Cottages and Villas

Informationen zum Autor Mireille Galinou is a freelance arts and museums consultant. She is the co-author (with John Hayes) of London in Paint: Catalogue of Oil Paintings in the Collection of the Museum of London (1996). Klappentext The garden suburb has its origins in London! and! contrary to widespread belief! its earliest phase took place not at the beginning of the 20th century! with the much discussed garden-city movement! but one century earlier! with the creation of the Eyre brothers' villa estate in the London suburb of St. John's Wood. Drawing on the resources of the newly catalogued Eyre archive! Mireille Galinou describes how London acquired one of its most attractive and influential suburbs and how generations of the Eyre family shaped! fought over! lost! and revitalized their inheritance. Little did they know that they were making world history with their winning formula! which set the green suburb agenda for middle classes around the world. Zusammenfassung The garden suburb has its origins in London! and! contrary to wide-spread belief! its earliest phase took place not at the beginning of the twentieth century! with the much discussed garden-city movement! but one century earlier. This book provides an account of the Eyre Estate.

Product details

• Authors: Mireille Galinou, Galinou Mireille
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2010
• EAN: 9780300167269
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16726-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 284 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; London, Greater London, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, City & town planning - architectural aspects, History of Architecture, City and town planning: architectural aspects