The City in the City

Join us for the book launch of The City in the City

The City in the City offers the first in-depth architectural and urban history of London’s financial district – known as the City of London – from the period of rebuilding after World War II to the explosive climax of financial deregulation in the 1980s and its long aftermath. In this new book, abstract financial ideas, political ideology and invisible markets reveal themselves as concrete realities. Told through four spatial scales – City, Street, Façade and Interior – the book explores the grand plans, hidden alleys, neo-Georgian elevations and sweaty dealing floors that make London’s financial centre work. Moving from politics to sociology, institutions to bodies, development plans to office desks, the publication unravels the rich entanglements between the structure of the financial system and the structure of the environment in which it operates.

Amy Thomas is Associate Professor of Architectural History in the Department of Architecture at Delft University of Technology, where her research explores the relationships between design, people and political economy in the City, at every scale.

Amy will be in conversation with Adrian Forty, Emeritus Professor of the History of Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. We are delighted to welcome Amy and Adrian to the AA Bookshop to celebrate the launch of this new publication over refreshments.

The book will be sold on the evening at the special price of £25 (RRP £29).