Main entry:

Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983.

Title & Author:

A history of building types / Nikolaus Pevsner.

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 1976.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 30 cm

Series:

A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 1970

Notes:
An expanded version of the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the fine arts, 1970, delivered at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-328) and index.
National monuments and monuments to genius -- Government buildings from the late twelfth to the late seventeenth centuries -- Government buildings from the eighteenth century : Houses of Parliament -- Government buildings from the eighteenth century : Ministries and public offices -- Government buildings from the eighteenth century : town halls and law courts -- Theatres -- Libraries -- Museums -- Hospitals -- Prisons -- Hotels -- Exchanges and banks -- Warehouses and office buildings -- Railway stations -- Market halls, conservatories and exhibition buildings -- Shops, stores and department stores -- Factories.

Summary:

Why does the Hilton Hotel look different from a coaching inn? Is it because of changes in architectural taste, or changes in the hotel business? Pevsner argues that the study of building types is a history of institutions and their changing requirements.

ISBN:

0500340668
9780500340660
0500271747
9780500271742
0300271747
0691099049
9780691099040

Subject:

Construction publiques.
Public buildings.
Bâtiments publics.
Architektur
Typologie
Bouwkunst.
Gebouwen.
Architecture.
Architecture Aspect social.
architecture 13e s. 20e s.
bâtiment 13e s. 20e s.
Architectural design, to 1975. Social aspects

Form/genre:

Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance) NNC.

Added entries:

A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 1970.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 78331
Call No.: W5500 NA4170 REF; ID:84-B451
Status: Available

Location: Library main 78330
Call No.: W5500; ID:84-B451
Status: Available