Birmingham - Pevsner City Guide (Paperback)

A detailed, authoritative and easy-to-use guide to the architectural wealth of England's second city, the 'workshop of the world'. Its major buildings include the splendid English Baroque cathedral, the pioneering Neo-Roman town hall, and the mighty and still controversial Central Library of the 1970s. Streets of rich and varied Victorian and Edwardian architecture bear witness to the era when Birmingham's civic initiatives were the admiration of the country. More recently, the city has been rejuvenated with new architecture on a giant scale: the iconoclastic Selfridges, and the canalside precinct of Brindleyplace, where modernism and Classical Revival are excitingly juxtaposed. Outer districts and suburbs of extraordinary variety are explored in a series of tours. The famous Jewellery Quarter is a treasure-trove of quirky and resourceful historic buildings of every size and style. Stucco villas to match any in England can be found in Edgbaston, which also boasts educational buildings of outstanding quality. Cadburys' celebrated Garden Suburb at Bournville combines enlightened architecture with picturesque charm. flourished well into the twentieth century. A narrative introduction sets the buildings in context.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	August 2005
Authors:	Andy Foster
Dimensions:	203 x 121 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-10731-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Religious buildings Promotions
LSN:	0-300-10731-5
Barcode:	9780300107319

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