Title & Author:

The architecture of Scottish cities : essays in honour of David Walker / edited by Deborah Mays ; foreword by Howard Colvin.

Publication:

East Linton, Scotland : Tuckwell Press, 1997.

Description:

xv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Burgh Planning and early Domestic Architecture: the Example of St Andrews (c. 1130-1730) / Ronald Cant -- Ch. 2. Churches of the Greater Medieval Cities / Richard Fawcett -- Ch. 3. James IV and Edinburgh's First Triumphal Arches / Ian Campbell -- Ch. 4. Teeth of an Ivory Comb: Travellers' Observations of Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1548-1830 / Anne Riches -- Ch. 5. 'The Busie Humm Of Men': Visions of the City in Scottish Art / Duncan Macmillan -- Ch. 6. Urban Form, 1750-1850 / Frank Arneil Walker -- Ch. 7. Kinross and Edinburgh: Some Ideas of Robert Adam on the Proper Improvement of Towns / Alistair Rowan -- Ch. 8. Robert Adam's Bridges / Ranald Macinnes -- Ch. 9. Charlotte Square Buteified / Ian Gow -- Ch. 10. Villas in Edinburgh: The Case of Gayfield House / Kitty Cruft -- Ch. 11. Demolition of the Western Towers of Glasgow Cathedral / James Macaulay -- Ch. 12. American Influence on Alexander Thomson / Andor Gomme -- Ch. 13. 'A Taste of Haven': Some Picture Books for the Developing Victorian Suburb / Deborah Mays -- Ch. 14. Building for Transport in Urban Scotland / John R. Hume -- Ch. 15. Ballantyne Report: A '1917 Revolution' in Scottish Housing / Miles Glendinning -- Ch. 16. Cottages, Tenements and 'Practical' Idealism: James Thomson at Logie, 1917-1923 / John Frew -- David Morrison Walker OBE: A Select Bibliography.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

1862320284 (paperback)
9781862320284 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning Scotland.
Architecture Scotland.
Architecture.
City planning.
Bouwkunst.
Stedenbouw.
Steden.
Scotland.

Added entries:

Walker, David, 1933-
Mays, Deborah.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 180200
Call No.: ID NA975.A73; ID:98-B645
Status: Available