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Nigel Coates Lives in Architecture Publication
22 May 2022
Lives in Architecture series from RIBA Publishing continues with Nigel Coates
?Buildings are important, but so are ideas. Ideas are the real building blocks of the city.? – Nigel Coates recounts a prolific life in architecture with new autobiography from RIBA Publishing

Nigel Coates Lives in Architecture Book News
The latest release in the successful Lives in Architecture series from RIBA Publishing is here: the unvarnished personal history of one of the UK’s most versatile designers ? Nigel Coates.
Documenting a prolific design career, this compelling and warm autobiography shows how Coates has been stirring up the architectural scene for over 40 years. Nigel Coates’ work often treads playfully at the intersection between bodies, sexuality and form, something which can be seen in the more than 100 featured images of his most celebrated projects. Spanning the globe from London?s Liberty to Noah?s Ark in Japan, this memoir is a visual feast for any devotee of contemporary British design.

Starting with his childhood in post-war Malvern, and his student years at the Architectural Association, the book delves into the highs and lows of life at the cutting edge of architecture. This includes the founding of radical architectural group NATØ; 70s and 80s club culture in London; his first openly gay project at t...