The author of 'Building Passions' is Nick von Behr, a construction historian who is finishing a full-time cotutelle PhD at the Universities of Kent and Lille in 2023. The thesis is examining the development of pre-First World War structural design using example buildings in Paris/Ile-de-France, Lille Metropole and Brussels that were constructed using new reinforced concrete and cement systems.
Nick also writes and self-publishes fiction and non-fiction at Lulu.com and Kobo.com .