Books by Annabel Jane Wharton

Architectural Agents makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly. Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies.

In post-war Europe and the Middle East, Hilton Hotels were constructed for profit and political impact to show 'the other side of the coin' to those countries exposed to Communism. This text examines the architectural means by which this vision was executed.