‘Architecture After War: A Reader’ [Talk & book launch]

Join us at the AA Bookshop in London to celebrate the launch of Architecture After War: A Reader, a timely exploration of construction during war and its aftermath, edited by Bohdan Kryzhanovsky. Kryzhanovsky will be joined by contributing authors Wendy Pullan and Gruia Badescu as well as Robert Mull of Kharkiv School of Architecture for an informal discussion of the manifold issues raised by the book and their relations to ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and beyond. Followed by drinks and a book signing.

Wednesday 16 October
18:00 onwards

AA Bookshop
33 Bedford Square
London, WC1B 3EE

Free to attend

About Architecture After War: A Reader

This publication, co-published with Ukrainian platform CANactions, brings together wide-ranging essays on the subject of post-war reconstruction. Produced in the light of the current invasion of Ukraine, it covers a spectrum of historical examples and geographic contexts to navigate the challenges and opportunities that define post-war reconstruction and war-related issues within the field of architecture. Considering urban planning, education, building materials, and innovative spatial relations, it centres around the human experience of the built environment in the aftermath of war. With a preface by editor Bohdan Kryzhanovsky, this reader presents theoretical and practical explorations of an urgently timely topic, offering a basis for wider conversation as well as a handbook of ideas for architects and planners and a pragmatic guide for shaping the future of Ukrainian cities.

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