Interwar : British architecture 1919-39
Stamp, Gavin2025
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British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism but the reality was far more diverse. As the modernists came of age and the traditionalists began to decline, there arose a rich variety of styles and tastes in Britain and across the empire, a variety that reflected the restless zeitgeist of the years before the Second World War. At the time of his death in 2017, Gavin Stamp, one of Britain's leading architectural critics, was at work on a deeply considered account of British architecture in the interwar period, correcting what he saw as the skewed view of earlier historians who were unable to see past modernism. Beginning with a survey of the modern movement after the armistice, 'Interwar' untangles the threads that link lesser-known movements like the Egyptian revival with the enduring popularity of the Tudorbethan.
Main title:
Interwar : British architecture 1919-39 / Gavin Stamp.
Author:
Stamp, Gavin, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2025.
Collation:
576 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2024.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781800817401 (pbk)
Dewey class:
720.941
Language:
English
BRN:
3949092