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Modern Alan Powers

Modern By Alan Powers

Modern by Alan Powers


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A study ever published of Modern Movement architecture in Britain - typified by the buildings' simple, undecorated aesthetic that is free of historical styles

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Modern: The Modern Movement in Britain by Alan Powers

The most comprehensive study ever published of Modern Movement architecture in Britain - typified by the buildings' simple, undecorated aesthetic that is free of historical styles Encyclopedic in scope and structure, with architect-by-architect entries arranged A-Z and specially commissioned photographs throughout of all the major extant buildings, from private houses and apartment blocks to schools and factories Covers the work of such internationally well-known architects as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Eric Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff (all of whom went on to work in the United States), as well as such architects as Maxwell Fry, Erno Goldfinger, Oliver Hill, Berthold Lubetkin and others who changed the vocabulary of architecture in Britain between the wars An essential reference for anyone interested in twentieth-century architecture and culture

About Alan Powers

Alan Powers, one of the UK's leading architectural historians, with a particular interest in the Modern Movement, has published widely on all aspects of twentieth-century architecture and design. He teaches at the University of Greenwich, London. Morley von Sternberg is recognized as one of today's leading architectural photographers. He recently collaborated with architect and writer John Allan on a book about the Modern Movement architect Berthold Lubetkin, also published by Merrell.

