Design culture in Liverpool, 1880-1914 : the origins of the Liverpool School of Architecture / Christopher Crouch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crouch, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--England--Liverpool--History.

Architecture.

University of Liverpool. School of Architecture and Building Engineering--History--19th century.

University of Liverpool.

University of Liverpool. School of Architecture and Building Engineering--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By the 1930s the Liverpool School of Architecture was the most famous British school of architecture in the world, promoting modern architecture and city planning internationally. This book looks at the cultural environment in Liverpool at the turn of the twentieth century which enabled such an important institution to come to fruition. It examines attitudes towards design practice through the work of patrons, practitioners, institutions and theorists in the city, and considers the way their ideas were formed by national and international trends. From a city microcosm of contesting design aesthetics emerged a unique synthesis that was to exert a profound international influence in architectural and planning design.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1: The Styling and Ideology of the Arts and Crafts in Liverpool; 2: The Origins of the Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Art: University College Liverpool and National Design Culture; 3: The Origins of the Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Art: Design Culture in Liverpool; 4: The Inauguration and Evolution of the Integrated Course at the Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Art; 5: Liverpool, the United States and the Beaux Arts Vision; 6: Charles Reilly, the Liverpool School of Architecture and the City Beautiful 7: Town Planning Review: Design Ideology and Practice; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-84631-294-9

OCLC:

476209447