Author Interview: Austin Troy discusses ‘The Very Hungry City’
Earlier this month we took a look at January’s Book of the Month, The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy, which…
Architecture
Shelf Obsessed: New Yale book takes a look at the bookshelves of famous authors
Unpacking My Library: Writers and their Books by Leah Price was published in November 2011 to immediate acclaim…
Beyond Architecture: The lesser-known works of Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid is known internationally for her distinctive and jaw-droppingly innovative buildings (including the London Aquatics Centre, one of…
Book of the Month: The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy
January’s Book of the Month is The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities by Austin…
Pevsner Update: News about new and forthcoming Architectural Guides from the Pevsner editorial team
Pevsner Architectural Guides are among the most respected architecture books in the world, offering a comprehensive survey of…
What Dr Johnson Knew: Julie Flavell takes us on a tour of Georgian London’s Fleet Street
When London Was Capital of America by Julie Flavell re-creates London’s heyday as the epicentre of the British empire. Today…
Pevsner 60th Anniversary Photography Competition: Winner Announced!
Congratulations to Nick Haynes, whose photograph of Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow has won the Pevsner 60th Anniversary Photography Competition….
Yale University Press London launches its Spring / Summer 2012 Seasonal Catalogue
Yale’s Spring / Summer seasonal catalogue is now available now to order and download. Today we take a…
Author article by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair: Colour in Islamic Art and Culture
And Diverse are Their Hues (published last week by Yale University Press) is an exciting new book that…
Book of the Month: ‘The Making of the English Gardener’ by Margaret Willes
Our Book of the Month for September goes straight to the root of a true British obsession. The Making…
Author Article by John Marriott: Uncovering the real history of East London
From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area of East…
Bookshop of the Month: Picture Book, a haven for local history books
In a new segment beginning today, we will be looking at independent bookshops from around the country, focusing…
Contemporary British Artists: Tony Cragg exhibition opens today
In the next instalment in our series looking at contemporary British artists and accompanying Yale books, we take…
Tales from the Pleasure Garden: New book from Yale unearths Vauxhall Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens was the foremost pleasure garden of eighteenth and nineteenth-century London. The recently published Vauxhall Gardens: A…
‘Pevsner Architectural Guides’ turns 60! Enter our Architectural Photography Competition to win Pevnser books
The Pevsner Architectural Guides series is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Started by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner in 1951,…