Entrée principale:

Heathcote, David.

Titre et auteur:

Barbican : penthouse over the city / David Heathcote.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Academy, 2004.

Description:

226 pages, [6] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229) and index.
Sect. 1. Reconstruction -- London replanned -- Reconstruction plans challenged -- Sect. 2. Barbican planned -- First plans for the Barbican -- catalyst and reaction -- CP & B plan for the Barbican site -- CP & B 1956 plan -- After 1956 and before 1959 -- Sect. 3. Barbican regained -- The 1959 plan and later changes -- The 1959 Arts Centre -- Modernism, historicism and the architects' practice -- The Arts Centre -- Brutalism.

Résumé:

Representing a revolutionary approach to urban design, this volume sheds light on one of the most ambitious, significant and controversial architectural undertakings of the 20th century - the Barbican Estate in the City of London.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

0470851430
9780470851432

Sujet:

Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences.
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon.
Barbican Art Gallery.
Apartment houses England London.
Modern movement (Architecture) England London.
Architecture England London History.
City planning England London History 20th century.
Immeubles d'habitation Angleterre Londres Conception et construction.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Angleterre Londres.
Architecture Angleterre Londres 20e siècle.
Urbanisme Angleterre Londres Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Angleterre Londres Histoire.
Apartment houses
Architecture
Buildings
City planning
Modern movement (Architecture)
Barbican (London, England) Buildings, structures, etc.
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Barbican (Londres, Angleterre) Constructions.
Londres (Angleterre) Constructions.
England London Dalston
England London
England London Barbican

Classification/genre:

History

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 232217
Cote: NA44.C4432.25 B3 2004
Statut: Disponible