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Reaktion Books Botanical Architecture
Book SynopsisA provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture.
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ISTE Ltd Urbanism and Town Planning: Understanding and
Book SynopsisSustainable urban planning and urban renewal are major challenges of the 21st century. In this context, Urbanism and Town Planning proposes a geohistorical approach to urban construction. The city and its neighborhoods are studied through their materials and general layout, which sometimes reveal a logic of economic profitability, prestige and social equity, and sometimes a more innovative approach from an environmental perspective. Across these elements, unbuilt spaces (distinctive streets and squares) and built spaces (commercial and residential areas, both individual and collective) form a three-dimensional grid of "voids" and "solids", characteristic of urban landscapes and lifestyles. Supported by numerous original examples, this book is a comprehensive summary of the most tangible elements of urban planning and development; elements that must be put into context in order to think concretely about the development of the cities of the future.Table of ContentsIntroduction ix Chapter 1 Elements of History 1 1.1 The city limits 3 1.1.1 The river and the hill 3 1.1.2 From enclosures to boulevards 8 1.2 The classical city 15 1.2.1 The Greek city 15 1.2.2 The Roman city 24 1.2.3 The medieval city 31 1.3 The modern city 38 1.3.1 The industrial city 38 1.3.2 The reactionary city 43 1.3.3 Urban sprawl and the "death of the city" 50 1.4 Conclusion 56 Chapter 2 Materials of the Urban Fabric 61 2.1 Traditional materials 63 2.1.1 Wood 63 2.1.2 Cob 67 2.1.3 Raw earth 70 2.1.4 Brick 73 2.1.5 Stone 77 2.2 Technical innovations 81 2.2.1 Iron and steel 81 2.2.2 Concrete 85 2.3 Urban fabric: elements of definition 90 2.4 Conclusion 96 Chapter 3 City Maps 99 3.1 Quadrangular plans 101 3.1.1 Linear and fishbone plans 102 3.1.2 Parallel street plans and checkerboard plans 105 3.1.3 Advantages and disadvantages 110 3.2 The radioconcentric plans 114 3.2.1 The star plan 115 3.2.2 The circular plan 119 3.2.3 The spider web plan 122 3.2.4 Advantages and disadvantages 128 3.3 Stratified plans 131 3.3.1 Open planning and slab planning 132 3.3.2 Underground urban planning 138 3.3.3 New urban planning and TOD 146 3.4 Conclusion 150 Chapter 4 Unbuilt Spaces: Squares and Streets 153 4.1 Streets 154 4.1.1 Elements of definition 155 4.1.2 The avenue and the boulevard 158 4.1.3 Promenades and piers 163 4.1.4 Closed streets: dead ends, rackets and combs teeth 166 4.1.5 Stairs 170 4.2 Urban squares 172 4.2.1 Elements of definition 173 4.2.2 Marketplaces 178 4.2.3 Demonstration squares 182 4.2.4 Traffic squares 186 4.2.5 Amenity spaces 192 4.3 Facilities 197 4.3.1 Layout 197 4.3.2 Aediculae 201 4.3.3 Street furniture 206 4.4 Conclusion 211 Chapter 5 Built-up Areas: Buildings and Neighborhoods 213 5.1 Elements of definition 214 5.1.1 Building and housing 215 5.1.2 Built form and alignment 222 5.1.3 Neighborhoods and mixed functions 227 5.2 Collective and multi-functional buildings 234 5.2.1 From the insula to the Haussmann building 235 5.2.2 Large-scale projects and skyscrapers 243 5.2.3 Participatory urban planning 250 5.3 Individual and single-function buildings 254 5.3.1 Evolution of commercial and industrial functions 255 5.3.2 From the domus to gated communities 263 5.3.3 The illusions of diversity 269 5.4 Conclusion 276 Conclusion 279 References 283 Index 287
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ISTE Ltd Urban Mobility Systems in the World
Book SynopsisUrban Mobility Systems in the World provides insight into the geographical organization of urban mobility systems around the world. These "systems" consist of infrastructure networks, existing transport services and people's travel practices. Adopting a comparative approach, the book highlights the geographical diversity of mobility systems, based on case studies from Africa, North and South America, Asia and Europe. This multi-disciplinary book is organized into twelve chapters, divided into four parts. The first part gives an overview of urban mobility, and then examines the factors that determine everyday mobility in cities, revealing different travel practices among populations (poor, elderly and children). Parts 2 and 3, respectively, focus on urban public transport (trains, metros, minibuses) and active modes of transport (walking, cycling), and the related infrastructure policies. The final section examines the circulation of urban mobility analysis tools and public policy models.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Diversity and Evolution of Urban Mobility Systems xiii Gaële LESTEVEN Part 1 Urban Mobility and Socio-Economic Characteristics 1 Chapter 1 Getting Around the City: Overview of Urban Mobility Around the World 3 Gaële LESTEVEN 1.1 Describing urban mobility systems 3 1.1.1 Definitions 3 1.1.2 Population growth and urban transition 5 1.1.3 Mobility and urban forms 6 1.1.4 Social trends 8 1.2 Observing urban mobility 9 1.2.1 Household equipment and personal mobility 9 1.2.2 A diversity of modal share 10 1.3 Modes of transport: areas of relevance, urban planning and local policies 13 1.3.1 The predominance of private cars 13 1.3.2 High urban density and public transport 15 1.3.3 Active transport in the heart of the city 17 1.4 Conclusion 18 1.5 References 19 Chapter 2 Unevenly Distributed Mobility, Spotlight on Brazil 23 Benjamin MOTTE-BAUMVOL 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Income and access to the automobile, main determinants of low mobility 24 2.2.1 Decreasing inequalities of motorization 24 2.2.2 Decoupling of motorization and automotive mobility 25 2.2.3 Automobile dependency as a source of inequalities 26 2.3 Low mobility as a source of exclusion 27 2.4 The effects of accessibility and low densities 28 2.5 Room for maneuver with respect to transport poverty 29 2.6 In Brazil, increased inequality and transport poverty? 32 2.6.1 Low mobility, a question of measurement? 32 2.6.2 With motorization, inequalities in mobility increase 33 2.6.3 Slow public transport 34 2.6.4 Geographical confinement 35 2.6.5 Highly mobile poor neighborhoods 36 2.7 Conclusion 37 2.8 References 37 Chapter 3 Going Out Without Getting By? Mobility and Poverty in Dakar 45 Lourdes DIAZ OLVERA, Didier PLAT and Pascal POCHET 3.1 Field and tools 46 3.2 Who are the poor? 48 3.3 A specific mobility in situations of poverty 50 3.3.1 Essential mobility 50 3.3.2 Costly mobility 51 3.3.3 Local mobility 53 3.4 Going to study: degraded conditions of access to institutions 55 3.5 Shopping for food: a little further, a little less easy 57 3.6 Living in the outskirts, working in the neighborhood instead of downtown Dakar 59 3.7 Restricted access to the city 62 3.8 Conclusion 63 3.9 References 64 Chapter 4 Children’s Mobility: Comparative Perspectives Between France and Quebec 67 Sylvanie GODILLON 4.1 Introduction 67 4.2 Children as mainly passengers in individual motorized modes 68 4.2.1 School as structuring family organization 68 4.2.2 The predominance of motorized modes for getting to school 69 4.2.3 Walking and cycling, modes used less and less 71 4.3 Important health, safety and environmental issues 71 4.3.1 Physical inactivity impacts children’s health 71 4.3.2 Parental fears of accidents and assaults 72 4.3.3 A difficult but necessary change faced with climate issues 74 4.4 Actions to encourage modal change for daily mobility 74 4.4.1 Organizing accompaniment of children on foot 75 4.4.2 Pedestrianizing the streets around schools 76 4.4.3 Developing