New London Architecture by Kenneth Powell soon to be presented for sale on the brilliant BookLovers of Bath web site!
Published: London: Merrell, 2001, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs;
From the cover: London today is vibrantly reinventing itself, and the quality of its new buildings is putting the city at the forefront of world architectural innovation. Through a wealth of stunning new projects and bold revisions of its older buildings, architects from all quarters are reimagining Londons cityscape.
New London Architecture paints a comprehensive picture of the most important recent developments in London, as well as works yet to be completed. Renowned architectural writer Kenneth Powell examines over 100 different projects, and traces the political manoeuvring and creative flowerings that are reshaping modern London.
The architectural renaissance of Britains capital has affected the design of everything from residential skyscrapers to corporate offices; from internationally important sports facilities to chic new boutiques; from imaginative new medical centres and libraries to striking riverside dwellings for students. This book illustrates in full colour not just the headline-grabbing public works such as the British Airways London Eye, the Jubilee line extension, the Millennium Bridge and interventions at the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, but also a wide variety of smaller-scale projects that together offer a manifesto for radical change.
Old battle lines between radicalism and conservatism have been abandoned as Londoners are proving themselves ever more ready to respond to the ambitious and dynamic changes happening around them. Norman Fosters Swiss Re tower the controversial gherkin being built in the heart of Londons financial district could not have been countenanced even a decade ago. The Prince of Waless famous attack on the proposed National Gallery extension as a monstrous carbuncle now appears entirely outmoded.
With illustrations, plans and critical texts of the projects that are combining to reinvigorate Londons urban landscape, New London Architecture provides a detailed and authoritative portrait, indispensable to professionals and public alike, of a city avid to embrace
Very Good in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper, more heavily at the foot of the upper panel and the tail of the spine. Text complete, clean and tight.
Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 240 pages. Index. Bibliography. 11¼” x 9¾”.
Of course, if you don’t like this one, may I beguile you with my offerings from hither or maybe further, hand picked, books in my Architecture catalogue?
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