Nigel Coates: A Selective Bibliography Compiled by Aileen Smith, May 2004 This bibliography consists of a selective list of books and articles relating to Nigel Coates. Those books held within the AA Library are indicated with a shelfmark. Books (Alphabetically by title) Architettura corretta / exhibition held at the Palazzo Te, February-March 1981, featuring the work of Nigel Coates and others / Gianni Pettena Mantova: Publi- Paolini, 1981 AA SHELFMARK: 72.01.036 PET Art random: Zaha Hadid / Nigel Coates: new British interiors / edited by Anthony Fawcett Kyoto: Kyoto Shoni, 1991 AA SHELFMARK: 747.036(42) FAW City cultures reader / edited by Malcolm Miles, Tim Hall and Iain Borden London: Routledge, 2000 ISBN 0415207347 (includes contribution from Nigel Coates) AA SHELFMARK: 711.4.036 MIL City visionaries: Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield Architects, Alsop & Stormer, Nigel Coates & Doug Branson / Venice Biennale of Architecture 2000 London: The British Council, 2000 ISBN 086355458X AA SHELFMARK: 725.91.036(45V):72.036(42) BRI (EXHIB-COLL) Delinquent visionaries / Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos Rotterdam: Uitgeverij 010, 1993 ISBN 9064501963 AA SHELFMARK: 72.01.036:92BER BER Discourse of events / Architectural Association School of Architecture Catalogue of an exhibition held at the AA March-April 1983 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(42) ARC Ecstacity / Nigel Coates London: Architectural Association, 1992 (catalogue of an exhibition held at the AA 14 May to 26 June 1992) AA SHELFMARK: 711.4.01.036(421):92COA ARC
Ecstatic architecture: the surprising link / Charles Jencks London: Academy Editions, 1999 (from a debate of the Royal Academy International Forum at the Royal Academy..including contributions by Nigel Coates) ISBN 0471983985 AA SHELFMARK: 72.01.036 JEN Elsewhere : an exhibition exploring change in open spaces brought about by art, technology and the need for a sustainable environment: Alexander Brodsky & Ilya Utkin, Nigel Coates, Luc Deleu, Roni Horn, Peter Weinel / curated by Caryn Faure Walker and Stephen Foster Southampton: John Hansard Gallery, 1996 ISBN 0854326138 AA SHELFMARK: 712+7 WAL Free spirit in architecture: omnibus volume / edited by Andreas Papadakis, Geoffrey Broadbent and Maggie Toy London: Academy Editions, 1992 (inspired by the Academy Forum on Modern Pluralism, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 1991 includes Who are these spirits wild and free? / Nigel Coates and others) ISBN 1854901303 Guide to Ecstacity / Nigel Coates London: Laurence King, 2003 ISBN 185669383X AA SHELFMARK: 711.4.01.036(421):92COA COA Idea of the city / edited by Robin Middleton London: Architectural Association with the Alvin Boyarsky Memorial Trust, 1996 ISBN 1870890337 AA SHELFMARK: 711.4.01.036 ARC Impossible worlds / editors Stephen Coates and Alex Stetter Birkhauser; London: August, 2000 ISBN 3764363177 AA SHELFMARK: 711.4 COA Basel: Invisible in architecture / editors Ole Bouman and Roemer van Toorn London: Academy Editions, 1994 ISBN 1854902857 AA SHELFMARK: 72.01.036 BOU (MLC) Metropolis: new British architecture and the city / curated and organized by Linda Brown and Deyan Sudjic London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1988 ISBN 0905263227 (includes project by Nigel Coates) Nigel Coates: Arkalbion and six other projects / Architectural Association London: AA, 1984 ISBN 0904503550 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(42):92COA ARC
