This book examines mid-20th-century Anglican church architecture in Britain, from the 1935 to the 1975, exploring how it was shaped by liturgical changes, social shifts, and artistic influences. It investigates the theoretical foundations of moder...Daugiau...
A showcase of Britains most architecturally significant sports and leisure buildings from the twentieth century and beyond.This book gives a fascinating insight into the spaces where we play: from swimming pools and skate parks to ice...Daugiau...
A nostalgic exploration of Britains distinctive and architecturally significant seafront buildings from the 1920s to the new millennium.British seaside resorts enjoyed phenomenal popularity for much of the twentieth century and as cli...Daugiau...
Until now there has not been a proper study made of the Kings contribution to the built environment...This brilliant book takes us through all of it. -Jools Holland OBE DL, Composer, Pianist, Bandleader and Broadcaster Here is...Daugiau...
As the first monograph dedicated to Walter Gropiuss activity in Britain, this book provides a comprehensive account of the Bauhaus founders contributions to architecture and design while living in London between 1934-37....Daugiau...
British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism - the flat roofs, clean lines and concrete of the Isokon flats in Hampstead and the Penguin Pool at London Zoo - but the reality was far more diverse. As the modernists ca...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 21-Jan-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262548991)
A history of British postwar architecture, analyzed through the concept of performance and the ubiquitous (but elusive) image of the arrow-- A series of original essays on the history of British postwar architecture through the concept o...Daugiau...
Throughout the twentieth century architectural models served as the miniature playgrounds in which the future of Britains built environment was imagined, and in drawing from the evidence provided by those models today, this book considers how archi...Daugiau...
Focused not on the making of architectural models but the visions they were made to communicate, this book examines the possible futures put forward by one hundred and twenty models. It will appeal to academics, historians, and anyone with an inte...Daugiau...
Why and how was the term built environment first introduced? Inventing the Built Environment reveals the reconceptualisation of architecture and town planning in Britain c.1964. The articulation of the term the built environment, Kei de...Daugiau...
Commendation, the Colvin Prize 2023 (Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain)Reconstruction explores the impact of the First World War on the built environment examining the immediate and longer term aftermath...Daugiau...
The story of the creation of the National Theatre, told by the last person living who was part of that process. A Sense of Theatre is an eye-witness account of the birth and subsequent triumph of one of the worlds most famous theatres. Since...Daugiau...
British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism - the flat roofs, clean lines and concrete of the Isokon flats in Hampstead and the Penguin Pool at London Zoo - but the reality was far more diverse. As the modernists ca...Daugiau...
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followe...Daugiau...
Edwin Rickards was the most flamboyant of Edwardian architects: his buildings were said by John Summerson to fizz like champagne. During a short working life, launched at the age of 25 by winning the competition to design Cardiff City Hall with his p...Daugiau...
A showcase of Britains most significant shops throughout the twentieth century and beyond.100 20th-Century Shops is a fascinating insight into the heritage of Britains changing high street and the diverse architectural styles...Daugiau...
