Birmingham, Holland Hobbiss and the long influence of Philip Webb
The Arts and Crafts tradition established deep roots in Birmingham during the nineteenth century, resulting in masterpieces such as W.R. Lethaby’s Eagle Insurance being…
Architects
Ernest Gimson: Past, Present & Future
Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted and Barley Roscoe discuss the life and legacy of Ernest Gimson on the 100th anniversary of his death … Ernest…
Travels Through West Sussex – The Pevsner Perspective
Yale’s quest to update and expand Nikolaus Pevsner’s iconic guides continues with the new edition of Sussex: West. Containing 130 specially commissioned colour photographs,…
Small Churches by Big Names – Alan Brooks explores Oxfordshire in a new Pevsner Guide
Splitting the original (and bulky) Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, 1974), into two revised volumes, has numerous advantages. These include,…
HULL – UK City of Culture 2017: Spotlight on Architecture
In 2013 it was announced that Hull would be the 2017 UK City of Culture. Four years in the planning, a rich arts and…
Centre Pompidou at 40: Yale Books in conversation with Francesco Dal Co
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers’s iconic Centre Pompidou in Paris will celebrate its 40th anniversary this week. Architectural historian, and former professor of the…
Apethorpe – a house fit for kings, and queens
‘The great age of the royal progress ended with the Civil War, but members of the royal family continued to visit Apethorpe’ To mark the…
Bookshop of the Month: Architectural Association Bookshop
For our March bookshop of the month, we take a short walk from the Yale UP London offices across Bedford Square, to the fabulous…
Bringing Modern Architecture to Oxford
By Elain Harwood, author of Space, Hope and Brutalism — It’s very easy to take England’s universities for granted, to think that just because…
Space, Hope & Brutalism: A Conversation with Elain Harwood
Many of us in Britain are familiar with the uncompromising Brutalist architecture that can be found throughout the country. Finally, thanks to Elain Harwood,…
Interview with David Adjaye, by David Ebony
Postcolonial Realism: The Architecture of David Adjaye Merging the worlds of architecture, art, and design in a unique way, David Adjaye is very much in…
David Adjaye: Form, Heft, Material
David Adjaye is one of the most exciting and important architects and designers of his generation. Yale is proud to publish a new catalogue…
Imperial Gothic: Religious Architecture and High Anglican Culture in the British Empire, 1840-1870
The Gothic Revival movement in architecture was intimately entwined with eighteenth and nineteenth century British cultural politics. By the middle of the nineteenth century,…
An extract from ‘Building Seagram’ by Phyllis Lambert
The Seagram building rises over New York’s Park Avenue, seeming to float above the street with perfect lines of bronze and glass. Considered one…
Master Architects: Inside Studio Gang
Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects Take a look inside our new book on cutting-edge architectural firm Studio Gang Architects, the masterminds behind the world famous Aqua…