How We Built Britain - Couverture souple

Dimbleby, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 074759287X ISBN 13 : 9780747592877

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

Synopsis

How did we get from the fortified tower to the grand open mansion and back again to the gated communities of today? How did we lose the marketplace to the out-of-town shopping mall? When did the appearance of libraries and prisons become so important? What does the way we arrange our city centres say about us? Can architecture really make a difference to our quality of life? In this beautifully illustrated book, David Dimbleby tells the dramatic and heroic story of Britain's architecture - the extraordinary buildings that define a nation and which grew out of the experiences and beliefs of the British people. This fascinating account of a thousand years of change in Britain's buildings tackles these questions and many more, and is filled with specially commissioned photographs and historic art.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Dimbleby joined the BBC as a news reporter in Bristol in the 1960s and is now a major presenter of current affairs programmes and documentaries, having presented Panorama, The Dimbleby Talk-In, Question Time and the BBC's general election programmes. He is the author of A Picture of Britain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 074759287X
• ISBN 13: 9780747592877
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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