Berkshire - Buildings of England Series

Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Tyack lives in Oxford and teaches architectural history at the university. Simon Bradley is the author of the Westminster and City of London volumes of the Buildings of England. Nikolaus Pevsner was the series founder. Klappentext Revised and updated from its earlier edition, this latest volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides series provides a comprehensive guide to the significant buildings of Berkshire, ranging from the "Silicon Valley" commercial buildings of Reading, to Slough (the place on which John Betjeman invited friendly bombs to fall), and to Windsor Castle and St. George's Chapel. Zusammenfassung Berkshire's houses range from intriguing early timber-framed dwellings to the splendors of Windsor Castle! at once England's greatest fortress and finest royal palace! through Georgian! Victorian and Arts-&-Crafts mansions of exceptional diversity and richness. This title offers a guide that follows Berkshire's historic boundaries.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Bradley, Nikolaus Pevsner, Geoffrey Tyack, Geoffrey Bradley Tyack, Tyack Geoffrey, TYACK GEOFFREY BRADLEY SIMON PEV
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2010
• EAN: 9780300126624
• ISBN: 978-0-300-12662-4
• No. of pages: 800
• Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England; Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / General, Berkshire