architecture books
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‘Wild Comfort’ is a coffee-table tome that’s designed to give you upscale cabin envy‘Wild Comfort: Contemporary Homes in the Wilderness’ assembles 30 of the finest recent remotely sited private dwellings, exploring architectural solutions that are dovetailed into their surroundings
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie turns ten. Join the celebrationsThe Elbphilharmonie by Herzog & de Meuron is about to mark its tenth anniversary and reveals a festive programme, including a celebratory concert, which you can watch live, below, on 1 September 2026 at 8pm (CEST)
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Kemi Lawson's new book celebrates the joy manifested in Black homes around the world'House Proud,' a new book written by Kemi Lawson and published by RIBA, explores Black interiors and architecture across eras and territories
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Documenting Japan’s disappearing modernist architectureNaomi Pollock's new book, 'Vanishing Japan, ' chronicles the country’s many demolished modernist works, focusing on buildings that have succumbed to change in the last quarter century. The book provides a fascinating portrait of lost architecture
By Jonathan Bell Published
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New book 'Chromatic Architecture' celebrates colour as a 'fundamental aspect of human pleasure'Adam Nathaniel Furman and journalist Kate Mazade, argue for more colour in our built environment
By Natasha Levy Published
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A new in-depth architectural history of Broadcasting House explores the BBC's originsElizabeth Darling’s 'Palace of the Ether' is a rich history of Broadcasting House and the BBC's first decade, a time of electronic, aesthetic and social innovation writ large
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Construct your own Socialist Modernist circus with this new monograph from ZupagrafikaCirk is the vivid chronicle of the Soviet-era permanent modernist circus, a unique and elaborate architectural typology that brought together performance, propaganda and populist entertainment
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Margaret Howell celebrates print, marking 130 years of The Architectural Review covers in London130 years of AR covers go on show at Margaret Howell's flagship store in London, celebrating The Architectural Review's landmark anniversary
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Explore Faro modernism like never before with this new bookNew tome ‘Faro Modernism’ documents an unexpected Portuguese paradise of midcentury architecture
By Tianna Williams Published
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Francis Kéré’s new monograph is like reading his personal notebookWith notes and creative scribbles, 'Francis Kéré: Building Stories' is a fascinating insight into the creative work of one of the world’s leading architects
By Tianna Williams Published
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Get to know South Korean architect Byoung Cho in this richly-illustrated new monograph'Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho' is a new book zooming in on the architect's residential work - and its connection with land and culture
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Explore 50 of London's brutalist landmarks with this handy new guidebookIn the pages of 'Brutalist London', London’s most memorable concrete buildings are laid bare
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Funny, worrying, provocative – Reinier de Graaf’s book on architecture’s elephant in the roomIn his new book, ‘Architecture Against Architecture’, the architect and OMA partner takes stock of the industry and discusses its present and future
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Take a photographic journey through Black Country urbanity with artist Tom Hicks‘Black Country Type II’ is a forthcoming monograph from Tom Hicks and the Modernist Society, featuring a bittersweet but celebratory journey through the West Midlands
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Kengo Kuma talks technology and architecture to mark his new monograph, ‘Substance’The new book from the celebrated Japanese architect features 35 material-led pavilion projects as well as his thoughts on the fusion of design, craft and technology; we interviewed him to find out more
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A new book on bricks and their patterns is a beautiful graphic object‘Brick Bonds’ by Melissa Price is an artist’s book that renders architectural history with elegance and style
By Jonathan Bell Published
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What happens next in domestic architecture? New book Future Homes points the way forwardEllie Stathaki’s new monograph, ‘Future Homes: Domestic Architecture in a Changing World’, tackles the constantly shifting demands on home design without avoiding the realm of aesthetics and technology
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Tour these soothing courtyard homes around the world‘Courtyard Homes’, a new book published by Phaidon, explores some of the most innovative interpretations of the genre, from Hawaii to south-east London
By Tianna Williams Published
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David Kohn’s first book, ‘Stages’, is unpredictable, experimental and informativeThe first book on David Kohn Architects focuses on the work of the award-winning London-based practice; ‘Stages’ is an innovative monograph in 12 parts
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Modernist Scotland explores the country’s impressive legacy of contemporary architectureA new book, Modernist Scotland, delves into the art and ambitions of the International Style in post-war Scotland, presenting 150 projects that typify an age of optimism and innovation.
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Explore Tom Kundig’s unusual houses, from studios on wheels to cabins slotted into bouldersThe American architect’s entire residential portfolio is the subject of a comprehensive new book, ‘Tom Kundig: Complete Houses’
By Léa Teuscher Published
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‘Brutalist Berlin’ is an essential new guide for architectural tourists heading to the cityBlue Crow Media’s ‘Brutalist Berlin’ unveils fifty of the German capital’s most significant concrete structures and places them in their historical context
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Celebrate the angular joys of 'Brutal Scotland', a new book from Simon Phipps'Brutal Scotland' chronicles one country’s relationship with concrete; is brutalism an architectural bogeyman or a monument to a lost era of aspirational community design?
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A new Tadao Ando monograph unveils the creative process guiding the architect's practiceNew monograph ‘Tadao Ando. Sketches, Drawings, and Architecture’ by Taschen charts decades of creative work by the Japanese modernist master
By Tianna Williams Published
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Around the world in brutalist interiors – take a tour with this new book'Brutalist Interiors' is a new book exploring the genre's most spectacular spaces; we speak to its editor Derek Lamberton, and ask for his top-three must-sees
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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15 years of Assemble, the community-driven British architecture collectiveRich in information and visuals, 'Assemble: Building Collective' is a new book celebrating the Turner Prize-winning architecture collective, its community-driven hits and its challenges
By Luke Neve Published
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From giant ducks to Martian-style homes, weird (and wonderful) buildings around the worldNew book ‘Weird Buildings’ from Hoxton Mini Press encourages readers to think outside the box with a selection of architecture that is functional and fantastical
By Tianna Williams Published


