REVIEW
Geoffrey Bawa: The Complete Works Thames and Hudson By David Robson Price: £19.45
Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa and the buildings he created have become legendary in the region and influential around the world. The summation of his oeuvre is symbolised by his own two residences - a house in Colombo and a residential complex in Lunuganga - whose evolution eloquently reflect Bawa’s career and personality. This ambitious publication is a comprehensive documentation and appreciation of Geoffrey Bawa and his work and includes a rich portfolio of his most important works, including some rarely published projects.
Architecture and Ritual Bloomsbury
By Peter Blundell Jones Price: £21.50 (paperback)
This book explores how the varied rituals of everyday life are framed and defined in space by the buildings which we inhabit. Peter Blundell Jones investigates these connections between the social and the spatial, providing critical insights into the capacity for architecture to structure human ritual, from the grand and formal to the mundane. Case studies range from the Nuremberg Rally to the Centre Pompidou, and from the Palace of Westminster to Dogon dwellings in Africa and a Modernist hospital.
How to Read Towns and Cities: Bloomsbury
By Jonathan Glancey Price: £10.99
A pocket-sized primer to understanding the forces that have shaped the world’s cities this book takes a practical, highly visual approach - showing us how to read the stories embedded in the fabric of the neighbourhoods, towns, and cities in which we live today. A must-read for anyone interested in history, cities, and travel, this fascinating book turns the reader into urban detective to see how our towns and cities grew the way they are.
BAWA Staircases Talisman
By David Robson Price: £19.45
Aimed at architecture students and professionals Bawa Staircases offers the reader a primer of how staircases are often the most dynamic and theatrical spatial elements of a building or landscape. It is a compelling addition to the literature on Sri Lanka’s preeminent architect, Geoffrey Bawa and showcases his numerous and varied architectural and landscape designs for residential, public works, gardens and hotel architecture, with particular reference to the staircases he created.
100 Years, 100 Buildings Pretzel
By John Hill Price: £24.99
The founder of the blog A Daily Dose of Architecture, John Hill, is obsessed with his subject and determined to expose his fellow citizens to the glorious structures that shape our environment. In this beautifully designed compendium Hill presents his selection of the most significant building to be built each year from 1916 to 2015. Each two-page spread includes one or two large color photos and text that explains the importance of each structure. An introductory essay and a timeline that highlights important architectural events round out this engrossing survey that demonstrates the underlying themes and developments in the world of architecture today.
The Vanishing Stepwells of India Merrell By Victoria Lautmann Price: £38.95
Some of the most stunning architectural structures in India are to be found below ground: these are its stepwells, ancient water stores. Victoria Lautman reflects on the reasons they became derelict and considers how the appreciation of stepwells is changing with the work of organisations and individuals who aim to protect and restore them. The main part of the book is arranged in a broadly chronological order, with up to six pages devoted to each of 80 or so stepwells, each unique in design and engineering. The name, location (including GPS coordinates) and approximate date of each well accompany colour photographs and a concise commentary by Lautman on the history and architecture of the well and her experience of visiting it.
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