New Mags - Book Making Architecture

The first overview of the work of John McAslan + Partners in nearly two decades. New Mags ' "Making Architecture" provides a timely overview of the work of John McAslan + Partners, one of the UK's most respected and dynamic architectural practices, and analyzes the culture of a firm that has made a remarkable contribution to architecture, placemaking, and people's lives for four decades.

A series of thematic chapters contains detailed, fully illustrated descriptions of many current and ongoing international projects, from Central and Waterloo stations in Sydney and ten new stations for the Delhi Metro to the transformation of King's Cross station in London; from the sensitive restoration of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, to the new mosque in Doha and the nearby Msheireb Museums in Qatar.

New Mags ' book "Making Architecture" also includes the groundbreaking initiatives for which the McAslan Studio has become known, which underscore the practice's humanity and sense of social responsibility: the urgent restoration of the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following the devastating 2010 earthquake; the Hidden Homelessness initiative, launched in 2017; the N17 project, which provided a pop-up design studio in Tottenham, London, following the 2011 riots to inspire young people to engage in the regeneration of their own community; and many others.

Edited by Chris Foges, with a foreword by Kenneth Frampton and an introduction by Alan Powers, as well as contributions from 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.

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