This is Not Architecture

Kester Rattenbury is an architectural writer and teacher. She trained as an architect before doing a PhD on the coverage of architecture in the UK national press, and then going on to work as an architectural journalist. She now works as a freelance architectural writer and reviewer, and teaches a design to architectural students. She lives and works in London.

• 1. Introduction: This is Not Architecture. Partial History of Virtual Reality. 2. The Revelation of Order: Perspective and Architectural Representation. 3. On the Origins of Architectural Photography. Architectural Cinematography. 4. The Revenge of Place. The Shape of Representation. 5. Iconic Pictures. 6. Think of it as Farm! 7. Diagrams: Interactive Instruments in Operation. 8. The Height of the Kick: Designing Gameplay. 9. Photo-Graph, Photo-Shop. The Reporting of Architecture.

'This is a thought-provoking book. Much of the argument is very accessible.' - Building Design