Richard England / Edwin Heathcote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heathcote, Edwin.

Contributor:

England, Richard, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England, Richard, 1937---Criticism and interpretation.

England, Richard.

England, Richard, 1937-.

Architecture--Malta--20th century.

Architecture.

Regionalism in architecture--Malta.

Regionalism in architecture.

Criticism and interpretation.

Malta.

Physical Description:

128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley-Academy, 2002.

Summary:

The architecture of Richard England occupies a particular niche in the broader history of Mediterranean Modernism. His work blends traditional Maltese typologies with the memories of centuries of architecture from the vernacular through to the classical, and into the strange, dream-like, painterly and literary worlds of De Chirico and Calvino. England's influences range through music, art and literature: all the arts feed into a body of work which embraces drawing, sculpture and poetry as well as architecture and design. His architectural works include the church at Manikata, which was a pioneering building in the reassessment of Modernist ideas, in the relationship of architecture to liturgy and in the embracing of local archetypes into a sculptural modern architecture. Following the international acclaim given to Manikata, England became the most influential architect on the island, completing dozens of hotels and private houses. He became closely identified with the notion of critical regionalism in architecture and with the development of what Charles Knevitt has referred to as 'cultural identity'. England's work has seen his studio playing a pivotal role in the transformation of Malta's capital city, Valletta, through a series of major interventions into the historic fabric including a new national bank, the St James Centre for Creativity and master plan for the entrance to the city. This is the first major monograph to embrace all England's interventions into the fabric of Valletta and covers the whole of his remarkably prolific career into the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Origins and Influences 12

Early Works 16

Church of St Joseph, Manikata 24

Sacred Spaces 32

II Teatro dell'Architettura

Waters of Reflection 48

Urban Schemes

The Silence in Between 62

Mnemonic Layering

The Valletta Entrance Master Plan 80

L'Architettura Interrotta 108

Seeing, Drawing, Making 116

Selected Works 126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 127) and index.

ISBN:

0470843217

OCLC:

51652920