children’s cycling skills 77 4.5 Conclusion 78 4.6 References 78 Part 2 Urban Public Transport 83 Chapter 5 Mobility, Public Transportation and Super-Aging in Japan 85 Sophie BUHNIK 5.1 Introduction: Japan or the efficiency of urban transport faced with super-aging 85 5.2 Geographies of super-aging in Japan and their influence on public transport networks and daily mobilities 88 5.2.1 The deepening depopulation of Japan’s peripheries 88 5.2.2 An aging of suburban fringes reinforced by changes in residential preferences 90 5.3 The influence of passengers’ sociodemographic characteristics and location on transportation reconfigurations 93 5.3.1 Changes in rail traffic: key figures and explanations 93 5.3.2 Unpacking the factors behind the rise in motorization rates in aging and shrinking Japan 96 5.4 Seniors’ exposure to urban decline and the changing role of station neighborhoods in aging agglomerations 97 5.4.1 Attachment to station neighborhoods tested by the decline in rail traffic and commercial devitalization 97 5.4.2 Between automobile dependence and new places of sociability for senior suburban households 99 5.4.3 Questioning the present and future strategies of railway companies 101 5.5 Maintaining accessibility in aging cities and regions: transport policies at the crossroads of care and local autonomy 103 5.5.1 Integration of public and private actors in compact city policies 104 5.5.2 Institutionalization of volunteering to curb the shrinkage of transport 107 5.6 Conclusion 108 5.7 References 109 Chapter 6 From Calcutta to Delhi and Hyderabad: Genealogy of Indian Metros 113 Bérénice BON 6.1 Introduction 113 6.2 The first metro in Calcutta: jewel for rail engineers, burden for urban policies 114 6.2.1 The birth of the Calcutta metro: emerging urban transport policies across India 115 6.2.2 The Calcutta metro, jewel of railway engineers 118 6.3 Construction of a political and technical model around the Delhi metro 119 6.3.1 Delhi, capital of India and center of experimentation for major urban projects 120 6.3.2 National sectoral reforms, a favorable context for metros at local level 122 6.3.3 Building a metro but also a political and technical model 123 6.4 Private firms and regional states: counterweights to the Delhi metro model 126 6.4.1 The controversial arrangements of the Hyderabad metro 127 6.4.2 Mumbai’s hybrid model 129 6.5 Conclusion 131 6.6 References 132 Chapter 7 Non-Centralized Urban Transport: An Illustration Based on the Case of Jakarta 135 Rémi DESMOULIÈRE 7.1 Introduction 135 7.2 Words and things: terminological issues 137 7.2.1 Paratransit, a functional approach 137 7.2.2 Informal transport and artisanal transport: from the socioeconomic to the political 140 7.2.3 Centralization, decentralization and non-centralization 142 7.3 Operating and controlling non-centralized transport 143 7.3.1 Fragmented structures of operation 143 7.3.2 The ambivalent role of public authorities 145 7.3.3 Intermediary organizations: popular companies or cartels? 147 7.4 What place for non-centralized transport in contemporary metropolises? 149 7.4.1 “Gearboxes for metropolization?” Questions of flexibility and adaptability 149 7.4.2 Integration of non-centralized transport: experiences and sticking points 152 7.5 Conclusion 153 7.6 References 154 Part 3 Active Modes of Transport and Infrastructure Policies 157 Chapter 8 The Infrastructure of Walking: The Case of Mexico City Sidewalks 159 Ruth PÉREZ LÓPEZ, Jérôme MONNET and Guénola CAPRON 8.1 Introduction: sidewalks, a special element of urban pedestrian infrastructure 159 8.2 In Mexico City, the place of walking in the mobility system reflects social inequalities 161 8.3 The social and material production of sidewalks: methodology 165 8.4 The diversity of sidewalk functions 166 8.5 Competition and conflict between sidewalk uses 169 8.6 From uses to actors’ games: the production of a negotiated order 172 8.7 Conclusion: Towards inclusive and adaptive sidewalk layouts? 176 8.8 References 177 Chapter 9 Cycling Policies in Europe: The Case of Greater Lyon and Hamburg 181 Manon ESKENAZI 9.1 Introduction 181 9.2 Cycling infrastructure at the heart of cycling policies 183 9.3 Hamburg: cycling planning to support the development of practices 184 9.3.1 Integrating cycling into the urban strategy of the sustainable city: the carrot-without-the-stick approach 185 9.3.2 Cycling infrastructure at the heart of cycling strategy 187 9.3.3 Cycling services to build intermodality 189 9.4 Greater Lyon: relaunching practice through policies, a missed bet? 191 9.4.1 A cycling policy of plans 191 9.4.2 Infrastructure and services as the pillars of public cycling action 194 9.5 Conclusion 197 9.6 References 199 Part 4 Circulation of Urban Mobility Analysis Tools and Public Policy Models 203 Chapter 10 Categorical Pitfalls for Analyzing Urban Mobility 205 Hadrien COMMENGES and Florent LE NÉCHET 10.1 Introduction 205 10.2 Which type of data for analyzing urban mobility? 207 10.2.1 Typology of mobility data 207 10.2.2 From local surveys to attempts at international harmonization 211 10.3 Which objects describe mobility? 213 10.3.1 The trip 213 10.3.2 The mode of transport 215 10.3.3 The city 218 10.4 Categorical pitfalls: balancing diversity and comparability 223 10.4.1 The category of transport: modes and purposes for travel 224 10.4.2 Temporal categories: the typical working day 227 10.4.3 The spatial category: local urban systems 228 10.4.4 Categories reconstructed for harmonization: ad hoc mechanisms 231 10.5 Discussion 233 10.6 References 234 Chapter 11 Geographical Inequalities in the Analysis of Urban Mobility 243 Florent LE NÉCHET 11.1 Introduction 243 11.2 Analysis of the implementation of CEREMA-type surveys in France 245 11.3 Size effects and context effects explaining why an HTS is carried out 248 11.4 Bibliometric analysis of research on urban mobility 251 11.5 Global heterogeneity of urban mobility analysis 253 11.6 Thematic specializations revealing issues for local action on mobility 257 11.7 Discussion 259 11.8 References 260 Chapter 12 Circulation of Models in Africa: The Example of Bus Rapid Transit in Cape Town 265 Solène BAFFI 12.1 Introduction 265 12.2 The diffusion of BRT in Africa 266 12.2.1 Diffusion of an efficient transport model as a planning and urban planning tool 266 12.2.2 Stakeholders supporting this model 268 12.2.3 Limits of the circulation of the model in Africa 270 12.3 South Africa, laboratory for urban mobility projects 272 12.3.1 A long-awaited reform 272 12.3.2 BRT: symbol of post-apartheid South Africa 275 12.3.3 The Capetonian version of the BRT project: MyCiti 276 12.4 Between strong appropriation and poor adaptation, MyCiti’s mixed record 279 12.4.1 An international model reappropriated to assert local power 279 12.4.2 A project ill-suited to South African specificities 280 12.4.3 Feedback effects at different levels 282 12.5 Conclusion 284 12.6 References 285 List of Authors 291 Index 293
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Straightforward Publishing Designing and Building Your Own Home Revised
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Arc Humanities Press Ritual Spectacle and Theatre in Late Medieval
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The History Press Ltd London's Secret Square Mile
Book SynopsisThe streetscape of London’s historic square mile has been evolving for centuries, but the City’s busy commercial heart still boasts an extensive network of narrow passages and alleyways, secret squares and half-hidden courtyards.Using his wealth of local knowledge, historian David Long guides you through these ancient rights of passage – many dating back to medieval times or earlier – their evocative names recalling old taverns, notable individuals and City traditions. Hidden behind the glass, steel and stone of London’s banks and big business, these survivors of modern development bear witness to nearly 2,000 years of British history.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The British Country House Revival
