Material Reform: Building for a Post-Carbon Future 226pp wraps in a printed

226pp wraps in a printed dust jacket

this project by writer and curator Lou Stoppard uncovers the profound ways the written and visual image can inform and inflect on one another

This is the first English language edition of Chris Marker’s 1982 photo-essay

and engineer Iannis Xenakis articulated a response to this tradition and designed

aging and nostalgia

Material Reform: Building for a Post-Carbon Future 226pp wraps in a printedThis acclaimed and bestselling book by design and research practice Material Cultures brings together a series of short, incisive essays on the cultures, systems, and infrastructures that shape the architectural industry and the destructive ecologies it fosters. Texts centred around key topics including resources, maintenance, agriculture, land use, and value are interwoven with a visual essay capturing the impact of industrialisation on landscapes at