EDWIN HEATHCOTE is an architect and writer living and working in London. He writes on architecture for the Financial Times as well as other specialist architectural and design journals, and is the author of a number of books including Budapest: A guide to twentieth-century architecture (1998) and Theatre London (2001) for Ellipsis and Church Builders (1997), Monument Builders (1998), Bank Builders (2000) and Cinema Builders (2001) for John Wiley & Sons. He is also a founder and director of design company izé.