Fabric of Place

Seventeen case studies document the progression and rationale of major urban projects carried out by Allies and Morrison over the last fifteen years - including London King's Cross and the Olympic Games and Legacy. The Fabric of Place also sets out the principles and theories that have underpinned individual members of the practice, and observations highlighting the history of urbanism, the tools of contemporary urban practice and specific issues.

The book is not intended as a textbook or primer, but rather as a series of reflections drawn from our direct experience of working with different urban environments, and a record of why and how that work came about. In this respect our concern has always been with the reality of what things are, with the need to understand how places work, and with what we, as designers, can do to support their further evolution.