Augustus Pugin versus Decimus Burton : a Victorian architectural duel / Guy Williams.

Main entry:

Williams, Guy R. (Guy Richard), 1920-

Title & Author:

Augustus Pugin versus Decimus Burton : a Victorian architectural duel / Guy Williams.

Publication:

London : Cassell, 1990.

Description:

160 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

An entertaining account of the personal and professional rivalry between two outstanding 19th-century architects - Decimus Burton, society figure and exponent of the classical style of architecture, and Augustus Pugin, a fervent advocate of the neo-gothic.

ISBN:

0304315613
9780304315611

Subject:

Burton, Decimus, 1800-1881.
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852.
Architects England Biography.
Architectural design.
Architectes Angleterre Biographies.
Design architectural.
Architects
England
England Architectural design - Biographies - Collections

Form/genre:

Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 151239
Call No.: NA44.P978.9 W5 1990
Status: Available

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