|
Showing 1 - 25 of
78 matches in All Departments
Edwin Lutyens was one of the most famous architects of the 20th
century. After he died in 1944, three large volumes of his drawings
and photographs were commissioned and published by Country Life as
a tribute. All three volumes are in the process of being reissued.
Having earned his reputation designing domestic buildings, he was
soon given scope to expand his practice to the outdoors and to
public projects. This second volume contains his extensive
contributions to garden design and town planning, as well as the
finest examples of his bridges and a selection of monumental civic
constructions. These include various university buildings, the
Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Washington Embassy and the
Viceroy’s Palace in New Delhi. The genius of Lutyens is now
universally recognised. In the work featured in this book, we can
now see not just the professionalism of a great architect, but also
the loving care with which he set down the most minute detail, with
the result that this is one of the few books in existence that can
be used to provide working drawings. Also available: The
Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens: Volume 1, Country Houses ISBN
9781788842181.
Edwin Lutyens, one of the most famous architectural names of the
20th century, died in 1944. As a memorial, three large volumes of
his drawings and photographs were commissioned from the thousands
found in his office, and were published by Country Life. All
three volumes will be republished in 2023. The first volume
contains his own plans, elevations and copious details of the
finest examples of his domestic buildings, on which his huge
reputation principally rests. The book embodies the quintessence of
the man and his work; the variety of style and design seen in the
houses brings together in one volume the many strands of Lutyen's
fertile mind. Two further volumes will include his corporate and
public buildings. The genius of Lutyens is now universally
recognised. In the work featured in this book, we can now see not
just the professionalism of a great architect, but also the loving
care with which he set down the most minute detail, with the result
that this is one of the few books in existence that can be used to
provide working drawings.
Governments in all advanced industrial societies are involved in an
endless struggle of how to "square the welfare circle", as demand
for public services rises due to demographic, social and labour
market factors. Government ability to finance this rising tide of
public service demand is constrained by economic and, at times,
ideological factors. Failure to make welfare provision, however,
has adverse electoral consequences, so this is not an issue which
is likely to go away. Indeed, it is likely to become more acute in
the future. "Social Policy Towards 2000" examines this current
major problem in Britain, and looks ahead to the year 2000 and
beyond. It documents the economic and social policy changes of the
Thatcherite years and looks at the current situation in relation to
employment, social security, education, health, housing and the
personal services. By comparing the proposals of the UK's three
main political parties, with regard to the running of the welfare
system for the remaining part of the decade, the editors and
contributors offer a prospective analysis of the future of welfare.
This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.
This book is a very thorough and comprehensive account of the Civil
War and Allied intervention that followed the chaotic Russian
revolution of 1917 which culminated in the Bolshevik take over.
Although written from the perspective of the White
counter-revolutionary armies fighting to overthrow Lenin's new
'Red' regime, Stewart is remarkably objective. Generously
illustrated with both maps and photographs, this is a big book
which attempts - very successfully - to cover widespread theatres
of war in the vastest country on earth. The Reds had two huge
advantages over their White opponents: they had a unified, single
command and they were defending central positions in the heart of
Russia - including the capital, Moscow, and the port city of
Leningrad St Petersburg] - against diffuse attacks from different
directions. By contrast the Whites were disunited politically,
ranging from reactionary monarchists to social democrats and even
anarchists - and were fighting in widely different locations -
under rival commanders unable to co-ordinate their disparate - and
often desperate - attacks. As a result, the more ruthless Reds were
eventually able to defeat them piecemeal; and the efforts by the
Allies - the US, Britain, France and even Japan - to support them
were in vain. This book covers the fighting in Siberia when Admiral
Kolchak was the White leader; Ukraine, where General Deniken held
sway; the Baltic where General Yudenich threatened St Petersburg,
cradle of the revolution; and the Crimea where General Wrangel
represented the last forlorn hope of the Whites before he and they
were forced into exile.
|
|