A Short History of British Architecture

A Short History of British Architecture

The architecture of Britain is an art gallery all around us. From our streets to squares, through our cities, suburbs and villages, we are surrounded by magnificent buildings of eclectic styles. A Short History of British Architecture is the gripping and untold story of why Britain looks the way it......
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<p>The architecture of Britain is an art gallery all around us. From our streets to squares, through our cities, suburbs and villages, we are surrounded by magnificent buildings of eclectic styles. <i>A Short History of British Architecture</i> is the gripping and untold story of why Britain looks the way it does, from prehistoric Stonehenge to the lofty towers of today.<br><br>Bestselling historian Simon Jenkins traces the relentless battles over the European traditions of classicism and gothic. He guides us from the gothic cathedrals of Lincoln, Ely and Wells to the ¿prodigy¿ houses of the Tudor renaissance, and visits the great estates of Georgian London, the docks of Liverpool, the mills of Yorkshire and the chapels of south Wales.<br><br>The arrival of modernism in the twentieth century politicised public taste, upheaved communities and sought to reconstruct entire cities. It produced Coventry Cathedral and Lloyd¿s of London, but also the brutalist monoliths of Sheffield¿s Park Hi
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The architecture of Britain is an art gallery all around us. From our streets to squares, through our cities, suburbs and villages, we are surrounded by magnificent buildings of eclectic styles. A Short History of British Architecture is the gripping and untold story of why Britain looks the way it does, from prehistoric Stonehenge to the lofty towers of today.Bestselling historian Simon Jenkins traces the relentless battles over the European traditions of classicism and gothic. He guides us from the gothic cathedrals of Lincoln, Ely and Wells to the ‘prodigy’ houses of the Tudor renaissance, and visits the great estates of Georgian London, the docks of Liverpool, the mills of Yorkshire and the chapels of south Wales.The arrival of modernism in the twentieth century politicised public taste, upheaved communities and sought to reconstruct entire cities. It produced Coventry Cathedral and Lloyd’s of London, but also the brutalist monoliths of Sheffield’s Park Hill, Glasgow’s Cumbernauld and London’s South Bank. Only in the 1970s did the public at last give voice to what became the conservation revolution – a movement in which Jenkins played a leading role, both as deputy chairman of English Heritage and chairman of the National Trust, and in the saving of iconic buildings such as St Pancras International and Covent Garden.Jenkins shows that everyone is a consumer of architecture and makes the case for the importance of everyone learning to speak its language. A Short History of British Architecture is a celebration of our national treasures, a lament of our failures – and a call to arms.

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A Short History of British Architecture er ikke bare en bok; det er en fascinerende reise gjennom tidene, hvor vi utforsker de imponerende og mangfoldige bygningene som utgjør Englands landskap. Fra de mystiske stenene i Stonehenge til de moderne skyskraperne av i dag, tar denne boken deg med inn i hjertet av britisk arkitektur.

En Gripping Fortelling om Byggverk

Skrevet av den bestselgende historikeren Simon Jenkins, gir denne boken en grundig gjennomgang av kampen mellom klassisisme og gotisk stil. Du vil få en dypere forståelse av:

  • De majestetiske gotiske katedralene i Lincoln, Ely og Wells
  • Tudor-renessansens praktfulle 'prodigy' hus
  • Georgiansk Londons storhet og de historiske havnene i Liverpool
  • De industrihistoriske møllene i Yorkshire og kapellene i Sør-Wales

Moderne Tid – Revolusjonerende Arkitektur

Ved inngangen til det 20. århundre kom modernismen med full kraft og forandret offentlig smak, innvirkningene var dyptgripende:

  • Rekonstruksjon av entire byer med færre, men mer markante bygninger
  • Påvirkninger som resulterte i Coventry-katedralen og Lloyd's of London
  • De brutale monumentene i Sheffields Park Hill

Hvem Bør Lese A Short History of British Architecture?

Enten du er en arkitekturinteressert, historieentusiast, eller bare elsker vakre bygninger, vil denne boken gi deg et unikt innblikk i hvorfor Storbritannia ser ut som den gjør. Det er et must-have for alle som ønsker å utvide sin kunnskap om bygningers design og kulturhistorie.

Er du klar til å utforske det fantastiske landskapet av britisk arkitektur? Åpne A Short History of British Architecture og la deg inspirere av fortidens storhet og fremtidens muligheter!

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