Book launch: Houses in Forest Clearings

The book’s starting point is a selection of seventy photographs by Luis Callejas. These images depict three houses by LCLA office in two forest clearings in the Andes mountains. The book also includes drawings and three parallel conversations between Luis Callejas and Matteo Ghidoni, Elisa Cattaneo, and Jørgen Tandberg. The photographs were taken during three trips between Norway and Colombia. Most were taken with the same 35 mm lens, avoiding wide angles encompassing each small space within a single frame. The ensuing conversations were prompted not by direct experience, but by sharing the photographs with the invited contributors. These images and conversations address the parallels between the construction of a house, the modification of a clearing, and the legibility of their mutual interdependence.

We are delighted to welcome architect and founder of LCLA office, Luis Callejas, to the AA Bookshop to celebrate the launch of this new publication in a conversation with Manon Mollard, head editor of the Architectural Review, and the head of the AA Visiting School, Chris Pierce.

The book will be sold at the special price of £25 on the evening (RRP £30).

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