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One Great George Street
Malcolm Dunkeld
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Description for One Great George Street
Hardcover. The most thorough study available on the Great George Street building. Reveals many previously undisclosed facets of the building. Highly illustrated with photographs from Edwardian times to the present day. Num Pages: 224 pages, + 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: AMG; TN. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 247 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 670.
This book is the most thorough study yet undertaken of the headquarters building of the Institution of Civil Engineers in Great George Street, London, SW1. It considers how the building visually represents the authority of the profession and discusses not only the architecture and technology of the building but also the social relationships that underpin the structure. Few headquarter buildings associated with the professions have been subject to serious historical study; in effect they are anonymous buildings passed by each day almost without comment. The aim of this study is to show that such buildings have a story to tell, ... Read more
This book is the most thorough study yet undertaken of the headquarters building of the Institution of Civil Engineers in Great George Street, London, SW1. It considers how the building visually represents the authority of the profession and discusses not only the architecture and technology of the building but also the social relationships that underpin the structure. Few headquarter buildings associated with the professions have been subject to serious historical study; in effect they are anonymous buildings passed by each day almost without comment. The aim of this study is to show that such buildings have a story to tell, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849950909
SKU
V9781849950909
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Malcolm Dunkeld
Malcolm Dunkeld, Lecturer & Researcher, London South Bank University; Visiting Lecturer, City University, UK; former Vice Chair, Construction History Society.
Reviews for One Great George Street
'...an equally worthy, companion piece. ...covers the planning, design and construction of the ICE's headquarters. ...there are some gems... One Great George Street is about bricks and mortar and plaster and steel, but one man in particular shines through. Driving the rebuild was Sir William White...' Civil Engineering Surveyor