Chromatic Architecture

Adam Nathaniel Furman is a London based artist and designer who trained in architecture, and now works in public art, furniture and product design. He co-founded the Saturated Space Research Cluster at London's Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture (2011-2021) on colour in architecture and urbanism with Antoni Malinowski; taught at Central Saint Martins College of Art, London; has work in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Victoria in Southbank, Australia, the National Museum of Norway in Oslo and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, amongst others; was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by RIBA for his contribution to the field of architecture in 2024; and with Joshua Mardell, he co-edited the award-winning 2022 book Queer Spaces, An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places & Stories, also for RIBA Publishing.Kate Mazade is a journalist, author and editor based in Fort Worth, Texas, where she covers architecture, design, arts and culture for national and international publications. Her writing has appeared in Metropolis, Dezeen, Madame Architect,* Architectural Record*, *The Architect’s Newspaper*, AN Interior and American Theatre. She published her first book, Dearest Babe, Letters from a World War II Flight Surgeon, co-authored with Kelly Farris Mazade in 2022, and served as the developmental editor for Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity, written by David Hinson and Justin Miller and published by Routledge in 2023. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University, Alabama, and Master of Arts in Arts Journalism from Syracuse University, New York.

• Acknowledgements, About the Authors, Introduction, Palau de la Música Catalana, Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, Shah Mosque, Gellért Baths, Reversible Destiny Lofts, Wat Pho, St Mark’s Basilica, Guardian Building, Varna Restaurant, Chapel of the Holy Apostles at the Gimnasio Moderno, Nissay Theatre, Oslo City Hall, Louis Vuitton Ginza Namiki, La Marseillaise, Capela das Almas, Palacio de Aguas Corrientes, Maishima Waste Incinerator Plant, Leganés Central Library and Municipal Archive, Brandhorst Museum, Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple, Eastern Columbia Building, Gwoździec Synagogue, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall, Rice University, De Bijenkorf, Church of San Francisco Acatepec, Croydon Colonnade, Casa Vicens, Dan Friedman’s Apartment, Wieskirche, Hoechst Technical Administration Building, Fjordenhus, Seattle Museum of Pop Culture, All Saints Margaret Street, Endnotes, Index, Image Credits