Visualizing research: a guide to the research process in art and design , Carole Gray and Julian Malins, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. 214 p.: ill. ISBN 0754635775. £30.00 /$59.95

TLDR: The Birmingham (2005), Sheffield (2004), and Bristol (2004) volumes follow different formats, and lack the sidebar enrichments of the Bath volume as mentioned in this paper, and the emphasis in these volumes is also different given the industrial character of Birmingham and Sheffield.

Abstract: 'walks'. Also missing is Pevsner's slightly ironic, occasionally sarcastic tone; perhaps authors of today are less inclined to ruffle unknown feathers! The volume is divided into three basic parts: 'Major buildings', 'Walks' and 'Excursions'. Brief sidebars on various related topics and people are interwoven with the text. The writing is scholarly without being heavy-handed. The Birmingham (2005), Sheffield (2004) and Bristol (2004) volumes follow different formats, and lack the sidebar enrichments of the Bath volume. The emphasis in these volumes is also different given the industrial character of Birmingham and Sheffield. The loss of Sheffield's 1950s and 1960s tower blocks is noted with sadness. Even if its volumes are too hefty to sling into a backpack, the new city series should prove popular with students, scholars and travellers, all of whom can be cheered by the fact that Yale and the Buildings Books Trust are continuing their efforts to document and preserve in written format the built environment in the whole of the United Kingdom. Much as the Domesday book chronicled all that was to be found in medieval England, Pevsner and his heirs have chronicled the architecture of significance to be found in Great Britain today. Over the years the Pevsner guides and the man himself have well deserved the praise and plaudits of lovers of architecture and this 'green and pleasant land'.