The English House - Softcover

Hermann Muthesius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632018534 ISBN 13: 9780632018536

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1987

Synopsis

This single volume edition of "Das Englische Haus", written by Hermann Muthesius, an architect attached to the German Embassy in London from 1896-1903, is a study of one of the great periods of English architecture - the domestic revival of the late 19th century of Webb, Shaw, Voysey and Lutyens. The book should be of interest to architectural historians, students of architecture, interior designers and to those interested in this period of English cultural life and the history of architecture.

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Review

Before they cut the next sod, every developer should be ordering this beautiful box-set. (Architectural Review)

An astonishing achievement: the translation flows superbly with no sense of its being manipulated to fit the appearance of the original pages. (Journal of Architectural Conservation)

Fascinating books for those of a scholarly disposition. (Sunday Telegraph)

About the Author

Herman Muthesius (1861–1927) was the cultural attaché at the German Embassy in London at a time of profound change in the arts and crafts and particularly in domestic architecture in Britain. An architect himself, and a friend of Mackintosh and Lethaby, Muthesius was fascinated by the English love of home and countryside, their dislike of ostentation and their enthusiasm for cleanliness – all of which showed itself in the architecture of the day, and which he recorded and discussed in astonishing and still unmatched detail in Das Englische Haus, first published in 1904.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0632018534
• ISBN 13: 9780632018536
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272