Main entry:

Ray, Nicholas.

Title & Author:

Cambridge architecture : a concise guide / Nicholas Ray.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Description:

xv, 136 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-131) and indexes.
1. Introduction -- 2. Cambridge Before the University (Up to 1280). Origins. Norman architecture. The Normans in Cambridge. St Bene't's Church. The Round Church (Church of the Holy Sepulchre). St Peter's Church -- the font -- 3. The Pattern of the Colleges (1280-1515). University and college. The pattern of a college. Gothic architecture. Corpus Christi College Old Court. Queens' College. Trinity College. Jesus College -- 4. The English Renaissance in Cambridge (1515-1663). The classical language. The five orders. Classical architecture comes to Cambridge. King's College Chapel -- the chancel stalls and screen. Gonville and Caius College Gate of Honour. Christ's College Fellows' Building. Clare College -- 5. Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Classicism (1663-1800). Wren in Cambridge. The Palladian taste. Trinity College Library. St Catharine's College -- principal court. King's College Fellows' Building. The Master's Lodge, Peterhouse -- 6. Nineteenth-Century Revivalism (1800-1875).
Scholarship and romance. Gothic principles. Downing College. The Old University Library. Pembroke College. All Saints', Jesus Lane -- 7. Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Eclecticism (1875-1939). 'Queen Anne' style. The Arts and Crafts and Edwin Lutyens. Newnham College. The Law School complex. Clare Memorial Court and the University Library. 48 Storey's Way -- 8. Post-War Buildings (1939-1970). The language of Modernism. Modernism in Cambridge. Gonville and Caius College Harvey Court. The History Faculty. St John's College Cripps Building. Clare Hall -- 9. Building Since 1970. Fitzwilliam Chapel. Crystallographic Data Centre.

Summary:

An illustrated introduction to the history and meaning of Cambridge architecture.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521452228 (hardback)
9780521452229 (hardback)
0521458552 (pbk.)
9780521458559 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture England Cambridge Guidebooks.
Architecture Angleterre Cambridge Guides.
Architecture
Buildings
Architektur
Geschichte
Gebouwen.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Cambridge (GB) Guides.
Cambridge (England) Buildings, structures, etc. Guidebooks.
England Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridge (GB) Guides.
Cambridge (England)

Form/genre:

Guidebooks

Holdings:

Location: Library main 92594
Call No.: ID NA971.C3.R38; ID:95-B79
Status: Available