Buy this book on-line HOAR,FRANK: : An Introduction to English ArchitectureLONDON.EVANS BROTHERS LIMITED,1963. ISBN No ISBN.
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8vo,5-256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author preface+foreword,7 chapters+Conclusion,profuse b/w illus/
diagrams/drawings by author,throughout the
text and the book,glossary of architectural terms,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,and b/w vignetted title-page.
The rapidly changing architectural landscape of England over the last twelve years (then 1963) has,without a doubt, awakened a widespread and welcome interest
in the intense building activity daily visible around us.It has also been the cause of valuable,healthy criticism and comment at all levels of society.Damage by
bombing,slum clearance and the drive to eliminate the depressing and out-dated housing conditions inherited from the 19thC are among the main factors responsible for the new impetus.
There are,as a result,many years of work ahead,which will directly or indirectly affect the life of every member of the community.In order to understand and assess the message and purpose of modern architecture in this country,it is essential to judge it against the background of the past.In England we are very fortunate to possess a wealth of fine
buildings - legacies from previous centuries.
Starting from the period of the Norman Conquest,Dr. Frank Hoar clearly and ably explains to us the continuity,purpose and needs of the builder and architect in the most interesting periods of England's architectural history.
The author is a practising architect and lectures on architcture at London University.He is Architectural Correspondent to the 'Evening Standard' and his cartoons have appeared in 'Punch' and other journals since 1941 under the name Acanthus.He is an expert of Baroque
architecture,author of 'Pen and Ink Drawing' and also 'Ancestral Manners',a satire on the great English Country House.
He has drawings in the Library of Congress,the Metropolitan Museum and in collections in Europe and the USA.He
designed the first Gatwick Airport when he was only 25 years old and he has exhibited for many years at the Royal Academy. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HOAR,FRANK: : An Introduction to English Architecture. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, collectables, antiquarian books, used books and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |