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by Kerry Downes (Author)
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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 2 edition (15 Jun 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0500200963
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500200964
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Nicholas Hawksmoor was the architect of some of London's most prominent landmarks - St Mary Woolnoth in the City; St George's, Bloomsbury; Christchurch, Spitalfields; and part of Greenwich Hospital - and of other notable English buildings, such as All Souls, Oxford, and the Mausoleum at Castle Howard. Yet he has been comparatively little studied and this title is by the acknowledged authority on his work. The illustrations include photographs of all his surviving buildings, and drawings of those which remained projects or have been demolished, making this a useful introduction to the work of an inventive, highly individual architect.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A compulsory purchase., 24 Feb 2001
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Too often it seems as if architectural texts are written in an altogether different language, even for those of us taking an architectural training. Endless strings of adjectives are punctuated with an obscure term which requires the use of a (most likely heavy) dictionary.

None of this of course occurs in Kerry Downes's Hawksmoor. The text is clean, concise and highly readable. The book is presented in the form of a near-linear architectural biography, from apprenticeship under Wren, collaboration with Vanbrugh at Blenheim & Castle Howard, to independent achievement with the London Churches and at All Souls, Oxford. Also covered are the replanning of Oxford & Cambridge, Easton Neston, Greenwich Hospital (now the university of East London) and the relationship between Wren, Vanbrugh & Hawksmoor .

The tone of the text is unswervingly uncritical (though never sycophantic & always scholastic), as should be expected from the known authority on Hawksmoor! Throughout, Downes also homes in on the feeling well known to the English public; of resignation to the destruction & ruination of much of english baroque/idiosyncratic architecture and the often dismal, herd-like architecture that followed,

(on Christ Church, Spitalfields) 'The loss of the galleries, the side entrances and the steeple ornaments and the lowering of the side windows have damaged Christ Church irreparably; nevertheless it remains as compelling a materpiece as any of the churches...Among the 'mere Gothique heaps of stone, without form or order' as the Palladian critic James Ralph called the churches in 1734...it is hardly surprising that the great age of Taste could make little of it.'

For a small book the depth of information covered & quality of scholarship is quite staggering. There are 185 illustrations, unfortunately of varying quality, though this of course may be the result of the cheap paperback reproduction. Kerry Downes's Hawksmoor should be read in tandem with Pierre du Prey's more recent 'Hawksmoor's London Churches', as both use a similar analysis & written approach (both taught at Princeton), extending even to the use of the same A.F. Kersting photograph of Saint George's Bloomsbury.

An absolute must.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Architect. Great Book, 25 Jun 2009
By Michael Badu "Badr" (Norwich, UK) - See all my reviews
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First things first. I you're not really 'ofay' with classical architecture, the book will be a bit of a challenge, but in a nice way.

It's compact, well written, scholarly, has really nice black and white images and drawings, and really leaves you wanting more by the end of it. The only downside is that it's a bit out of date. A couple of the churches that it says have been disfigured beyond repair have now been (thankfully) restored.

The best thing is, if you live in London, his masterpieces are only up the road!!! Magic.

As a young architect practicing today, I find him really inspiring. More so than many contemporary architects.

Highly recommended.
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