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Subtropical Modernism and the Turn to Environment in Australian Architecture

Elizabeth Musgrave, University of Queensland, Australia Featuring previously unpublished archival documents, this book addresses the work of Australian mid-century modern architect, artist, and activist, John Dalton (1927-2007)� It argues that Dalton’s work signalled an “environmental turn” in architecture in Australia from the 1960s onward that involved the integration of environmental with cultural considerations through relational thinking, and which preceded and transcends the discipline’s fascination with theoretical paradigms such as Critical Regionalism�

UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 272 pages • 80 bw illus HB 9781350291515 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350291539 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350291522 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture • Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Karl Langer

Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics

Edited by Deborah van der Plaat, University of Queensland, Australia & John MacArthur, University of Queensland, Australia Despite a European training and an early career working with Peter Behrens, a migration from Vienna to Queensland, Australia positioned the architect Karl Langer (1903-1969) at the very edge of both European and Australian modernism� Confronted by tropical heat and glare, the economics of affordable housing, and regional architectural practices, Langer moulded the European language of international modernism to Australia’s unique climatic and social conditions� This book tells Langer’s story through distinct essays focused on key themes and projects, offering both an examination of the architect’s work and legacy, and a case study in the trans-global dissemination of design ideas�

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 328 pages • 142 bw illus PB 9781350280366 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350068100 ePub 9781350068124 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350068117 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture • Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Building Materials

Material Theory and the Architectural Specification

Katie Lloyd Thomas Architectural specifications are a core component of architectural practice, and an essential part of the design and realization of buildings� Yet they have been almost entirely neglected as an object of historical study, analysis, and interpretation� Drawing on the work of French philosopher Gilbert Simondon, as well as rare archival materials of specifications, Building Materials offers a radical rethink of how materials are specified and used in architectural practice, and how they are themselves constructed�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 272 pages • 21 bw illus PB 9781350277830 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350176225 ePub 9781350176249 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350176232 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Visual Arts An Architectural History through the Essay Film

Anna Ulrikke Andersen, University of Oxford, UK This book examines the life and work of the seminal architectural thinker Christian Norberg-Schulz� It draws new attention to his modern and postmodern architectural designs and re-examines his acclaimed theoretical work on the phenomenology of architecture and place within the context of a biography of his life� Combining archival research with artistic exploration, the book also includes a short documentary fim with each chapter as an innovative new approach to producing architectural history, providing a highly innovative example of an academic monograph which bridges the text-film gap.

UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 224 pages • 65 bw illus PB 9781350248403 • £24�99 / $34�95 Previously published in HB 9781350248366 ePub 9781350248380 • £81�00 / $112�65 ePdf 9781350248373 • £81�00 / $112�65 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Writing Design Fiction

Relocating a City in Crisis

Tony Fry, University of Tasmania, Australia Part work of fiction and part introduction to the power of “design fiction” in the design process - Writing Design Fiction tells the story of the relocation of the city of Harshon� Written by leading design philosopher Tony Fry, this work presents a real-world scenario which may soon face many of the world’s cities, and the fictional format provides a novel way of exploring the inherent technical, social, political, economic and cultural challenges� The story provides a rehearsal of the design challenges which are likely to face architects, planners, and designers in an uncertain global future�

UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 208 pages • 16 bw illus PB 9781350217348 • £24�99 / $34�95 Previously published in HB 9781350217300 ePub 9781350217324 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350217317 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Strayed Homes

Cultural Histories of the Domestic in Public

Edwina Attlee, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK Strayed Homes is an exploration of overlooked, everyday places where private and intimate activities take place in public� Across four chapters set in four small, liminal spaces – the launderette, the sleeper train, the fire escape, and the greasy spoon – it follows a series of allusions and impressions, to explore how films, adverts, books and anecdotes shape experiences of everyday architecture� Making a case for the poetic interpretation of space, the book can be used as a sourcebook for architects and designers, as well as for theorists�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 216 pages • 55 bw illus PB 9781350213906 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350213869 ePub 9781350213883 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350213876 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Visual Arts