Architects are a controversial bunch. Each new theory is heralded by a slogan that advertises its difference from what went before, piling complexity upon confusion. In the recently published collection of very short essays – or poems as he thinks of them – Paul Shepheard investigates the flurries of meaning that the slogans invoke. Slogans and Battlecries (Canalside Press) is the sixth book by renowned architectural writer and teacher Paul Shepheard, continuing his witty and eclectic investigations into the relationships between everyday life, the human imagination, and the natural world. It is the first book in the paperback series Reflection in Action published by Canalside Press, which is devoted to the poetic and philosophical writings of architects and artists. Introduced by Patrick Lynch, the publisher of Canalside Press, Paul Shepheard reads a series of extracts from the book.
The talk formed part of the Architecture Foundation’s Book Week, which ran from November 23rd-27th 2020.
