PREFACE
Chapter 1: DOMESTICITY
Dream of the Green Chamber
Chapter 2: CONSUMERISM
Journey to the North West
Chapter 3: DEMOCRACY
The Margin of Water
Chapter 4: ADAPTABILITY
Romance of All Kingdoms
PROJECT + REPRODUCTION CREDITS
Index
Biography
CJ Lim is the Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at The Bartlett UCL and founder of Studio 8 Architects. He has held a long preoccupation with architectural storytelling, exploring how narratives from literature, history, politics and humanity can inform the innovation of resilient architecture and cities. His other authored books published by Routledge include ‘Short Stories: London in two-and-a-half dimensions’ (2011), ‘Food City’ (2014), ‘Inhabitable Infrastructures: Science fiction or urban future?’ (2017) and ‘Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes and Eco-warriors’ (2019).
Steve McCloy is a practicing architect based in London and co-founder of McCloy + Muchemwa. He has worked on a wide variety of projects from public installations and private homes to civic buildings, polar research stations and sustainable urban developments. He has a long-standing association with Studio 8 Architects.






