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Castle Goring
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Castle Goring is a grade one listed country house in Worthing, in Sussex, England.The building to some extent defies categorisation, being neither fully a castle, nor is it fully in Goring. The word is often used for English country houses constructed after the castle-building era (c.1500) and not intended for a military function.
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Ian Nairn
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ian Nairn (1930 - 15 August 1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer. He had no formal architecture qualifications; he was a mathematics graduate and a Royal Air Force pilot. In 1955 he made his name with a special issue of the Architectural Review called "Outrage" (later a book, 1959) in which he coined the term Subtopia for the areas around cities that had in his view been failed by urban planning, losing their individuality and spirit of place. The book was based around a nightmarish road trip that Nairn took from the south to the north of the country - the trip gave propulsion to his fears that we were headed for a drab new world where the whole of Britain would look like the fringes of a town, every view exactly the same. He also praised modernist urban developments such as the Bull Ring shopping centre in Birmingham, which eventually became one of the most unpopular buildings in the UK and was demolished in the early 21st century.
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Outrage
Acclaimed critic Ian Nairn's masterpiece, reissued for the first time since 1955.
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Modern Buildings in London
A classic book from one of Britain's most notorious - and accessible - architectural critics.
€ 21,95 -
Surrey
A newly expanded volume on England’s pre-eminent ‘Home County,’ exploring its mix of rural and urban architecture as well as its many major historic buildings
€ 82,95 -
Museum Without Walls
In this widely acclaimed collection, Jonathan Meades proves there is no such thing as a boring place
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Sussex: West
“One of the many improvements of this new edition is to acknowledge that these ancient buildings have a history far more complicated than was once imagined” —Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph “The ‘Pevsner’ series [. . .] is said to be the unrivalled source for authoritative and comprehensive information on the architecture of the British Isles. In Sussex:West, new research accompanies 130 specially commissioned colour photographs” —Mid Sussex Times“[The book] follows a now-familiar format, with longer and updated texts, numerous additional figures and an expanded collection of colour photographs” —John Goodall, Country Life“West is another solid achievement in this magnificent series.”—Graham Kent, Ancient Monuments Society
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Nairn's Towns
Sixteen short essays on places as varied as Glasgow and Norwich, Llanidloes and Sheffield, by the finest English Architectural writer of the Twentieth Century.
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Nairn's London
Presents a subjective meditation on a city and its buildings including railway stations, synagogues, abandoned gasworks, dock cranes, suburban gardens, East End markets, Hawksmoor churches, a Gothic cinema and twenty-seven different pubs.
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An Encyclopaedia of Myself
LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014 ‘A symphonic poem about postwar England and Englishness … A masterpiece’ Financial Times
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Nairn's Paris
Following on from the bestselling Nairn's Towns - a celebration of the city of Paris by cult figure Ian Nairn. Illustrated with original black and white images taken by Nairn himself. More than a guide book - this is a journey of discovery.
€ 20,95