About this ebook
Architects have often used their skills in struggles for civil rights, gender equality and climate justice. Illuminating the role that design has played in protest movements, Nick Newman explores the colliding worlds of architecture and activism through the stories of those who have built for change.
Using historic and contemporary examples, Protest Architecture analyses the design problems and solutions faced by protestors on the streets through detailed drawings, photography and expert insight.
From beacons to barricades, towers to treehouses, this unique design typology demonstrates architectural influence over moments of societal change.
This is a retelling of protest history through the eyes of an architect.
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About the author
Nick Newman is a Director of Studio Bark and U-Build. He is a Passivhaus Designer and has contributed to a number of journals and publications, including Everything Needs to Change (RIBA Publishing, 2021), Environmental Design Pocketbook (RIBA Publishing, 2015) and the Passivhaus Designer’s Manual (Routledge, 2015). He speaks regularly at events on behalf of the studio and was named a ‘Rising Sustainability Star’ by Building magazine in 2014.
