Robert Maguire was still a student at the Architectural Association
in London in the early 1950s when he designed his first church. A
committed Christian and enthusiast for contemporary design, he was
a leading figure in the liturgical reform movement that sought to
find an appropriate, modern setting for worship. His design for St
Paul, Bow Common in London's East End was the first such church to
be built in Britain, and was followed by a remarkable series of
churches and other religious buildings in England in the 1960s and
'70s designed together with the silversmith and designer Keith
Murray, with whom he went into partnership in the late 1950s. The
practice was famous for pursuing the intellectual and architectural
toughness of the New Brutalism with the humanity and warmth of the
Scandinavian tradition. They completely rethought the design of
churches, and went on to reinvent the typology of both the school
and of student accommodation. Bow Common school revolutionised open
plan layouts, and Stag Hill Court student houses for the University
of Surrey set new standards in communal living with its finely
judged mix of privacy and community. Gerald Adler places this small
but highly influential studio within the changing context of
post-war architectural practice, where the Brutalism of the 1950s
gave way to the more technologically oriented architecture of the
1970s, and the so-called Romantic Pragmatism of the 1980s. The book
is richly illustrated with drawings from the office archive, in
addition to new photographs.
General
Imprint: |
RIBA Publications
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Twentieth Century Architects |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
2011 |
Authors: |
Gerald Adler
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 167 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-85946-165-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
Individual architects
|
LSN: |
1-85946-165-4 |
Barcode: |
9781859461655 |
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