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‘Full of fascinating insights into the history and future of space travel’ Lord Foster, Founder of Foster + Partners

With humanity now venturing beyond Earth – living on space stations and eyeing the Moon and Mars – space architecture is taking centre stage.

Jonathan Morrison, The Times’ architecture correspondent, embarks on a thrilling journey to uncover how we design for life beyond our planet. From Soviet space stations to the ISS and upcoming lunar bases, he traces the evolution of space habitats while revealing their roots in sci-fi and extreme Earth environments like Antarctic bases.

With insights from astronauts, engineers, and space tourism pioneers, Morrison explores bold designs, sustainable tech, and the rise of orbital hotels and Martian colonies. His ultimate question: how do we not just survive – but thrive – in space?

Publisher Review

‘In How To Build A Space Station, Morrison has crafted a fascinating look at how architecture and design have been applied to space travel and how they will be even more influential in the future. If, as someone quipped, we should send a poet into space to appreciate its beauty, then Morrison makes the case that we ought to send an architect up there if we have any hope to settle space’ Dr Alfredo Carpineti ‘How to Build a Space Station is full of fascinating insights into the history and future of space travel and the permanent habitats that will inevitably follow – with unexpected links to the worlds of architecture and the environment. Altogether an entertaining and compulsive read’ Lord Foster, Founder of Foster + Partners