Architecture 1900 / edited by Peter Burman
1998, 1st edition. Shaftesbury, Dorset : Donhead. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426954
ISBN: 1873394322
Physical description; xiv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the University of York in May 1997. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Preface -- An introductory perspective / Alan Powers -- Innovation and conservatism steel and reinforced concrete in British architecture, 1860-1905 / Michael Stratton -- Precedent versus principles in search for regional expression in New Zealand domestic architecture, 1890-1916 / Ian Lochhead -- The search for order Scottish architecture, 1880-1914 / Miles Glendinning -- The Glasgow School of Art the leading edge of technology / George M. Cairns -- The Slovak contribution / Dana Borutova -- The architecture of the Ecole de Nancy, 1894-1910 a provincial circle standing the test of itself / Christian Debize -- Art Nouveau and the transition to modernism / Guido Bral -- Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, (1857-1941) / John Brandon-Jones -- Great Warley Church architecture and sculpture body and soul / Wendy Hitchmough -- William Richard Lethaby and the crafts / Peter Burman -- Otto Wagner, entwicklung der Vaterstadt / M.P.A. Sheaffer -- Eclecticism and identity the work of William Leiper / Simon Green -- Philip Webb and traditional materials / Sheila Kirk -- Karoly Kos, (1883-1977) / Anthony Gall -- Odon Lechner, architect, (1845-1914) / Janos Gerle -- Antonio Gaudi Cornet, (1852-1926) a universal figure / Juan Bassegoda-Nonell -- Friedrich Ohmann and Prague architecture around 1900 / Jindrich Vybiral -- The art of building a home the design continuum of Parker and Unwin / Mervyn Miller -- "The work of each for the weal of all" Bedales School and its early buildings / Richard Holder -- Wightwick Manor and the creation of the house beautiful / Nicholas Mander -- GreyTowers an avant garde Japonaise interior in the north of England by E.W. Godwin / Martin Purslow -- Home sweet home New Zealand housing, 1880-1914 / Ann McEwan -- "Imagination, magic and romance" arts and crafts mural decoration in Edinburgh / Elizabeth Cumming -- Imperial splendours? a tale of far Cathays / Philip Thomas -- Calgary 1900 / Lorne G. Simpson -- The Quartier Allemand in Strabourgh, 1871-1918 -Wulhelmian architecture in a French city / Leo Schmidt -- Appendix: Learning from Europe the architecture of Art Nouveau in Estonia / Karin Hallas -- Late 19th century heritage of Buenos Aires / George O. Gazaneo, Gustavo A. Brandariz -- National identity in modern architecture Riga Art Nouveau metropolis / Janis Krastins -- Tbilisi's turn-of-the-century architecture the co-existence of European and traditional values / Nestan Tatarashvill -- "Bauhaus Osaka" in oblivion: dilemmas in conservation and restoration of a recent past / Haruhiko Fujita -- Crying for conservation in Rio / Julio Cesar Ribeiro Sampaio -- The reconstruction of two theatres of the turn-of-the-century in Hungary / Tamás König and Péter Wagner -- Great building: shame about the students! Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art / Peter Trowles -- Boulevard architecture in Lisbon -- a conservation challenge / Jose Lobo de Carvalho. Subjects; 1800-1999. Architecture, Modern 19th century ; Congresses. Architecture, Modern 20th century ; Congresses.
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