The Monocle Companion #5
148 x 210 mm, 204 pages (softcover)
London, UK
Editor: Josh Fehnert and Nic Monisse
Creative director: Richard Spencer Powell
Art director: Sam Brogan
Designer: Carey Alborough
Illustrated by: Jon Arne Berg
The fifth in Monocle’s annual Companion series of softback books looks at how we can integrate architecture into conversations about ‘living better,’ with a special focus on the 19th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Filled with fifty thought-provoking ‘essays, recommendations, opinions, improvements, nudges and opportunities,’ this edition encourages us to allow space in our daily lives for rethinking, refining and reimagining the built environment. Ideas range from the small—learning from art, embracing urban swimming, reusing existing materials—to the broader: combatting global warming with methods from the past, lava as an innovative building material and developing a universal language of architecture.
Flip to the back of the issue for a glimpse of everyday life in Venice, seen through the tender eyes of native Andrea Pugiotto. An inspirational read, ideal for your holiday flight, with colourful illustrations throughout.