Christopher Nicholson – RIBA Drawings Monographs No. 4 (Royal Inst. British Architects (RIBA) Drawings/Mon) - Softcover

Bingham, Neil

9781854904454: Christopher Nicholson – RIBA Drawings Monographs No. 4 (Royal Inst. British Architects (RIBA) Drawings/Mon)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854904450 ISBN 13: 9781854904454

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

∗ Fourth title in unique series
∗ Beautifully illustrated with rarely seen drawings from RIBA Drawings Collection
∗ In addition to his architectural output, Nicholson is widely known for his commercial designs, such as those for BEA and Ferranti
∗ This book will appeal to architects, planners, artists, illustrators, commercial designers and historians

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From the Back Cover:

Christopher Nicholson (1904–48) was a leading architect and designer of the early Modern Movement in Britain. Despite an architectural career interrupted by the Second World War and later cut short by his tragic death in a gliding accident, Nicholson left a considerable legacy of built and unbuilt projects. His most famous works of the thirties were in sympathy with the advanced modern style of his brother, the abstract artist Ben Nicholson. His young prot�g�, Hugh Casson, assisted on numerous schemes and produced many of the beautiful drawings illustrated in this book. In 1990, the RIBA Drawings Collection acquired Nicholson′s complete collection of drawings, record books and photographs. A selection of this work has been reproduced here, from Nicholson′s early student projects, through to his major buildings such as Augustus John′s studio and the London Gliding Club, concluding with his post–war design work for aeroplane livery and radio and television sets. Neil Bingham gives an account of Nicholson′s career, describing the architect′s important role in the development of Modernism in Britain.

About the Author:

Neil Bingham is Assistant Curator at the RIBA Drawings Collection. Born in Canada, he received a PhD in architectural history from the University of London in 1985. He has organised many exhibitions at the RIBA Heinz Gallery and is author of C.A. Busby: Regency Architect of Brighton & Hove (1987) and various articles, principally on modern architecture and design. Dr Bingham is chairman of the Brunswick Square Charitable Trust, and a long–standing committee member of the Twentieth Century Society. He lives on a Span estate in Blackheath, south London.

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