Artifice Books

05/01/2018

Feeling like escaping the cold and wandering the streets of Athens? Us too, which is why we’re re-reading our conversation with historian Ioanna Theocharopoulou on her new book Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens from Artifice Books, which documents how the influx of migrants from the Greek countryside and new focus on “modern life” in the domestic realm changed Athens seemingly overnight. It’s the next best thing to jetting off to Greece! Interview by Ilana Curtis
https://www.pointlineprojects.com/plp/en-pointe-ioanna-theocharopoulou

08/12/2017

Visit our new bookshop in Islington, London, which stocks an extensive range of Artifice books on architecture titles.

09/11/2017

Fascinating interview with architect Morris Adjmi, whose 'A Grid and a Conversation' is coming soon from Artifice Books on architecture. http://bit.ly/2iDxI0T

In architect Morris Adjmi’s new book, "A Grid and a Conversation," he describes his ongoing conversation between context and design. On any project, Adjmi balances three dichotomies: standing out while fitting in, respecting history while not being frozen in time, and creating “ambient” architecture...

03/11/2017

Congratulations to RZLBD in being commended in The Architectural Drawing Prize at the World Architecture Festival.

https://thedrawingprize.worldarchitecturefestival.com/2017-winners

02/11/2017

Building Stories: Design Engine Architects from Artifice Books on architecture.

Tweet Monday, 30th October 2017Building Stories: Design Engine Architects from Artifice books on architecture Buildings tell stories in many ways, and Design Engine Architects believe that architecture is the art of these stories. Building Stories: Design Engine Architects explores this idea through...

02/11/2017

A lovely review of 'The World Recast' at NBS.

The book is available now from Artifice Books on architecture:

http://bit.ly/2eKQAH4
http://bit.ly/2z7GzPi

A sumptuous exploration of architecture delivered in concrete handpicked from the archives of Concrete Quarterly.

26/10/2017

Coming soon from Artifice Books on architecture, Building Stories: Design Engine Architects.

Buildings tell stories in many ways, and Design Engine Architects believe that architecture is the art of these stories.

18/10/2017

Check out the Design Engine Architects Autumn Newsletter, which features info regarding an upcoming Artifice Books on architecture title more info here: http://bit.ly/2xN5qDx

As we embark on the 4th quarter of a super-busy 2017, time for an update on a range of exciting projects across all sectors and scales.

12/10/2017

Hello from day one of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017.

11/10/2017

Procter-Rihl Architects Book Launch
Architecture and Beyond from Artifice Books
18 October 6.30pm
AA Bookshop

https://aabookshop.net/?cat=65

14/09/2017

Ioanna Theocharopoulou
Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens
Published by Artifice Books on architecture
Series: Book Launch
Date: Friday 22 September 2017
Time: 18:30
Venue: AA Bookshop.

For more info on the book see here: http://bit.ly/2sDmEop

http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=3739

Sprawling beneath the Acropolis, modern Athens is commonly viewed in negative terms: congested, ugly and monotonous. A Mediterranean version of "informal" urbanism prevalent throughout the so-called developing world, Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens reassesses the explosive...

07/09/2017

Tonight at The Concrete Centre.

http://www.artificebooksonline.com/news/2017/9/1/70-years-of-concrete-quarterly

Artifice books on architecture and The Concrete Centre would like to invite you to the launch of landmark exhibition, 70 Years of Concrete Quarterly and associated book, The World Recast: 70 Buildings from 70 Years of Concrete Quarterly on Thursday, 7th September, from 6.30—8.30pm at The Con