Nigel Coates: body buildings and city scapes / Jonathan Glancey Thames and Hudson, 1999 ISBN 0500019169 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(42):92COA GLA London: Nigel Coates: the city in motion / Rick Poynor London: Fourth Estate, 1989 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036:92COA POY Theory and experimentation: an intellectual extravaganza / Andreas Papadakis London: Academy Editions, 1993 ISBN 1854901575 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036 PAP (MLC) Unknown city: contesting architecture and social space: a Strangely Familiar project / edited by Iain Borden et al Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001 ISBN 0262024713 AA SHELFMARK: 72.01.036 BOR Journal Articles (arranged chronologically by year and month) 2003 Club culture / article by Eleanor Curtis and others (includes Nightclubbing: Nigel Coates in conversation with Eleanor Curtis) in AD Profile 166: Architectural Design vol.73 no.6 November/December 2003 / p.78-89 2000 Japan / article by Hubertus Adam (includes Artificial architectural fantasies of Nigel Coates and Aldo Rossi, article by Hubertus Adam) in Archithese vol.30 no.6 November/ December 2000 / p.26-29 (text in German) Cybermonde [Cyberworld] / article by Odile Fillion, and others (includes Nigel Coates) in D Architectures no.104 August/September 2000 / p.24 UK2K: British architecture into the Millennium / article by Iain Borden and others (includes Bodies from outer space: Nigel Coates Body Zone, article by Bernard Tschumi in New Architecture no.4 January 2000 / p.16-17
1999 Millennium architecture / article by Charles Jencks and others (includes The Body Zone / interview with the architect, Nigel Coates, and Charles Jencks) in AD Profile 141: Architectural Design vol.69 no.11/12 1999 / p.26-29 Heroes of the makers and shakers / article by Jeremy Musson and Mary Miers (Four of today s leading architects were asked to name their architectural heroes from the past and explain why they matter today Nigel Coates chose Fischer von Erlach) in Country Life vol.193 no.42 October 21 1999 / p.86-91 Nigel Coates / article by Marcus Field (interview with Nigel Coates on the eve of his fiftieth birthday) in Blueprint no.159 March 1999 / p.10-11 Oyster to grow in Bath; Architects: Nigel Coates, of Branson Coates (a permanent version of the Oyster House, which feature in the 1998 Ideal Home Exhibition as the winner of the Concept House competition, is to be built in Bath) in Building Design no.1385 March 5 1999 / p.4 1998 Creative London: scenarios pour demain [Creative London: scenarios for tomorrow] / article by Odil Fillion (features The Powerhouse / Nigel Coates) in D Architectures no.84 June 1998 / p.46-47 (text in French) Oyster-shaped house wins design competition; Architects: Nigel Coates of Branson Coates Architecture in Architecture and Builder May 1998 / p.29 Roll up, roll up for the ideal home (features the Oyster House, designed by Nigel Coates, of Branson Coates) in Blueprint no.148 March 1998 / p.14 1997 What is sexy? Paul Smith and Nigel Coates: a conversation in Blueprint (139) May 1997 / p.26-29
Architecture and design as duality: projects by Nigel Coates / article by Deyan Sudjic (an overview of Nigel Coates s recent works including Bargo Bar in Glasgow, the extension to the Geffrye Museum and a national center of pop music in Sheffield) in Domus no.792 April 1997 / p.58-65 (text in Italian+English) 1996 A river runs through it; Designer: Nigel Coates / article by Jessica Cargill Thompson (the Living Bridges exhibition at the Royal Academy) in Building vol.261 no.7960 (40) October 4 1996 / p.28 1995 Tropical aquarium in the Low Countries: restaurant-bar at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam / article by Stefano