Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs: Owen Hatherley & Fatema Ahmed

Encompassing everything from Brutalist Polish community centres to suburban garden cities, from pioneering modernist estates to ornate Victorian greenhouses, as seen through everything from grime videos to the films of Patrick Keiller, the Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs is a journey into the neighbourhoods, housing estates and public buildings of London’s rich urban landscape. The volume, edited by Owen Hatherley, compiles thirty-three essays by thirty-three writers; architects, activists, and Londoners, exploring famous and unheralded buildings, streets, estates and neighbourhoods across the thirty-three London boroughs. Introduced by Open House director, Phineas Harper, this conversation between Owen Hatherley and Fatema Ahmed, who wrote the chapter on Barnet, explores the buildings, places and landscapes that make London special.