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Mavericks: Architects Who Broke the Mould of British Architecture
Owen Hopkins
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Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
The history of architecture is a story of continual innovation, and yet at certain points within that story comes an architect whose vision completely defies convention. Mavericks: Architects who Broke the Mould of British Architecture focuses on twelve such figures from the history of British architecture, including Sir John Soane, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Cedric Price and Zaha Hadid. From the stripped-back classicism of Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery to Hadid's neofuturistic Olympic Aquatics Centre in London, their work is bold, frequently controversial, often radical; it is architecture that actively resists being pigeon-holed into a particular style or period. What connects ... Read more
The history of architecture is a story of continual innovation, and yet at certain points within that story comes an architect whose vision completely defies convention. Mavericks: Architects who Broke the Mould of British Architecture focuses on twelve such figures from the history of British architecture, including Sir John Soane, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Cedric Price and Zaha Hadid. From the stripped-back classicism of Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery to Hadid's neofuturistic Olympic Aquatics Centre in London, their work is bold, frequently controversial, often radical; it is architecture that actively resists being pigeon-holed into a particular style or period. What connects ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
401g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910350393
SKU
V9781910350393
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