Images, ideas and stories relating to projects from the 1960s to the present, from the most amiable and able guru of interiors. With text by the distinguished writer.
The beautiful C17th baroque villa near Siena was bought by Tony Lambton in the 1970s and recently restored by the next generation after a fire, with the help of Camilla Guinness.
To accompany the exhibition at MoMA about the history of enironmental thinking in architecture and focussing on the moving lines between ecology, design and politics.
Bold building with timber, even in tall structures: Ban, the Japanese architect who won the Pritzker prize in 2014, also uses paper, adobe and other sustainable materials in innovative ways.... read more
Zervudachi did his first house aged 21, under the eye of David Mlinaric, and ever since has been creating interiors that are both chic and understated.
A global architectural history of the synagogue, from Frank Lloyd Wright's exquisite Beth Sholom Synagogue in Philadelphia to Dresden's movingly austere Neue Synagogue. Beautifully photograp... read more
A well-presented account that balances history with technicalities, and challenges Vasari's idea of a linear, step-by-step assimilation of classical ideas. Focuses on Florence and Rome. Illu... read more
Corberó (1935-2017) was a Catalan sculptor known for his monumental works for public spaces. For nearly fifty years he also constructed an extraordinary modernist labyrinth of buildings on ... read more
The contemporary Belgian decorator/designter on his own houses, photographed by the incomparable Halard. Spare, restrained, and altogether at odds with the burgeoning Maximalism of the last ... read more
A handsome book of drawings and watercolours by a skilled and sensitive hand that understands the very different way that the mind reads art as opposed to a computer-generated image.
From Arts and Crafts and Art Deco through Modernism, Postmodernism and emerging bright sparks: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Edwin Lutyens, Berthold Lubetkin, Richard Rogers, Seth Stein, et ali... read more
Smalley's architectural work is renowned for its simplicity, clarity and understatement. As well as his own work, he includes here a Palladian villa, Barbara Hepworth's studio, houses in Mex... read more
The authors took Madame de Pompadour's maiden name for their design company, inspired by their restoration projects and their recreation of C18th domino papers. Their work is enchanting and ... read more