Interwar (eBook)

A magnificent monument in itself to a fine architectural writer

Extraordinary

Informative and engaging about all kinds of English things, from royal tombs to London buses ... Stamp always tell[s] you something new, which is a wonderful thing

Excellent ... Gavin Stamp attempts to reclaim the half-timbered semi of the Twenties and Thirties for the British cultural imagination

Meticulous ... a fascinating new survey of the era

A masterful revision of the history of interwar architecture, no longer as a barren seedbed of modernism but as an era of stylistic diversity, invention and delight

Much, much more than architectural history, for here, encapsulated in marmoreally angry prose, is an account of that collective act of mass murder, without parallel in history, known as the Great War. An unforgettable, passionate book

Definitive ... both vital and clear, a book steeped in technical detail, full of meticulous attention, yet accessible and without prejudice - never dry and certainly not florid ... Stamp wrote definitive books on grand and humble subjects

It is a puzzle to me that Stamp is not better known. He is eloquent, funny and eccentric. He is as familiar with the streets of our cities as a taxi driver with The Knowledge, and brilliant at connecting sublime ideas with the ordinary aspects of our daily lives

Love it or hate it, [interwar Britain] was a period full of personality: a changing society recovering from war and the Depression, hungry for a different future. There is fascination in their built footprints

Majestic ... [an] excitable, illuminating and sure to be enduring work

This posthumous volume is the masterpiece [Stamp] did not publish in his lifetime. It puts his memory on a new plane

Acute, erudite, elegant

Stamp was a superb writer with an unmatchable knowledge of the period concerned... Interwar is most definitely a proper book, and a wonderful memorial to a great writer.

A rebuttal of the modernist-centric view of interwar British architecture. It was much more diverse than people think, [Stamp] argues, and studying the lesser-known movements is key to understanding the period

Stamp was a superb writer with an untouchable knowledge of the period ... a wonderful memorial to a great writer

Extraordinary ... a most brilliant, authoritative and engaging guide ... Stamp's ability to present clearly for a general audience was as unusual as it is remarkable

Extraordinary ... a magnificent tour d'horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects

His greatest work ... When so much of our built environment is unlovely, Stamp shows why it is worth looking again, and harder

A wonderful celebration of the best in English design, and a stylish invective against the worst.

Elegant, erudite and entertaining ... rich ... offers a superbly detailed picture of an architectural era chiefly defined by its multiplicity of styles