British Architectural Styles

Author : Trevor Yorke
Publisher : England's Living History
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Architectural Styles written by Trevor Yorke and published by England's Living History. This book was released on 2008 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact and useful guide, filled with detailed drawings, to help put a date on the variety of buildings one sees when travelling through Britain. This guide covers an immense range of structures and styles from 1500 to 1950. In addition, it includes a glossary of architectural terms and a historical time chart. This book will prove an invaluable

Author : Owen Hopkins
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780676387
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architectural Styles written by Owen Hopkins and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present day.

Author : David N. Durant
Publisher : Random House UK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of British Architectural Styles written by David N. Durant and published by Random House UK. This book was released on 2000 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect pocket guide for visiting stately homes, cathedrals, castles and other old buildings in Britain. Separate sections divide architecture into six chronological periods, each with an introduction to the history of the period, brief notes on the architects and styles with typical examples of the buildings throughout Britain that are open to the public.

Author : John Goodall
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847865517
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English House Style from the Archives of Country Life written by John Goodall and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational look at the most iconic interior styles of magnificent English country houses: a thousand years of decorating as told through famous and many never-published photographs, all culled from the incomparable archive of Country Life magazine. This gorgeously illustrated tome is as indispensable as it is beautiful, a rich resource and a visual guide of quintessential British country house style for decorators, architects, designers, and the many armchair travelers who fantasize about revitalizing or re-creating their own castle on the hill. English House Style traces the evolution of sixteen quintessential interior styles found in British homes that have helped lay the foundations for what have become the touchstones for every decorator, designer, and architect working today. Each style, from Gothic and Tudor to Cottage, Arts and Crafts, and Palladian, is represented through lavish photography culled from the rich archive of Country Life, the hugely popular 120-year-old British magazine about life and living in the estates, castles, and cottages that are ubiquitous across the countryside. Also explored are the most influential tastemakers through the centuries, from Horace Walpole and William Morris to Nancy Lancaster and Colefax and Fowler. Decorators across the globe draw from these styles, which are embodied in the most important homes across England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, many of which are featured here, including the magnificent Castle Howard, Chatsworth House, Strawberry Hill, and Hatfield House, along with exquisite hidden gems, such as Wardington Manor, Marchmont House, and Lindisfarne Castle.

Author : Giles Worsley
Publisher : Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780300058963
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classical Architecture in Britain written by Giles Worsley and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 1995 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giles Worsley notes that architectural styles do not always supersede one another but can co-exist, although one style may be dominant. Focusing on the Palladian classical tradition, introduced by Inigo Jones in the 1610s, he shows that this tradition did not die out with Jones's death and revive only during the first half of the eighteenth century, as is commonly assumed, but remained viable until the end of the eighteenth century, rivalling the baroque and rococo styles. Worsley argues that neo-classicism, generally seen as a generic description of architecture in the late eighteenth century, was actually prevalent in British architecture in varying degrees of strength as early as 1615. He examines the architecture of Scotland, Ireland and North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and shows how styles were influenced by English Palladianism. He also places Palladianism in a European context, pointing out that it was not an isolated phenomenon but was an important feature of Italian, French, Dutch and German architecture during this time. The book thus not only sheds fresh light on British architecture but also provides a new outlook on European and American architecture as a whole.

Author : Caroline van Eck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351775294
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Architectural Theory 1540-1750 written by Caroline van Eck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was published in 2003.Although it is often assumed that British writing on architectural theory really started in the 18th century, there is in fact a large corpus of writing on architecture pre-dating the introduction of Palladianism by Lord Burlington. Some of it, such as the English editions of Serlio and Palladio, belongs to the Vitruvian tradition. But many texts elude such easy classification, such as the prolonged (but hardly studied) discussions on church architecture, which are both in form and content very different from the way that theme was handled in Italian Renaissance treatises. This collection of English writing on architecture from 1540 to 1750 offers a large selection of fragments, some of them never published before. They discuss the nature of architecture, the practicalities of building, the sense of the past, religious architecture and classicism.

Author : Hubert Pragnell
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780713487886
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain written by Hubert Pragnell and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to encourage exploration, this pocket-sized guidebook to British architecture provides a delightful primer on building styles. It’s packed with informative, charming drawings; presents an outline of how different movements developed; and places each building in its cultural and historical context. The buildings that receive specific attention are Burghley House and Castle Howard.

Author : Hubert J. Pragnell
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849947333
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Britain written by Hubert J. Pragnell and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating insight into Britain's industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings. Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to give an engaging insight into Britain's industrial heritage. It looks at the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, including the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods – docks, canals, railways and warehouses. The gasworks Temples of mass production The mill Warehouse and manufactory Dock and harbour buildings Water power and water storage Waterways: canals and rivers The railway age Breweries and oast houses Markets and exchanges The twentieth century: industry on greenfield sites It's a story of industrial development, but also a story of its ultimate decline. As manufacturing has been increasingly replaced by services, new uses have been found for at least some of the country's great industrial buildings. Not least as containers for art and heritage, such as the Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern) and Salts Mill. Other buildings featured are still used as originally intended today, such as Smithfield Market in London and the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham. Illustrated throughout with over 200 original line drawings, Industrial Britain is a celebration of industrial architecture and its enduring legacy.

Author : Nigel R. Jones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031306296X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales written by Nigel R. Jones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British terrain is a gold mine for the student of architecture. Ranging in era from ancient times to the present day—from Stonehenge to the Millennium Dome—this volume's 76 entries include palaces, castles, bridges, churches, country houses, and various public buildings and monuments, as well as such well-known features of British architecture and design as terraced houses, suburban semi-detached houses, and public telephone kiosks. Detailed yet accessible to nonspecialist readers, the alphabetical entries also provide cross-references and lists of additional information sources in both print and electronic formats. Appendixes list the entries by location, architectural style, and architect/designer; explain the defining characteristics of major British architectural styles; and discuss the importance of the Crown, peerage, and Parliament in British architectural history. Besides a detailed subject index, the volume includes a timeline, a general bibliography, a glossary of architectural terms, and an introduction that traces the development of British architecture from prehistoric and Roman times to the 21st century. Written by an associate professor of architecture at Oklahoma State University, Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales, part of Greenwood's Reference Guides to National Architecture series, presents architectural biographies of these countries' most famous and significant structures.

Author : Elain Harwood
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849946531
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Deco Britain written by Elain Harwood and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to Art Deco buildings in Britain. The perennially popular style of Art Deco influenced architecture and design all over the world in the 1920s and 1930s – from elegant Parisian theatres to glamorous Manhattan skyscrapers. The style was also adopted by British architects, but, until now, there has been little that really explains the what, where and how of Art Deco buildings in Britain. In Art Deco Britain, leading architecture historian and writer Elain Harwood, brings her trademark clarity and enthusiasm to the subject as she explores Britain's Art Deco buildings. Art Deco Britain, published in association with the Twentieth Century Society, is the definitive guide to the architectural style in Britain. The book begins with an overview of the international Art Deco style, and how this influenced building design in Britain. The buildings covered include Houses and Flats; Churches and Public Buildings; Offices; Hotels and Public Houses; Cinemas, Theatres and Concert Halls; and many more. The book covers some of the best-loved and some lesser-known buildings around the UK, such as the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Eltham Palace, Broadcasting House and the Carreras Cigarette Factory in London. Beautifully produced and richly illustrated with architectural photography, this is the definitive guide to a much-loved architecture style.