Making Architecture provides an up-to-date account of the work of John
McAslan + Partners, one of Britain's most respected architectural
practices, and analyzes the culture of a studio that has made a
remarkable contribution to architecture, place-making, and the lives of
individuals for four decades.
A series of thematic chapters includes fully illustrated descriptionsof
many recent and ongoing international projects, from Central and
Waterloo stations in Sydney and ten new stations for Delhi Metro to the
transformation of King's Cross station in London; from the sensitive
restoration of the Modern Movement De La Warr Pavilion in the UK tothe
new Doha Mosque and Msheireb Museums in Qatar. It also includes the
pioneering initiatives for which the McAslan studio has become well
known and that underline the practice's humanity: the urgent restoration
of the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the devastating
earthquake in 2010; the Hidden Homelessness initiative, begun in 2017;
the N17 project that provided a pop-up design studio in Tottenham,
London, with the aim of inspiring young people to become engaged in the
regeneration of their community; and many others.
Edited by Chris Foges, with a foreword by Kenneth Frampton andan
introduction by Alan Powers, and with contributions by architectural
specialists, this beautifully designed book offers the key to
understanding the development and philosophy of one of the world's most
socially engaged architectural practices.
