Why Make Books – Details, episodes & analysis
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Books make an immense contribution to how we understand architecture in showing us examples, opening up interpretations, narratives and ideas, and providing instruction and knowledge. But who makes them, and what are their motivations?
Inspired by Women’s Day and challenged by the Architecture Foundation, editors at Women Writing Architecture sought out some of the women behind the scenes –publishers, designers, editors and authors – to ask them why they make books, and what their advice is to those of us who want to. The result is a constellation of ten-minute introductions to these women in conversations that individually and together reveal the roles of design, value, money and time – from the monumental to the distracted, in the making of books and their relationship to other forms of mediating architecture.
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🇬🇧 Great Britain - books
10/03/2026#97
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Pamela Johnston, editor
Episode 6
vendredi 6 mars 2026 • Duration 10:46
For many years, the work of translator and editor Pamela Johnston has played a behind-the-scenes but essential role in architectural publishing. Based in London, Pamela spent over 30 years at AA Publications, and she shines a light on the enjoyment, changes and challenges she experienced there. She tells of the empathy and collaboration necessary in making a good book, before touching upon the implications of AI in her work, and its creative possibilities.
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Ilka Ruby, Ruby Press
Episode 5
vendredi 6 mars 2026 • Duration 12:38
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Emilia Terragni, Phaidon Press
Episode 4
vendredi 6 mars 2026 • Duration 12:34
Emilia Terragni, born in Como but long-time citizen of London, gives insight into her journey from project editor to publisher at Phaidon Press. Responsible for the food, design and architecture titles, she explores the importance of the human subject, whether chef or architect. Alongside discussing the value of good design, she reflects on the slow process of making a book, concluding with an inspiring note on incremental improvement.
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Shumi Bose, KoozArch
Episode 3
vendredi 6 mars 2026 • Duration 12:52
Educator, editor and curator Shumi Bose, who grew up in Kolkata before returning to the UK to enter deep into the flow of architectural culture, reflects upon the intertwined nature of her multi-faceted work. Amongst various themes, she considers issues of engagement and communication, the relationship between money and compromise, and the sacred role of the book for her culturally.
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Morgan Crowcroft-Brown, MACK
Episode 2
vendredi 6 mars 2026 • Duration 10:23
Trained in anthropology, Morgan Crowcroft-Brown moved from Australia to London in 2017 to become, over time, the designer and production director at MACK. Her feeling for the relationship between cultural ideas and their representation, availability and dissemination underlies her explanation of how she grew into her role and the inseparability of design and production.
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Claudia Mion, Caryatide
Episode 1
vendredi 6 mars 2026 • Duration 12:07
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