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London Club

London Club

Architecture, Interiors, Art

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Architecture, Interiors, Art

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ISBN: 9781788843294
Publisher/Imprint: ACC Art Books
Published: 15 Sep 26
Format: Hardback
Dimensions: 240 x 300 mm
Pages: 288

Description

A stunning exploration of London's most beautiful, interesting and unusual members' club architecture and interiors. Newly commissioned photography, text by Andrew Jones, travel writer for the Financial Times and author of The Buildings of Green Park. Foreword by interior designer Nina Campbell OBE.

A stunning exploration of London’s most beautiful, interesting and unusual members’ club architecture and interiors. London has more private members’ clubs than any other city, with new locations opening every year. The UK capital has exclusive clubs for everyone from plutocrats and bishops to jockeys and spies. Written by Andrew Jones, travel writer for the Financial Times and author of The Buildings of Green Park, this large-format picture book is richly illustrated with newly commissioned photographs by Laura Hodgson, covering 300 years of the capital’s architecture and interior design. The London Club: Architecture, Interiors, Art offers a fascinating take on the structures and decorations inside some of the most niche spots in London, giving readers a one-off glimpse into the hidden corners of the city’s social infrastructure. AUTHOR: Andrew Jones writes about architecture, design and cities, and the way things look, feel and taste. Andrew has lived in Piccadilly, London, for almost 20 years, using it as a base for his travels around the city and the world. He is the author of The Buildings of Green Park, a tour of certain buildings, monuments and other structures in Mayfair and St. James’s, and is a contributor to Seeing Things the small wonders of the world according to writers, artists and others. He writes about travel for the Financial Times and has also written on architecture for Blueprint, Drawing Matter and The London Gardener as well as pieces on London for The World of Interiors and The Londonist. Andrew was a Partner of Linklaters LLP for 20 years, during which he ran the firm’s Africa business and advised clients on infrastructure and natural resources projects in Africa (38 countries) and around the world. Andrew served on the Awards Committee of Masterpiece London Art Fair and is involved in a number of arts charities including Save Venice, Inc., ArtUK and The Royal Drawing School. SELLING POINTS: . Stunning newly commissioned photographs by Laura Hodgson of London’s private members’ clubs . Written by Andrew Jones, travel writer for the Financial Times and author of The Buildings of Green Park . Featuring a foreword by interior designer Nina Campbell OBE . Andrew Jones opens the door to 45 of the most beautiful, interesting and unusual London clubs 250 colour illustrations

Reviews

Seth Thevoz's Clubland Substack interviewed Andrew Jones about The London Club (ISBN: 9781788843294) for his podcast. - Clubland Substack "...a delectable tour of 46 clubs that span 300 years of architecture and design." - Airmail "Grand tour: inside London's most striking - and spectacular - members' clubs" - FT The Oldie featured The London Club in their October issue! - The Oldie "... a lavishly illustrated and wittily written study of one of the capital's most distinctive - and most secretive - institutions." - House & Garden "Jones treats them not really as clubs, but as examples of interior decoration, which he writes about interestingly and with an observant eye." - Charles Saumarez Smith The Financial Times featured Andrew Jones and his new title The London Club. - Financial Times The London Club was featured in a piece by The New Criterion. - New Criterion "This richly illustrated volume focuses on the exquisite architecture, design, libraries, art collections and more hiding behind the facades." - Frederic Magazine "From the concealed bookcase door in the library of The Travellers Club in St James's to the taxidermy fish and walls lined with rods in Mayfair's Flyfishers' Club, it serves as an unofficial guide to the city's strangest and most elegant private dining and drinking venues." - FT "This beautifully produced book, illustrated with new photographs, ofers an overview of 46 of these buldings in alphabetical order" - Country Life """...wonderful book on the architecture and interiors of London's private members' spaces.""

""What these London venues give us is a portal through time, in which the club interiors show shifting tastes and expectations.""

