Modern Oxford Map (1940-89)
In 2023 Blue Crow Media commissioned Photolanguage to produce a Modern Map of Oxford. Whilst providing a detailed record of the university commissioned architecture of the post-war period, it also traces Oxford’s growth as a modern city beyond the historic centre, through the work of Douglas Murray and the Oxford City Architects, and the church design of Colin Shewring in Cowley.
Modern Paris Map (1900-70)
From January 2022 Photolanguage began researching for a Modern Map of Paris, our second map of Paris for Blue Crow Media (published Autumn 2023). The map charts a selection of early examples, from the emergence of a proto-Modernism in the 1910s (the typology of concrete frame, artisanal workshops and works by Auguste Perret and Paul Gaudet); to the height of avant-garde experimentation in the 1920s and 30s; the post-war era of reconstruction and infrastructural development; through to examples of the late modernism of the 1960s.
Brutalist Paris – Book
In 2020 Blue Crow Media commissioned Photolanguage to research Blue Crow’s first book, Brutalist Paris, building on research conducted for the Brutalist Map of Paris (2017). This is the first thoroughly researched, English language study of Parisian brutalist architecture. It constructs a unique photographic record of over 50 buildings across Paris (1955-1987). Across 7 thematic essays it brings a new interpretation of brutalism in the French context.
‘Life in the Oblique: The Interiors of Iwona Buczkowska’, World of Interiors, 1 Feb 2023 (online)
‘Life in the Oblique: The Interiors of Iwona Buczkowska’, World of Interiors.
Modern London Map (1930-60)
Photolanguage were commissioned by Blue Crow Media to produce a new Modern Map of London in 2021. The map lists over fifty examples of modernist architecture from across London.