Imagining Empire - Designing the Commonwealth Institute

Provides insights into the interrelations between architecture, national identity and politics as it explores the Commonwealth Institute with its famous hyperbolic paraboloid roof.

List of contents

Introduction: The Next Best Thing; Chapter 1: The Imperial Institute, 1886-1939; Chapter 2: From Empire to Commonwealth, 1946-1958; Chapter 3: The Tent in the Park, 1958-62; Chapter 4: The Commonwealth Institute Exhibition Galleries, 1962-1979; Chapter 5: From Institute to Museum, 1979-2016.

About the author

Tom Wilson is Head of Collections and Research at the Design Museum

Summary

Provides insights into the interrelations between architecture, national identity and politics as it explores the Commonwealth Institute with its famous hyperbolic paraboloid roof.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Wilson
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781848224100
• ISBN: 978-1-84822-410-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), History of Architecture, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Commonwealth Institute;Design Museum;Modern Architecture