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