Description
| Product ID: | 9781783528561 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | SK |
| Title: | A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land |
| Authors: | Author: Joshua Abbott |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, History of art, Architectural structure and design, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Art & design styles: Art Deco, Architectural structure & design, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, London, Greater London, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The definitive illustrated guide to art deco, modernist and brutalist architecture ?in London's suburbs From Barnet to Richmond, explore the history of London''s Metro-Land A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land is your essential pocket guide to the modernist architecture of London''s suburbs. Inspired by John Betjeman''s 1973 documentary Metro-Land and the writing of Ian Nairn, it examines the growth of the city''s suburbs from the 1920s up to the present day – a story that is closely interwoven with the development of innovative architecture in Britain – through its most remarkable modernist buildings. Featuring work by architects such as Charles Holden, Erno Goldfinger and Norman Foster, the book covers nine London boroughs and two counties: Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It is designed to help you explore Metro-Land''s modernist heritage, featuring short descriptions of each building alongside maps of the areas covered, and more than 100 colour photographs. |
| Imprint Name: | Unbound Digital |
| Publisher Name: | Unbound |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-10-01 |
