
Repair Stories
- Publisher
- Perimeter Editions
- Year
- 2026
- ISBN
- 978-1-922545-69-5
- Specifications
- Softcover
17 x 24 cm
248 pages
Edited by Hélène Frichot, Lucy Benjamin, and Virginia Mannering
Repair Stories unpicks the concealing power of disrepair by giving life to reparative projects already at work in the context of the Australian built environment — both in theory and in practice. These stories seek to repair a continent that continues to live under the structuring logic of colonial dispossession and extractive economies. Featuring contributions from architects, artists, designers and educators, Repair Stories interrogates the methods, limitations, obligations and potential of repair, and proposes repair as an environmental imperative. The publication includes 40 contributors spanning multiple disciplines, addressing themes from ecological care and First Nations sovereignty to architectural maintenance and the ethics of preservation.