Book SynopsisExplore the contributions of British country houses to the nation's cultural life since their early 1970s renaissance
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Amber Books Ltd Abandoned Islands
Book SynopsisExploring some of the world’s eeriest places, Abandoned Islands features American civil war forts, Europe’s last leper colony and South Atlantic whaling stations, along with once grand mansions and colonial settlements and churches, and much more. Arranged geographically, the book takes us from New York’s East River to islands off Alaska, from a French Napoleonic-era fort off the coast of Normandy to deserted villages on remote Scottish isles, from Venetian sanatoria to Croatian penal colonies, Japanese mining colonies to Sudanese deserted ports and abandoned atolls in the Indian Ocean. Leafing through these pages, the reasons for abandonment are revealed: climate change sealing off fresh water or river channels, shifting economic forces making life too hard, religious conflict, or wars disrupting daily life – or the absence of war rendering a military settlement unnecessary. With more than 180 outstanding colour photographs and fascinating captions, Abandoned Islands is a brilliant pictorial exploration of lost worlds.Table of ContentsContents Introduction AMERICAS: Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada Attu Island, Alaska, United States Guard Island, Alaska, United States D’Arcy Island, British Columbia, Canada Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada McNabs Island, Nova Scotia, Canada L’Îsle-aux-Marins, St Pierre and Miquelon Caribou Island, Ontario, Canada Turtle Island, Michigan and Ohio, United States Año Nuevo Island, California, United States Alcatraz Island, California, United States Pollepel Island, New York, United States North Brother Island, New York, United States Hart Island, New York, United States Ellis Island, New York, United States Fort Carroll, Maryland, United States Holland Island, Maryland, United States Cumberland Island, Georgia, United States Fort Jefferson, Florida, United States La Isla de las Muñecas, Mexico Devil’s Island, French Guiana Klein Curaçao, Curaçao Gorgona Island, Colombia Ilha da Queimada Grande, Brazil Lobos de Tierra, Peru Keppel Island, Falkland Islands EUROPE: Dragonera, Balearic Islands, Spain Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway Helgøya, Norway Elliðaey, Iceland Gruinard, Scotland Cara, Scotland Castle Stalker, Scotland Loch an Eilein, Scotland Mingulay, Scotland Shillay, Scotland Scarba, Scotland Hirta, St Kilda, Scotland Devenish, Northern Ireland Great Blasket, Ireland Innisfallen, Ireland Inishmurray, Ireland Skellig Michael, Ireland St Catherine’s, Wales Stack Rock Fort, Wales Thorne Island Fort, Wales Samson, Isles of Scilly, England No Man’s Land Fort, England Cézembre, France Gavrinis, France Île du Large, Îsles St-Marcouf, France Dragonera, Balearic Islands, Spain Gaiola, Italy Isola dei Cappuccini, Sardinia, Italy Isola delle Correnti, Sicily, Italy Torre Scola, Italy Madonna del Monte, Italy Poveglia, Italy Comino, Malta Daksa, Croatia Sveti Grgur, Croatia Sveti Andrija, Croatia Baljenac, Croatia Goli Otok, Croatia Mamula, Montenegro Delos, Greece Spinalonga, Crete, Greece Aniva Lighthouse, Sakhalin, Russia Kolyuchin, Russia Bolshoy Zayatsky, Russia Bolshoy Tyuters, Russia Fort Alexander, Russia MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Gemiler, Turkey Islet on Lake Bafa, Turkey Sedir, Turkey Bunce, Sierra Leone Tigres, Angola St Croix, South Africa Central, Kenya Suakin, Sudan Tiran, Saudi Arabia Chagos Archipelago Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar ASIA & THE PACIFIC: Boyuk Zira, Azerbaijan Middle Ground Coastal Battery, India Ross Island, Andaman Islands, India Houtouwan, Shengshan, China Gajajima, Japan Hashima, Japan Okunoshima, Japan Sarah, Tasmania, Australia Maria, Tasmania, Australia Whitsunday, Australia Nan Madol, Federated States of Micronesia Antipodes Islands, New Zealand Adams Island, New Zealand Enderby, New Zealand Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands Clipperton, France Howland, United States Tetepare, Solomon Islands Deception Island, Antarctica
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Urville
Book SynopsisUrville, the capital of a large island province, has a population of nearly 12 million, making it the one of the most significant cities in Europe. It is also entirely imaginary.Gilles Tréhin, an autistic man with exceptional creative talents and an obsession with large cities, conceived and developed Urville over the course of 20 years. He shares his vision in this beautifully illustrated guide to the city, which he renders convincingly real in nearly 300 drawings of different districts of Urville. He describes, in remarkable detail, the architectural styles of its individual buildings and provides historical, geographical, economic and cultural information. This includes historical figures and cultural anecdotes grounded in historical reality - Tréhin accounts for the effects of the Vichy regime, the Second World War and globalisation on his imagined city.This book offers fascinating evidence of and insight into the creative power of the autistic mind and will be of interest to people with autism and without.Trade ReviewA collection of almost 200 pencil drawings of an imaginary city. Of interest to anyone with a taste for fantasy, and an insight into the incredible imaginative creativity of some autistic minds. -- Current Awareness ServiceIt is with great pleasure that one can see `Urville' on the bookshops shelves. Gilles Trehin, a young man with autism is a drawing artist. His sketches represent primarily perspectives of buildings belonging to an imaginary urban development which his author called 'Urville' and which he started in 1984. This city has avenues, streets, public service buildings, churches, schools etc. All drawn very carefully, the small details are deliciously drawn. -- Link, Autism - EuropeThis book offers an insight into the creative power of the autistic mind which will appeal to autistic and non autistic people alike. -- Autism UsUrville is an impressive work not because Trehin has been called autistic but because it is a testament to the creativity and talent he possesses. The artistry and finesse evident in the pages of Urville gives us an accomplished vision of one man's ideal city. For the drawings of this city alone, it is worth spending some hours in Urville. Taking the city in its intended context fires the imagination and gives the interested reader an imaginary tour unlike any other. -- The Irish PsychologistTable of ContentsForeword by Uta Frith. Preface. Map of Urville. Introduction. A brief history of Urville. 1. The old town and Carsouce Harbour - the historical quarter of Urville. 2. The growth of Urville. 3. The left bank of Écrantes. 4. Beaux-Sites, Tression and Valmures. 5. Bellevalois, Mascotte and Barongeais. 6. Sermaille, Catalogne, tainon, Montgelat and Fensouque. 7. Jonquilles, Académie, République et Fontinelles. 8. Liberté, Mirecailles, Quatre-Saison and Pré Saint-Julien. 9. Tégartines, Moineaux, Rossignol. 10. Trières, Martin-Pecheur, la Bourache and Mount Saint-Martin. 11. The East. 12. The northern industrial district. 13. The North-East. 14. Futurville 2000 and the airports.