Casciani in Abitare no.346 December 1995 / p.124-127 (text in Italian+English) London: the world s most creative city / article by Nigel Coates and others (includes Nigel Coates s London) in Blueprint no.119 July/August 1995 / p.10-11 Plans for Nigel / article by Geoff Hunter (Nigel Coates is the new Professor of Architectural Design at the RCA) in Blueprint no.118 June 1995 / p.17 1994 Designs of the times / article by Ken Powell (Nigel Coates and Doug Branson see their buildings as radical but realistic, a concentrated comment on our era) in Architects Journal vol.200 no.18 November 10 1994 / p.20-21 Schiphol via Tokyo / article by Peter Wislocki and Liz Farrelly (Nigel Coates most recent projects, the Penrose Institute in Tokyo and two restaurants in Schiphol Airport, share a distinctly pared-down approach) in Blueprint no.105 March 1994 / p.32-34
1992 Theory and experimentation: architectural ideas for today and tomorrow / article by Andreas Papadakis and others (includes works by Nigel Coates: Jigsaw, Brompton Road, London; Tokyo Forum competition entry; Noah s Ark, Sapporo; King s Cross, London; The Wall, Tokyo; Hotel Otaru, Otaru; Furniture; Ecstacity) in AD Profile 100: Architectural Design vol.62 no.11/12 November/December 1992 / p.73-96 Wider die Schonheit [Opposing beauty] / article by Ulf Jonak and others (includes Jigsaw Shop, London / Branson Coates, article by Nigel Coates) in Baumeister vol.89 no.11 November 1992 / p.34-37 (text in German, English summaries) Metamorphology: Architect Nigel Coates designs a significant chandelier / article by Bonnie Schwartz in Interiors 151 (11) November 1992 / p.24 Nigel Coates ecstacity / article by Hugh Pearman in AA Files no.24 Autumn 1992 / p.71-75 Coates: design as choreography / article by Davina Jackson (interview with Nigel Coates about his work, the city and Australian design) in Architecture Australia vol.81 no.1 February 1992 / p.14-15,17 London avant-garde. The Architectural Association and the avant-gardism in postwar London architecture / article by Cedric Price and others (includes About art and style : Nigel Coates and others) in SD: Space Design no. 329 (2) February 1992 / p.55-57 (text in Japanese) Wohnbauten [Dwellings] / article by Albrecht Bangert and others (includes Hotel Marittimo, Otaru / Nigel Coates) in AIT vol.100 no.1/2 January/February 1992 / p.48-49 (text in German) 1991 Theatre of consumption: Nigel Coates s latest London Shop for Jigsaw in Blueprint no.82 November 1991 / p.24-26
Taxim Night Park; Architects: Nigel Coates, of Branson Coates in Tasarim vol.2 no.12 April 1991 / p.82-89 (text in Turkish, English summaries) Coates of many colours: Art, architecture and the environment: Nigel Coates / article by Louis Hellman in Architects Journal 193 March 13 1991 / p.69 1990 Nigel Coates in Japan / article by Yoichi Iijima and Mitsuru Kaneko (includes Unbuilt projects: Eurofields; Paris opera competition; Tokyo Forum competition; Ashiya pavilion; and Works: Hotel Otaru Marittimo; Arca di Noe, Sapporo; The Wall, Tokyo; Architecture that tells a story, by Yoichi Iijima; Nigel s architecture: what lies beyond the story, by Mitsuru Kaneko) in SD: Space Design no.310 (7) July 1990 / p.5-32 (text in Japanese) Guaridas de la moda: Katherine Hamnett, de Foster a Coates [Fashion trendsetters: Katherine Hamnett, from Foster to Coates] / article by Adrian Dannatt (illustrates Foster s shop for Hamnett in the Brompton Road and Coates s in Sloane Street) in Arquitectura Viva no.10 January/February 1990 / p.58-61 (text in Spanish) Neue Ansichten [Dirty realism] / article by Liane Lefaivre, and others (includes Street signs, by Nigel Coates, illustrating Hotel Otaru Marittimo, Otaru, Japan; Noah s Ark restaurant, Sapporo, Japan; Café Bongo, Tokyo) in Archithese vol.20 no.1 January/February 1990 / p.58-72 (text in German) 1989 Architectural dandyism in the age of mass media: the narrative architecture of Nigel Coates / article by Greg Crysler in New Art Examiner vol.16 Summer 1989 / p.32-34 Rising stars / article by Paula Rice Jackson, and others (includes Nigel Coates and Doug Branson) in Interiors vol.148 no.10 May 1989 / p.253-269
