- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (10 Oct 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563488239
- ISBN-13: 978-0563488231
- Product Dimensions: 27 x 20 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 263,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Britain is covered with an extraordinary array of fantastic and brilliant buildings. There are more historic buildings of more styles in Britain than even in Italy. And, our favourites occupy a similar place in the national psyche as Robin Hood and Nell Gwynne. Britain's Best Buildings celebrates the bricks-and-mortar icons of our history that are well known and loved beyond all the others: Dan Cruickshank re-visits the stuff of legend but also reveals the stories behind the buildings. Like the life of any human being, there are highs and lows to the story of every building and as even the best-known celebrity has dark corners and secret closets to explore, so do Britain's best-loved buildings. To know a great building is to make it more our own - to know it even more will make us feel we have a stake in its past, present, and future. Each of the buildings is outstanding architecturally, yet each has strong personal stories behind their construction and as a whole they offer a journey through the nation's architecture and psyche from the 12th century to the present day.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"Britain's Best Buildings" and told "best well". Cruikshank's tellings are excellent. The Viewer is drawn into the Master's explanation, and his surprises become ours. I still think that his exposition of the Circus and Square of Bath is one of his best, but then so are those of Durham Cathedral and the Forth Railway Bridge. Just watch, and expand yourself a little.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I wanted this book for ages having watched the t.v series with dan cruickshank and found the buildings and their histories thoroughly fascinating. This book is a really excellent campanion for the t.v series and if like me you are a fan of history and architecture then it is a must have. Dan Cruickshank explores the personalities of the buildings and their inhabitants and there are plenty of high quality photographs of the exterior and interior of the buildings to give you a real feel for them. If you loved the t.v series or just like your architectural history then this is definately the book for you.
24 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How many amazing buildings do we walk past here in the UK, without a second glance? Where maybe if we took a moment to look up at the detail and effort that went them, we would think, "Wow!"
The Story of Britain's Best Buildings only scratches the surface of some of the amazing architecture we have on our doorstep. From Tower Bridge, a monument of British engineering and usefulness, to The Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras, which I myself walk past almost daily, and have only now appreciated its imposing and masculine presence.
Along with Cardiff Castle, Highpoint One and Holyrood House (and more) this book, with its powerful pictures, shows us some of our best buildings. There are some, that sadly do not make it, such as St George's Hall in Liverpool, or The Houses of Parliament, maybe there is room here for a volume two?
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