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Liverpool University Press The Sociology of Architecture: Constructing
Book SynopsisStates have long been active in commissioning architecture, which affords one way to embed political projects within socially meaningful cultural forms. Such state-led architecture is often designed not only to house the activities of government, but also to reflect political-economic shifts and to chime with a variety of ‘internal’ and ‘external’ publics as part of wider discourses of belonging. From the vantage point of sociology, this context necessitates critical engagement with the role of leading architects’ designs and discourses relative to politicized identity projects. Focusing on the mobilization of architecture in periods of social change, The Sociology of Architecture uses critical sociological frameworks to assess the distinctive force added to political projects by architects and their work. Through engagement with a range of illustrative examples from contested contemporary and historical architectural projects, Paul Jones analyses some of the ways in which architects have sought to position their architecture relative to state projects and wider publics. A central objective of the book is to situate major architectural projects as a research agenda for sociologists and others interested in the relationship between power, culture, and collective identities. Adopting a critical approach to such questions, The Sociology of Architecture frames architecture as a field of contestation over symbolic and material resources, which in turn provides an entry point for questioning the inextricably political ways in which collective identities are constructed, maintained and mobilized.Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Architecture, Power and Identities: Surveying the Field 2. The Public Discourse of Architecture: Sociolizing Identities 3. Architecture and the Nation: Building an 'Us' 4. Modernity and Mega-Events: Archhtecturing a Future 5. Architecture and Commemoration: The Construction of Memorialization 6. Iconic Architecture and Regeneration: The Forum is the Function 7. 'European' Architecture: Politics in Search of Form and Meaning 8. Conclusion: Sociology, Architecture and the Politics of Building Bibliography Index
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Historic England Berwick-upon-Tweed: Three places, two nations,
Book SynopsisNikolaus Pevsner described Berwick-upon-Tweed as ‘one of the most exciting towns in England’ [Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957), 88] – a place where an absorbing historical tale can still be read in the dense fabric of its old streets and buildings. It attracts not only day-trippers and holidaymakers but also new residents who have learnt to appreciate the spirit of the place. But outsiders all too easily confine their attention to the space within the impressive Elizabethan ramparts, while local people are sometimes unaware or dismissive of the wider significance of the very things that they know so intimately. Berwick deserves to be known better, and to be celebrated not just as a vivid reminder of what many other towns were once like, but more especially as something unique and distinctive, shaped by a peculiar combination of historical and geographical circumstances. This distinctiveness is acutely apparent as one passes between Berwick and the contrasting, but historically intertwined, settlements of Tweedmouth and Spittal. This book presents something of the wealth of historic interest encapsulated in Berwick, Tweedmouth and Spittal, and explains how these places came to assume such varied and distinctive forms. Above all, it urges that a town anxious for stability and prosperity in the future must know where it has come from as well as where it is going.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword 1. Introduction: a border town on the borders of change 2. A town takes shape The landscape beneath The Liberty of Berwick Fruits of the earth Communications The buildings of the early town 3. Political, social and spiritual order Defence of the realm Competing faiths Berwick corporation and local government 4. Commercial growth: Berwick looks abroad The salmon fishery The herring fishery The Greenland whale fishery The grain trade The rebuilding of Berwick 5. Industry and housing: the 19th and 20th centuries The rise of industry Housing the poor 6. Leisurely pursuits The growth of the resort 7. Safeguarding Berwick's past for the future Notes References and further reading
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Historic England Blackpool's Seaside Heritage
Book SynopsisBlackpool is Britain’s favourite seaside resort. Each year millions of visitors come to walk on its three piers, ride donkeys, enjoy shows at the Winter Gardens, scream on the thrilling rides at the Pleasure Beach and ride the lift to the top of the Tower. Generations of holidaymakers have stayed in its hotels, lodging houses and bed and breakfasts and all have succumbed to its delectable fish and chips. Two centuries of tourism has left behind a rich heritage, but Blackpool has also inherited a legacy of social and economic problems, as well as the need for comprehensive new sea defences to protect the heart of the town. In recent years this has led to the transformation of its seafront and to regeneration programmes to try to improve the town, for its visitors and residents. This book celebrates Blackpool’s rich heritage and examines how its colourful past is playing a key part in guaranteeing that it has a bright future. Trade ReviewBlackpool's Seaside Heritage is eye-catchingly presented with high quality photographs (historic and contemporary), maps, illustrations, and a gazetteer of sites which make the book accessible and engaging. -- Anna Woodham * The Historic Environment, Vol 5, No 3, November 2014 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by the Chair of English Heritage Introduction Early Blackpool 1750-1840 The arrival of the railway 1840-1870 Blackpool after 1918 Blackpool in the early 21st century Notes References and selected further reading Other titles in the Informed Conservation series Gazetteer
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Historic England Egypt in England
Book SynopsisFor more than 200 years, and especially since the rediscovery of ancient Egypt by Europe in the 19th century, the exotic Egyptian style in architecture has been a sign of our fascination with a civilisation that has had a long-lasting and deep-seated influence on British culture. From its fashionable success in the Regency period to its varied uses in the 20th century, Egyptian-style architecture has much to say about what ancient Egypt represents to us. Egypt in England is the first detailed guide to the use of the Egyptian style in architecture and interiors in England, and to those that survive, most of which can be seen or visited by the public. Fully illustrated, it combines a series of topic essays giving the architectural and Egyptological background to the use of the style with a guide allowing sites to be located, and explaining what can still be seen. A variety of buildings and monuments – from cinema, supermarket, synagogue and factory, to folly, mill, Masonic temple and mausoleum – are highlighted in the book. For those who don't know their architrave from their entablature, or their Anubis from their Uraeus, there are also glossaries of architectural terms and ancient Egyptian deities. This engaging book is an accessible and practical guide for a general audience, but has enough depth to be useful to scholars in a range of subject areas. Trade Review'This user-friendly publication should please both curious newcomers who want to explore the quirkier aspects of their local history, and those more familiar with Egyptology who want a handy reference book to dip into.'Current Archaeology'an intriguing trot, gloriously illustrated, through two centuries of eccentric revivalist architecture.'The Times'This is a most interestingly comprehensive yet individualistic compendium-cum-guidebook on a prerennially fascinating subject.'Edward Chaney, The Victorian'This book meets well the needs of the non-specialist cultural tourist who wishes to learn something of the background to Egyptianising buildings while an enthusiast for the legacy of ancient Egypt would need to be a great specialist indeed not to find some fresh visits to pay, or fresh issues to consider.'John Tait, Egyptian Archaeology... it is a very good read and the colour photography is outstanding.Ancient Monuments Society NewsletterIn short, this ia an interesting and reliable volume which should prove a useful reference book for architectural or landscape historians but which also offers much of interest to other readers.Kate Spence, Landscape HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction Section one: Understanding Egypt in England 1. Architecture: Imhotep in England 2. Cemeteries: Catacombs and cornices 3. Cinemas: The splendour of Luxor 4. Egyptiana: Silver gilt services to sewing machines 5. Egyptology: From antiquary to Egyptologist 6. Freemasonry: Wisdom from the east and the Pharaoh’s apron 7. Hieroglyphs: Writings of priests, words of the gods Section two: Finding Egypt in England 8. London 9. South East 10. South West 11. East of England 12. East Midlands 13. West Midlands 14. Yorkshire and The Humber 15. North West Architectural Glossary Glossary of Egyptian gods and goddesses
