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PUBLISHER: Freight Books
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781908754721
RRP: £25.00
PAGES: 272
PUBLICATION DATE:
November 10, 2014
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Look Up London: World-Class Architectural Heritage That’s Hidden in Plain Sight
Adrian Searle
David Barbour
A follow-up to the highly successful Look Up Glasgow, this book explores the UK capital’s extraordinary rooftop architectural heritage, hidden in plain sight. Featuring stunning full colour photography spanning North, South, East, West and Central London, helpful and informative annotations and occasional verse from some of the city’s leading poets, it will prove a delight for residents and visitors alike.
Adrian Searle
David Barbour spent 15 years as in-house photographer at international architectural practice BDP. Having travelled the world, in 2012 he chose to go freelance. He lives with his family in the West of Scotland. Adrian Searle is co-editor of Gutter, Scotland’s leading literary magazine. He has edited a number of anthologies of new writing including The Hope That Kills Us: An anthology of Scottish football fiction (Freight, 2002) and The Knuckle End: A meaty collection of new Scottish writing (Freight, 2004). He co-authored 101 Uses of a Dead Kindle (Freight, 2012) with the artist Judith Hastie, a BA top five Christmas Book of the Year 2012. The same team published If Dogs Could Swear in October 2013. Adrian Searle and David Barbour published Look Up Glasgow to great acclaim in 2013 and Look Up Glasgow Pocket in April 2014. Look Up Glasgow was nominated for a Drum UK Design Award for Best Editorial Design.