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First published in 2019 renown Sydney architect Sam marshall’s “the breeze block book” may well be due for a next edition – now that the new australian design Bogong block is out and ready for exciting new building uses. What do you think?

With the recent revival of interest in mid-century modernism, breeze block is back. This surge of interest in the material, though, is more than nostalgia. Contemporary designers are not only rediscovering the forgotten qualities that made it such an appealing medium for mid-century architects, but finding new ways to enhance and exploit them.

With editorial direction from architect and self-professed ‘block head’ Sam Marshall (known to the thousands of fellow aficionados as Instagram’s @breezeblockhead), this book is both a survey and celebration of contemporary global breeze block architecture.

Featured projects include work by Herzog & de Meuron, Shigeru Ban, Kevin Mark Low, Partners Hill, Edition Office, Archi Union and many others.

A history of breeze block by Pamela J Deasy and introductory essay by Richard Hassell of WOHA rounds out a fascinating exploration of this potent, oft misunderstood, material.

Book info from Amazon here