From 1066 to the Present Day
Paperback
Publication Date: 28/06/2007
Revised, updated and expanded in size, this book presents a broad outline of the development of architectural styles and movements in Britain. Designed to encourage readers to explore, it provides the context needed to understand the place of a building in architectural history, with the author's own drawings and atmospheric photographs from the National trust illustrating important examples. Both a pocket guide and a compact history in very accessible language, this book will enable anyone interested in Britain's built heritage to see it with new and more knowledgeable eyes. the book covers the following styles: Norman Style * transition to Gothic * Gothic Cathedral * Medieval Parish Church * Castle and Medieval Manor House * the Medieval House * tudor Architecture * the Jacobean House * Inigo Jones * Seventeenth-century Mannerism * Sir Christopher Wren * Baroque Style * Palladian Movement * Advent of town Planning * New Styles and New Materials * Gothic Survival and Revival * Victorian Gothic * From the Forth Bridge to the Millennium Dome * the early twenty-first century.First edition described by Financial times:'this pocket-sized volume is the primer you have been waiting for...above all, this little book is for the beginner to take to the streets. Armed with its basics, they may find enough architectural pleasure to last a lifetime.'
- ISBN:
- 9781905400492
- 9781905400492
- Category:
- Architectural structure & design
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 28-06-2007
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions (mm):
- 160x160x22mm
- Weight:
- 0.54kg
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