Built from Below: British Architecture and the Vernacular by Peter Guillery

Built from Below: British Architecture and the Vernacular by Peter Guillery

This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing. Engaging with wider issues of social and cultural history, this book is of use to anyone with an interest in architectural history. Presented in an essentially chronological sequence, from the medieval to the post-war, diverse fresh viewpoints in the chapters of this book reinforce understanding of how building design emerges not just from individual agency, that is architects, but also from the collective traditions of society.

“Applied to building types and periods once considered outside the pale, this kind of scholarship may do much to demolish the academic hedgerows that have portioned the British architectural landscape for too long” – Buildings & Landscapes

Peter Guillery is a Senior Historian for the Survey of London, currently a part of English Heritage. He is the author of The Small House in Eighteenth-Century London (2004) and of other books and articles on diverse aspects of London’s architectural history. He is responsible for a forthcoming Survey of London volume on Woolwich.

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ISBN 13	9780415565332
ISBN 10	0415565332
Title	Built from Below: British Architecture and the Vernacular
Author	Peter Guillery
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2010-08-18
Number of pages	214
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