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The Aesthetics of Utopia : Saltaire, Akroydon and Bedford Park [Paperback]
Sheila Binns (Author)
£15.95ISBN: 9781904965459
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Saltaire, Akroydon and Bedford Park are the most famous planned, model urban suburbs of the nineteenth century – two of them in Yorkshire, the third in west London – and each with a fascinating history. All were backed... .... Learn More -
The Bishop's Palace at Salisbury [Hardback]
Peter L. Smith (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9781904965411
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One of the least known yet most important buildings in Salisbury is the former Bishops’ Palace. First built when the city was established in the 1220s, it was home to successive bishops for over 700 years until becoming the Cathedral School in 194... .... Learn More -
Anglican Church-Building in London 1946-2012 [Hardback]
Michael Yelton (Author); John Salmon (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9781904965442
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This book is a sequel to an earlier volume by the same authors on Anglican church-building in Greater London between 1915 and 1945. In the post-war period as many as 250 new churches were built inthe area, a very large corpus of w... .... Learn More -
John Tweed: Sculpting the Empire [Paperback]
Nicola Capon (Author)
£14.95ISBN: 9781904965435
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John Tweed (1869-1933) was a hugely successful artist who, during his lifetime, became known as ‘The Empire Sculptor’. After training at the Glasgow School of Art, he moved to London and then spent six months in Paris.... .... Learn More -
The Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume [Hardback]
A.W.N Pugin (Author)
£69.95ISBN: 9781904965428
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"The Glossary is Pugin’s largest and most magnificent book. He intended that his two Dublin Review articles of 1842 would be accompanied by a third dealing with ornament and decoration. However, this developed into a grand survey church ornaments,... .... Learn More -
The Mirror of Great Britain: National Identity in Seventeenth-Century British Architecture [Hardback]
Olivia Horsfall Turner (Editor)
£34.95ISBN: 9781904965381
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In studies of seventeenth-century British architecture, Britain has, more often than not, been a synonym for England, yet the geographical and political reality was far more complex. In this book, based on a Society of Architect... .... Learn More -
Chichester: A Walk in the City [Hardback]
John Elliott (Author); Sue Finniss (Author)
£18.95ISBN: 9781904965398
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"Chichester is a major cathedral city which has also managed to retain a very rich architectural heritage with an important cathedral building,architecturally important buildings in the Close and equally important structures in the city.Learn More -
The Practice of Architecture: eight architects 1830-1930 [Hardback]
Christopher Webster (Editor)
£34.95ISBN: 9781904965350
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The Institute of British Architects was established in 1834 with the published aim of establishing uniformity in the profession, yet, for the each of the eight architects included in this book, architectural practice involved a different set of... .... Learn More -
The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England [Hardback]
Michael Fisher (Author); A. W. N Pugin (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £22.50
ISBN: 9781904965404
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Pugin's writings and buildings changed the course of British architecture. The Present State , published in 1843, is significant in marking the transition from Pugin the Gothic propagandist and polemicist to Pugin the working architect and des... .... Learn More -
Contrasts and True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture [Hardback]
A.W.N Pugin (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781904965374
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First published in 1836, Contrasts was the book that rapidly made Pugin's name. It was the first revolutionary architectural manifesto of the nineteenth century and remains the first great canonical work of modern Western architecture. In a de... .... Learn More