Font: The Sourcebook is an engaging and informative discussion of the history of typeface as communication, design, display and fine art, combined with an inspirational resource for any designer of the most influential typefaces throughout history.

Plastic is the defining material of the twentieth century. From the first man-made plastics exhibited in the 1862 Great International Exhibition in London and the patenting of Celluloid in 1870, plastics originally provided an attractive replacement for ivory, tortoiseshell and bone. Fantastic Plastic shows how product design has developed and considers its usability, technology and appearance.

A major new volume that explores and assesses the phenomenon of the contemporary metropolis. With building space throughout the world at a premium and environmentally-sound development of tremendous importance to the future of the planet, Instant Cities looks ahead to creative, forward-thinking and possibly fanciful notions of the city such as biospheres, space stations and virtual realities.

The Architecture of James Gowan: Modernity and Reinvention chronicles the course of James Gowan's life and work, with his involvement in some of the most important and influential buildings in post-war Britain. Based on an extended interview conducted with the award-winning architectural critic Ellis Woodman.

In Trevor Dannatt: works and words, Professor Roger Stonehouse examines the full breadth of Dannatt’s architecture, ranging from the domestic and academic, such as the combination room for Trinity Hall College, University of Cambridge; to social buildings, such as the Victoria Gate at Kew; to international projects, such as the British Embassy buildings and King Feisal Conference Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.