Book Presentation: Building Narratives

Join us for the Building Narratives book presentation, organised by KAAN Architects.

Building Narratives opens a window onto the processes, decisions, and conversations through which buildings come into being. Projects unfold across years, through shifting coalitions of clients, institutions, engineers, and regulators. Designing buildings under these conditions demands maintaining coherence across a process that is always in motion. The book examines how design communication operates within this condition. Narrative is the connective tissue of a project: the structure that keeps collective work legible across disciplines, procurement phases, and changing stakeholders. Architecture is approached as a form of collective intelligence.

The evening unfolds in three parts, opening with a guest lecture that situates the publication within broader questions of architectural culture and practice. This is followed by an introduction to Building Narratives, outlining conversations, case studies, and editorial framework by the team. The programme concludes with a discussion expanding on architecture as a form of collective intelligence.

With speakers: Manuela Triggianese, Salomon Frausto, Yagiz Söylev, Alice Colombo and Kees Kaan. And round table guests: Jan Nauta, Hrvoje Šmidihen, Sofie De Caigny and Janna Bystrykh. The evening is moderated by Georg Vrachliotis.