Charles Reilly And The Liverpool School Of Architecture 1904 - 1933

Sharples, Joseph - Powers, Alan - Shippingbottom, Michael [ Reilly, Charles ]

ISBN 10: 0853239010 / ISBN 13: 9780853239017

Published by Liverpool University Press, 1996

About this Item

Large format paperback, F. xii+180pp, 84 b/w illustrations, a fine copy. Catalogue of an Exhibition held to show the influence of Professor Charles Reilly at the LSA during the first part of the 20th century. He successfully backed University training over apprenticeship and was a strong advocate of American Classicism and European Modernism. 475 grams.

Seller Inventory # 60008

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Charles Reilly And The Liverpool School Of Architecture 1904 - 1933
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853239010
• ISBN 13: 9780853239017
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

One of the most important figures in the history of twentieth-century architecture in Britain, Professor [Sir] Charles Reilly dominated architectural education and had profound influences on architectural practice. This book, produced as the catalogue of an exhibition on Reilly’s life and work, also stands as an illustrated history in its own right; it includes discussion of the work of some of Reilly’s outstanding and well-known students.

About the Authors

Alan Powers is an author and lecturer at London School of Architecture, NYU London.

Michael Shippobottom has over 35 years’ experience of working with historic buildings and has worked on many major buildings of national importance, including Windsor Castle, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Westminster World Heritage Site. Michael lectured in the Victorian Society Winter Lecture Series 2012–2013, was guest speaker at the 2014 National Conference of Gardens Trust and was a lecturer at Port Sunlight as part of 125 years foundation celebrations in 2014.