Cambridge Architecture: A Concise Guide - Softcover

Ray, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521458552 ISBN 13: 9780521458559

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This illustrated introduction to the architecture of Cambridge uses selected examples of buildings from the Middle Ages to the present day as the basis for an investigation into architecture itself. The author describes the way in which buildings are composed, how they may in turn be "read," and introduces a number of levels of interpretation for those who may be unfamiliar with looking at buildings. Each chapter contains a map locating the examples discussed, and notes for further reading. The book is aimed at anyone interested in the history of architecture, and assumes no previous technical knowledge of the subject.

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Book Description

Using selected examples of buildings from the Middle Ages to the present day as the basis for investigation, this illustrated guide to the architectural history of Cambridge introduces a number of levels of interpretation for those unfamiliar with examining buildings.

Review

"This lucid, if terse, summary of a large topic is an intelligent study by a lecturer in the Departrment of Architecture in the University of Cambridge. He clearly knows the college buildings inside out...he provides full bibliographical details and much unusual information....It is difficult to be free of prejudice when discussing post-war Cambridge buildings, many of them painful examples of the New Brutalism, but Nicholas Ray makes a valiant attempt." Times Literary Supplement

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521458552
• ISBN 13: 9780521458559
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156