Red house bexleyheath 1859 phillip webb: 0000 - Brossura

Hollamby, E

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1854547046 ISBN 13: 9781854547040

Casa editrice: PHAIDON PRESS, 1991

Riassunto

The house documented here was designed for William Morris, the founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, and its design was heavily influenced by him. It was designed by his architect friend Philip Webb in 1858 and is one of the earliest architectural expressions of the Arts and Crafts ideal. While apparently unnoticed at the time of its construction, it nevertheless had such symbolic power that it later came to be seen as the herald of a new age of honest, truthful and democratic architecture. The book incorporates a detailed illustrated essay depicting how William Morris built the house and describing its particular features. It also contains large reproductions of Philip Webb's original drawings, a comprehensive set of current measured drawings of the house and a portfolio of 24 outsize photographs conveying what it is actually like to walk around, and through, Red House. The author has lived in the house since 1952 and has been restoring it to its original condition. It is intended equally for scholars and historians, practising architects and architectural students and lay enthusiasts. The book is part of the "Architecture in Detail" series. The books do not carry a contents list. The common layout of the books in the series is: essay, photographs, specially commissioned drawings, reference details (bibliography and chronology). Each of these monographs is designed to be a complete and accurate archival record and intended to be the standard reference on that building for students and scholars as well as practising architects.

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Red House Bexleyheath 1859 Architect: Philip Webb Text: Edward Hollamby Photographs: Charlotte Wood Foreword: Sir Hugh Casson Red House, designed for William Morris by his architect friend Philip Webb in 1858, is famous throughout the world as a seminal Arts and Crafts building. While apparently unnoticed at the time of its construction, it nevertheless had such symbolic power that it later came to be seen as the herald of a new age of honest, truthful and democratic architecture. The German scholar Muthesius described it, in 1904, as the first private house of the new artistic culture, the first house to be conceived as a whole inside and out, the very first example in the history of the modern house; and it subsequently entered most of the written histories of modern architecture, including Nicholaus Pevsners influential Pioneers of the Modern Movement published in 1936. Today the appeal of Red House seems stronger than ever. An increasing stream of visitors from all over the world turn up at the wooden gate in the red brick wall, to ask for permission to enter. Those who can make the pilgrimage are the lucky few. For the rest, this monograph conveys as far as the printed page can do so the reality of Red House. Following an illustrated essay which tells the history of the building and describes in detail what it is like today, the book contains large reproductions of Philip Webbs original drawings, a comprehensive set of current measured drawings of the house, and a portfolio of 24 outsize photographs conveying with great verisimilitude what it is actually like to walk around, and through, Red House. There is also a definitive chronology and bibliography. This is therefore the first complete and authentic record of Red House.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: PHAIDON PRESS
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1854547046
• ISBN 13: 9781854547040
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 60