2012
Cambridge in Concrete: Images from the RIBA British Architectural Library Photographs Collection
Drawing upon visual material from the Library, this book contains illustrated essays examining the concrete structures in Cambridge built between the 1950s and 1960s and their legacy. As well as embodying the optimistic and innovative spirit of architecture in the post-war period, these buildings are part of the hidden and misunderstood heritage of the city. The book accompanies an exhibition held at the University of Cambridge in 2012.
Editors: Marco Iuliano and Francois Penz
Publisher: Napoli: Paparo
ISBN: 9788897083399
2011
'Puttin' on the Glitz': The Golden Years of Art Deco Architecture in Britain
The result of the Photographs Collection's hugely successful exhibition 'Puttin' on the Glitz: The Golden Years of Art Deco Architecture in Britiain', this book uses vintage photographs and drawings not seen in the exhibiton to explore Art Deco architecture at its peak during the inter-war years in Britain. Available online from blurb.com| from £23.95 (£30.95 hardback).
Authors: Justine Sambrook, Robert Elwall and Jonathan Makepeace
Publisher: blurb.com
2010
Edwin Smith
This book coincided with an exhibition at the Chris Beetles Gallery, which was a collaboration between the gallery and the Photographs Collection, looking at the work of Edwin Smith.
Author: David Wootton; with an essay by Robert Elwall
Publisher: London: Beetles
ISBN: 9781905738250
2009
Henk Snoek: Architectural Photography
Practising from the late 1950s until his death in 1980, Henk Snoek was admired for his 'facility of composing the most complex and intricate subject matter into a picture of great scale, formal clarity and tonal contrasts'. The Snoek archive in the Photographs Collection consists of 40,000 black and white negatives and colour transparencies representing the photographer's prolific career. This publication provides a comprehensive and fascinating overview of one of the most complete and significant archives of architectural photography in the 20th century. Available online from blurb.com| from £15.70 (£22.95 hardback).
Authors: Laura Whitton; introduction by Robert Elwall
Publisher: blurb.com
Framing Modernism: Architecture and Photography in Italy 1926 - 1965
A look at the impact of photography on the recording and development of Modernist architecture in Italy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, 29 April - 21 June 2009 and curated by Robert Elwall and Valeria Carullo.
Authors: Robert Elwall and Valeria Carullo
Publisher: Estorick Foundation
2007
Evocations of Place: the Photography of Edwin Smith
The first major study for over 20 years of one of Britain's greatest photographers. The chief source for this publication is Smith's collection of 60,000 negatives and 20,000 prints held in the Photographs Collection.
Author: Robert Elwall
Publisher: Merrell in association with the RIBA Trust
ISBN: 9781858943732
Image and Experience; the Photography of John Donat
This book looks at the work of the photographer who transformed British architectural photography by applying to it lessons leant from photojournalism. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the RIBA, London, 24 May - 4 July 2007.
Authors: Robert Elwall; with an essay by Peter Ahrends
Publisher: RIBA British Architectural Library
2006
Great Buildings of London: Knowledge Cards
A pack of 48 cards with images of London's most prominent buildings on one side and details of their history, design and construction on the other. From venerable landmarks such as Westminster Abbey, Modernist icons such as the Penguin Pool at the London Zoo, and the latest marvels of modern technology, among them Swiss Re, are all covered using images from the Photographs Collection.
Author: Robert Elwall
Published: Pomegranate
ISBN: 0764940910
2004
Building with Light: the International History of Architectural Photography
Shortlisted for the prestigious CICA and Sir Banister Fletcher book awards, this book looks at how photography has shaped the practice and study of architecture.
Author: Robert Elwall
Publisher: London: Merrell
ISBN: 1858942152
2000
John Maltby: Images from the Photographs Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects
This book is devoted to John Maltby (1910 - 80) an architectural photographer who produced some of the most enduringly evocative images of British architecture and design during the 20th century. Maltby rose to prominence during the 1930s, when the camera was influencing architectural practice. Maltby was closely allied to Lubetkin, one of the great modernist émigré architects working in Britain at the time. Maltby also recorded fashionable Art Deco style with a lucrative commission for Odeon Cinemas. After World War II and in stark contrast to the opulence of the Art Deco cinemas, his photographs of Alison and Peter Smithson's Hunstanton school were admired and reproduced around the world, while his commercial work helped to spread the popularity of the Contemporary look.
Author: Robert Elwall
Published: London: RIBA Publications
ISBN: 1859460828
Eric de Maré: Images from the Photographs Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects
This book is devoted to Eric de Maré (1910 - 2002) was one of Britain's most important and influential architectural photographers. Having trained as an architect in the early 1930s, he subsequently dedicated his career to photography and writing and his compelling images played a leading role in the re-evaluation of British Modernism after the Second World War. The book outlines the life of the photographer and helps to paint an intriguing picture of some of the seminal moments in modern architecture through the superb archive of the Photographs Collection.
Author: Robert Elwall
Published: London: RIBA Publications
ISBN: 1859460836
Building a Better Tomorrow: Architecture of the 1950s
An introductory overview to a period that is now being increasingly studied, and in which there is burgeoning interest. The book is primarily visual, little-before-seen photographs have been chosen from the RIBA's collections to illustrate the important buildings and themes of the period. It covers the Festival of Britain's legacy; the heterogeneity of post-war modernism; the survival of traditional styles; education buildings; prefabrication; the New Town movement; and the New Brutalism.
Author: Robert Elwall
Publisher: Chichester: Wiley-Academy
ISBN: 0471987077
1994
Photography takes Command: The Camera and British Architecture 1890 - 1939
The catalogue of the exhibition held at the RIBA Heinz Gallery 10 November - 29 December 1994. This book details the development of British architectural photography through images from the Photographs Collection.
Author: Robert Elwall
Publisher: London: RIBA Heinz Gallery
ISBN: 1872911358