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Book: Hatch: The new architectural generation
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Hatch is a snapshot of a tumultuous time in architectural practice. By giving himself a broad remit to seek out new, emerging talent, author and Architect's Journal editor Kieran Long has decided not to stamp a name on an emerging movement, Charles Jencks-style. Instead, Long's book focuses on emerging talent in the post-digital era, eschewing a straight architectural approach in favour of multi-disciplinary studios better suited for this information saturated age.
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That's not to say the book is awash with glossy renders and gravity-defying digital forms (although there are a fair few of those). Instead, the inclusion of photographers like Michael Collins and Leo Fabrizio highlights an emerging aesthetic sensibility, straightforward but also sophisticated. Well placed to identify emerging trends in aesthetics and theory, Long highlights the evolution of the architect into a purveyor of speculative futures, temporary structures and fantastical forms, as well as more conventional fare like the occasional house. As a demonstration of how creative practice is responding to an image-driven world, Hatch is hard to beat.
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by Kieran Long, Laurence King, £25
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