Leicester in 50 Buildings
Title | Leicester in 50 Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Butt |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2016-09-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1445659212 |
Explores the rich and fascinating history of the city through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Leicester Engineering Building
Title | Leicester Engineering Building PDF eBook |
Author | John McKean |
Publisher | Phaidon Press |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 1994-01-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780714831541 |
James Stirling was one of the most influential architects of the late twentieth century. He established his world-wide reputation in the 1960s while still in partnership with James Gowan, and his strong personal style is first seen to emerge in the extraordinary Leicester University Engineering Building, the last project to be completed by the partnership. Its slender, almost transparent, tower rises above the projecting forms of its wedge-shaped auditoria. This constructivist inspired ensemble is juxtaposed with the industrial toughness of the engineering workshops whose saw-tooth factory glazing cuts across its roof at an acute angle, setting up a powerful and contradictory geometry.
50 Architects 50 Buildings
Title | 50 Architects 50 Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | Twentieth Century Society |
Publisher | Batsford Books |
Pages | 725 |
Release | 2016-06-09 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1849944075 |
The most inspirational buildings in the world, as chosen by well-known contemporary architects. In this book, published in conjunction with the Twentieth Century Society, 50 contemporary architects choose the buildings from around the world that have inspired them and made an impact on their own work. Architectural journalist Pamela Buxton interviewed each of the architects to create these outstanding portraits of the buildings that have influenced modern architecture. The diverse selection is introduced by Twentieth Century Society director Catherine Croft, and illustrated throughout with photographs by Gareth Gardner and Edward Tyler. The book features a diverse range of inspirational buildings, from housing estates to castles, coal mines to cathedrals. Work by the giants of twentieth-century architecture including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto are featured, as well as lesser-known gems. Examples include Richard Rogers (of RHSP) on Maison de Verre (Paris, France); Chris Williamson (of Weston Williamson) on the Eames House by Charles and Ray Eames (Los Angeles, USA); Takero Shimazaki (of T-SA, UK) on Hexenhaus by Alison and Peter Smithson (Bad Karlshafen, Germany); Ted Cullinan (of Cullinan Studio) on Chapel of Notre Dame Du Haut by Le Corbusier (Ronchamp, France); Michael Squire (of Squire & Partners, UK) on Grundtvig’s Church by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (Copenhagen, Denmark); and Jonathan Woolf (of Jonathan Woolf Architects) on Haus Esters and Haus Lange by Mies van der Rohe (Krefeld, Germany). This beautifully produced book offers a great insight into the power of existing architecture and its immense influence on the world we build today.
Coventry in 50 Buildings
Title | Coventry in 50 Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | David McGrory |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2017-04-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1445665794 |
Explores the rich and fascinating history of Coventry through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Liverpool in 50 Buildings
Title | Liverpool in 50 Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Collard |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2016-08-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1445658968 |
Explores the rich and fascinating history of the city through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Building
Title | Building PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1044 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Loughborough in 50 Buildings
Title | Loughborough in 50 Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | Lynne Dyer |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2018-07-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1445680947 |
Explore the rich history of Loughborough in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.