{"product_id":"excuses","title":"Excuses","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe work of Chicago- and Cambridge-based architecture and design collaborative Norman Kelley begins with what already exists. Like tailors, they make measured alterations to buildings, interiors, furniture, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcuses: Buildings and Projects by Norman Kelley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e gathers 16 of their projects completed between 2012 and 2025. They are presented as a flipbook of situational observations—or excuses—through recurring triptychs of technical drawings, casual photography, and critical captions. Norman Kelley offers its excuses as an alternative theory to adaptive reuse, towards a way of looking for place in the contradictions between past and present, wrong and right, old and new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by architects and educators Jan de Vylder and Spencer McNeil and curator and researcher Irene Sunwoo reflect on Norman Kelley’s varied work, offering perspectives on practice, theory, and collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510188450165,"sku":"9783038604839","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783038604839.jpg?v=1787130522","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/excuses","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}