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Historic England Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: An
Book SynopsisBritain’s tiny Jewish community (about 263,000 people) is the oldest non-Christian minority in the country. In 1656 Jews returned to England after an absence of nearly 400 years and the Jewish community has enjoyed a history of continuous settlement in England since 1656, a record unmatched anywhere else in Europe. Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland celebrates in full colour the undiscovered heritage of Anglo-Jewry. First published in 2006, it remains the only comprehensive guide to historic synagogues and sites in the British Isles, based on an authoritative survey carried out with the support of English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The guide is simple to use, covering more than 300 sites, organised on a region-by-region basis. Each section highlights major Jewish landmarks, ranging from Britain’s oldest synagogue, Bevis Marks Synagogue in the City of London, through the Georgian gems of the West Country to the splendid High Victorian “cathedral synagogues” of Birmingham, Brighton, Liverpool and Glasgow. Relics of Anglo-Jewry’s medieval past are explored in York, Lincoln and Norwich, and venerable burial grounds with Hebrew inscriptions are found in the unlikeliest of places. Curious oddities are not to be missed, including a 19th-century private penthouse synagogue in Brighton and an Egyptian-style Mikveh [ritual bath] in Canterbury. The new edition has been completely revised and features many new images including, for the first time, of sites in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The easy-to-follow heritage trails around former Jewish quarters in the major cities have been updated and full postcodes are now given for SatNav users. Trade Review... it packs in a surprising amount of material for its size. -- Julian Treuherz * Context 143, March 2016 *This updated and amended guidebook is essential reading for anyone wishing to visit Jewish sites in Britain and Ireland and is interested in the history and topography of the Jewish community. ... This updated guide creates a unique and important source of information on the heritage of the Jewish community. ... this revised guide should be on the book shelves of every Jewish home and all students of Jewish history in Britain and Ireland. -- Ken Marks * Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, Volume 60, March 16 *This new volume has extended, deepened and widened the original through new research and investigation, and what we have now is a comprehensive, extensively illustrated geographical survey by the UK's expert in the field. ... Densely packed yet portable, this volume certainly deserves a place among all your other architectural guides, on the shelf or in the car. -- Judith Leigh * SPAB, Suumer 2016 *Table of ContentsForeword to the Second Edition Donors’ Page for the First Edition Acknowledgements for the First Edition Introduction Notes for Visitors Maps LONDON The City and the East End East and North London Essex West London North-West London South London SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND Kent The Medway Surrey Hertfordshire THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND Sussex Dorset Hampshire The Channel Islands THE WEST COUNTRY Devon Cornwall Bristol and Somerset Gloucestershire LINCOLN AND EAST ANGLIA Lincoln `Jews’ Houses in East Anglia Post-Resettlement Jewish Sites in East Anglia THE MIDLANDS Birmingham and the West Midlands The East Midlands NORTH-WEST ENGLAND Liverpool Manchester The Rest of the North-West The Isle of Man YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE Bradford, Leeds and West Yorkshire South Yorkshire York Humberside NORTH-EAST ENGLAND Tyneside County Durham Teeside WALES South Wales The Welsh Valleys SCOTLAND Glasgow and Clydeside Edinburgh Dundee and Aberdeen The Highlands and Islands IRELAND Northern Ireland The Irish Republic Glossary Notes Index
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Historic England Coventry: The making of a modern city 1939-73
Book SynopsisThe Coventry Blitz of 14 November 1940 was a key event of the Second World War and in the growth of public consciousness of the destructive power of warfare. The medieval city, already undergoing rapid change, was largely destroyed on that night. The destruction was seen as an opportunity by some including the then City Architect, Donald Gibson. The result was the first of the master plans for post-war redevelopment of Britain’s bombed city centres. The redevelopment of Coventry city centre to plans by Gibson and his successors provided an intensely urban and civilised centre, embodying new planning principles. Post-war Coventry was hugely influential and Gibson’s ideas helped to shape the rebuilding of other city centres, the post-war new towns and developments in Europe. Despite incremental change in the subsequent decades the planning and architecture of Gibson’s city centre are still clearly legible. The modern demands of a growing city on its centre are now very different from those of the post-war years. Coventry needs to grow and plan for its future and change will inevitably affect the city centre. This book aims to inform the public and decision makers of the significance of Coventry, and especially its centre, so that change can be managed in ways that will continue the life, use and enjoyment of the best of Coventry’s remarkable post-war heritage. Trade Review'The Goulds’ sensitive analysis of the city within this exemplary book aims to inform the public and decision makers of Coventry’s significance, so that the best of its remarkable post-war heritage can survive.' Context, the Journal of the Institute of Historic Building ConservationTable of Contents1. The City in the 1930s 2. Gibson and the first plans for the City 1939–41 3. Final plans and building the Upper Precinct 1941–55 4. Ling and the city centre 1955–64 5. Gregory and the completion of the Plan 1964–73 6. The suburbs 7. The status and influence of Coventry 8. Coventry after 1973
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Historic Environment Scotland St Peter's, Cardross: Birth, Death and Renewal
Book SynopsisThe ruin of St Peter's College has sat on a wooded hilltop above the village of Cardross for more than three decades. Over that time, with altars crumbling, graffiti snaking across its walls and nature reclaiming its concrete, it has gained a mythical, cult-like status among architects, preservationists and artists. St Peter’s only fulfilled its original role as a seminary for 14 years, from 1966 to 1979. As its uncompromising design gave way to prolonged construction and problematic upkeep, the Catholic Church reassessed the role of seminaries, resolving to embed trainee priests not in seclusion, but in communities. Although briefly repurposed as a drug rehabilitation centre, the building was soon abandoned to decay and vandalism. Ever since, people have argued and puzzled over the future and importance of St Peter’s. It has been called both Scotland’s best and worst twentieth century building. In 1992, it was listed category A. One of its architects suggested the idea of ‘everything being stripped away except the concrete itself – a purely romantic conception of the building as beautiful ruin’. And now in 2016, St Peter’s is renewed as a cultural space through the work of the arts organisation NVA. In this landmark book, Diane Watters looks at the history of a structure that emerged out of an innovative phase of post-war Catholic church building. She traces the story of an architectural failure which morphed into a tragic modernist myth: unappreciated architects betrayed by an unloving client, and abandoned by an uncaring society. This is a historian’s account of the real story of St Peter’s College: an exploration of how one of Scotland’s most singular buildings became one its most troubled – and most celebrated.Trade Review'Vast and visually stunning ... the brilliance of this work is in treating the building almost as a sentient being' * The Skinny *'The book itself is beautiful, well written and researched and packed with gorgeous photographs and drawings ... a fascinating and detailed history' * RIAS Quarterly *'... little short of a masterpiece' * Undiscovered Scotland *
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Batsford Ltd England's Post-War Listed Buildings
Book SynopsisEngland's Post-War Listed Buildings is a comprehensive and stylish guide to over 500 of the country's most striking and historically relevant architectural gems, from private houses to schools, churches, military buildings, monuments and parks. Listed buildings include traditional works by Raymond Erith and Donald McMorran and many of the 'pop icons' of the 1960s (including Centre Point). Also featured are internationally outstanding modern works like Stirling and Gowan's Leicester Engineering Building and Foster Associates' offices for Willis Faber Dumas in Ipswich. This fully updated and expanded edition contains numerous new entries arranged in an accessible, regional structure, as well as features on telephone boxes, landscapes, memorials and sculptures. Each entry is illustrated with photographs and includes information on architect, date of construction and listing grade date, as well as a detailed description of the site and what makes it unique.
