The Politics of Architecture

A history of modern architecture in Britain

By:

Anthony Jackson

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Heritage

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The history of British architecture since 1930 has been one of frequently heated controversy between the old idiom and the new and between various social and technological viewpoints. The battle is by no means over; indeed it is spreading to wider issues and outside what was previously a largely professional sphere. A book like this one, which spells out the issues and describes how they arose, is therefore of interest not only to architects and students of architecture but to the growing general public concerned about the man-made environment. Professor Jackson looks at the buildings of the period as the products of peculiar sets of circumstances, as works of art and in terms of what their designers were trying to achieve. And since there is much worth studying in the critical zone that separates architectural claims and hopes from social and aesthetic reality, this book offers both essential background material and a fascinating narrative that will in itself be a subject of controversy.

Author Biography:

Anthony Jackson (1926-2015) was a professor in the Faculty of Architecture for thirty years (serving as Acting Dean in 1977) at the Technical University of Nova Scotia.

Release date Australia

December 15th, 1970

Author

Anthony Jackson

Series

Heritage

Pages

220

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

116 b&w illustrations

Dimensions

152x226x18

ISBN-13

9781487591977

Product ID

27861658

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