British design : tradition and modernity after 1948

British design : tradition and modernity after 1948 /

"British Design brings together a collection of essays from international scholars, designers and journalists, offering new perspectives on the significance of British design in the last sixty years. The book reacts and responds to the changes that have taken place in the recent history of Brit...

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Corporate Author: Spaces and Places: British Design 1948-2012 (Conference)
Other Authors: Breward, Christopher, 1965- (Editor), Fisher, Fiona (Editor), Wood, Ghislaine (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:
1900 - 2099
Space (Architecture) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Space (Architecture) > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Design > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Design > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
DESIGN / General.
DESIGN / History & Criticism.
DESIGN / Essays.
Design > Social aspects
Space (Architecture)
Great Britain
History
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age: A Retrospective View / Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood
  • The Spaces and Places of British Modernity / Fiona Fisher and Penny Sparke
  • 1. The Primavera Story, 1946-1967 / Janine Barker and Cheryl Buckley
  • 2. Tommy Roberts: Kleptomania to Two Columbia Road / Paul Gorman
  • 3. John Fowler, Nancy Lancaster and the English Country House / Martin Wood
  • 4. At Home with Modern Design, 1958-1965: A Case Study / Christine Lalumia
  • 5. Conservative Flagship. Interior design for RMS Windsor Castle, 1960 / Harriet McKay
  • 6. Bernat Klein: Colouring the Interior / Fiona Anderson
  • 7. Ancient Spaces in Modern Dress: Basil Spence at the University of Sussex / Maurice Howard
  • 8. Architects Co-partnership: Private Practice for Public Service / Alan Powers
  • 9. Something Fierce: Brutalist Historicism in the University of Essex Library / Jules Lubbock
  • 10. Hidden Internationalisms: Tradition and Modernism in Post-war Primary School Design 1948-1972 / Catherine Burke
  • 11. Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances. Modernist Pop and Modernist Architecture: A Short History of a Misunderstanding / Owen Hatherley
  • 12. Edinburgh on the Couch / Richard J. Williams
  • 13. Heatherwick Studio: A New Bus for London / Abraham Thomas
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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