Remember, Reveal, Construct
Reflections upon the Contingency, Usefulness and Emotional Resonance of Architecture, Buildings and Context

Taking an international perspective, this book explores the ideas that underpin the design of contemporary architecture with particular reference to buildings that contain an explicit relationship with their context. Divided into three parts, each part includes selected canonical essays, building case studies, edited conversations with architects and theoretical research projects to build up a multi-layered picture of the tools used to create architecture which responds beautifully to its site. Illustrated in full colour buildings include:

Prada Foundation, Milan (OMA Architects, 2015)

Munster City Library (Bolles Wilson, 1993)

Centro de Lazer Fábrica da Pompéia, Brazil (Lina Bo Bardiwas, 1982)

Kolumba Museum, Cologne (Peter Zumthor 2010)

Red House, London (Tony Fretton, 2001)

Marika-Alderton House, Yirrkala, Australia (Glen Murcutt, 1994)

Ningbo Historic Museum, China (Wang Shu, 2007)

Glusksman Art Gallery, Cork (O?Donnell and Tuomey, 2005)

Brockholes Visitor Centre, Preston, Lancashire (Adam Khan 2012)

Introduction 1. Edited Conversation: "Continuity in Architecture" Sally Stone, Laura Sanderson, and architects: Dominic Roberts, John Lee and Gary Colleran Part I: Remember Introduction Sally Stone and Laura Sanderson 2. Selected Essays: "The Concise Townscape: Casebook" (Gordon Cullen 1961); "The City of Collective Memory"(Christine Boyer 1996); "Towards a Critical Regionalism" (Kenneth Frampton 1983) 3. Building Case Studies: Prada Foundation, Milan (OMA Architects, 2015); Munster City Library (Bolles Wilson, 1993); Centro de Lazer Fábrica da Pompéia, Brazil (Lina Bo Bardiwas, 1982) 4. Edited Conversations: Mark Pimlott; Camilla van Deurs 5. Theoretical Research Projects: Pru Chiles; Margherita Vanore Part II: Reveal Introduction 6. Selected Essays: "Contextualism: Urban Ideals and Deformations" (Thomas Schumacher, 1971); "Collage City and the Reconquest of Time" (Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter 1979); "The Structure of Urban Artefacts" (Aldo Rossi 1966) 7. Building Case Studies: Kolumba Museum, Cologne (Peter Zumthor 2010); Red House, London (Tony Fretton, 2001); Marika-Alderton House, Yirrkala, Australia (Glen Murcutt, 1994) 8. Edited Conversations: Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara; Malcolm Fraser 9. Theoretical Research Projects: Anthony Vidler; Flora Samuel Part III: Construct Introduction 10. Selected Essays: "Prohibitions and Difficulties" (Fred Scott, 2008); "On Weathering" (David Leatherbarrow, 1993); "Privacy and Publicity: Interior" (Beatriz Colomina, 1994) 11. Building Case Studies: Ningbo Historic Museum, China (Wang Shu, 2007); Glusksman Art Gallery, Cork (O’Donnell and Tuomey, 2005); Brockholes Visitor Centre, Preston, Lancashire (Adam Khan 2012) 12. Edited Conversations: Francine Houben; Adam Caruso and Peter St John 13. Theoretical Research Projects: Barbra Stelhe; Florian Beigel