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Shaping the surface : materiality and the history of British architecture, 1840-2000 /

Shaping the Surface explores the history of modern British architecture through the lens of surface, materiality and decoration. Picking up on a trait that art historian Nikolaus Pevsner first identified as a 'national mania for beautiful surface quality,' this book makes a new contributio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kite, Stephen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2022].
Subjects:
Texture in architecture > Great Britain.
Architecture > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Architecture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

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