Recommended Reading
A small hand-picked selection of writings that have inspired and informed the Art of Diversion ethos. If you have a suggestion for a relevant book or publication to add to our list, please let us know.
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart (2008)
The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry (2018)
Solution by Anders Lendager and Esben Pedersen (2021)
Manual of Recycling - Buildings as Sources of Materials by Annette Hillebrandt, Petra Riegler-Floors, Anja Rosen and Johanna-Katharina Seggewies (2020)
Wasted: How We Squander Time, Money, and Natural Resources - and What We Can Do About It by Scott Hoffman and Byron Reese (2021)
Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure by Katie Treggiden (2020)
Upcyclist: Reclaimed and Remade Furniture, Lighting and Interiors by Antonia Edwards (2015)
Archisculpture by Beomsik Won (2015)
Phyllida Barlow: Collected Lectures, Writings and Interviews by Sara Harrison (Editor), Phyllida Barlow, Julia Peyton-Jones, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Mark Godfrey (2021)
Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide by Klaas Armster and Alan Solomon (2019)
Reclaimed: New Homes From Old Materials by Penny Craswell (2022)
Repurposed: New Zealand Homes Using Upcycled Materials and Spaces by Catherine Foster (2018)
Building for Change: The Architecture of Creative Reuse by Dr. Ruth Lang (2022)
Renovate Innovate: Reclaimed and Upcycled Homes by Antonia Edwards (2017)
UnDoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory by Sally Stone (2019)
The Uses of Disorder: Personal Identity and City Life by Richard Sennett (2021, first published 1970)
Eight Strategies for Circular Design by Peter van Assche, Dillon Pranger and Cornell AAP Faculty
The Materials Book by Ilka and Andreas Ruby (Editors) (2020)
The Architecture Of Happiness by Alain de Botton (2014)
Green Ideas Slipcase by Penguin (2021)
Art As Therapy by Alain de Botton (2016)
Art Is The Highest Form Of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists by Phaidon Editors (2016)
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan: Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously by Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller (2020)
The Australian Ugliness by Robin Boyd (2012, first published 1960)
Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture by Ulrich Conrads (1975)
Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities by Alexandra Lange (2012)
Museum Architecture by Justin Henderson (1998)