CiNii 図書 - The birth of modern London : the development and design of the city 1660-1720

The period 1660-1720 saw the foundation of modern London. The city was transformed post-Fire from a tight warren of medieval timber-framed buildings into a vastly expanded, regularised landscape of brick houses laid out in squares and spacious streets. This book examines the building boom and the speculative developers who created that landscape. It offers a wealth of new information on their working practices, the role of craftsmen and the design thinking which led to the creation of a new prototype for English housing. While concentrating on the mass-produced houses of 'the middling sort', which saw the adoption of classicism on a large scale in this country for the first time, the book reveals that the 'new city' maintained a surprising degree of continuity with existing patterns of urban use and traditional architecture. It presents the late-seventeenth and the early eighteenth century as a distinct phase in London's architectural development and offers a radical reinterpretations of the adoption of Renaissance styles and ideas at the level of the everyday, challenging conventional interpretations of their use and reception in this country. -- .

Part 1 The development of the city: surveying the scene - conflicting perpsectives on the modern city
the developers - noble landlords and greedy speculators
creating the city - the "mad intemperance ...of building"
constructing the city - the standardization of production
the builders - honest artisans and crafty contractors. Part 2 The design of the city
conceiving the city - I design through drawing
conceiving the city - II books and altenrative design methods
housing the city - tradition and innovation in the urban terrace
open spaces in the city - from fields to squares and gardens.

巻冊次: : pbk ISBN 9780719040764

内容説明

The period 1660-1720 saw the foundation of modern London. The city was transformed post-Fire from a tight warren of medieval timber-framed buildings into a vastly expanded, regularised landscape of brick houses laid out in squares and spacious streets. This book examines the building boom and the speculative developers who created that landscape. It offers a wealth of new information on their working practices, the role of craftsmen and the design thinking which led to the creation of a new prototype for English housing. While concentrating on the mass-produced houses of 'the middling sort', which saw the adoption of classicism on a large scale in this country for the first time, the book reveals that the 'new city' maintained a surprising degree of continuity with existing patterns of urban use and traditional architecture. It presents the late-seventeenth and the early eighteenth century as a distinct phase in London's architectural development and offers a radical reinterpretations of the adoption of Renaissance styles and ideas at the level of the everyday, challenging conventional interpretations of their use and reception in this country. -- .

「Nielsen BookData」より

The birth of modern London : the development and design of the city 1660-1720

著者

書誌事項

大学図書館所蔵全29件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

内容説明・目次

関連文献： 1件中 1-1を表示

詳細情報

書き出し