Thesis
Modernising tradition: the architectural thought of Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960)
- Abstract:
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The architect Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 – 1960) designed the red telephone kiosk, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Battersea Power Station, and the House of Commons Chamber amongst other major projects. Yet this thesis is the first scholarly study of his work as a theorist and practitioner. Scott’s ideas provide a window into how architects, critics, and clients of his generation thought about architecture, helping us to understand the design of the interwar period in a way that the backward ...
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+ Tyack, G
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
+ Whyte, W
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
+ Wright, A
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
+ Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
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Lewis, D
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:9289
- Deposit date:
- 2014-11-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Lewis, D
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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