Phaidon Design Classics Parts 1, 2 & 3

ISBN-10: 0714843997 ISBN-13: 978-0714843995 I wrote about twenty sections of this book. A ‘design classic’ is an industrially manufactured object with timeless aesthetic value. It serves as a standard of its kind and, despite the year in which it was designed, is still up to date. The collection presented in these three volumes has been put together by a group of experts following the above criteria. The objects are presented chronologically, beginning with an elegant pair of Chinese bonsai scissors from the early 1800s, still in production today, and ending with Jasper Morrison’s recent ‘brunch set’, which is destined to become a ‘classic’. Glancing through the volumes, the reader will gain an understanding not only of ...

Spanish edition

A Spanish edition of my book is now out. El detalle en la arquitectura contemporánea de hormigón David Phillips and Megumi Yamashita (Remedios Diéguez Diéguez Translator)

Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture

Megumi Yamashita and David Phillips     Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern concrete architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 49 of the most recently completed and influential concrete designs for both residential and commercial architecture. The projects are presented in clear and concise layouts over four pages. All of the drawings are styled consistently and presented at standard architectural scales to allow for easy comparison. Each project is presented with colour photographs, site plans and sections and elevations, as well as numerous construction details. There is also descriptive text, detailed ...

Herzog de Meuron

Living Architecture

Breakfast at St John’s

Sir Terence Conran

Peter Zumthor

Dan Pearson