Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830

A new history of architecture in Britain and Ireland that examines buildings and their construction in detail, revealing the cultural, material, political, and economic contexts that shaped them. The book spans three chronological sections and explores how architectural culture evolved from a craft to a profession, with chapters on various types of architecture and illustrated with new photography and graphics.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 592 pages
Publication date: 28 November 2023
Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Architecture in Britain and Ireland,{PHONE}, is a comprehensive history of architecture in these two countries during the three-hundred-year period. Drawing on the most important advances in architectural history in the last seventy years, the book encompasses architecture in Ireland and includes substantial commentary on the buildings of Scotland and Wales.

The book is organized into three chronological sections: 1530-1660, 1660-1760, and 1760-1830. Each section explores how architectural culture evolved from being carried solely in the minds and skills of craftsmen to being embodied in books and documents and with new professions, such as architects, surveyors, and engineers, in charge.

Chapters dedicated to towns and cities, landscape, infrastructure, military architecture, and industrial architecture provide a detailed examination of the various types of buildings that were constructed during this period. Beautifully illustrated with new photography, detailed graphics, and a wealth of historic images, Architecture in Britain and Ireland, {PHONE}, is an invaluable resource for students, historians, and anyone with an interest in the architecture of this period. It is sure to become a definitive work of scholarship in the field.

Weight: 2552g
Dimension: 263 x 301 x 47 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913107406