"Why is British architecture so lousy?" / edited by Nathan Silver and Jos Boys.

Title & Author:

"Why is British architecture so lousy?" / edited by Nathan Silver and Jos Boys.

Publication:

[London] : Newman, 1980.

Description:

206 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Introduction -- "Why is British architecture so lousy?" -- "Because of the architects" -- "Because of the planners" -- "Because of the press" -- "Because of the public" -- Conclusion.
Library copy: label "From the Library of James Stirling" affixed by bookseller Hugh Pagan Ltd.

Summary:

Papers presented at a summer seminar staged at the Covent Garden base of the North East London Polytechnic, Department of Architecture in September 1979. --Introduction.

Subject:

Architecture Great Britain Congresses.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Congresses.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Congrès.
Architecture 20e siècle Congrès.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

Silver, Nathan.
Boys, Jos.
North East London Polytechnic. Department of Architecture.
North East London Polytechnic. Dept. of Architecture.
Provenance. Stirling, James (James Frazer) Label.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268163
Call No.: BIB 200036
Status: Available

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