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Batsford Ltd London Buildings Colouring Book
Book SynopsisThis exquisite colouring book, a design object in its own right, contains 45 stylish line illustrations of London's most iconic buildings, created by influential design duo Robin Farquhar and Hannah Dipper of People Will Always Need Plates. These outstanding graphic illustrations, with their clean lines, are just waiting for a touch of colour to bring them to life and make your own. Whether you've got a spare 10 minutes on your commute to work or a few lazy hours on a Sunday, you can paint the town red, yellow, blue, or any other colours you want! This fabulous collection covers a range of architectural styles, from Sir Christopher Wren's 1675 Greenwich Royal Observatory to Richard Rogers' 2000 Montevetro development, taking in the glorious 19th-century Victoria and Albert Museum, 1920s modernist masterpieces such as the Isokon Building and 1960s concrete brutalist icons like the National Theatre. Buildings of all types are included, from art galleries to gas holders to tower blocks. The authors have included some of the images for which they are best known, such as those of the Trellick Tower and the Barbican, but the book also contains a selection of new images. Each is accompanied by succinct text that sums up why the authors love the buildings they depict. Includes a foreword by design expert Max Fraser.Table of ContentsConcrete Trellick Tower Keeling House Shepton Court Barbican Great Arthur House Alton Estate Brunswick Centre Cultural Royal Festival Hall Hayward Gallery Royal Observatory Sir John Soane's Museum V&A Barbican Centre Royal Opera House Dulwich Picture Gallery Industrial No 8 Gasometer - Kings Cross Thames Barrage Hoover Building Lots Road Power Station Looking up in London BT Tower Senate House Centrepoint Lloyds Building Canary Wharf Battersea Power Station Channel 4/BBC Modernist Kensal House Isokon Frognal Highpoint 1 Sun House Hornsey Town Hall Old Skool Cumberland Place Kensal Green Spitalfields/Princelet Street Old Curiosity Shop Travel Park Royal tube Rayners Lane tube Waterloo Sunset Vauxhall Bus Depot Stockwell Bus Garage Kings Cross/St Pancras Waterside Grand Union Walk Montevetro Thistle Hotel Butlers Wharf
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Batsford Ltd Industrial Britain: An Architectural History
Book SynopsisA fascinating insight into Britain’s industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings. Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to give an engaging insight into Britain’s industrial heritage. It looks at the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, including the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods – docks, canals, railways and warehouses. The gasworks Temples of mass production The mill Warehouse and manufactory Dock and harbour buildings Water power and water storage Waterways: canals and rivers The railway age Breweries and oast houses Markets and exchanges The twentieth century: industry on greenfield sites It’s a story of industrial development, but also a story of its ultimate decline. As manufacturing has been increasingly replaced by services, new uses have been found for at least some of the country’s great industrial buildings. Not least as containers for art and heritage, such as the Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern) and Salts Mill. Other buildings featured are still used as originally intended today, such as Smithfield Market in London and the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham. Illustrated throughout with over 200 original line drawings, Industrial Britain is a celebration of industrial architecture and its enduring legacy.Trade Review‘Not only a record of the buildings that tell the story of a rapidly industrialising nation but a testament to their importance in the history of British architecture. … A timely reminder of both our continued reliance on heavy industry and the threatened heritage of Britain’s industrial landscapes’ -- InigoTable of ContentsIntroduction Britain’s industrial heritage Fire, forge and furnace The watermill and windmill The power station The gasworks Temples of mass production: the mill Warehouse and manufactory Dock and harbour buildings Water power and water storage Waterways: canals and rivers The railway age Breweries and oast houses Markets and exchanges The twentieth century: industry on greenfield sites Postscript Bibliography Index
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Batsford South Bank Architecture Design
Book Synopsis Architecture and design specialist Dominic Bradbury draws back the curtain on the iconic South Bank, providing an unrivalled insight into the buildings that populate one of London's epicentres of art and entertainment. Encompassing an art gallery, theatres, festival halls and a cinema, the South Bank is a cultural hub in the heart of London.South Bank: Architecture & Designis a beautifully crafted celebration of its sublime, community-focused architecture. The book opens with an origin story, unravelling the evolution of this riverside enclave since the 1951 Festival of Britain catapulted it onto the scene and exploring the renowned architects and designers that have shaped this space throughout the mid-century and beyond. Much of the book is devoted to the buildings themselves, all of which are accompanied by Bradbury's authoritative text and richly illustrated with photography by Rachael Smith. The buildings include: Royal Festival Hall Hayward Gallery Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Purcell Room National Film Theatre/BFI National Theatre This sumptuous book is an invaluable purchase for anyone intrigued by our built heritage and cultural spaces.
£32.00
Batsford 100 20thCentury Buildings
Book Synopsis A stylish celebration of some of the greatest buildings in Britain, from the 20th century and beyond, by the country's leading organisation for the protection of 20th century architecture. This fascinating book showcases 100 standout buildings from 1914 onwards, representing the broad variety of 20th century British architecture.The structures celebrated in this book include the Royal Festival Hall, the Hepworth Gallery, Preston Bus Station, Battersea Power Station, the Barbican Estate, the Aquatics Centre and many more. The glorious photography in 100 20th Century Buildings is accompanied by insightful text from a range of expert architectural writers and enthusiasts including Alan Powers, Owen Hatherley and Rowan Moore, along with several longer essays on different aspects of the 20th-century built environment: the late Gavin Stamp on the inter-war decades, the much missed Elain Harwood on post-war architecture and Timothy Brittain-Catlin on postmode
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Quercus Publishing Architecture: An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis book offers a thorough introduction to the entire field of architecture, outlining the steps that are normally taken in becoming a qualified architect, from initial education right through to professional practice, as well as how to apply this architectural training in other fields. Complete with feature spreads on individual projects, Architecture: An Introduction's broad, up-to-date approach unites history, theory and practice. Subjects covered include how to develop a brief with a client; taking an idea from brief to project; types of visual presentation including drawings, models and computer renderings; project planning and management; the diverse roles within a company; and the future of architectural practice. This book is a must for anyone considering taking an architecture course or just beginning one.
