1st Edition

Learning from the Local Designing responsively for people, climate and culture

By Piers Taylor Copyright 2025
240 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

240 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

Architecture struggles with the 'local'. As the move towards globalisation falters, the question of how a building might relate to its place in a meaningful manner has never been more pressing. The sourcing and use of local materials has increasingly become an expectation in contemporary architecture. But what does local mean in this context? Should we use Cotswold stone in the Cotswolds... Read more

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Introduction

Chapter 1: Where Are We Now

Chapter 2: An Architecture of Local Adaptation

Chapter 3: Local Cultural Identity

Chapter 4: Architecture of Constraint

Chapter 5: Locality & Urbanism

Chapter 6: Learning from Community

Chapter 7: Ecological Locality

Chapter 8 Architecture of Accrual

Conclusion

Index

Endnotes

Image Credits

Biography

Piers Taylor is an award-winning architect and practice principal of Invisible Studio. Alongside his work as an architect, Taylor is a presenter for various architectural TV series including The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes *and *The House that £100K Built. He has written previously for the Architectural Review, and contributed to publications such as Being Tell Cullinan and others.