The factory in a gardenA history of corporate landscapes from the industrial …

When we think about Victorian factories, 'Dark Satanic Mills' might spring to mind - images of blackened buildings and exhausted, exploited workers struggling in unhealthy and ungodly conditions. But for some employees this image was far from the truth, and this is the subject of 'The Factory in a Garden' which traces the history of a factory gardens movement from its late-eighteenth century be…

Urbanistica e azione pubblica

In un contesto di continua ridefinizione del senso e delle possibilità del fare urbanistica in Italia, questo volume intende esaminare le molte variazioni e i numerosi cambiamenti entro cui prende vita l'azione pubblica che interessa direttamente e indirettamente l'urbanistica, il governo del territorio, la pianificazione urbana territoriale, la trasformazione delle città e dei luoghi del viv…

The British Empire through buildingsStructure, function, meaning

Buildings provide tremendous insights into the character of imperialism, not least in the manner in which Western forms were spread across the globe. They reveal the projection of power and authority in colonised landscapes, as well the economic ambitions and social and cultural needs of colonial peoples in all types of colonies. They also represent a colonial order of social classes and racial…

Deliciae Fictiles V. Networks and WorkshopsArchitectural Terracottas and Deco…

Temples are the most prestigious buildings in the urban landscape of ancient Italy, emerging within a network of centres of the then-known Mediterranean world. Notwithstanding the fragmentary condition of the buildings' remains, these monuments – and especially their richly decorated roofs – are crucial sources of information on the constitution of political, social and craft identities, ac…

High culture and tall chimneysArt institutions and urban society in Lancashir…

This study follows the development of Lancashire's unique network of art institutions throughout the nineteenth century, exploring the motivations of the artists, patrons, politicians and philanthropists involved.

Saving The Tsar's Palaces

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Ideal homes, 1918–39Domestic design and suburban Modernism

This book explores the aspirations and tastes of new suburban communities in interwar England for domestic architecture and design that was both modern and nostalgic in a period where homeownership became the norm. It investigates the ways in which new suburban class and gender identities were forged through the architecture, design and decoration of the home, in choices such as ebony elephants…

AustraliaModern Architectures in History

This book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have defined Australia's architectural culture since the founding of the modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the beginning of a search for better city forms and buildings to accommodate the changing realities of Australian life and to express an emerging, distinctive, and, eventually, confident Australian iden…

Empire and history writing in Britain c.1750–2012

Offers both a narrative and an analysis of the influence of British imperial involvements on history writing since 1762

Design Like You Give a Damn [2]Building Change from the Ground Up

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9781613122860

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