Modern Buildings in Britain: A Gazetteer
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The definitive illustrated guide to modern British architecture, from one of the most acclaimed critics at work todayModernism is now a century old, and its consequences are all around us, built into our everyday lived environments. Its place in Britain's history is fiercely contested, and its role in our future is the subject of ongoing controversy - but modernist buildings have undoubtedly changed our cities, politics and identity forever.In Modern Buildings in Britain, Owen Hatherley applauds the ambition and explores the significance of this most divisive of architectures, travelling from Aberystwyth to Aberdeen, from St Ives to Shetland, in search of our most important and distinctive modern buildings. Drawing on hundreds of examples, we learn how the concrete of Brutalism embodies post-war civic principles, how corporate values were expressed in the glass fa?ades of the International Style, and why Ecomodernist experimentation is often consigned to the geographic fringes. As
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Author : Owen Hatherley
Pages : 608 pages
Publisher : Particular Books
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ISBN-10 : 0241534631
ISBN-13 : 9780241534632
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Modern Buildings in Britain: A Gazetteer
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