Temples of Mammon : the architecture of banking / John Booker

Booker, John (1941-)

ISBN 10: 0748601988 / ISBN 13: 9780748601981

Edité par Edinburgh New York: Edinburgh University Press ; Distributed in North America by Columbia University Press, 1990

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Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xviii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-341) and index.Contents: The era of private banking -- From Fleet Street to Corn Street: the impact of joint-stock banking -- The early savings banks -- High Victorian confidence and experimentation -- Tradition in disarray -- The twentieth century: prestige gained, lost and coveted. Subjects: Bank buildings Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. Banques (Édifices) Grande-Bretagne. Architecture Grande-Bretagne. Architecture.Bank buildings. Architektur. Bank. Bankgebäude. Geschichte Bank.Architektur. Geschichte. Historic buildings Great Britain. Banks and banking Great Britain. Historic buildings Great Britain. Banks and banking Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain Bank buildings Great Britain. Bank buildings Great Britain. Bank buildings Great Britain Decoration. Architecture. Banking. Historic buildings Great Britain. Banks and banking Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. Great Britain.England 1 Kg.

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• Titre: Temples of Mammon : the architecture of banking / John Booker
• Éditeur: Edinburgh New York: Edinburgh University Press ; Distributed in North America by Columbia University Press
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0748601988
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780748601981
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Synopsis

This historical study traces the architectural styles of UK banks from the 18th century to the present day, demonstrating how architects adopted ideas from Venice and Elizabethan Britain to give banking buildings respectability and continuity. The author describes the evolution of design through neo-Tudor, the Gothic revival, neo-Classical and neo-Georgian styles, and provides a full catalogue of the most significant bank buildings mentioned in the text. Concluding the book, the author predicts future trends of banking design, explaining how the call for customer friendliness and the arrival of new technology have made their own impact on architectural styles.