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Jeremy Till

British architect, educator and writer; former head of Central Saint Martins and pro vice-chancellor of University of the Arts London; author of Architecture Depends; writes on architecture and the climate crisis.

2 things

City of QuartzBook Mike Davis

recommended

I found City of Quartz when I went to Los Angeles for first time.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Context of Architecture

2009-12-04·fivebooks.com ↗

Hungry CityBook Carolyn Steel

recommended

Hungry City shows equally brilliantly how architects are far more enmeshed in the world around them than they themselves would like to believe.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Context of Architecture

2009-12-04·fivebooks.com ↗

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