals. One flash every two seconds tells a sailor that they are near Valentia Island off the coast of Kerry. Four flashes every twenty seconds means that they are further north, approaching Loop Head in County Clare.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs well as representing a unique part of our maritime history and built heritage, lighthouses are a powerful symbol of strength and resilience in times of darkness. This evokes an irresistible fascination with them in many people. Artist Roger O’Reilly grew up near the Boyne Estuary lighthouse in County Meath and ever since has associated a sense of peace and reassurance with the warm glow of lighthouse beacons. He has spent two years criss-crossing the country to draw dramatic portraits of these sentinels of our shores. Gathered in this extraordinary collection, each beloved landmark is accompanied by a wealth of practical and insightful information: history, location, elevation, signal and range.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis spectacularly illustrated celebration of these architectural gems will be treasured by anyone who finds comfort, intrigue or excitement in the glimmer of a lighthouse through the darkness. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742267257175,"sku":"9781848893535","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"real-heritage-pubs-of-the-southwest-pub-interiors-of-special-historic-interest-9781852493615","title":"Real heritage Pubs of the Southwest: Pub","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA guide to the pubs throughout the South West that have interiors of real historic significance. From rural `time-warp' pubs to old coaching inns and include some unsung interiors from the inter-war and post-war period. This is the first guide of its kind for the South West.","brand":"CAMRA Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742319423831,"sku":"9781852493615","price":7.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781852493615.jpg?v=1720060912"},{"product_id":"real-heritage-pubs-east-of-england-9781852493813","title":"Real Heritage Pubs, East of England","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully updated and Illustrated with high-quality photographs throughout; discover the variety of historic pub interiors in the East of England, while informative articles explain their significance. It champions the need to celebrate, understand and protect the genuine pub heritage we have left with every pub described, highlighting its special historic features.  * Includes Lord Nelson's local; one of the claimants for the smallest pub in the county; and two of only eight pubs still operating without a bar counter.  * Visit genuinely old pubs, some 500 years old; the East of England has the largest number of ancient snugs formed by settle benches and we guide you to them all.  * We also show you where you can play some of the most unusual pub games in the country.  * Has contact details and information about the availability of real ale, accommodation, and food.","brand":"CAMRA Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742319915351,"sku":"9781852493813","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781852493813.jpg?v=1720060915"},{"product_id":"londons-monuments-9781902910437","title":"London's Monuments","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere can you find a monument to an emasculated lion made from a mysterious ceramic or the figure of an 18th century radical thinker who was hounded from his home by an angry mob? London has over 300 monuments which are easily unnoticed but have fascinating tales to tell.  The monument to Quintin Hogg commemorates one of the country's great philanthropists who dedicated much of his life to teaching street children and was nearly murdered several times for his efforts.  The less worthy figure of George IV has a much grander monument - which is not surprising as he paid for the monument himself using public funds. The good, the bad, the courageous and the cowardly all have a permanent place on the streets of London.  Using this book the reader can walk among the statuary of the capital and bring history to life, from Queen Boudicca's fight against the Romans to Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid.","brand":"Metro Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742428148055,"sku":"9781902910437","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781902910437.jpg?v=1723812537"},{"product_id":"living-tradition-the-architecture-and-urbanism-of-hugh-petter-9781916355453","title":"Living Tradition: The Architecture and Urbanism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving Tradition: The Architecture and Urbanism of Hugh Petter celebrates the exceptional professional achievement of one of the world's leading traditional architects. It showcases recent highlights from Hugh's award-winning portfolio, including handsome new country houses; major alterations and refurbishment of historic buildings; a significant new building for Trinity College in Oxford; and commercial development at all scales with landed estates across the UK and beyond. His pioneering work as masterplanner for the Duchy of Cornwall is regularly cited as an exemplar of a community that reflects local identity. Written by Clive Aslet, with a foreword by The Former Prince of Wales, this book reveals how a series of iconic buildings came to be. Richly illustrated with newly commissioned photography by Dylan Thomas, one of Britain's foremost photographers of architecture and interiors, this book reveals the working process of the architect. Common to all the buildings in this book - whether a new or historic private house, a public building, or a masterwork of urban design - is a loving attention to detail and materials, and an architect who cares deeply for his craft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword; Introduction; New Houses; A Stone House outside London; Bear Ash, Berkshire; Stanton Farm, Wiltshire; Pembroke House, Paradise Island, Bahamas; A House in the Channel Islands; Restoration; Chettle House, Dorset; Fawler Manor, Oxfordshire; Old Rectory, Berkshire; British School at Rome, Italy; A House in Hampshire; Sawmill Cottage, Yorkshire; Meadow Farm, Jersey; Public Architecture; The Levine Building, Trinity College, Oxford; Millennium Gate, Atlanta, USA; Stocks Golf Clubhouse, Hertfordshire; 196a Piccadilly, London; Masterplanning and Urban Design; Nansledan and Tregunnel Hill, Cornwall; Park View, Oxfordshire; The Duchy of Cornwall Estate, Kennington; Seeing Potential; Catalogue Raisonne; Acknowledgements; Picture Credits","brand":"Triglyph Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742837911895,"sku":"9781916355453","price":47.