Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 348 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience:

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 348 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 87010821 Type of material Book Personal name Crook, J. Mordaunt (Joseph Mordaunt), 1937-Main title The dilemma of style: architectural ideas from the picturesque to the post-modern / J. Mordaunt Crook. Published/Created Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Description 348 p. : ill.; 26 cm. ISBN 0226121194: LC classification NA975. C7 1987 Subjects Architecture--England--Themes, motives. Eclecticism in architecture--England. Notes Includes index. Bibliography: p. 312-327. Dewey class no. 720/.942 Geographic area code e-uk-en

Is architecture in a state of crisis? Or are the critics simply in a state of

Is architecture in a state of crisis? Or are the critics simply in a state of confusion? Either way, the problems of architecture today are rooted in the history of architectural ideas. Those ideas--from the Picturesque to the Modern Movement; from the Neo-Classicism and the Gothic Revival to New Brutalism and Post-Modernism--form the basis of this original and highly readable book. Ranging widely over English architecture during the last two hundred years--Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Modern--'The Dilemma of Style' explores the way in which generations of architects and theorists have searched for a key to the conundrum of style. Richly illustrated and densely argued, with scores of quotations and hundreds of references, this is not another history of English architecture: it is almost an encyclopaedia of architectural ideas. This challenging book confronts one of the central problems of architectural theory: the nature--and necessity--of style. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...