Hawkins\Brown: It’s Your Building

The award-winning architectural practice Hawkins\Brown, founded in 1988, is well known for its thoughtful, innovative and sustainable new buildings and refurbishments of all types. The practice prides itself on bringing a fresh and collaborative approach, creating places that are well made, well used and well-loved. This new book examines 14 of its projects in detail, interspersed with essays on various themes by members of the practice. The book begins with an examination by the eminent architecture journalist Hugh Pearman of the founding, history and approach of Hawkins\Brown, based on personal interviews with the practice’s two founding principals, Roger Hawkins and Russell Brown. A full discussion of the projects follows, each comprehensively illustrated with photographs, plans and renderings. The essays demonstrate Hawkins\Brown’s pride in the input of its staff; they address such subjects as the architect’s desire for creative autonomy, the integration of art with architecture, the importance of urban planning and considering the human context for all projects, and the opportunities afforded by new technology. AUTHOR: Hugh Pearman is a London-based architecture and design critic. He has been attached to the Sunday Times since 1986, writes for a wide range of other design and consumer titles, is the author of several books, and frequently teaches and lectures. SELLING POINTS: . Features high-quality photographs and detailed plans throughout . Offers an unusual combination of case studies and thoughtful essays on related themes . A beautiful book for architecture lovers everywhere 300 illustrations and plans