Books by Jonathan Bell

This is the first monograph about international architecture firm Montalba Architects. It would appeal to both a US and a European audience and architecture enthusiasts. The author, Jonathan Bell, has written and edited 15 books, including Concept Car Design, 21st Century House, and The Modern House. The worldwide sales for The Modern House are 3,000 copies.Concise selling points:Explores the duality of Switzerland and California, and how these locations have inherently influenced the overall ideas and work of Montalba Architects.Looks at the ideas and projects of this award-winning studio spanning more than a decade and shapes philosophies that craft a cohesive connection between all Montalba Architects' work and is a testament to its continued influence within the industry.Includes conversations on space and place between other creative thinkers including artist Andy Denzler and film director Zack Snyder. Foreword by acclaimed LA-based architect Lawrence Scarpa, a leader in the field of sustainable design. The book's author, Jonathan Bell, is author and co-editor of 15 books including The Modern House. He is editor-at-large at Wallpaper* magazine and lives in South London.

Takes the pulse of the left in contemporary US politics

What was left, in both senses of the word, of liberalism after the death of Franklin Roosevelt? This question has aroused considerable historical debate because it raises the question of why the United States, during the Truman years, developed a much less state-centered orthodoxy than other comparable, powerful liberal states. What were the consequences of this fundamental choice that would shape the character and direction of American society during the second half of the twentieth century? This book explores the role of the Cold War in shifting the center of gravity in American politics sharply to the right in the years immediately following World War II. Jonathan Bell demonstrates that there was far more active and vibrant debate about the potential for liberal ideas before they become submerged in Cold War anti-state rhetoric than has generally been recognized. Using case studies from Senate and House races from 1946 to 1952, Bell shows how the anti-statist imagery that defined the Cold War in political debate became the key weapon among right-wing and business interest groups and their political representatives with which to discredit political figures who wanted to expand political liberalism beyond existing New Deal measures. He depicts how this process implicitly endorsed socioeconomic inequality.