Simon Pepper: 2 books

Books, Buildings and Social Engineering

Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present

by Alistair Black, Simon Pepper, Kaye Bagshaw
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

Public libraries have strangely never been the subject of an extensive design history. Consequently, this important and comprehensive book represents a ground-breaking socio-architectural study of pre-1939 public library buildings. A surprisingly high proportion of these urban civic buildings remain...

Counterculture UK – a celebration

by Mark Sheerin, Coco Khan, Susan Murray
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015

What is counterculture? – It’s an alternative lifestyle… – The ideas that spread a revolution… – A movement that changes the world… This new collection of essays celebrates the incredible originality of British post-war culture. British Art, film, theatre, dance, literature...