This comprehensive architectural encyclopedia features essays on more than five hundred architects and hundreds of photographs, drawings, and plans of world-famous structures

Who's Who in Architecture: From 1400 to the Present Day

Richards, J.M.

Henry Holt Co.

The National Trust book of English architecture

Arts & Photography

Architecture

The National Trust

High Street (Victoria and Albert Museum) /anglais

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

'There is the puzzle which it is the purpose of this book to try to elucidate. On the one hand, we have the alleged deficiencies of suburban taste; on the other we have the appeal it holds for ninety out of a hundred Englishmen, an appeal which cannot be explained away as some strange instance of mass aberration...' Sir James Richards (1907-1992), editor of the Architectural Review for 34 years, was arguably the leading advocate in Britain for the modern movement in architecture. The Castles on the Ground (1946) constitutes Richards' argument for and appreciation of the virtues of the built environment and the architectural aesthetic of suburbia. Concise and elegantly phrased, the volume is further blessed with superb illustrations by John Piper.

The Castles on the Ground

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Faber&Faber

Architecture (The Professions)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

David and Charles

Physical description; 191 pages : illustrations (black and white), map, plans ; 30 cm. Subjects; Architecture, Finnish. Architecture - Finland - History. Church architecture - Finland - History.

800 years of Finnish architecture

David&Charles

The castles on the ground;: The anatomy of suburbia

J.Murray

This book pits some of the most famous architectural theorists against each other in one volume. The subject for debate is Modernism, the most pressing issue of the 20th century. This timely publication gives a comprehensive overview of the arguments and counter-arguments that abound. 'The Anti-Rationalist and the Rationalist' is a combination of two excellent Architectural Press titles by prestigious authors. The first argues that 'the austere rationality of the modern movement is after all losing out'. Pevsner and Richards believe that a new generation of architects are turning again to exuberance, plasticity and individuality, in rebellion against the vision of industrial society symbolised by the sheer unadorned towers of glass and steel that came to dominate cities in the fifties and sixties. In contrast, Dennis Sharp examines the evidence to support the counter argument. He does this through an impressive collection of the most well respected architectural commentators of the century, such as Bruno Zevi, Charles Jencks and Geoffrey Broadbent. *Stimulating debate between prestigious architectural critics gives invaluable information on the arguments surrounding Modernism.*Comprehensive summary of ideas in one volume provides an authoritative reference.

Anti-Rationalists and the Rationalists

PEVSNER, Nikolaus

SHARP, DENNIS

Richards, Jm

Architectural Press

Hassan Fathy (Architects in the Third World)

Serageldin, Ismail

and, Rastorfer, Darl

Aperture - Concept Media

Shows a variety of projects by the Egyptian architect, explains how he uses traditional Middle-Eastern motifs, and discusses how his designs meet the needs of rural Egypt

Hassan Fathy (Mimar Book) (English, Arabic, French, German, Italian and Spanish Edition)

Rastorfer, Director Darl

Serjeldin, Ismail

Aperture

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