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RIBA Enterprises McMorran & Whitby
Book SynopsisMcMorran & Whitby are a secret presence in post-war British architecture. Led from the late 1950s by Donald McMorran and George Whitby, the practice represented an unbroken development from the monumental inter-war classicism represented by figures such as Charles Holden and Sir Edwin Lutyens. In seeking an alternative path for modern architecture, McMorran & Whitby produced durable buildings with a respect for context, but avoided any accusation of unimaginatively reproducing the past. Theirs was a progressive classicism full of invention and beauty. Being out of fashion, they suffered neglect but their work has increasingly won admirers and many of the buildings are now listed. This book is the first major publication on McMorran & Whitby’s work, with an inspiring combination of contemporary photography and previously unpublished archival material. It is an essential read for architects, students, and historians, not least because it uncovers and celebrates buildings outside the mainstream that we need to understand and cherish. This book has been commissioned as part of a series of books on 20th Century Architects by RIBA Publishing, English Heritage and The Twentieth Century Society.Trade Review'a very readable, well written and instructive book . . . Attractively designed publication with a large number of illustrations.'Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Who Were McMorran & Whitby? 2. The Genesis of the Practice 3. Formative Years 4. Farquharson & McMorran and Post-war Britain 5. Passing the Flame 6. The Swinging Sixties 7. McMorran & Whitby’s Legacy List of Works Obituary: Donald McMorran Obituary: George Whitby Assistants at 14 North Audley Street McMorran & Whitby: Titles and positions held `A Friendship’ Bibliography Index Picture Credits
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RIBA Enterprises Leonard Manasseh & Partners
Book SynopsisLeonard Manasseh was an `architect’s architect’, greatly admired by his contemporaries both on a personal and professional level. He came to prominence at the Festival of Britain and went on to be one of the leading British architects of the 1960s, designing private houses and offices as well as major public commissions. Timothy Brittain-Catlin, architect and architectural historian at the University of Kent, describes how the work of Leonard Manasseh and Partners expresses one of the central themes of the 1950s and 1960s – the apparent conflict between the architect as creative artist on one hand, and as rational technologist and scientist on the other. Leonard Manasseh and his partner Ian Baker were lauded for producing modernist designs that were in keeping with their historical settings or landscapes. Examples include industrial buildings in rural settings, a study for King’s Lynn, undertaken with architect-planner Elizabeth Chesterton, and the project that is most commonly associated with the practice, the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. Lavishly illustrated with images from Manasseh’s private archive and stunning new photography, this book is an essential read for architects, students and enthusiasts for modernism wanting to learn more about a key practice in British post-war architecture. This book has been commissioned as part of a series of books on Twentieth Century Architects by RIBA Publishing, English Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Foundations 2. Parterre 3. Piano Nobile 4. Loggia 5. Cornice 6. Skyline List of Works Bibliography Index Picture Credits
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The History Press Ltd London Country Houses
Book SynopsisFrom the mid-16th century the rich and successful usually had a London house, and often a country estate; but more important in many ways was the suburban house within easy reach of London, where they could send their families for the summer and from which they could keep in contact with their business or the court. This book is the first to address the history of these houses, concentrating on those that still exist, while giving some indication of the major lost ones as well. Includes plans and images of most houses listed. Includes information on owners, architects, landscape design, building materials and styles. The area covered by this book extends from London to the M25, which sliced through the country round London in the late 20th century.
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Design Museum Imagine Moscow: Architecture Propaganda
Book SynopsisIdealistic visions of the Soviet capital that were never realised.Published at the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution portrays Moscow as it was envisioned by a bold generation of architects in the 1920s and early 1930s. Through evocative imagery and a wealth of rarely seen material, this book provides a window into an idealistic fantasy of the Soviet capital that was never realised and has since been largely forgotten.Focusing on six unbuilt architectural landmarks, Imagine Moscow explores how these projects reflected changes in everyday life and society following the revolution, during one of the most fascinating periods of the twentieth century. Large-scale architectural plans, models and drawings are placed alongside propaganda posters, textiles and porcelain, contextualising the transformation of a city reborn as the new capital of the USSR and the international centre of socialism.
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Liverpool University Press Cold War: Building for Nuclear Confrontation
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Rucksack Readers Duddingston: its story in 50 objects
Book SynopsisDuddingston is less than two miles from central Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Yet it has its own identity, and in 2019 it celebrates 60 years of its own conservation society. It has several outstanding grade-A Listed Buildings, including 12th century Duddingston Kirk and 18th century Duddingston House, and a raft of human stories about its residents. Duddingston is also home to Scotland’s oldest pub the Sheep Heid, Dr Neils 'secret garden' and Edinburgh’s oldest railway, the Innocent. Visitors can enjoy the wildlife of Duddingston Loch and its backdrop Arthur’s Seat, an extinct volcano. This book shows you how easily it can be explored on foot and by public transport. With over 180 photographs, a self-guided walking tour map and concise, readable text, this short book will reveal hidden secrets of a part of Edinburgh known to few.
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Historic Environment Scotland Mingulay: Archaeology and Architecture
Book SynopsisThe island of Mingulay lies at near the southern tip of the Western Isles archipelago, its fertile valleys and rugged coastline of cliffs and sea stacks a spectacular setting for a wealth of important archaeology. Up to the fifteenth century Mingulay was part of the estate of the Bishop of the Isles, and then passed into the hands of the MacNeils of Barra. Deserted in the early 1900s, since the 1920s archaeologists have been recording the island's buildings and prehistoric remains. Combining previous surveys with the results of a new project undertaken by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland, this fold-out information guide is the indispensable record of the archaeological landscapes and architectural relics of the island. A highly detailed map identifies the locations of everything from burial cairns and roundhouses to chapels and schools, and explanatory text illustrated by survey drawings and contemporary and historic photography traces the lives of the people who made this remote island their home.
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Liverpool University Press Margate's Seaside Heritage
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Oxford Art Book: The city through the eyes of
Book SynopsisA colourful showcase of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Inspired by Oxford’s unique architecture and historic university, over 50 artists have produced a unique collection of contemporary images illustrating all aspects of the city and surrounding area. Oxford is both a thriving city and a byword for one of the world’s best universities. Its ancient buildings are the wonder of the world, still used and inhabited by an energetic and passionate student community. From tightly-packed Cornmarket street catering for the shoppers of the busy city to Oxford’s lush riverside walks that provide an asylum from the bustle of everyday life, to traditional St Giles’s Fair and May Day that attract visitors from across Oxfordshire and beyond, this book represents them all, including: - Quirky hidden gems such as The Eagle and Child (the pub frequented by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis) and the many cafes of the Covered Market - Innovative representations of classic tourist sites: the Bodleian Library, the Radcliffe Camera, the Sheldonian Theatre, Christ Church College, Magdalen College and many more... - The Mini Car Plant and Cowley Road transformed into artworks There is so much to wonder at in this lovely book. Its enthusiasm reveals a passion for both contemporary art and the lovely city of Oxford. It will renew memories and inspire visits and revisits to all its haunts.Trade ReviewOxford is a victim of its beauty: the pavements crammed with bemused tourists, filthy buses jamming the streets. But the artists behind these images have not been deterred: this is a treasury of new ways of seeing. -- Jeremy PaxmanWhat a nice idea, Oxford's so lovely, it makes me feel very nostalgic. -- Rick SteinOxford may well be the most consciously beautiful city in Europe, and I get a daily kick out of wandering round its streets. It’s a brilliant idea to let today’s artists show us the grand sights - and the intimate ones as well. -- John SimpsonThere’s a feast within these pages, celebrating the great city of Oxford and the artists it inspires; open your eyes and rejoice. -- Miriam MargolyesA dreamy, inspiring ode to the dreamy spires. -- Helen FieldingTable of ContentsForeword Introduction The Radcliffe Camera The Bodleian Library The Covered Market Christ Church and Tom Tower A stroll around Oxford’s Streets The Sheldonian Theatre Bridge of Sighs Museums of Oxford Around Oxford and its colleges The Botanic Garden The River and Parks Cowley Road The Headington Shark and outskirts Otmoor RSPB reserve Artists’ credits
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Bitter Lemon Press 123 Places in Turkey: A Private Grand Tour
Book SynopsisThis personal and well informed selection and description of the most interesting towns and individual buildings and archaeological sites in Turkey is the definitive guidebook for the discerning traveler. The author has been visiting Turkey for nearly fifty years and is the perfect companion for those who want to know about more than the obvious attractions. This book will immeasurably enhance any thoughtful traveler's visit, but can also be read at home as an aid to planning, or recalling, a trip, or simply as a guide to the astonishing and multi-faceted artistic and architectural riches of that most fascinating country.
