London’s Contemporary Architecture: An Explorer’s Guide (6th edition)

I am a cockney by birth, born within what would have been the sound of Bow Bells if there hadn’t been an air-raid on at the time, and I love living in London. The countryside is ideal for holidays, but I cannot imagine life out there. As I pointed out when recommending a splendid guide to its blue plaques (Cole, 2009) (RR 2010/99), you can get a great deal of pleasure from just wandering around looking at London’s older buildings. Increasingly, however, it has been brought to my attention that there are other buildings too new to...