This is my major publication to date, and is the first general survey of the whole twentieth century Modern architecture in Britain of any kind. The intention was not simply to describe architects and their buildings, but to construct an analytical narrative about the wider field of architecture, politics and social thought. The text and illustrations combine familiar examples with others that are published for the first time. Each chapter introduces a theme to characterise the broader concerns of a period. The final chapter covers Wales, Scotland and Northern Island in greater detail than most general historie
Book synopsis: This title was first published in 2003: Modernist architecture claimed to be the 'in...
Whereas the past decades have seen a profound reconsideration of Eighteenth-Century visual culture, ...
Long before “modernism” achieved currency as a literary term, a striking number of British authors t...
It has often been remarked that modern architecture in Britain began late and that its emergence lar...
Architectural history is more than just the study of buildings. Architecture of the past and present...
The Modern Hotel in Britain is the first ever survey of the architecture and interior design of Brit...
This thesis explores how the practice and profession of architecture was increasingly understood and...
Book synopsis: The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History features twenty-nine ch...
Our decision to take part in the civic geographies exhibition was motivated by a desire to explore s...
British Modern Architecture before Stirling and Gowan summarises the changing attitudes to modern ar...
Since Marshall Berman first theorized modernity as the experience of all that is solid melting into ...
This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine hou...
This book explores design in 20th century Britain not only as discrete ‘things’, but as ‘cultures’ ,...
An overview of British and Irish architecture during the period 1830-1914; included in volume 2 of t...
The Atlas offers a global overview of leading 20th-century architecture, documenting 750 key buildin...
Book synopsis: This title was first published in 2003: Modernist architecture claimed to be the 'in...
Whereas the past decades have seen a profound reconsideration of Eighteenth-Century visual culture, ...
Long before “modernism” achieved currency as a literary term, a striking number of British authors t...
It has often been remarked that modern architecture in Britain began late and that its emergence lar...
Architectural history is more than just the study of buildings. Architecture of the past and present...
The Modern Hotel in Britain is the first ever survey of the architecture and interior design of Brit...
This thesis explores how the practice and profession of architecture was increasingly understood and...
Book synopsis: The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History features twenty-nine ch...
Our decision to take part in the civic geographies exhibition was motivated by a desire to explore s...
British Modern Architecture before Stirling and Gowan summarises the changing attitudes to modern ar...
Since Marshall Berman first theorized modernity as the experience of all that is solid melting into ...
This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine hou...
This book explores design in 20th century Britain not only as discrete ‘things’, but as ‘cultures’ ,...
An overview of British and Irish architecture during the period 1830-1914; included in volume 2 of t...
The Atlas offers a global overview of leading 20th-century architecture, documenting 750 key buildin...
Book synopsis: This title was first published in 2003: Modernist architecture claimed to be the 'in...
Whereas the past decades have seen a profound reconsideration of Eighteenth-Century visual culture, ...
Long before “modernism” achieved currency as a literary term, a striking number of British authors t...