Discovering London's Buildings
With Twelve Walks
Seiten
2009
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-2918-1 (ISBN)
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-2918-1 (ISBN)
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A celebration of London's architectural heritage through a selection of themes including houses, churches, railway stations and pubs. Includes 12 themed walks covering the city, inner and outer suburbs
This book presents an original and easily accessible approach to understanding and exploring London's immensely diverse architecture. Because of its size and the number, complexity, and sheer variety of structures in the city, not unplanned, but without an overall plan, it is more difficult to gain an understanding of London's development as a whole than it is with many other world cities such as Rome, Paris or New York. It can no longer be encapsulated in a single view or narrated as a single story, so this book approaches it selectively and thematically, looking at elements of the architecture and services: domestic, commercial, religious and institutional. There are chapters on houses and on apartments as well as on offices and churches, and on government buildings. There are sections for example on schools and on railway stations, on shops and on pubs, on parks and on buildings for sport. Extensively illustrated and richly informed the book treats of both the masterpieces and of the ordinary, and ranges from the middle ages to the immediate present.
It culminates in 12 architectural walks, each carefully planned to explore a diversity of buildings and architectural heritage, and ranging from the central City and Westminster to the inner and outer suburbs.
This book presents an original and easily accessible approach to understanding and exploring London's immensely diverse architecture. Because of its size and the number, complexity, and sheer variety of structures in the city, not unplanned, but without an overall plan, it is more difficult to gain an understanding of London's development as a whole than it is with many other world cities such as Rome, Paris or New York. It can no longer be encapsulated in a single view or narrated as a single story, so this book approaches it selectively and thematically, looking at elements of the architecture and services: domestic, commercial, religious and institutional. There are chapters on houses and on apartments as well as on offices and churches, and on government buildings. There are sections for example on schools and on railway stations, on shops and on pubs, on parks and on buildings for sport. Extensively illustrated and richly informed the book treats of both the masterpieces and of the ordinary, and ranges from the middle ages to the immediate present.
It culminates in 12 architectural walks, each carefully planned to explore a diversity of buildings and architectural heritage, and ranging from the central City and Westminster to the inner and outer suburbs.
John Bold teaches in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster. He is the author of the standard book on Greenwich. Tanis Hinchcliffe teaches in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster. She is also the author of North Oxford.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.3.2009 |
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Zusatzinfo | 400 illustrations |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 215 x 265 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien | |
Technik ► Architektur | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7112-2918-X / 071122918X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7112-2918-1 / 9780711229181 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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