London : an architectural history / Anthony Sutcliffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutcliffe, Anthony, 1942-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--England--London.

Architecture.

England--London.

London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.

London (England).

Physical Description:

xi, 249 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006]

Summary:

In London, it is the variety of the streets, buildings, and parks that strikes the visitor. No king or government has ever set its mark here. Private ownership has shaped the city, and architects have served a wide variety of clients. London's Classical era produced an elegant townscape between 1600 and 1830, but medieval, Tudor, and Victorian London were a potpourri of buildings large and small, each making its own design statement. In London: An Architectural History Anthony Sutcliffe takes the reader through two thousand years of architecture from the sublime to the mundane. With over 300 color illustrations the book is intended for the general reader and especially those visiting London for the first time.

Contents:

Preface

London and the idea of a city architecture

The remote city, 43-1603

London's Augustan age, 1603-1830

The London of the styles, 1830-1914

The modern breaks through, 1914-1939

London in the age of modern architecture, 1939-2000

Conclusion: has there ever been an architecture of London?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-240) and index.

ISBN:

0300110065

OCLC:

61859811

Publisher Number:

9780300110067

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