{"product_id":"curating-earth","title":"Curating Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurating Earth: The Practice of Everyday Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e reflects on two decades of design by INI Design Studio—not through a conventional monograph, but through a series of deeply reflective dialogues. What defines INI’s ethos is not a fixed aesthetic language, but a set of ten design drivers that allow the studio to approach each project as uniquely situated. The “Design Drivers” are not rules, but lenses — flexible, evolving principles that respond to each project and its context. The dialogues — staged between architects, planners, theorists, and students — form the heart of the book. They critically examine these drivers and reveal how they are woven into everyday practice. As these exchanges show, INI does not merely describe buildings; it probes the values, constraints, and aspirations that give rise to them. Spanning approximately 35 projects and richly illustrated across 350 pages, the book explores how architecture can remain responsive in a time of ecological urgency, digital acceleration, and shifting human needs. It begins with ancient concepts like techne — the ethical, skillful practice of making — and moves through contemporary discussions on technology, sustainability, and aesthetics, ultimately returning to questions of beauty, justice, and the condition of being human, of being-in-the-world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510140674421,"sku":"9781972474020","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781972474020.jpg?v=1787130469","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/curating-earth","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}