Table of Contents

Contents .. Introduction .. Aiton & Scott Aiton & Co Factory, Stores Road, Derby .. Ove Arup Labworth Cafe, Western Esplanade, Canvey Island, Essex .. Geoffrey Bazeley Tregannick, Cornwall .. Elisabeth Benjamin East Wall (house), Hedgerley, Gerrards Cross, Bucks .. Justin Blanco-White Shawms, Conduit Head Road, Cambridge .. Marcel Breuer Gane Pavilion, Bristol; Sea Lane House, Coastal Road, Angmering-on-Sea, West Sussex .. Bunney 13A Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 .. Burnet, Tait & Lorne Royal Masonic Hospital, Ravenscourt Park, London W6; Burlington Danes School, Wood Lane, London W12; German Hospital, Hackney, London .. James Cadbury-Brown .. J. & J. A. Carrick Rothesay Pavilion, Argyle Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute .. George Checkley Willow House, Cambridge .. Serge Chermayeff Cambridge Theatre, Seven Dials, London; Gilbey's, Oval Road, London NW1; Bentley Wood, Halland, East Sussex .. Anthony Chitty House at Churt, Surrey .. Dennis Clarke Hall Richmond School for Girls [now Richmond Upper School], The Crescent, Richmond, North Yorkshire .. Wells Coates Lawn Road Flats, Lawn Road, London NW3; Embassy Court, Hove, East Sussex; Shipwrights, 241 Benfleet Road, Benfleet, Essex; Palace Gate Flats, London .. Amyas Connell High and Over, Amersham, Bucks .. Connell & Ward White House, Grayswood, nr Haslemere, Surrey .. Connell, Ward & Lucas 66 Frognal, Hampstead, London NW3 .. George Coles Odeon cinema, Muswell Hill, London .. Dora Cosins 9 Wilberforce Road, Cambridge .. William Crabtree Peter Jones department store, Sloane Square, London SW3 .. Mary Crowley Three houses [nos. 102-106, even], Orchard Road, Tewin, Hertfordshire .. Joseph Emberton Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex; Simpson's, 203-206 Piccadilly,London SW1; Pleasure Beach, Blackpool: various buildings .. Etchells & Welch 233 High Holborn, London WC2 .. Rudolf Frankel Houses in Stanmore, west London .. Maxwell Fry Little Winch, Chipperfield, Herts; Kensal House, 1-68 Ladbroke Grove, London; Miramonte, Warren Rise, Coombe, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey; Sun House, Hampstead, London .. Frederick Gibberd Pullman Court, Streatham Hill, Streatham, London SW2 .. Erno Goldfinger Hill Pasture, Broxted, Essex; 2 Willow Road, Hampstead, London NW3 .. Goodhart-Rendel St Olaf's House, London Bridge, London .. Dora Gordine Dorich House, Kingston Hill, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey .. Walter Gropius The Wood House, Upper Green Road, Shipbourne, Kent; Impington Village College, Impington, Cambridge - with Maxwell Fry .. Patrick Gwynne The Homewood, Esher, Surrey .. Harland Pen Pits, Penselwood, Somerset .. Hartland House in Clifton, Bristol .. Oliver Hill Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancs; Joldwynds, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey; Whitwood Mere School, Whitwood Mere, Castleford, South Yorkshire; Hill House, Hampstead, London NW3; Landfall, 19 Crichel Mount Road, Poole, Dorset .. Hoar, Marlow & Lovett Beehive Terminal, Gatwick Airport, Crawley, East Sussex .. Charles Holden Southgate station, London; Arnos Grove station, Bowes Road, London N14 .. G.A. Jellicoe The Caveman Restaurant, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset .. W.A. Johnson Southport Co-Operative Store, Eastbank Street, Southport, Lancs; Bradford Co-Operative Store, Sunbridge Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire; Co-Operative Drapery Store, Buxton Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire; Edinburgh Co-Operative Store, Edinburgh .. R.W.H. Jones Saltdean Lido, Saltdean, East Sussex .. Vladimir Karfik Bata Factory and Estate, East Tilbury, Essex .. William Kinnimonth 46A Dick Place, Edinburgh .. Denys Lasdun 32 Newton Road, Paddington, London W2 .. Frank Latham Jubilee Pool, Penzance, Cornwall .. W.E. Lescaze High Cross House and other buildings, Dartington, Totnes, Devon .. Maxwell Lock House at Stanmore Common, London .. Berthold Lubetkin Penguin Pool, London Zoo, Regent's Park, London NW1; Highpoint I and II, North Hill, London N6; Finsbury Health Centre, Pine Street, London E1; and others .. Marshall & Tweedy Luton Modern School for Boys, Badgers Hill Road, Luton, Beds .. Leslie Martin & Sadie Speight Nursery School, Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire; Brackenfell, Brampton, Cumbria .. Edward Maufe House at Round Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset .. Raymond McGrath Finella, Queens Road, Cambridge; St Ann's Hill [now St Anne's Court], St Anne's Hill, Chertsey, Surrey; Carrygate, Galby, Leics; Kingstone Store, Belgrave Gate, Leics .. Eric Mendelsohn De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex; Shrub's Wood, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks; 64 Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3 .. Peter Moro & R. Llewelyn-Davies Harbour Meadow, Birdham, West Sussex .. R. Myerscough-Walker 35 Hallams Lane, Chilwell, Nottingham .. Christopher Nicholson London Gliding Club, Dunstable, Bedfordshire; The Studio, Fryern Court, Fordingbridge, Hants; Monkton House .. Pite, Son & Fairweather Sully Hospital, Hayes Farm, Sully, Glamorgan .. David Pleydell-Bouverie Pavilion, Folkestone, Kent .. John C. Proctor Kirkby House, Kirkby Overblow, North Yorkshire .. Fritz Ruhemann 2 South Parade, Chiswick, W4 .. Otto Salvisberg Roche Pharmaceuticals, Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts .. Samuel & Harding The New House, 13B Arkwright Road, London NW3; The Shieling, Jordans, Bucks .. Frank Scarlet Starlock, Rye, East Sussex .. Marshall Sisson 31 Madingley Road, Cambridge .. Tayler & Green The Studio, Duke's Head Yard, Highgate, London N6 .. Harry W. Weedon Odeon cinema, Kingstanding, Smethwick, West Midlands; Villa Marina, The Promenade, Craigside, Llandudno, Gwynedd .. Owen Williams Boots Factories D6 and D10, Beeston, Nottingham; Dollis Hill Synagogue, Parkside, London NW2; Peckham Health Centre, St Mary's Road, London SE15; Daily Express, 120-129 Fleet Street, London; Daily Express, Great Ancoats Street, Manchester .. F.R.S. Yorke Torilla, Wilkins Green Lane, Nast Hyde, Hatfield, Herts; 60-72 (even) Birmingham Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks .. After the Modern Movement .. Conserving the Modern Movement .. Further Reading .. Index

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GOR004208695
9781858942551
1858942551
Modern: The Modern Movement in Britain by Alan Powers
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Merrell Publishers Ltd
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