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The Architecture of John Simpson: The Timeless Language of Classicism

Door David Watkin

Categorie	Algemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer	#413747-WA43
Titel	The Architecture of John Simpson: The Timeless Language of Classicism
Auteur	Watkin, David
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York : Rizzoli Publications
Jaar van uitgave	2016
ISBN10	0847848698
ISBN13	9780847848690
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blind stamped grey cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	The residential and institutional architecture and interior design by an eminent London-based classical architect. John Simpson is one of the world's leading practitioners of new classicism, a contemporary architecture movement that continues the practice of classical and traditional architecture and embraces the virtues of durability, functionality, and beauty. Simpson's design ethos revolves around the notion that architecture is a public art where each facade forms the character and shape of the public realm—the streets, the squares, and the major civic spaces that we use—and as such must use a language of building that is recognizable and draws on our collective cultural experience. His architecture is thus understandable in a moment and is functional; it is built to last, ... (Lees verder)to be beautiful, and to ensure the comfort and ease of those who experience it, be it the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London or an apartment in a historic building in New York. The work shown covers a wide range, from small-scale residential and apartment design to the country house and the town house to large-scale institutional designs. Featured projects include a new academic quadrangle at Eton College; the new school of architecture at the University of Notre Dame; rooms at Kensington Palace; the Stanhope Hotel renovation in New York; town houses in Belgravia and Chelsea, London; and much more.
Pagina's	303
Conditie	Redelijk — Dust jacket shows light shelfwear along edges and corners, stains on verso dust jacket, stains on cut.
Prijs	€ 25,00

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