London_ Architectural Association Publications, Ltd. After nearly 30 years of running the Triangle Bookshop at the AA, Derek Brampton and Alan Young have announced their retirement. The shop will close on 31 May 2008 and its remaining stock will be bought by AA Publications as the core of a new AA Bookshop launching in the autumn.
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Triangle was set up in Kennington in 1979 but moved to the AA soon after, at the invitation of Alvin Boyarsky. “Derek and Alan, as friends and colleagues, have contributed enormously to the life of the Architectural Association through their years operating one of the world’s great architectural bookshops”, says Brett Steele, director of the AA School of Architecture: “I have known Derek and Alan since I began buying a considerable portion of my library from them while still a student, nearly 25 years ago. I wish them every success in their retirement. They will be greatly missed by us all.”
The AA Bookshop plans to maintain much of what patrons of the Triangle Bookshop have enjoyed over the years – that is, a specialist shop which serves the needs and current interests of the Architectural Association’s students, membership and London’s wider architectural community by selling the best architectural books from around the world.
Information on the new bookshop will soon be posted online at www.aabookshop.net and www.aaschool.ac.uk
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