The Architectural Association 1847-1947

John Summerson

Verlag: The Architectural Association, London, 1947

Beschreibung

A first edition copy of this history of The Architectural Association, with illustrations. A first edition copy.A fascinating history of the Architectural Association which was founded in 1847 as an alternative to the practice of training by apprenticeship to established architects. The first meeting of the association happened at Lyon's Inn Hall in May 1847.With fifty one illustrations.Collated, complete. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally lovely with some light marks to the boards and light fading to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 856B64

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Architectural Association 1847-1947

Verlag: The Architectural Association, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1947

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book