John Grindrod (author)

John Grindrod is an author of books about British architecture. He is from Croydon, London.

Works

His first book Concretopia (2013) covers architecture in the post-war consensus period.[1]

His second book Outskirts (2017) is a mix of memoir and investigation of the Metropolitan Green Belt, which surrounds New Addington where Grindrod's family lived.[2] This book was nominated for the 2018 Wainwright Prize.[3]

Grindrod also works for publisher Faber and Faber. He has written for the Guardian, Financial Times, the Twentieth Century Society Magazine and The Modernist.[4]

Bibliography
  • Concretopia, 2013
  • Outskirts, 2017
  • How To Love Brutalism, 2018
  • Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain, 2023 (Faber)

References
  1. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/09/concretopia-john-grindrod-review
  2. Financial Times, https://www.ft.com/content/96ff87cc-3b0f-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec
  3. Wainwright Prize https://wainwrightprize.com/2018-winner/
  4. Pavilion Books https://www.pavilionbooks.com/contributor/john-grindrod/
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