Book 6

Off the Shelf

by Fred Scott and Katherine Shonfield

Published 13 November 2001
Most buildings designed by architects are "one-offs" - elaborate, crafted productions defined by subjective aesthetic criteria. "Off the Shelf" proposes an alternative - an imaginative, non-standard architecture carefully assembled using standard elements available from catalogues. It is illustrated with projects drawn from both the practice of dRMM (de Rijke Marsh Morgan) and the work of the AA unit that they teach.