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781916355453.jpg?v=1720063015"},{"product_id":"working-together-for-change-collaborative-change-researchers-evaluators-and-designers-volume-5-9781947602786","title":"Working Together for Change – Collaborative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrategies for engaging key stakeholders—evaluators, researchers, and designers—to discuss frameworks for promoting collaborative change.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Collaborative Change Research, Evaluation, and Design (CCRED) is a framework and collection of participatory practices that engage people and the systems around them to drive community outcomes. This framework emerged out of the recognition that deep participation (or engagement) is frequently missing in collaborative impact approaches. When collaborative change is implemented effectively, community members are viewed as valuable owners and experts instead of being seen as disinterested or unqualified partners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CCRED is a social action process with dual goals of collective empowerment and the deepening of social knowledge. Executed successfully, CCRED has the potential to increase the rigor, reach, and relevance of research, evaluation, and design translated to meaningful action. Written in an easily accessible, narrative style, \u003ci\u003eWorking Together for Change\u003c\/i\u003e, the fourth volume in the Interdisciplinary Community Engaged Research for Health series edited by Farrah Jacquez and Lela Svedin brings together evaluators, researchers, and designers to describe collaborative change by describing their own work in the space. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Cincinnati Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742875038039,"sku":"9781947602786","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781947602786.jpg?v=1720063165"},{"product_id":"inspired-inspiring-labs-studios-and-workshops-for-creative-minds-9783037682357","title":"Inspired \u0026 Inspiring: Labs, Studios and Workshops","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Braun Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743088652631,"sku":"9783037682357","price":31.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783037682357.jpg?v=1720064059"},{"product_id":"marcel-breuer-building-global-institutions-9783037785195","title":"Marcel Breuer: Building Global Institutions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcel Breuer (1902-1981) is celebrated as a furniture designer, teacher, and architect who changed the American house after his emigration from Hungary to the U.S.A. in 1937. More recently historians, architects, and-with the reopening in New York of the great megalith of his Whitney Museum as the Met Breuer-a larger public are gaining new insights into the cities and large-scale buildings Breuer planned. Often seen as a pioneer of a \"Brutalist modernism\" of reinforced concrete, Breuer might best be understood through the lens of the changing institutional structures in and for which he worked, a vantage developed in the fresh approaches gathered here in essays by a group of younger scholars. These essays draw on an abundance of newly available documents held in the Breuer Archive at Syracuse University, now accessible online.","brand":"Lars Muller Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743088882007,"sku":"9783037785195","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783037785195.jpg?v=1720064061"},{"product_id":"ando-9783836535496","title":"Ando","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces, we explore a uniquely monumental yet comforting aesthetic that draws as much on the calm restraint of Japanese tradition as the compelling modernist vocabularies of Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. With featured projects in Japan, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States, we see not only Ando’s global reach but also his refined sensitivity for the environs: the play of light through windows, and, in particular, the interaction of buildings with water. From the mesmerizing Church of the Light in Osaka to the luminous Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Center in Venice, this is a radiant tour through a distinctly contemporary form as much as a timeless appeal of light, elements, and equilibrium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743156416855,"sku":"9783836535496","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783836535496.jpg?v=1720064358"},{"product_id":"niemeyer-9783836536226","title":"Niemeyer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work, he designed approximately 600 buildings, transforming skylines from Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria, to his homeland masterpiece Brasília. Niemeyer’s work took the reduced forms of modernism and infused them with free-flowing grace. In place of pared-down starkness, his structures rippled with sinuous and seductive lines. In buildings such as the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, Edifício Copan, or the Metropolitan Cathedral in Brasília, he brought curvaceousness to the concrete jungle. In the futuristic federal capital of Brasília, he designed almost all public buildings, and thus became integral to the global image of Brazil. With rich illustrations documenting highlights from his prolific career, this book introduces Niemeyer’s unique vision and its transformative influence on buildings of business, faith, culture, and the public imagination of Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743156613463,"sku":"9783836536226","price":14.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783836536226.jpg?v=1720064359"},{"product_id":"calatrava-9783836535656","title":"Calatrava","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanish visionary Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. Famed for bridges as much as buildings, he has made his name with neofuturistic structures that combine deft engineering solutions with dramatic visual impact. From the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex and the Museum of Tomorrow to the Peace Bridge in Calgary, Alamillo Bridge in Seville, and the Mujer Bridge in Buenos Aires, Calatrava’s creations show particular interest in the meeting point of movement and balance. With influences ranging from NASA space design to da Vinci’s nature studies, the structures dazzle with a sense of lightness, agility, and aerodynamism, but always with a graceful poise amid their particular surroundings. This compact introduction explores Calatrava’s unique aesthetic with key projects from his career, from early breakthroughs to his most recent work. Through buildings of culture, science, faith, and across his many famous bridges, we explore his integration of organic forms and human movements, and a uniquely fluid futurism, soaring towards tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743156646231,"sku":"9783836535656","price":14.