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Hoxton Mini Press An Opinionated Guide To London Architecture
Book SynopsisThe very best buildings to visit in London according to those in the know.
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd The Tyne Bridge
Book SynopsisThe Tyne Bridge, opened in 1928 by King George V, is one of Britain's most iconic structures, a Grade II* listed building. Linking Newcastle and Gateshead, this symbol of Tyneside and the region is also a monument to the Tyne's industrial past. Paul Brown's popular history explores what the bridge means to the people of North-East England, and its deep connection with their heritage. Brown recounts the story of the bridge's predecessors, from the Roman Pons Aeliusthe first crossing over the Tyneto the Victorian era. He then brings to life the individuals who built the modern bridge: Ralph Freeman, the structural engineer who also designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge; Dorothy Buchanan, the first female member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who produced drawings and calculations; John Carr, the boatman who bravely rescued workers from the Tyne on dozens of occasions; and the scaffolder Nathaniel Collins, the only man not to survive construction of the arch, who fell from
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Blue Crow Media Modern Lisbon Map: Mapa de Lisboa Moderna
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Blue Crow Media Concrete Toronto Map: Guide to Concrete and
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£10.18
Blue Crow Media London Underground Architecture & Design Map
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£9.50
Blue Crow Media Brutalist Boston Map: Guide to Brutalist
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£10.18
Blue Crow Media Pyongyang Architecture Map
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Blue Crow Media Modern Paris Map: Carte Paris Moderne
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Blue Crow Media London Street Signs Map
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£9.00
Blue Crow Media Modern Venice Map: Guide to 20th Century
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Blue Crow Media Nicholas Hawksmoor London Map
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Blue Crow Media Modernist San Francisco Map: Guide to Modernist
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to Read Houses: A Crash Course in Domestic
Book SynopsisA comprehensive pocket-sized guide to domestic architectural styles and movements. How to Read Houses is an insider’s guide to recognising and appreciating the diversity of domestic architecture that reflects the location, the fashion, and the technological savoir-faire of the age – from Tudor timber-frames to the truly unconventional. Compact enough to travel with you yet comprehensive enough to provide real answers, with real examples, this handy reference guide: - Provides an understanding of the architectural vocabulary along with the visual clues that identify any house style and its historical context - Enhances the appreciation of visits to landmark houses and lays the foundations for an architectural exploration of your own home or area - Explores the main architectural styles, as well as the materials and components of a house, through beautifully rendered illustrations, photographs of classic examples and the words of a friendly expert - Features twenty famous UK houses in detail, many of which are National Trust and open to the public, as well as other iconic and interesting houses from around Europe and the rest of the worldTable of ContentsIntroduction House Types Materials Components House Styles Tudor Renaissance American Colonial Georgian Neoclassical Victorian Arts and Crafts Prairie Modernist Kit Houses Unusual Approaches Appendices Glossary Directory of Houses Index Acknowledgements
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Birlinn General Lost East Lothian
Book SynopsisEast Lothian, a unitary authority area including the old county of Haddingtonshire, is one of Scotland's most historic places - John Knox was born in Haddington in the early years of the sixteenth century; important links were forged with the Low Countries as a result of trade; and because of its location between Edinburgh and the border with England, the area was razed frequently by English troops. Significant battles were fought within its boundaries, most notably at Dunbar in 1560 and Prestonpans in 1745. It is also a land of huge contrasts, with sandy beaches, majestic sea cliffs, rolling farmland and barren moor, geographical features which have heavily influenced the life and industry of its inhabitants over the centuries. In this beautifully illustrated book, featuring over 100 old photographs, maps and prints, Craig Statham explores an enormous range of lost buildings which have been central to all aspects of the history of the county over a period of thousands of years, but which now no longer exist, lie in ruins or are no longer used for their original function. Grouped by theme, the book includes all types of lost buildings, from castles, mansion houses, streets and even whole villages to hospitals, factories, churches, schools, hotels and even swimming pools.
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September Publishing Brutal North: Post-War Modernist Architecture in
Book SynopsisDuring the post-war years the North of England saw the building of some of the most aspirational, enlightened and successful modernist architecture in the world. For the first time, a single photographic book captures those buildings, in all their power and progressive ambition. Over the last few years acclaimed photographer Simon Phipps has travelled and sought out the publicly commissioned architecture of the post-war North. From Newcastle's Byker Wall Estate, voted the best neighbourhood in the UK, to the extraordinary Park Hill Estate in Sheffield, from Preston's sweeping bus station and Liverpool's Royal Insurance Building, these structures have seen off threats to their survival and are rightly celebrated for the imprint they leave upon the skyline and the cultural life of their cities.This inspiring invitation to explore northern modernism includes maps and detailed information about all the architecture photographed.Trade ReviewPraise for Concrete Poetry: 'Mr Phipps follows up on his ace books on Brutalism with this one on post-war Modernist public art in the UK - and it's an absolute beauty that'll get you going for a look about at angular concrete lumps in squares. A masterclass in book design too.' Simon Armstrong, Tate | 'Simon's black and white images of Brutalist and post-war buildings in the UK are defined by their striking compositions in which the raw architectural forms of his subjects are laid bare.' The Modern House
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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art A Biographical Dictionary of English
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive dictionary of everyone of importance in the creation of English architecture during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages This long-awaited work of scholarship provides a comprehensive dictionary of everyone of importance in the creation of English architecture in the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages. With characteristically deft prose, Mark Girouard draws on a lifetime of experience in the study of architectural history to assess the impact of some six hundred master craftsmen, surveyors, designers and patrons at work between 1540 and 1640. Surveying a period not covered by other dictionaries, this book is a key text for students and scholars of British architecture and its allied arts between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Mark Girouard’s lively comments and felicitous style also make it an enjoyable browse for anyone interested in the magnificent buildings that formed the background to the music of Dowland, Wilbye and Byrd; the fascinating political intrigues of the Tudor court; and the writings of Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, Campion and Jonson.Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtTrade Review“A new standard work of reference by one of the great authorities on Elizabeth and Stuart architecture.”—John Goodall, Country Life“A distinguished historian and consummate expert in the field, [Mark Girouard] reveals in his Biographical Dictionary an architectural world in flux…Thanks to Girouard, we can now recapture the excitement of that era and its architecture once again.”—William Whyte, Church Times
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