Nigel s fishing trip; Designers: Nigel Coates / article by Jose Manser (includes Nigel Coates s design for Katharine Hamnett shop, 20 Sloane Street, London) in Designers Journal no.43 January 1989 / p.82-85 Retreats of fashion: Katharine Hamnett stores, London and Glasgow / article by Adrian Dannatt in Architectural Review vol.185 January 1989 / p.41-45 1988 Big in Japan / article by Peter Popham (illustrates in particular Nigel Coates s Noah s Ark restaurant, Sapporo) in Blueprint no.53 December 1988/January 1989 / p.38-43 1987 Barroco in Tokyo; Architects: Branson Coates / article by Brigitte Fitoussi (The Bongo café and Bohemia Jazz Club) in Architecture d Aujourd hui no.253 October 1987 / p.81-83 (text in French) Nigel Coates: NATO exercises / article by Rick Poynor in Designers Journal no.29 September 1987 / p.52-55 The Empire strikes back: portfolio; 4 article special on Nigel Coates / article by Deborah Dietsch in Architectural Record vol.175 Mid-September 1987 / p.142-151 Retail design: London s Nigel Coates for Jasper Conran in Interiors (New York) vol.146 July 1987 / p.186-189 Coates for Conran; Architects: Nigel Coates / article by Jose Manser (Jasper Conran clothes shop, London) in Architect (RIBA) vol.94 no.5 interiors supplement, May 1987 / p.16-19 Tokyo (includes Foreign legion, by Peter Popham illustrated by projects by Nigel Coates) in Blueprint no.34 February 1987 / p.26-39
1986 Branson Coates: The Metropole restaurant and current work / article by Nigel Coates in AA Files no.12 Summer 1986 / p.19-27 Creatieve collages van stedelijke cultuur: Nigel Coates en de architectengroep Nato uit London [Creative collages for urban culture: Nigel Coates and the architectural group NATO from London] / article by Ben van Berkel, and Caroline Bos in Archis no.7 July 1986 / p.48-51 (text in Dutch) Restaurant, Tokyo; Architects: Nigel Coates, of Branson Coates / article by Mitsugu Okagawa in Architectural Review vol.179 no.1072 June 1986 / p.95-97 Metropole Restaurant, Tokyo / article by Nigel Coates in A+U: Architecture and Urbanism no.185 February 1986 / p.115-118 (text in Japanese+English) 1985 Nigel and the others /article by Peter Dormer (examines the NATO Architectural Group, : Catrina Beevor, Martin Benson, Nigel Coates, Peter Fleissig, Robert Mull, Christina Norton, Melanie Sainsbury, Carlos Villanueva-Brandt, Mark Prizeman) in Blueprint no.22 November 1985 / p.28-30 A collide-oscope, or real allegory / article by Brian Hatton (review of Nigel Coates: ArkAlbion and six other projects exhibition at the AA) in AA Files no.9 Summer 1985 / p.87-92 I m Nigel, fly me: Nigel Coates, teacher at the AA / article by Amicia de Moubray in Architects Journal vol.181 no.17 April 24 1985 / p.38-39 1984 Ghetto & globe / article by Nigel Coates in AA Files no.5 January 1984 / p.60-68
1983 Three men in a boat / article by Nigel Coates in Modo vol.7 no.59 May 1983 / p.34-38 (text in Italian, English summary) 1981/1982 New clubs at large / article by Nigel Coates in AA Files vol.1 no.1 Winter 1981/1982 / p.4-8 Website www.nigelcoates.com Compiled by Aileen Smith, Deputy Librarian May 2004