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783836535656.jpg?v=1720064358"},{"product_id":"piano-9783836536462","title":"Piano","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some architects have a signature style, Renzo Piano seeks to apply coherent ideas to extraordinarily different projects. His buildings impress as much for their individual impact as for their diversity of scale, material, and form. Piano rose to international prominence with his codesign of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York Times as a building that “turned the architecture world upside down.” Since then, he has continued to craft many high-profile cultural spaces, including the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Morgan Library Renovation and Expansion in New York; and, most recently, the Whitney Museum of American Art, an asymmetric nine-story structure in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District with both indoor and outdoor galleries. In New York and London, the Renzo touch has also transformed the skyline with the towers of the New York Times Building and the Shard, the tallest building in the European Union. This essential introduction travels from Osaka, Japan, to Bern, Switzerland, and through many cities, structures, and islands in between, to explore the staggering scope of the Renzo Piano repertoire. From the “inside-out” Pompidou to the airy shells of the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Nouméa, New Caledonia, this is a thrilling journey through the beauty of architecture, where, in Piano’s own words, “each time, it is like life starting all over again.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743156711767,"sku":"9783836536462","price":14.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"container-atlas-updated-extended-version-a-practical-guide-to-container-architecture-9783899556698","title":"Container Atlas (Updated \u0026 Extended version): A","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Die Gestalten Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743166345559,"sku":"9783899556698","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783899556698.jpg?v=1720064401"},{"product_id":"beyond-the-west-new-global-architecture-9783899558791","title":"Beyond the West: New Global Architecture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Die Gestalten Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743167656279,"sku":"9783899558791","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"shoplifter-new-retail-architecture-and-brand-spaces-9783899559415","title":"Shoplifter!: New Retail Architecture and Brand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Die Gestalten Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743167918423,"sku":"9783899559415","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783899559415.jpg?v=1720064407"},{"product_id":"temples-of-books-magnificent-libraries-around-the-world-9783967040241","title":"Temples of Books: Magnificent Libraries Around","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Die Gestalten Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743174865239,"sku":"9783967040241","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783967040241.jpg?v=1720064438"},{"product_id":"building-for-change-the-architecture-of-creative-reuse-9783967040449","title":"Building for Change: The Architecture of Creative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Die Gestalten Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743175356759,"sku":"9783967040449","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783967040449.jpg?v=1720064440"},{"product_id":"archdailys-guide-to-good-architecture-the-now-and-how-of-built-environments-9783967040647","title":"Archdaily's Guide to Good Architecture: The Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Die Gestalten Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743175717207,"sku":"9783967040647","price":33.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783967040647.jpg?v=1720064441"},{"product_id":"kindergarten-school-plans-9788417557324","title":"Kindergarten \u0026 School Plans","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKindergarten \u0026amp; School Plans has more than 140 floor plans, sections, sketches and elevations, as well as all the construction details for a total of 22 projects. The structures whose designs are included in this publication share the same function: education. Today more than ever, the function of these buildings is decisive in helping the well-being and development of students. These structures remind us of both the importance of the service they provide to society, and the need for them to accomplish their purpose in the best possible way. There is no greater evolution than adapting to the new times that we are living.","brand":"Instituto Monsa de Ediciones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743206027607,"sku":"9788417557324","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9788417557324.jpg?v=1720064578"},{"product_id":"a-landascape-infrastructures-research-roma-tuscolana-pilot-project-2023-9788832080643","title":"A Landascape Infrastructures Research: Roma","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ListLab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743214514519,"sku":"9788832080643","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9788832080643.jpg?v=1720064614"},{"product_id":"symbolic-space-9780226220857","title":"Symbolic Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the social and cultural hierarchies established in 18th-century France, this volume illustrates how the conceptual basis of the modern house and the physical layout of the modern city emerged from debates among theoretically innovative French architects of the 18th-century.","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864228802903,"sku":"9780226220857","price":30.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226220857.jpg?v=1722270991"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/architecture-public-and-commercial.oembed?page=24","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}