Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt has taken nearly a hundred years for the history of interwar British architecture to be discussed widely in an even-handed and pluralistic manner.
Reconstruction takes a significant step towards mapping the territory and demonstrating how it can be done. * Alan Powers, London School of Architecture, UK *
Looking beyond the well-known architectural icons of the 20s and 30s, this detailed examination of many previously overlooked buildings of a key period, gives a broader understanding of architectural practice and richly demonstrates the ways in which the study of architecture can reveal and tell complex stories about a rapidly changing society. * Catherine Croft, Director of C20 Society, UK *
Table of ContentsList of figures List of contributors Foreword: Towards Narratives of Modernity
After Reconstruction –
Elizabeth Darling Acknowledgements
Introduction -
Neal Shasore and Jessica Kelly Section I: Promoting the Business of Architecture Introduction -
Neal Shasore and Jessica Kelly I: Criticism: The Architectural Press and the Public -
Jessica Kelly II: Professionalism: The American Influence on British Architectural Practice -
H Horatio Joyce III: Regulation: The New London -
Eileen Chanin IV: Development: Speculative Office Development and Public Sector Tenants -
Jonathan Clarke Section II: Designing Community Infrastructure Introduction -
Neal Shasore and Jessica Kelly V: Community Centre: New Housing Estates in Scotland -
Alistair Fair VI: Public House: The Carlisle Experiment and the Improved Public House -
Julian Holder VII: Parish: Democratic Participation in Suburban Parish Churches -
Clare Price Section III: Building a Rural Citizenry Introduction -
Neal Shasore and Jessica Kelly VIII: Yeoman: Land Settlement and Cottage Small Holdings -
Rebecca Preston and Joanna Smith IX: Veteran: Annabel Dott and Colonial, Metropolitan and Rural Communities -
Elizabeth McKellar X: Student: Henry Morris and the First Village Colleges -
Kieran Mahon Section IV: Binding Subjects through Statecraft Introduction -
Neal Shasore XI: Citizenship: Welfare and the Democratic State in Percy Thomas’s Civic Architecture -
Robert Proctor XII: Memory: Sir Herbert Baker, Rhodes House and the Architecture of Memory -
Geoffrey Tyack XIII: Diocese: Cairo Cathedral and the Politics of Liberal Anglican Church Design -
David Lewis Section V: Wedding Peace with Well-Being XIV: Sickness: Advances in British Hospital Design after the First World War -
Harriet Richardson Blakeman XV: Health: Democracy, Diversity, Dispersal -
Barry Doyle Index
