Twentieth Century Town Halls - Architecture of Democracy

Informationen zum Autor John Stewart is an architect and writer who until recently led one of the UK's largest multi-disciplinary architectural practices. In his architecture he specialised in major public building projects such as schools, libraries, law courts and theatres. His own designs have won numerous awards and been widely published and he was twice selected as one of the best 40 architects under forty in the UK. He has lectured, taught and examined at numerous Schools of Architecture in the UK. Zusammenfassung The first book to examine the development of the Town Hall during the twentieth century including cases from Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, Norway, Italy, Finland, Japan, Canada, USA, Iceland, Spain and Switzerland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The History of the Town Hall. The Development of the Twentieth Century Town Hall. The Case Studies Copenhagen Town Hall. Stockholm City Hall. Hilversum Town Hall. Walthamstow Town Hall. Oslo Town Hall. Casa del Fascio, Como. Aarhus Town Hall. Saynatsalo Town Hall. Kurashiki Town Hall. Toronto City Hall. Boston City Hall. Dallas City Hall. Mississauga City Hall. Borgoricco Town Hall. Reykjavik City Hall. Valdelaguna Town Hall. The Hague City Hall. Iragna Town Hall. Murcia City Hall. London City Hall. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index

Product details

• Authors: John Stewart, John (Architect and Writer Stewart, John (University of Birmingham Stewart
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2019
• EAN: 9781138312524
• ISBN: 978-1-138-31252-4
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; 20th Century, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-), 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings