- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (22 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415401771
- ISBN-13: 978-0415401777
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,314,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This is an interesting and useful book ... Higgott's book is enjoyable to read.' – Architectural Review
'[makes] a significant ... contribution to the study of British architectural culture.' - The Magazine of the Twentieth Century Society
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In this well illustrated volume, Andrew Higgott demonstrates how architectural books and journals have created twentieth century architectural culture in Britain.
Mediating Modernism discusses the publications, language and images which, in the act of 'describing', 'interpreting' or 'illustrating' the architecture, have created it in architectural discourse. Whilst numerous recent books have radically re-thought the construct of modernism, this is the first book to re-think modernism in relation to British architecture.
This rich work introduces architecture students to this significant, but largely untouched area of architectural history and applies processes of rethinking to the development of more complex interpretations of British architecture.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a little surprised at some of the comments and allotted rankings given by reviewers to this fine book. It is an excellent and well-written text that certainly does manage to find new angles on very familiar topics. I would happily recommend it to anyone interested in the history of modern architecture in this country.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great read for all. A. higgott writes about modernism in a way that captivats the reader.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I liked this refreshing look back at modern British architecture from the viewpoint of contemporary architectural media. In particular Higgott's review and analysis of the Abercrombie Plan for the rebuilding of London after the Second World War is very enlightening. One wonders what London would be like today if those plans had been carried out in full. Would the attempt to create new communities have worked?
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A student's viewpoint
The previous reviewer states that he knows 'something' about this subject, but I suspect is a lecturer or maybe a professional architect. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2007 by Eldon
New interpretations of an architectural culture
For someone who knows something about British architectural culture in the twentieth century, this book presents fresh relationships, trends and understandings of, for me, familiar... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2007 by D. Knight
In praise of modesty
Despite the misleading cultural studies-type title, this is a useful addition to the literature on modernism. It reads well in parts, although lacks continuity overall.
Published on 3 Oct 2007 by S.A. Dowland
Re-viewing Britain
This isn't the first book that places architecture in the world of ideas rather than simply being about the stuff that gets built- but it's the first that does that in the... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2007 by M.L.
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