Making Architecture is listed as one of the Most Intriguing Architecture Monographs of 2024 in RECORD Editors Round Up!
“We have wide-ranging interests which exclude almost nothing,” says architect John McAslan, as quoted in this new monograph about his London-based practice. The thought aptly sums up the diversity of his firm’s work, which spans from restoration and adaptive reuse to new construction, and across typologies, including large-scale infrastructure, as well as to locales as far-flung as Japan, Malawi, and his native Scotland. Edited by RECORD international correspondent Chris Foges, with a foreword by Kenneth Frampton and an introduction by Alan Powers, Making Architecture is organized thematically, highlighting not only the breadth of the work, but the threads of continuity over four decades of practice—namely a sensitivity to culture and place, a sense of social responsibility, and a desire to make buildings that enrich everyday life.