216 pages, illustrations, plans; 21 cm. Good+. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. Browning. *** CONTENTS: The background of the period 1890-1914 in Great Britain; Arts and crafts architecture; The house; The free style and large buildings; Public buildings and the baroque revival; Church architecture; Late Gothic and Byzantine; Free design and the Edwardian house; Large buildings and the Edwardian free style; The Edwardian arts and crafts churches; Towards rationalism; Offices and factories; High Edwardian baroque; The Beaux-arts influence on Edwardian classicism; The neo-Georgian house; Palaces of prosperity; Variations on the Grand Manner. Leading architectures and some of their buildings 1890-1914. Size: 8vo.

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Title

Edwardian Architecture: A Handbook to Building Design in Britain, 1890-1914

Publisher

Oxford University Press, New York

Publication Date

1977

Language

English

ISBN 10

0195199820

ISBN 13

9780195199826

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Good

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The background of the period 1890-1914 in Great Britain -- Arts and crafts architecture -- the house -- The free style and large buildings -- Public buildings and the baroque revival -- Church architecture -- late Gothic and Byzantine -- Free design and the Edwardian house -- Large buildings and the Edwardian free style -- The Edwardian arts and crafts churches -- Towards rationalism -- offices and factories -- High Edwardian baroque -- The Beaux-arts influence on Edwardian classicism -- The neo-Georgian house -- Palaces of prosperity -- variations on the Grand Manner. Leading architectures and some of their buildings 1890-1914.

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Service was educated at Westminster School and the Queen's College, Oxford. He is a member of the committee of the Victorian Society.

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