The Sustainable City
£30.00
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'The Sustainable City' by Harriet Thorpe and Taran Wilkhu. 240pp, hardback, 196 x 255mm.
London is one of the world’s most sustainable cities. From pioneering timber high-rises to experimental flat-pack offices, this book celebrates the urban architecture that helps Londoners to live, work, play and share resources in a way that benefits not just the city, but our entire planet.
Harriet Thorpe is a journalist, writer and editor based in London. After cutting her teeth on the architecture desk at the world’s leading design magazine, Wallpaper*, she decided to tighten her focus to writing about sustainable architecture in her home city.
Taran Wilkhu is a British Indian lifestyle photographer specialising in interiors, architecture and portraits. He was born in Yorkshire, but currently resides in a timber-framed house designed by Walter Segal in south east London.
This book is carbon neutral. This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-914314-18-6
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ISBN: 978-1-914314-40-7
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'The London Pub', 144pp, cloth spine, 196 x 156mm. Images sourced from several archives. With an introduction by Pete Brown.
Book 12 in the series 'Vintage Britain'
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ISBN: 978-1-914314-28-5
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'The Hackney Marshes' by Freya Najade, 96pp, cloth bound cover, 237mm x 285mm. With an introduction by Rosalind Jana.
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