Description: Demolishing Whitehall by Adam Sharr, Stephen Thornton Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This book is about a lost world, albeit one less than 50 years old. It is the story of a grand plan to demolish most of Whitehall, Londons historic government district, and replace it with a ziggurat-section megastructure built in concrete. In 1965 the architect Leslie Martin submitted a proposal to Charles Pannell, Minister of Public Building and Works in Harold Wilsons Labour government, for the wholesale reconstruction of Londons Government Centre. Still reeling from war damage, its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century palaces stood as the patched-up headquarters of an imperial bureaucracy which had once dominated the globe. Martins plan - by no means modest in conception, scope or scale - proposed their replacement with a complex that would span the roads into Parliament Square, reframing the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. The project was not executed in the manner envisaged by Martin and his associates, although a surprising number of its proposals were implemented. But the un-built architecture is examined here for its insights into a distinctive moment in British history, when a purposeful technological future seemed not just possible but imminent, apparently sweeping away an anachronistic Edwardian establishment to be replaced with a new meritocracy forged in the white heat of technology. The Whitehall plan had implications well beyond its specific site. It was imagined by its architects as a scientific investigation into ideal building forms for the future, an important development in their project to unify science and art. For the political actors, it represented a tussle between government departments, between those who believed that Britain needed to discard much of its Victorian and Edwardian decoration in the name of professionalization and those who sought to preserve its ornate finery. Demolishing Whitehall investigates these tensions between ideas of technology and history, science and art, socialism and el Author Biography Adam Sharr is Professor of Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University, UK and editor of the journal Architectural Research Quarterly. Stephen Thornton is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of European Languages, Translation and Politics at Cardiff University, UK. Details ISBN 1138277177 ISBN-13 9781138277175 Title Demolishing Whitehall Author Adam Sharr, Stephen Thornton Format Paperback Year 2016 Pages 328 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:117086180; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781138277175
Book Title: Demolishing Whitehall
Number of Pages: 324 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Demolishing Whitehall : Leslie Martin, Harold Wilson and the Architecture of White Heat
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Adaptive Reuse & Renovation, Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, General, Political
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Stephen Thornton, Adam Sharr
Subject Area: Architecture, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 9.6 in
Item Width: 6.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
