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Totems: Selected Essays on Architecture - Irenee Scalbert women locals rediscover and reckon withTotems brings together ten texts by the French British architectural historian and critic Irne Scalbert. Written between 2001 and 2025, they are an expression of his relentless critical engagement with architecture and its cultural contexts. The essays, which vary in length and style from concise observations to detailed analyses trace the development of his thinking as a critic, teacher and participant in the architectural discourse. Organised