Basil Spence : architect / edited by Philip Long and Jane Thomas
2008, First Edition. Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland in association with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #446034
ISBN: 9781906270001
Physical description; 128 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm. Notes; "Published by the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland to accompany the exhibition, Back to the future : Sir Basil Spence, 1907-1976, held at the Dean Gallery from 19 October 2007 to 10 February 2008 and at The Herbert, Coventry from 20 June to 31 August 2008." Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Living with Spence / Gillian Blee -- Working with Spence / Anthony Blee -- Evolution of a practice / Jane Thomas -- First buidlings 1932-9 : arts and crafts to modernism / Clive B. Fenton -- Exhibition desing / Brian Edwards -- Shaping the sacred : Spence as church-builder / Louise Campbell -- Building for modern ceremony / Miles Glendinning -- From genius loci to the borbals : Spence as architect of mass housing / Miles Glendinning -- Drawing a new map of learning : Spence and the University of Sussex / Louise Campbell -- The architect and the artists / Philip Long. Subjects; Spence, Basil Sir 1907-1976 ; Exhibitions. Spence, Basil Sir 1907-1976. Spence, Basil. Edinburgh Royal Scottish Museum ; Pictorial works. Coventry Cathedral. Architects Scotland ; Exhibitions. Architects Scotland ; Biography.
Price: €25.00