Building reputations : architecture and the artisan, 1750-1830 / Conor Lucey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucey, Conor, author.

Series:

Studies in design & material culture.

Manchester scholarship online.

Studies in design & material culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Row houses--History--18th century.

Row houses.

Architects and builders--History--18th century.

Architects and builders.

Brick houses--History--18th century.

Brick houses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 244 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This book advances a novel approach to a familiar eighteenth-century building type: the brick terraced house. Focusing on issues of design and architectural taste, it rehabilitates the reputation of the artisan communities of bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers responsible for its design and construction.

Contents:

Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Plates; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: a new apology for the builder; Building reputations: a genteel life in trade; Designing houses: the façade and the architecture of street and square; Decorating houses: style, taste and the business of decoration; Building sales: advertising and the property market; Conclusion: the builder rehabilitated?; Select bibliography; Index; Plates

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781526119964

152611996X

9781526138699

1526138697

9781526119957

1526119951

OCLC:

1043555818