Mediating Modernism: Architectural Cultures in Britain - Softcover

Higgott, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415401771 ISBN 13: 9780415401777

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

In this well illustrated volume, Andrew Higgott demonstrates how architectural books and journals have created twentieth century architectural culture in Britain.

Mediating Modernism discusses the publications, language and images which, in the act of 'describing', 'interpreting' or 'illustrating' the architecture, have created it in architectural discourse. Whilst numerous recent books have radically re-thought the construct of modernism, this is the first book to re-think modernism in relation to British architecture.

This rich work introduces architecture students to this significant, but largely untouched area of architectural history and applies processes of rethinking to the development of more complex interpretations of British architecture.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Higgott is Principal Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Visual Arts, University of East London. An architectural historian, he has previously contributed to a number of books including Travels in Modern Architecture (Architectural Association 1990), Architecture and the Sites of History (Butterworth, 1995), The Modern City Revisited (Routledge, 2000) and Peter Salter: 4+1 (Black Dog, 2000).

Review:

'This is an interesting and useful book  ... Higgott's book is enjoyable to read.' – Architectural Review

'[makes] a significant ... contribution to the study of British architectural culture.' - The Magazine of the Twentieth Century Society

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415401771
• ISBN 13: 9780415401777
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224