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Mavericks : breaking the mould of British architecture / Owen Hopkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkins, Owen, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architects--Great Britain--Exhibitions.
- Architects.
- Architecture--History--Exhibitions.
- Architecture.
- Architecture, British--Exhibitions.
- Architecture, British.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Royal Academy Of Arts, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Explores twelve figures from the history of British architecture, including Sir John Soane, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Cedric Price and Zaha Hadid who have defied convention over the past 250 years. This book offers a fresh take on their work, establishing new and sometimes surprising historical connections, while posing an intriguing alternative narrative to the history of British Architecture." -- Publisher's description
- Contents:
- Robert Smythson
- John Vanbrugh
- James Wyatt
- John Soane
- Charles Robert Cockerell
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- Charles Holden
- H. S. Goodhart-Rendel
- James Stirling
- Cedric Price
- FAT
- Zaha Hadid.
- Notes:
- "First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture'," Royal Academy of Arts, London, 26 January-20 April, 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 122) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1910350397
- 9781910350393
- OCLC:
- 921864066
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