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Re-forming Britain - Narratives of Modernity before Reconstruction (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Re-forming Britain - Narratives of Modernity before Reconstruction (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Re-forming Britain considers the nature and practice of
architectural modernism in inter-war Britain in a new light.
Bringing hitherto little considered protagonists and projects to
the fore, it argues that rather than being an imported idiom, the
new architecture in Britain formed part of an ongoing attempt to
make a modern nation. Spanning the period 1925-42, the book focuses
on the key sites from and through which architectural modernism
emerged in the UK. Part one considers the main arena in which a
will to modernize Britain developed in the 1920s. In parts two and
three the author documents, contextualizes and explains how this
modernizing will was given modernist form, discussing the work of
architects such as Wells Coates, Maxwell Fry, and Connell and Ward,
and their allied ventures with likeminded reformers in other
fields. These collaborations produced 'narratives of modernity':
buildings, projects, exhibitions and books, through which, the book
argues, modernist reformers were able to persuade politicians, and
those with influence upon them, that modernism was the means to
re-form the nation. Re-forming Britain offers the first in-depth
analysis of well-known modernist schemes such as Kensal House and
the Pioneer Health Centre but also brings previously little studied
or unknown activities to light. This important work invites a new
understanding of the nature of architectural modernism in inter-war
Britain and the ways in which it ultimately gave form to post-war
Britain.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2006 |
First published: |
2007 |
Authors: |
Elizabeth Darling
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
288 |
Edition: |
annotated edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-33407-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
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LSN: |
0-415-33407-1 |
Barcode: |
9780415334075 |
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