Built for Britain
Bridges to Beach Huts
(Sprache: Englisch)
A captivating picture book for architects, engineers, and a general audience, Built for Britain features over 100 British buildings in a stylish square format. Organized by building type. It has an index designed to make it easy to find buildings in your...
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A captivating picture book for architects, engineers, and a general audience, Built for Britain features over 100 British buildings in a stylish square format. Organized by building type. It has an index designed to make it easy to find buildings in your local area. Sections include: Industry, Bridges, Maritime, Beach Huts & Chalets, Railways, Military, and Leisure.
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A captivating picture book, Built for Britain features over 100 British buildings in a covetable square format. Organised by building type. It has an index that is designed to make it easy to find buildings in your local area. Sections are as follows:Industry: this includes everything from 18th century mills to the modernist Boots Factory in Nottingham and the Post Office Tower.
Bridges:Ranges from the contemporary 'wobbly' Millennium Bridge on Bankside, London to the Forth Bridge in Edinburgh
Maritime: features lighthouses, a lifeboat station, dockyard and pier.
Beach Huts & Chalets: in Bournemouth, Fairbourne, Harwich andOld Hunstanton and Wells-next-the-Sea.
Railways: stations and footbridges.
Military: fortifications from Hadrian's Wall to the Martello Tower in Aldeburgh.
Leisure: ranges from the Ally Pally and the Midland Hotel in Morecambe to the recently built The Deep
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Built for Britain “
Foreword.Introduction.
Industry.
Bridges.
Maritime.
Railways.
Military.
Leisure.
Acknowledgements.
Bibliography.
Index of Structures.
Index of Architects, engineers, artists and builders.
Index of locations.
Autoren-Porträt von Peter Ashley
Peter Ashley is the author and photographer of Unmitigated England and More from Unmitigated England . He edited Railway Rhymes for the Everyman s Library Pocket Poets Series and collaborated with Philip Wilkinson on books accompanying the BBC Restoration programmes and The English Building Book , the ultimate guide to building types.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Peter Ashley
- 2009, 1. Auflage., 168 Seiten, Maße: 15 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470745959
- ISBN-13: 9780470745953
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Built for Britain “
"...photographic celebration of some of our much-loved national" monuments." (Architect's Journal, May 28th 2009)
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