Harwood Elain - Post - Modern Buildings In Britain - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style and its finest examples Post - modernism was the 1980s counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best buildings began to disappear. Now is the time to reassess its values. Historians Geraint Franklin and Elain Harwood discuss its background and key architects before celebrating Britain's finest examples. Individual entries are beautifully illustrated many with new photography including the SIS Building made famous by James Bond John Outram's awe - inspiring pumping station in London's Docklands and Judge Institute in Cambridge and the late works of James Stirling and Michael Wilford including No.1 Poultry an extraordinary corner of the City that in 2016 became England's youngest listed building.
Title: Post - Modern Buildings In Britain
Author(s): Harwood Elain
Publisher: Batsford Ltd
Barcode: 9781849944502
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 11/2/2017
Category: History Of Architecture