Matthew Rice: Rice's Architectural Primer [2009] hardback LBIO When his father is murdered

When his father is murdered

curator and close friend

evocative and human' Christopher Brookmyre

But the idle tension that builds up in places where men sweat twenty-four hours a day is reaching a violent breaking point

humanity has become complacent

Matthew Rice: Rice's Architectural Primer [2009] hardback LBIO When his father is murderedRICE'S ARCHITECTURAL PRIMER covers the grammar and vocabulary of British buildings, explaining the evolution of styles from Norman castles to Norman Foster. Its aim is to enable the reader to recognise, understand and date any British building. As Matthew Rice says, 'Once you can speak any language, conversation can begin, but without it communications can only be brief and brutish. The same is the case with Architecture: an inability to describe the