The Architecture Of British Seaside Piers
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The Architecture Of British Seaside Piers
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Author : Fred Gray
language : en
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Release Date : 2020-09-01
The Architecture Of British Seaside Piers written by Fred Gray and has been published by The Crowood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-01 with Architecture categories.
Of all the architectural delights of British seaside resorts, the most astonishing and idiosyncratic is the seaside pier. Remarkable visual spectacles, piers are architecturally extraordinary in concept and at times outrageous in execution. They brought together the Victorian genius for technological and material innovation, architectural ambition and engineering ingenuity in the search for new designs for leisure (as well as profit) over the sea. This superbly illustrated book explores the history of the design processes leading to the architectural and engineering innovations that have allowed people to walk on water in such diverse and delightful ways. Coverage includes the development of piers into the crowning architectural glory of British seaside resorts; the key people, materials, inventions and technologies in the field, particularly the work of Eugenius Birch, the greatest pier designer; the remarkable diversity of piers ranging from the earliest simple landing stages, through staid promenade piers and the glories of fully-fledged pleasure piers, to the boisterous joys of funfair and amusement piers; the rich variety of architectural styles, including exotic 'Orientalism' and streamlined Modernism and, finally, today's contemporary prospects for renewal and reinvention.
British Seaside Piers
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Author : Chris Mawson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
British Seaside Piers written by Chris Mawson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Piers categories.
This volume will appeal to all those nostalgic for the traditional seaside holiday as well as all those interested in the history of seaside piers.
Piers And Other Seaside Architecture
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Author : Lynn F. Pearson
language : en
Publisher: Shire Publications
Release Date : 2002
Piers And Other Seaside Architecture written by Lynn F. Pearson and has been published by Shire Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.
Originally constructed as landing stages for trippers by boat in the nineteenth century, piers later developed into attractions in themselves, with ornate pavilions, delicate ironwork and exotic lighting. Lynn F. Pearson, an architectural historian, outlines the fascinating history of pier and pavilion construction, using colour illustrations and photographs to show the development of these attractions from simple wooden structures to complex entertainment venues. This book explores the allure of seaside developments from the Victorian charm of Weston-super-Mare's grand pier to the seaside developments of the twenty-first century, such as Ilfracombe's Landmark Theatre, which continues to impress and entertain to this day.
British Seaside Piers
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Author : Anthony Wills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
British Seaside Piers written by Anthony Wills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Architecture categories.
This is the only guide to all 58 extant British seaside piers, including details of location, history and current operations, archive and contemporary photography and a gazetteer.
Designing The Seaside
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Author : Fred Gray
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2006
Designing The Seaside written by Fred Gray and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Architecture categories.
"In Designing the Seaside Fred Gray provides a history of seaside architecture from the 18th century to the present day, investigating leisure, entertainment, taste, fashion and gender, and shows how the seaside even became a hotbed for moral and sexual issues - from the early use of bathing machines to twentieth-century beauty pageants and naturist groups. He relates the evolution of resort architecture to sweeping changes in how seaside nature was experienced and used by holidaymakers. The book also traces the history of the coastal resort, with examples ranging from Regency Sidmouth to Victorian Scarborough and early 20th-century Morecambe, as well as assessing seaside developments in the USA and Continental Europe, from Coney Island and Santa Barbara to Nice and Trouville." "Featuring many colourful, informative and often entertaining photographs, drawings, guidebook illustrations, postcards and publicity posters from resorts around the world, Designing the Seaside is a thoroughly readables as well as a visually fascinating account of changing attitudes to holidaymaking and its setting."--BOOK JACKET.
Iron Ornament And Architecture In Victorian Britain
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Author : Paul Dobraszczyk
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Iron Ornament And Architecture In Victorian Britain written by Paul Dobraszczyk and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Art categories.
Vilified by leading architectural modernists and Victorian critics alike, mass-produced architectural ornament in iron has received little sustained study since the 1960s; yet it proliferated in Britain in the half century after the building of the Crystal Palace in 1851 - a time when some architects, engineers, manufacturers, and theorists believed that the fusion of iron and ornament would reconcile art and technology and create a new, modern architectural language. Comprehensively illustrated and richly researched, Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain presents the most sustained study to date of the development of mechanised architectural ornament in iron in nineteenth-century architecture, its reception and theorisation by architects, critics and engineers, and the contexts in which it flourished, including industrial buildings, retail and seaside architecture, railway stations, buildings for export and exhibition, and street furniture. Appealing to architects, conservationists, historians and students of nineteenth-century visual culture and the built environment, this book offers new ways of understanding the notion of modernity in Victorian architecture by questioning and re-evaluating both Victorian and modernist understandings of the ideological split between historicism and functionalism, and ornament and structure.
British Piers
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Author : Richard Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 1987
British Piers written by Richard Fischer and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Architecture categories.
The Architecture Of British Bridges
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Author : Ronald Yee
language : en
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Release Date : 2021-01-25
The Architecture Of British Bridges written by Ronald Yee and has been published by The Crowood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-25 with Architecture categories.
During the Industrial Revolution, Britain was at the forefront of bridge innovation. Pioneering designers such as George and Robert Stephenson, Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel created Britain's rich bridge heritage that features many world firsts and we can learn much from their ground-breaking designs. Written by an experienced bridge architect, this book includes an introduction to bridge aesthetics; it gives an outline of British bridge development and advice on parapet treatment and bridge lighting. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how the best of British bridges marry aesthetic considerations with engineering ingenuity.
Modernism On Sea
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Author : Lara Feigel
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2009
Modernism On Sea written by Lara Feigel and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Architecture categories.
"Considers avant-garde art, architecture, film, literature and music, from the early twentieth-century to the present, setting the arrival of modernism against the background of seaside tradition."--Back cover.
Piers Of Kent
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Author : Martin Easdown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-03
Piers Of Kent written by Martin Easdown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03 with Piers categories.
Kent was once at the forefront of the British seaside resorts, and this book concentrates on the construction of piers along the coastline of Kent