the international design industry is hot for the UK’s smart modernism, and Lucy Bullivant’s book introduces the most talented newcomers in the ever-expanding architecture movement. In <i>British Built: UK Architecture’s Rising Generation</i>, Bullivant examines the work and ideas of 14 socially and environmentally concerned young architects, including Alison Brooks (founding partner of Ron Arad Associates), Kathryn Findlay, Klein Dytham (KDa) and Sergison Bates, whose residential, commercial and cultural projects are changing the face of Britain. Although British Built has a seductive cover, don’t be fooled. This isn’t a coffee table book but an important resource for designers, architects and cultural cognoscenti who want to get their creative and intellectual juices flowing. (via Elements of Living)