Young architects in the UK are making a name for themselves, not just because of the buildings they design, but also because of the ethos they share - one that embraces concern for the environment and makes a virtue of limited budgets. In New Arcadians, Lucy Bullivant profiles 15+ cutting-edge UK-based practices, presenting recent key projects as well as interviews with the architects. The architects ecological awareness is evident in a wide range of schemes, from Nord's Shingle House in Dungeness, Kent, which makes use of sustainable and recyclable materials, to Plasma Studio's Flowing Gardens for the 2011 World Horticultural Expo at Xi'an, China, an inspiring example of urban regeneration. Other projects employ ecologically intelligent building materials or demonstrate a commitment to protecting and increasing biodiversity. Complete with an introduction exploring key trends in contemporary British architecture and full biographies of all the featured practices, New Arcadians is an exciting overview of the work and attitudes of a rising generation of UK architects who are reinvigorating the profession.
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'The socially engaged architects in New Arcadians herald a new generation of visionary professionals who embody the best of their profession' --Edge Magazine
'An eclectic catalogue of schemes, subtle and brash, all dazzle in dreamy photography' --Country and Town House magazine
'An eclectic catalogue of schemes, subtle and brash, all dazzle in dreamy photography' --Country and Town House magazine
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Lucy Bullivant is an architecture critic and curator. She is the author of Anglo Files: UK Architecture's Rising Generation (2005) and Responsive Environments: Architecture, Art and Design (2006), among other books. In 2011 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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New Arcadians presents 18 emerging UK architects. Emerging means small independent practices, who are working in the gaps and peripheries of the architectural environment, which tends towards private houses, portable buildings, refurbished galleries, temporary pavilion, pop up shops and restaurants, and imaginative office conversions, and more interestingly the experimental and multi-disciplinary collaborations with artists, restaurateurs, and marginal public space. It is an informed account of the architectural conversation amongst the 30-something architects and is an essential intelligence resource for commissioning the next generation of architects.
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