Built from below : British architecture and the vernacular / edited by Peter Guillery.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guillery, Peter., Editor.

Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Symposium.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--Great Britain.

Architecture and society.

Vernacular architecture--Great Britain.

Vernacular architecture.

Richards, J. M. (James Maude), Sir, 1907-.

Richards, J. M.

Physical Description:

ix, 214 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

British architecture and the vernacular

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

"Presented in an essentially chronological sequence, from the medieval to the post-war, ... reinforce[s] understanding of how building design emerges not just from individual agency, that is architects, but also from the collective traditions of society"-- p. [i].

Contents:

Introduction. Vernacular studies and British architectural history / Peter Guillery

Following the geometrical design path from Ely to Jamestown, Virginia / Laurie Smith

Pre-Reformation parish churches : a point of view / P.S. Barnwell

The villa : ideal type or vernacular variant? / Elizabeth McKellar

The York retreat, "a vernacular of equality" / Ann-Marie Akehurst

Self-conscious regionalism : Dan Gibson and the arts and crafts house in the Lake District / Esmé Whittaker

Tudoresque vernacular and the self-reliant Englishman / Andrew Ballantyne and Andrew Law

"The hollow victory" of modern architecture and the quest for the vernacular : J.M. Richards and "the functional tradition" / Erdem Erten

A modernist vernacular? The hidden diversity of post-war council housing / Miles Glendinning

From longhouse to live/work unit : parallel histories and absent narratives / Frances Holliss.

Notes:

Revised papers presented in their original form at the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain annual symposium, held 17 May 2008 at the Art Workers' Guild in London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0415565324 (hardback)

0415565332 (pbk.)

0203847709 (ebook)

9780415565325 (hardback : alk. paper)

9780415565332 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780203847701 (ebook)

OCLC:

436030452