Architectural Monographs 6

• Main Author: Lutyens, Edwin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Martin's Press 1986
• Subjects: Architecture > Great Britain
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• Physical Description: 107 pages illustrations 29 cm
• ISBN: 0856704229

acknowledgements, foreword, list of buildings and projects, bibliography and resumes: French, German, Italian and Spanish. The text is illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, architectural drawings and floor plans. Colour photographic paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A look at the British architect Edwin Lutyens, who straddled both the 19th and 20th centuries, and, who had an output of over 300 buildings. As an architect he never embraced the Modern Movement, but instead ". His vast output of over 300 buildings and projects show a continuing fascination with traditional constructional techniques and borrowing from the past, not simply as an elevational overlay on a 'modern' plan but in the scale and detailing of the functionally distinct rooms." -- from the forward page 7. Creasing to the lower book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges with some stains to the front fore edge. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [6], 7 - 112 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Biography & Autobiography.