Main entry:

Martin, Leslie, 1908-2000.

Title & Author:

Architecture, education and research : the work of Leslie Martin : papers and selected articles / edited by Peter Carolin and Trevor Dannatt.

Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed in the U.S. by National Book Network, 1996.

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: An Architect's Architect / Richard MacCormac -- Towards a New Order / Trevor Dannatt -- Postscript: The Walston House -- The Royal Festival Hall -- Extracts from The Architectural Review / J. M. Richards -- Forty Years of Public Acclaim / Peter Carolin -- An Appraisal of the Royal Festival Hall / John McKean -- Postscript: Royal Festival Hall and the South Bank -- Informing Forms: Continuity and Innovation / Patrick Hodgkinson -- RIBA Gold Medal Address / Trevor Dannatt -- The Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon -- Presentation of the RIBA Trustees' Medal / Patrick Hodgkinson -- Leslie Martin's Accessible Art / Eric Parry -- The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama -- Composition on a Gridiron / Edwin Johnston -- Theme and Variation / Roger Stonehouse -- The Building in Use: The First Three Years / Robert Inglis -- The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall -- Glasgow's Hall of Fame / Martin Spring -- Where the World Comes to Play: The Building in Use / Cameron McNichol -- A Note on the Linked Porticoes / Leslie Martin -- Education in the 1930s / Peter Willis -- Education and Research / Leslie Martin -- Parallel Lines / Lionel March -- How Research Applies a Cutting Edge / The Architects' Journal leader -- The Cambridge School: Tradition, Research, Development and the Martin Centre / Dean Hawkes -- A Place to Work and a Place to Live: The King's Mill Studio and House / Ivor Richards -- Postscript: Nominations -- Leslie Martin: Education, Appointments, Awards, Buildings, Writings.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Architect and urbanist, Sir Leslie Martin was Professor of Architecture at Cambridge University from 1956 to 1972. This volume comprises tributes to him, together with detailed historical descriptions of his major works in the UK and Portugal.

ISBN:

1854904418
9781854904416

Subject:

Martin, Leslie, 1908-2000.
Martin, Leslie, 1908- Criticism and interpretation.
Martin, Leslie 1908-2000
Martin, Leslie, (1908- ...) Critique et interprétation.
Martin, Leslie.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle.
Architecture Great Britain 20th century
Public architecture Great Britain.

Added entries:

Carolin, Peter.
Dannatt, Trevor, 1920-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 111128
Call No.: ID NA997.M37A4; ID:96-B1879
Status: Available