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Britain

Modern Architectures in History

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Britain

Modern Architectures in History

About this book

The story of modernism in architecture is international, yet each country adopted the movement in its own unique way, inspired by individual artists and schools and in response to specific social needs and political pressures. Britain explores the British approach to modern architecture, and, with due regard for the separate identities of England, Scotland, and Wales, discusses British modernism from its beginnings to the present day. Alan Powers gives equal weight to the technical and aesthetic aspects of modernism, as well as its often controversial reception within Britain and around the world. He examines the works of key British architects and delves into the influence of non-British architects within the United Kingdom. Powers then turns his attention to postmodern architecture as a global movement, looking at contemporary efforts to make architecture sustainable and adaptable to the new challenges of urban life. Thoroughly illustrated with images of the buildings under discussion, advertisements, and other historical photographs, Britain is an authoritative, yet highly accessible, account of twentieth-century British architecture.

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Information

Publisher
Reaktion Books
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9781861892812
eBook ISBN
9781861895349
Topic
Arquitectura
Subtopic
Arquitectura general
where 
concrete 
was 
used 
within 
a 
primitive 
rather 
than 
a 
Modernist 
design.
Dominion 
House 
was 
designed 
in 
reinforced 
concrete 
and,
had 
it
been 
built,
it 
would 
have 
been 
the 
most 
significant 
example 
of
proto-
Modernism 
in 
Britain.
As 
Nikolaus 
Pevsner 
commented,
‘Wells 
inherit-
ed 
from 
Lethaby 
a 
sense 
of
congruity 
between 
mediaeval 
methods 
for 
a
still 
mediaeval 
job,
and 
modern 
methods 
for 
a 
modern 
job.’
While 
the
mullions 
and 
transoms 
looked 
Tudor 
in 
origin,
Pevsner 
considered 
‘the
grid 
and 
the 
whole 
upward 
drive 
decidedly 
American’.
20
The 
design 
is
remarkable 
for 
the 
proposed 
tall 
tower 
as 
much 
as 
for 
the 
wide 
expanses
of
glazing.
It 
is 
equally 
surprising 
that 
a 
man 
of
93
should 
have 
commis-
sioned 
such 
a 
progressive 
design 
to 
symbolize 
the 
British 
Empire,
which 
was 
otherwise 
represented 
on 
the 
adjacent 
site 
by 
the 
Beaux-Arts
classicism 
of
Marshall 
Mackenzie’s 
Australia 
House.
Hedging 
on 
the 
question 
of
whether 
he 
actually 
liked 
‘the 
hardness,
glare 
and 
brutality’
of
modern 
German 
cities 
(this 
was 
spoken 
during 
the
Dunbar 
Smith 
and
Cecil 
Brewer, 
Heal’s,
Tottenham 
Court
Road, 
London.
Perspective 
by 
R.
Palmer 
Jones,
1914–16.
2
6

Table of contents

  1. Britain Cover
  2. Imprint page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1: Efficiency: From Modernity to Modernism
  6. 2: Compassion: Modern Architecture Builds the 'Just City'
  7. 3: Poetics: The Moral Dilemma of Modern Aesthetics
  8. 4: Production: White Heat and Burnout
  9. 5: Happiness: The Reintegration of Architecture
  10. 6: Conscience: The Architecture of Fruitful Anxiety
  11. 7: Difference: Local Action and Global Thought
  12. References
  13. Select Bibliography
  14. Acknowledgements
  15. Photo Acknowledgements
  16. Index