Form Follows Fun - Modernism and Modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 19251940

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Peter is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and of the Royal College of Art. He is both a design practitioner and a writer on modern architecture and design for leisure and entertainment - including the design of holiday resorts and cruise ships. Presently, he lectures in design history and theory at The Glasgow School of Art. Klappentext Authoritative and readable, this excellent text, illustrated by a unique pictorial record of period architecture, surveys and examines how and why the architecture of pleasure related to the stylistic and ideological concerns of modernism in 1930s Britain. Zusammenfassung Authoritative and readable, this excellent text, illustrated by a unique pictorial record of period architecture, surveys and examines how and why the architecture of pleasure related to the stylistic and ideological concerns of modernism in 1930s Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Theorizing the Architecture of Pleasure 3. Modernism and a Typology of Pleasure 4. Professional Relationships 5. Modernism and the Geography of Pleasure 6. Construction and Architectural Servicing 7. Consuming and Experiencing the Architecture of Pleasure 8. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Peter, Bruce (Glasgow School of Art Peter, Peter Bruce
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415428187
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42818-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, The environment, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying and building