""A special thanks goes to Andrew Jones for expertly documenting these cultural museums, and to the clubs themselves for allowing cameras in when, traditionally, it is strictly verboten.""" - The Rake """When researching the capital's private members' clubs, I discovered The London Club, which offers a glimpse at the beautifully preserved interiors of these hallowed institutions.""

""In a new book entitled The London Club, Andrew Jones and Laura Hodgson draw back the red velvet curtain to shed light on the architecture, interiors and art of 46 of these hallowed institutions. Rich with history, well-preserved interiors, collections and libraries, every club is unique. There are 400 photographs to explore, which for many will be as close to these private clubs as they will ever get.""" - The London Magazine "Casting an eye over the decorations while putting on the nosebag, as that inveterate club man Bertie Wooster might have put it, comes highly recommended in The London Club: Architecture, Interiors, Art, a new book with texts by Andrew Jones and photographs by Laura Hodgson. For some of the 46 establishments it surveys, food and art are existentially linked." - Apollo Magazine The London Club was mentioned in an article by The Times. - The Times "Our pick of this year's best coffee-table books covers everything and anything from art and design to music, photography, and cooking...We journey to an Art Deco Palm Springs and to Italy's Florentine palazzos, then get an inside look at London's famed private members' clubs." - Airmail "In Andrew Jones's article in this issue, based on his book The London Club, he reveals the political secrets of London's clubland dating back to when Whigs and Tories could be identified by their club and betting books." - MACE The London Club was featured in Daunt Books' top 10 books of the week. - Instagram The London Club was featured in an article by The English Home. - The English Home """Getting access to London's private members' clubs is a rare occurrence for most people, but now you can see what these often-secretive spaces look like.""

""Luckily, a gorgeous new book published by ACC Art Books, The London Club: Architecture, Interiors, Art, is offering a long gawk inside these hallowed halls. With text by Andrew Jones and original photographs by Laura Hodgson, it's an incredibly detailed look at clubs old and new-many of which have not been photographed like this in years, if ever.""" - National Geograhic The English Home featured The London Club in their latest issue. - English Home Magazine "...a rare glimpse behind closed doors." - Britain Magazine Apollo Magazine featured The London Club. - Apollo Magazine """The London Club takes us behind the front doors of 46 of these institutions, from the grand (RAC, Boodle's, the Reform) and the quirky (the Beefsteak, the Union) to more recent arrivals, such as the Groucho or 67 Pall Mall.""

""Laura Hodgson provides sumptuous photographs of lavish staircases such as Bernard Engle's splendid swirl at the National Liberal Club, gorgeous libraries - none finer than the Athenaeum's book-lined paradise - and a parade of decorative ceilings, elegant balustrades and well-dressed dining rooms. She also zeroes in on the details highlighted by Andrew Jones's playful text, whether it be propellor-shaped light switches at the Royal Air Force Club, wallpaper depicting flatulent Victorians at the Academy or the ram's-head snuffbox on a mantelpiece at the Oriental.""" - The World of Interiors "Glimpse behind the velvet rope into forty-six of London's fabled private members clubs. Featuring newly commissioned photography by Laura Hodgson and words from Andrew Jones, The London Club whisks readers through old-school gentlemen's clubs, buzzing literary drinking dens, and hideouts for idiosyncratic hobbyists." - World of Interiors """Andrew Jones gives us a look behind the usually closed doors of London's exclusive private members' clubs, and the design and character that go into them.""

""In The London Club, renowned travel writer Andrew Jones takes readers inside this often unseen world, offering a rare look at 46 of the capital's most beautiful and unusual private members' clubs, presenting 300 years of architecture and design.""" - Homes & Gardens

Author

Andrew Jones has lived in the heart of London clubland, on the border of Mayfair and St James's, for almost 20 years. He is the author of The Buildings of Green Park, a tour of certain buildings, monuments and other structures in Mayfair and St. James's, and a contributor to Seeing Things - the small wonders of the world according to writers, artists and others. He writes about cities for the Financial Times and has also written on architecture for Blueprint, Drawing Matter and The London Gardener as well as pieces on London for The World of Interiors and the Londonist.

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