Vicky Richardson

The Franco-Swiss photographer Hélène Binet (b. 1959) is renowned for making images that express an intimate experience of architecture. Using a combination of analogue and digital techniques, her photographs are both a representation and a discovery of her subjects, all of them buildings that break the mould, pushing daringly at the boundaries of their time. In this selection of some ninety of her photographs – ranging from the baroque London churches of Nicholas Hawksmoor and the Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur through to buildings of contemporary architects Le Corbusier, Peter Zumthor, John Hejduk, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid – her work is revealed in all its subtlety and quiet sensitivity.

Renowned for such prominent buildings as London’s Tate Modern, Beijing’s Bird’s Nest National Stadium and 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, Herzog & de Meuron sits at the cutting edge of contemporary design. Founded in Basel over 40 years ago, the Swiss architectural practice is now an international partnership with projects across the globe – among them museums, hospitals, skyscrapers, arenas, and private and civic buildings. Produced in close collaboration with the architects, and comprising new texts by leading writers, practitioners and thinkers, this exciting new publication gives an authoritative account of the inner workings of what the New York Times dubbed ‘one of the most admired architecture firms in the world’.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. Psalm 34:19 From her first ministry sermon, No Doubt, to her first book, You Can Live Through It, when the hand of God is on your life, every "go through," becomes a "grow through." Vicky Richardson was a traveling musician, minister, and full time entrepreneur whose life was suddenly interrupted by a stroke that left her paralyzed on one side, dramatically shifting her life.In the face of despair and the temptation of permanent darkness, what the devil meant for bad, God turned it for her and the good of those who would one day need to see her light as proof that they too can be saved. You Can Live Through It is a testament to the grace and mercy of God. He is the Author and the Finisher of your life. It's not over until He says so