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Big Shed

‘Big Shed’ (Thames & Hudson, 2006)

Beginning with the roots of the big shed - including 19th century iron structures, the work of Buckminster Fuller, Archigram, and the Pompidou and Sainsbury Centres - the book is then organised by functions: exhibitions, industry, transport, sport and arts.

From the vertiginous daring of Tokyo International Forum to Madrid’s award-winning Barajas Airport, these structures have changed the very nature of architecture.

I wrote and photographed this book which was recommended by comedian Chris Addison in his preview of cultural events in 2007 in The Times