Trade in Yours
For a £10.50 Gift Card
Trade in
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Colour:
Image not available

 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Britain's Buildings, Place and Spaces: The unseen in the everyday [Paperback]

Ptolemy Dean (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


Trade In this Item for up to £10.50
Trade in Britain's Buildings, Place and Spaces: The unseen in the everyday for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £10.50, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Learn more

Book Description

Publication Date: 3 Mar 2008

A stunning exploration of the wonder of Britain’s architecture with Ptolemy Dean, presenter of BBC2’s Restoration

From Churches and Cathedrals to Music Halls and Country Houses explore Britain with Ptolemy Dean, presenter of BBC2’s Restoration. Take a look around Britain’s best buildings and explore our unique relationship with our surroundings through expert insight from Ptolemy and his personal illustrations.

With a foreword from architecture expert and author of England's Thousand Best Churches, Simon Jenkins.

Product details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (3 Mar 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1405329637
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405329637
  • Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 21.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 260,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

About the Author

Ptolemy Dean is a practising architect and is well known as an expert presenter of the popular BBC2 series Restoration. He also serves on the English Heritage London Advisory Committee and the Salisbury Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee.
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

› Explore similar items

Customer Reviews

5 star
7
4 star
0
3 star
1
2 star
0
1 star
0
4.8 out of 5 stars
8 reviews
4.8 out of 5 stars
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Drawing Places and Spaces 7 Sep 2008
By Richard Bell
As you'd expect from publishers DK, this is a lavish production but, in contrast to their signature all-seeing, all-knowing house style, I'm delighted that it's very much a view through one pair of eyes. Ptolemy Dean's drawings aren't as acerbically witty as Paul Hogarth's Drawing on Life: The Autobiography of Paul Hogarth, as robustly vernacular as Matthew Rice Village Buildings of Britain Handbook or as flamboyantly urbane as David Gentleman's David Gentleman's London (Phoenix Illustrated) but if you like their work, I think you'll appreciate his gentle, intelligent, eye-opening tour of Britain's Buildings.

I like his consistently wobbly line which takes the scary technical side out of architectural drawing and his understated, atmospheric use of watercolour. His book makes me want to get out there exploring, enjoying and drawing buildings and the human-scale spaces - successfully evoked here on the 2-dimensional page - that they can create around them.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars buildings pen and wash art 30 Oct 2009
By Mr. Gilbert Jefferies
for what i wanted,great all the pen and wash drawings ideas to help me at art classes. would help other begginers to see how he goes about it ,and what he sees in each drawing.The amount of paint he uses or rather theamount he does not use surprised me, a great book all round.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Britains Buildings 6 April 2009
By A. F. A. Simmons
Ptolomy Dean's book 'Britains Buildings' is a joy of perfect if not almost humorous Paintings.
As a new student of pen and wash I can't stop looking at his intricate drawings with great pleasure.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

There's a problem loading this menu at the moment.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.

    Your Shopping Basket is empty.

    Give it purpose -- fill it with books, DVDs, clothes, electronics and more.

    If you already have an account, sign in.

    There's a problem previewing your shopping basket at the moment.

    Check your Internet connection and go to your cart, or try again.

    View Shopping Basket (0 items)

      Customer Discussions

      This product's forum
      Discussion Replies Latest Post
      No discussions yet

      Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
      Start a new discussion
      Topic:
      First post:
      Prompts for sign-in
       

      Search Customer Discussions
      Search all Amazon discussions
         

      Listmania!

      Create a Listmania! list

      Look for similar items by category

      Feedback