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...
An ambitious history of Britain told through the stories of twenty-five notable structures, from the Iron Age fortification of Maiden Castle in Dorset to the Gherkin.An illuminating history of Britain ... fascinating C...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...
Lying in the Dark Room: Architectures of British Maternity returns to and reflects on the spatial and architectural experience of childbirth, both through a critical history of maternity spaces and a creative exploration of those we use tod...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...
Provocative, elegant, intriguing - Jenkins is a bold, imaginative writer, brilliant at challenging old assumptions and encouraging you to look at British architecture in a new light Rory StewartClear and admirably concise...a brilliant,...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...
Serija: SUNY series, Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
(Išleidimo metai: 02-Mar-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9781438499215)
Combines historical, literary, art historical, and archaeological perspectives to explore the idea of the Hindu temple in the British colonial imagination. Combines historical, literary, art historical, and archaeological perspec...Daugiau...
This open access book tells a new and untold history of the architecture of West Africa in the colonial era, as revealed for the first time through the archives of the United Africa Company (UAC). With unprecedented archival access, it reproduces a...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...
This book shows, for the first time, the indispensable role of the Burford Masons, a group of master masons from the historic quarries around Burford, Oxfordshire, in creating some of the foremost buildings of the 17th and early 18...Daugiau...
The untold and revelatory story of why our country looks like it does, from an acclaimed historianThe architecture of Britain is an art gallery in itself. From the streets to squares, through the cities, suburbs and villages, magnifice...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...
