Building a better tomorrow : architecture in Britain in the 1950s / Robert Elwall

Elwall, Robert. British Architectural Library. Photographs Collection

ISBN 10: 0471987077 / ISBN 13: 9780471987079

Published by Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Academy, 2000

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Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; RIBA photographs monograph. Royal Institute of British Architects photographs monograph. Physical description; 128 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Contents; The Festival of Britain.Education.Housing.Transport.Worship.Leisure and the Arts.Commerce and Industry.Bibliography. Index. Summary; This book provides an introductory overview to a period which is now being increasingly studied, and in which there is burgeoning interest. Although the book is primarily visual, photographs have been chosen according to how well they illustrate the important buildings and themes of the period. Subjects; Architecture Great Britain History 20th century. Nineteen fifties. Architecture History 20th century. Architecture, Modern 20th century. Architecture Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle. Années cinquante (Vingtième siècle). Architecture Great Britain History Great Britain. Architecture, British. Architecture Great Britain 20th century. Architecture, Modern-20th century-Great Britain. Royal Institute of British Architects (London). Architecture British Isles (1950-1959). Dates covered: (1950-1959). Architectural structure & design ; History of specific subjects. United Kingdom, Great Britain ; (c 1945 to c 1960). Architecture / History / General. Architecture / Criticism. Architecture, Modern ; 20th century ; Nineteen fifties. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building a better tomorrow : architecture in Britain in the 1950s / Robert Elwall
• Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Academy
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471987077
• ISBN 13: 9780471987079
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis

This book provides an introductory overview to a period which is now being increasingly studied, and in which there is burgeoning interest. Although the book is primarily visual, photographs have been chosen according to how well they illustrate the important buildings and themes of the period.

About the Author

Robert Elwall read history at Trinity College, Oxford, and is now Photographs Curator of the British Architectural Library, RIBA. He has curated several architectural and photographic exhibitions including Unlocking the Thirties (1979) and Pavilions Near and Far (1992), as well as Bricks and Beer (1983) and Photography Takes Command: The Camera and British Architecture 1890–1939 (1994) for both of which he wrote the accompanying books. He is the author of Ernö Goldfinger (1996), also published by Academy in the RIBA Drawings Monographs series, has published numerous articles on architecture and photography, and edited the CD–ROM Architecture & Design Illustrated (1997).