Phoenix at Coventry: the Building of a Cathedral

Spence, Basil

ISBN 10: 1125208260 / ISBN 13: 9781125208267

Published by Geoffrey Bles, 1962

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Phoenix at Coventry: the Building of a Cathedral
• Publisher: Geoffrey Bles
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1125208260
• ISBN 13: 9781125208267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Photographs
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 720 grams

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Synopsis

Few large buildings since the war have attracted more criticism, well - or ill - judged, than Coventry Cathedral. The first Cathedral Church of St. Michael was built at he time of the Norman Conquest: the second was destroyed by German bombs in 1940. Sir Basil Spence's conception is the third to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes; and most people now agree that the selection of so imaginative an architect was indeed right. Here he tells the story of why he had always wanted to build a cathedral above everything else; of the influences and experiences that moulded his thought, of the competition in his submitted design faced and the struggles he faced after winning.