Rowan Moore

Under the Cranes: panel discussion

This year we published Suzette Field's A Curious Invitation: The Forty Greatest Parties in Literature. Parties are at the heart of literature, they're where the drama happens; this book is a compendium of who was there, what they wore, what was eaten and who said what to whom. In tribute to all the festivities in the book, we've asked our authors to tell us a little about their best parties, real and fictional. 

Rowan Moore, author of Why We Build, talks about his favourite books, bloggers and sporting moments, past and present.

We asked Rowan Moore to pick his top five architectural follies, and here they are - an eclectic mix from around the world and across the centuries.

What do you think is the world's biggest architectural folly? Tell us in the comments section below to be in with a chance of winning a signed first edition of Rowan Moore's brilliant new book Why We Build.

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Rowan Moore's Why We Build is an exploration of architecture that takes us around the world on a journey at once public and personal. 

Rowan spoke to Waterstones about the real power of buildings and building in our society at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. If you missed it, you can catch it here!