History of Scottish Architecture
Title | History of Scottish Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Glendinning Miles Glendinning |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 626 |
Release | 2019-07-30 |
Genre | ARCHITECTURE |
ISBN | 1474468500 |
At last - here is a single volume authoritative history of Scottish architecture. This compact yet comprehensive account combines factual description of the vast and fertile range of visual forms and key architects in each period with a wide-ranging analysis of their social, ideological and historical context. As Scotland has often been closely involved with new trends in western architecture, this book highlights the interaction of Scottish developments with broader European and international movements. From the beginnings of the Renaissance in the 15th century right up to the 1990s ,this much-needed survey covers the entire post-medieval story in one volume.
Architecture of Scotland, 1660-1750
Title | Architecture of Scotland, 1660-1750 PDF eBook |
Author | Humm Louisa Humm |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 709 |
Release | 2020-06-18 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1474455298 |
This architectural survey covers one of Scotland's most important periods of political and architectural change when mainstream European classicism became embedded as the cultural norm. Interposed between the decline of 'the Scottish castle' and its revival as Scotch Baronial architecture, the contributors consider both private and public/civic architecture. They showcase the architectural reflections of a Scotland finding its new elites by providing new research, analysing paradigms such as Holyrood and Hamilton Palace, as well as external reference points such as Paris tenements, Roman precedents and English parallels. Typologically, the book is broad in scope, covering the architecture and design of country estate and also the urban scene in the era before Edinburgh New Town. Steps decisively away from the 'Scottish castle' genre of architectureContextualises the work of Scotland's first well-documented grouping of major architects - including Sir William Bruce, Mr James Smith, James Gibbs and the Adam dynastyDocuments the architectural developments of a transformational period in Scottish history Beautifully illustrated throughout with 300 colour illustrations a
Scotland's Rural Home
Title | Scotland's Rural Home PDF eBook |
Author | John Brennan |
Publisher | Lund Humphries Publishers Limited |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2021-06-07 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781848224476 |
Rural Scotland is a charged landscape, alive with history, soaked in myth and often rather sublime. For those of us living an urban existence, the countryside is a retreat for refuge and decompression, but it is also a place where infrastructures strain to reach and in which livings must be made. The countryside is resistant to easy explanation and is thus vulnerable to stereotyping. The nine building stories told in this book show how rural households and communities define themselves, and the role architecture plays in this. Illustrated with beautiful photography and drawings, the projects, from affordable housing on the islands to exquisite renovations of traditional agricultural stock, and all recognised by the Saltire Society's Housing Design Awards, are visually rich both in themselves and the contexts in which they sit.
Scottish Architecture
Title | Scottish Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Miles Glendinning |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780500203743 |
Scotland is almost unique among smaller European nations in the distinctiveness and richness of its architectural heritage, dominated from the earliest times by monumental stone buildings. Prehistoric tombs and houses, early Christian, Romanesque and Gothic churches, medieval and Renaissance castles and palaces were followed, from the 17th century onward, under the stimulus of burgeoning wealth and power, by buildings reflecting a dazzling range of stylistic movements and forceful designers - including world-renowned names such as Robert Adam, Alexander Thomson and C. R. Mackintosh. In the 20th century, Scotland again saw distinctive developments and personalities. Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie bring these diverse movements and architects to life, while setting them in their wider cultural context. The built environment has always been one of the central strands of Scottish identity, and this book, for the first time, sets out its story in a concise and readable form.
The Architecture of the Scottish Medieval Church, 1100-1560
Title | The Architecture of the Scottish Medieval Church, 1100-1560 PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Fawcett |
Publisher | Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780300170498 |
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century
Title | The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | David MacGibbon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 614 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, From the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century by Thomas Ross, first published in 1887, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century
Title | The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | David MacGibbon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 622 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | Architecture |
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