No More Giants : J. M. Richards, Modernism and the Architectural Review
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Design and Material Culture
ISBN-10
1526143755
ISBN-13
9781526143754
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 27th, 2022
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
618 grams
Dimensions
17.70 x 24.60 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Art & design styles: Modernist design & BauhausHistory of architectureSocial & cultural history
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This book is a history of J. M. Richards’ career as editor of The Architectural Review and as an architectural critic and writer from 1933-73. The book explores Richards’ ideas about anonymity, modernism and public participation in architecture. -- .
Architecture is more than buildings and architects. It also involves photographers, writers, advertisers and broadcasters, as well as the people who finance and live in the buildings. Using the career of the critic J. M. Richards as a lens, this book takes a new perspective on modern architecture. Richards served as editor of The Architectural Review from 1937 to 1971, during which time he consistently argued that modernism was integrally linked to vernacular architecture, not through style but through the principle of being an anonymous expression of a time and public spirit. Exploring the continuities in Richardss ideas throughout his career disrupts the existing canon of architectural history, which has focused on abrupt changes linked to individual pioneers, encouraging us to think again about who is studied in architectural history and how they are researched.
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