Adrian Hornsby’s non-fiction covers a broad range of interests in a style that combines high-level concepts with hard data and mordant observation. Prominent are the books The Good Analyst (IFG, 2012) and The Chinese Dream (010 Publishers, 2008, co-written with Neville Mars and the DCF). Essays and features, including numerous cover stories, have appeared in a variety of magazines, compendiums and intellectual reviews. He is a regular contributor to the Kilometer Zero Running Eye Blog.

ESSAYS & ARTICLES

“I LIKE THE WAY YOU MOVE,” WHISPERED LONDON TO TOKYO. “YEAH RIGHT,” TOKYO SHOT BACK.
10/2012, 4,500 words, at the House of Lords for the Vision conference ‘Cities of the Future: Smart Ways to Move’

THE (VARIEGATED) OBSOLESCENCE OF THE LEFT/RIGHT DIVIDE IN BRITAIN
07/2011, 1,500 words, Vision Italy

THE PEOPLE SQUARED!
Tiananmen: power-planning Beijing 1949–2009
10/2009, 2,500 words, The Architectural Review

IMPLOSIONS INTO AN INNER VOID
Global architecture, the credit crunch and the irrepressible M. Derrida
09/2009, 5,000 words, Hunch 13, ed. S. Frausto, NAi Publishers

LIKE RATS
Democracy, sustainability and the urban form
04/2009, 6,800 words, Cluster

MAY THE WATER IN YOUR WELL TURN INTO BLACK SMELLY MUD, AND OTHER SAUDI CURSES
AJ feature on Saudi Arabia
02/2009, 3,000 words, Architects’ Journal

CHINA KEEP GROWING! BUT NOT LIKE THAT! I DON’T MEAN STOP! HURRY UP ALREADY! ONLY GROW BETTER!
Changing models
02/2009, 2,200 words, Urban China

THE ART OF KEYS
Profit and Loss in the Art Village Industry
01/2009, 1,000 words, Urban China

GET YOUR FILTHY PAINTBRUSH OFF MY WALL!
What does property means in China?
12/2008, 1,000 words, Architecture &

SOCIAL INVESTMENT
Investing in social enterprise for financial and non-financial blended returns
12/2008, 1,500 words, Philanthropy UK, A Guide to Giving, 3rd edition, sponsored by Coutts

DREAMING OF GOLDEN CLOUDS
AJ feature on Abu Dhabi
10/2008, 4,000 words, Architects’ Journal

HIGHER HORIZONS (BUT DON’T FORGET WHO’S BOSS)
Beijing Beyond the Olympics
08/2008, 2,500 words, Architects’ Journal