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Commendation, the Colvin Prize 2023 (Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain)Reconstruction explores the impact of the First World War on the built environment – examining the immediate and longer term aftermath of the Great War on the architecture of Britain and the British Empire during the interwar years.While much attention has been paid by historians to post-war architectural reconstruction after 1945, the earlier developments of the interwar period (1919-1939) have been comparatively overlooked. Filling an important gap in surveys of 20th-century British architecture, this volume reveals how the architectural developments of this period not only provided important foundations for what happened after 1945 – they are also of real significance in their own right.Sixteen essays bring together new and diverse approaches to the period – a period of reconstruction, fraught with the challenges of modernity and democratisation. The collection considers the complex effects of reconstruction on design, discourse, practice, and professionalism, and makes important postcolonial interventions into the architectural history of British Imperialism at home and in its far reaches; in Cairo, South Africa, Australia, and India.
Produktinformation
Utgivningsdatum2024-06-27
Mått156 x 234 x 28 mm
Vikt885 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor408
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350283923
UtmärkelserCommended for Colvin Prize (The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain [SAHGB]) 2023 (UK)
Neal Shasore is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of Architecture, Liverpool University.Jessica Kelly is Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Theoretical Studies in Design at The University for the Creative Arts, Farnham.
List of figuresList of contributorsForeword: Towards Narratives of Modernity After Reconstruction – Elizabeth DarlingAcknowledgementsIntroduction - Neal Shasore and Jessica KellySection I: Promoting the Business of ArchitectureIntroduction - Neal Shasore and Jessica KellyI: Criticism: The Architectural Press and the Public - Jessica KellyII: Professionalism: The American Influence on British Architectural Practice - H Horatio JoyceIII: Regulation: The New London - Eileen ChaninIV: Development: Speculative Office Development and Public Sector Tenants - Jonathan ClarkeSection II: Designing Community InfrastructureIntroduction - Neal Shasore and Jessica KellyV: Community Centre: New Housing Estates in Scotland - Alistair FairVI: Public House: The Carlisle Experiment and the Improved Public House - Julian HolderVII: Parish: Democratic Participation in Suburban Parish Churches - Clare PriceSection III: Building a Rural CitizenryIntroduction - Neal Shasore and Jessica KellyVIII: Yeoman: Land Settlement and Cottage Small Holdings - Rebecca Preston and Joanna SmithIX: Veteran: Annabel Dott and Colonial, Metropolitan and Rural Communities - Elizabeth McKellarX: Student: Henry Morris and the First Village Colleges - Kieran MahonSection IV: Binding Subjects through StatecraftIntroduction - Neal ShasoreXI: Citizenship: Welfare and the Democratic State in Percy Thomas’s Civic Architecture - Robert ProctorXII: Memory: Sir Herbert Baker, Rhodes House and the Architecture of Memory - Geoffrey TyackXIII: Diocese: Cairo Cathedral and the Politics of Liberal Anglican Church Design - David LewisSection V: Wedding Peace with Well-BeingXIV: Sickness: Advances in British Hospital Design after the First World War - Harriet Richardson BlakemanXV: Health: Democracy, Diversity, Dispersal - Barry DoyleIndex
It has taken nearly a hundred years for the history of interwar British architecture to be discussed widely in an even-handed and pluralistic manner. Reconstruction takes a significant step towards mapping the territory and demonstrating how it can be done.
