Eye-stretching and ebullient examples of Italian Brutalism - many very beautiful - from the publishing team that brought us Soviet Bus Stops a few years ago and other architectural wonders.
Matthew Williamson made his name as a fashion designer before moving into interiors. In both careers he's been at the forefront of the anti-taupe brigade.
Vol 1 (on country houses) came out in April; this second volume covers gardens, Delhi, Washington; vol 3 will follow next year. These are large, folio-sized and magnificent.
A handsome book of drawings and watercolours by a skilled and sensitive hand that understands the very different way that the mind reads art as opposed to a computer-generated image.
The authors took Madame de Pompadour's maiden name for their design company, inspired by their restoration projects and their recreation of C18th domino papers. Their work is enchanting and ... read more
From Arts and Crafts and Art Deco through Modernism, Postmodernism and emerging bright sparks: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Edwin Lutyens, Berthold Lubetkin, Richard Rogers, Seth Stein, et ali... read more
Images, ideas and stories relating to projects from the 1960s to the present, from the most amiable and able guru of interiors. With text by the distinguished writer.
Great houses such as Holkham, Sissinghurst, Chatsworth, Burghley and more modest loveliness such as Kelmscott too. Also images of that elusive idea of 'quintessential' Britishness - fly fish... read more