Built for Britain by Peter Ashley

Built for Britain: Bridges to Beach Huts

by Peter Ashley    To be published by Wiley July 2009

The Thinking Hand: Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture by Juhani Pallasmaa

Published by John Wiley & Sons March 2009

In The Thinking Hand, by Juhani Pallasmaa reveals the miraculous potential of the human hand. He shows how the pencil in the hand of the artist or architect becomes the bridge between the imagining mind and the emerging image. The book surveys the multiple essences of the hand, its biological evolution and its role in the shaping of culture, highlighting how the hand–tool union and eye–hand–mind fusion are essential for dexterity and how ultimately the body and the senses play a crucial role in memory and creative work.

Pallasmaa continues the exploration begun in his classic work The Eyes of the Skin by further investigating the interplay of emotion and imagination, intelligence and making, theory and life, once again redefining the task of art and architecture through well-grounded human truths.

978-0-470-77929-3 | £24.99 / €30.00

Liverpool One: The Remaking of a City Centre by David Littlefield

Liverpool One celebrates the completion of the Liverpool One development, and its contribution to the regeneration of the city of Liverpool.

About the book:

As well as focusing on the design, planning and development of this new quarter of Liverpool, Liverpool One provides the background to Liverpool’s social, cultural and economic development.

The book includes a preface from the Duke of Westminster, as well as comments from well-known architectural journalists, development specialists and local historians.

Liverpool One features stunning new photography by principal photographer Paul Mcmullin with additional photography by Steve Gorton and Alan McKernan and archive photos, which tell the story of its history and redevelopment.

April 2009 | 978-0-470-71409-6 | £39.99/€50.00 | Hardback

UltraLuxe Hotels: The Experience awaits…by Veronica Newson

Published by Wiley, November 2008

Credit crunch, looming recession, fuel hikes, rising prices and all washed down with a good dose of rain – all makes pretty good reading doesn’t it? What a relief that Veronica Newson is sharing her collection of the world’s most luxurious hotels, offering the chance to glance at this incredible portfolio – providing us with some much needed escapism.

Veronica is an independent luxury brands marketing services and events consultant.  During her odyssey to source the most amazing properties for UltraLuxe Hotels, Newson ensured that she catered for all tastes – from urban chic to eco safari lodges, from tropical islands to mountain retreats. For a little fun, she has also included some ideas for the future – Virgin Galactic and Space Port and Capsule Hotel to name just a few.

David Littlefield, author of Home: Investing in Design, gives his 10 Tip Tips For a Hassle-Free Extension

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Home: Investing in Design by David Littlefield

Published by Wiley, October 2008

With the current property market struggling as it is, many people are choosing - or having - to stay in their current property rather than go through the hassle of moving. For some people this means they are putting up with living in homes that no longer suit their needs - this is where HOME: Investing in Design comes in... Home: Investing in Design shows how any property can be transformed into a stunning home with the help of design professionals. Written by David Littlefield, it features 17 inspirational homes that have all been extended, converted or reorganised to create dramatic living spaces that suit the lifestyle and circumstances of their owners.

Major London Architecture Exhibition and Book on Modernism in China

Between 3rd July and 6th September 08, the RIBA in London will be hosting a highly topical exhibition on ‘Modernism in China’, highlighting China’s previous influential period of modernity in the early 20th century and the little known architecture of the period. The exhibition is co-curated by Edward Denison and Guang Yu Ren, and coincides with the publication of their book of the same title with Wiley. The exhibition is produced by the RIBA in collaboration with the World Monuments Fund Britain and the British Consulate-General, Shanghai.

Co-author of Modernism in China talking at UCL-China Research Festival
On Friday 13th June, Edward Denison, co-author of the recently published Modernism in China, will talk alongside Chinese and University College London researchers about current projects. In his presentation, Denison will highlight the significant contribution of early 20th-century architecture to modernity to China.

Wiley Book Shortlisted for the RIBA Awards 2008

Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture and Planning by Daniel Williams has been shortlisted for the Architectural Practice Category for the RIBA book awards 2008, held next week in London on the 28th May.

Sustainable Design challenges professionals to rethink architecture and to see their projects not as objects but as critical, connected pieces of the whole, essential to human health as well as to regional economy and ecology.

Modernism in China: Architectural Visions and Revolutions by Edward Denison & Guang Yu Ren

Published by Wiley, June 2008

Modernism in China is a unique look at China's transformation in the early Twentieth Century and its expression through a revolution in architecture and design.

With nearly five millennia of architectural heritage, China boasts the longest continuous architectural development in human history. A hundred years after the dawn of the 20th century and the urban landscape of the world’s most populous country, along with some of the world’s oldest architectural methods, had been transformed completely. Linking unrivalled ancient tradition with the giddy rhetoric exuded by the high-rise, glass-clad, lust-for-wealth that characterises China’s 21st century architectural aspirations, is a period of modernisation that revolutionised its architectural language and urban fabric.

Unified Design by Arup Associates

To be published May 2008

Is the present obsession with the icon and the promotion of image over substance symptomatic of a general trend in contemporary architecture? Arup Associates provides the alternative: Unified Design, a radical pan-disciplinary approach that focuses on people from the outset, through the united vision of architects, engineers, artists and social scientists. Arup Associates rejects the imposition of an external image. There can be no standard solutions and no predefined styles. Instead, design must evolve from fundamental research and experiential goals, to form a holistic architecture entirely driven by a 'whole life' sustainability that maintains human culture – tradition, religion, the intangible components of humanity – in the face of modernity.