Building the Georgian city / James Ayres.

Main entry:

Ayres, James.

Title & Author:

Building the Georgian city / James Ayres.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index.
Architects and builders -- The site and its preparation -- Building supplies -- The stone trades -- Brickwork -- The timber trades -- Hardware -- Plumbers and glaziers -- Plasterers and paianters.

Summary:

Georgian architecture had its roots in the Great Fire of London of 1666. Out of that disaster grew the need for rapid redevelopment, which was accomplished through standardisation and the relaxation of restrictive practices in the building trades. This book investigates the decline in the crafted buildings of the client economies of the past and the introduction of the mass produced components which characterised an emerging consumerism. It is an approach that offers fresh insights into our architectural heritage by focusing on the traditions and innovations in the building methods of the time - the construction processes, the role of the building craftsmen, and the tools and materials they used.

ISBN:

0300075480 (cloth)
9780300075489 (cloth)

Subject:

Architecture, Georgian Great Britain.
Architecture Great Britain History 17th century.
Architecture Great Britain History 18th century.
Architects and patrons Great Britain.
Architects and patrons Great Britain History 18th century.
Architecture Great Britain 18th century.
Building trades Great Britain History 18th century.
Building Great Britain Equipment and supplies History 18th century.
Architecture Georgian Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne 17e siècle.
Architectes et mécènes Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Métiers de la construction Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Construction Grande-Bretagne Appareils et matériel Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Architectes et mécènes Grande-Bretagne.
Building trades
Building Equipment and supplies
Architects and patrons
Architecture
Architecture, Georgian
Bouwkunst.
Georgian style.
Theorie en praktijk.
Architecture georgienne Grande Bretagne.
Architecture moderne 18e siècle Grande Bretagne.
Great Britain

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 176557
Call No.: NA966.A9 1998
Status: Available

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