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Seven Parisian brutalist buildings that illustrate the movement’s “level of experimentation”

March 15, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Barlett School of Architecture professor Robin Wilson has shared with Dezeen a selection of eclectic brutalist buildings in Paris that are featured in his latest book, Brutalist Paris. Published by Blue Crow Media, the Brutalist Paris book is made up of seven essays detailing over 150 buildings completed in the 1950s through to the 1980s.

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Six Barbie Dreamhouses that chart the evolution of the American home

February 22, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

Toymaker Mattel and architecture magazine Pin-Up have released a book celebrating Barbie’s Dreamhouse to mark its 60th anniversary. Here, the editors pick six emblematic examples that show how the dollhouse has evolved. The monograph, which the publishers say is “the first architectural survey of the world’s best-selling dollhouse”, features glossy images of the houses captured by fashion

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‘john pawson: making life simpler’: a visual tribute to the british architect’s career

February 17, 2023 lea zeitoun I designboom 0

written by critic and curator deyan sudjic, the book is richly illustrated with pawson’s own photography and ephemera.
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UK’s “eclectic range” of council housing celebrated in book by John Boughton

January 23, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

From Glasgow to Somerset, here are historian John Boughton’s picks of the UK’s most interesting public housing schemes featured in his latest book, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates. Published by RIBA Books, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates celebrates the achievements of the UK’s public housing, offering a counterpoint to

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UK’s “eclectic range” of council housing celebrated in book by John Boughton

January 23, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

From Glasgow to Somerset, here are historian John Boughton’s picks of the UK’s most interesting public housing schemes featured in his latest book, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates. Published by RIBA Books, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates celebrates the achievements of the UK’s public housing, offering a counterpoint to

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UK’s “eclectic range” of council housing celebrated in book by John Boughton

January 23, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

From Glasgow to Somerset, here are historian John Boughton’s picks of the UK’s most interesting public housing schemes featured in his latest book, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates. Published by RIBA Books, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates celebrates the achievements of the UK’s public housing, offering a counterpoint to

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Dezeen’s top 11 architecture and design books of 2022

December 15, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Continuing our review of 2022, we look at 11 page-turning books published on design and architecture this year, including a tome on the century’s best British houses and a “cookbook” of experimental food designs. The selected titles represent many of the major themes and hot-button topics of the last 12 months, from the role of

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Nine types of street furniture that “exert an outsized impact on place and mood”

December 14, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

On the Street aims to draw attention to a layer of public architecture that often goes unnoticed. Here, the book’s author Edwin Heathcote highlights nine types of street furniture that “slot in amid the big things”. From benches to 5G masts, On the Street: In-Between Architecture focuses on the various structures that occupy pavements in

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21st Century Houses book captures “best of the best” modern British homes

October 14, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

RIBA Award-winning homes are the focus of author Dominic Bradbury’s latest book, 21st Century Houses. Here, he spotlights 10 of the most remarkable projects featured inside. More than 300 photographs, plans and sketches fill the 21st Century Houses book, published by RIBA Books, to bring readers inside the “best of the best” of modern British

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georgia theiakou’s nostalgic thesis awakens fragmented memories of abandoned varosha

September 21, 2022 theiakou 0

the multimedia manual enriches the fragmented memories of refugees who fled varosha 48 years ago.
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