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Books  

Reviews of books from architectural ideas to construction thinking

  1. Culture

Architecture and taste: Do I know what I like?

Does architecture have objectively good or bad qualities, or is our appreciation coloured by personal or cultural bias? In an excerpt from his new book, How To Enjoy Architecture, Charles Holland argues that prejudice makes us too quick to dismiss buildings in which we might otherwise find pleasure

9 July 2024

  1. Culture

Favourite books: A sublime photographic exploration of man’s relationship with nature

In the first of our seasonal round-up of books to read in the new year, Conrad Koslowsky finds common threads with this study of nature and human impact on it

11 December 2023

  1. Culture

Book review: Collective Action! The Power of Collaboration and Co-Design in Architecture

A new book investigates the collaborative route to better design and diverse, inclusive practice – a way of working where one fosters the other

8 June 2023