Main entry:

Stonehouse, Roger.

Title & Author:

Colin St John Wilson : buildings and projects / Roger Stonehouse.

Publication:

London, UK : Black Dog Publishing, ©2007.

Description:

509 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 506-507) and index.
Introduction / Eric Parry -- Apologia / Colin St John Wilson -- Function-Types, Formal Patterns, and Deeper Structures / Roger Stonehouse -- Residence -- Vertical City, Dubrovnik -- Albert Drive, Wimbledon -- Maisonette Prototype -- Bentham Road, Hackney -- Hereford Square, Kensington -- Market Hill, Cambridge -- Harvey Court, Cambridge -- Weedington Street, St Pancras -- William Stone Building, Cambridge -- Courtyard Houses, Houghton -- Grantchester Road, Cambridge -- West Road, Cambridge -- Spring House, Cambridge -- Daleview Road, Haringey -- Dunbar Cooperage, Haringey -- Academia -- Campus Competition, University of Sheffield -- Faculty of Science Campus, University of Leicester -- School of Architecture Extension, Scroope Terrace, Cambridge -- Masterplan, University of Hull -- Campus Layout and Residential Block, Royal Holloway College -- Biochemistry Laboratories, Babraham -- Masterplan Competition, Hong Kong City Polytechnic -- The Schools an the Royal Academy Masterplan, Piccadilly -- Libraries -- Library Group, Manor Road, Oxford -- British Museum Library -- British Library: Bloomsbury -- British Library, St Pancras: The "Final Scheme" -- British Library, St Pancras -- Bishop Wilson Memorial Library, Chelmsford -- Queen Mary College Library, University of London -- Brighton Central Library Competition -- British Library Centre for Conservation, St Pancras -- Administration -- Liverpool Civic and Social Centre (First Scheme) -- Liverpool Civic and Social Centre (Second Scheme) -- Northamptonshire County Hall Competition -- Lucas Industries Group Headquarters, Birmingham -- Acknowledgements -- Abbey National Headquarters Competition, Milton Keynes -- Contemplation -- Coventry Cathedral Competition -- This Is Tomorrow Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery -- British Museum Extension, Bloomsbury -- Exhibition Galleries, British Library, St Pancras -- Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.

Summary:

Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects is the definitive monograph on Sir Colin St John Wilson, one of the most important British architects of the twentieth century. This erudite, comprehensive publication spans projects from throughout his career, from early work, such as the groundbreaking 1956 'This is Tomorrow' collaborative exhibition of architects and artists; to his own house in Cambridge (where he was the Universitys Head of the School of Architecture 19751989); to perhaps his most celebrated building, the British Library in St Pancras and its extension. The book takes the reader on a journey through modern British architectural history, finishing in the present day with the masterplanning of the Royal Academy. The book also includes several of his late buildings, including the contemporary wing to the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, which opened in 2006, and houses St John Wilsons extensive collection of modern British art. Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects beautifully illustrates the thought processes and theories behind the work, with essays, photographs, drawings and diagrams; as well as genealogical and chronological charts, that place his architecture within a historical context. Fascinating texts by respected architects and writers including Professor Roger Stonehouse and Eric Parry fully elucidate St John Wilsons contribution to modern architecture.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781904772705
1904772706

Subject:

Wilson, Colin St. John, 1922-2007.
Architecture Great Britain History 20th century.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Arkitektur Storbritannien 1900-talet.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255488
Call No.: BIB 185682
Status: Available