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Book Review
Interwar: British Architecture 1919–39
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1276–7
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Stamp, Gavin, Cambridge, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Twentieth-century architecture / British architecture
Reviewed Items
museums and institutions:
Interwar: British Architecture 1919–39 By Gavin Stamp. 570 pp. incl. 38 col. + numerous b. & w. ills. (Profile Books, London, 2024), £40. ISBN 978–1–80081–739–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Hoover factory, Perivale, Greater London, by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners. 1932. (Photograph John East).
Book Review
Edwin Rickards
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1197–1199
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Reviewer:
Bremner, G.A. (Bremner, G.A.)
Subjects
artists:
Lanchester and Rickards / British architecture / Edwardian
artists:
Rickards, Edwin
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artists:
Edwin Rickards By Timothy Brittain-Catlin. 156 pp. incl. 49 col. + 32 b. & w. ills. (Liverpool University Press for Historic England, 2023), £30. ISBN 978–1–837–64507–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Interior of Deptford Town Hall, designed by Lanchester & Rickards. 1902–05. London.
Book Review
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1087–8
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Reviewer:
Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Soane, John
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British architecture / Collections / Collectors / Antiquarianism / Museums / Architects / Interior design
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subjects:
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection By Bruce Boucher. 224 pp. incl. 155 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–27569–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Soane office, section through museum and breakfast room, by Frank Copland. 1817. Pen and watercolour on paper, 54.5 by 64 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Book Review
Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530–1830
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1080–81
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Reviewer:
Thom, Colin (Thom, Colin)
Subjects
subjects:
British architecture / Scottish architecture / Irish architecture / Summerson, John
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530–1830 By Steven Brindle. 592 pp. incl. 448 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven and London, 2023), £60. ISBN 978–1–913107–40–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. View of the Customs House, Dublin, designed by James Gandon. 1781–91. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Book Review
William Kent’s Ceiling Paintings at Houghton Hall
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 887
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Reviewer:
Hamlett, Lydia (Hamlett, Lydia)
Subjects
artists:
Kent, William
buildings:
Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain
subjects:
British architecture / British painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
William Kent’s Ceiling Paintings at Houghton Hall By John Laycock. 168 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Houghton Arts Foundation, King’s Lynn, 2021), £20. ISBN 978–1–5272–5506–7. | :
Book Review
How the Country House Became English
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1369–1370
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Reviewer:
Hodgkinson, Rebekah (Hodgkinson, Rebekah)
Subjects
subjects:
Country houses / British architecture / Politics / Social history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
How the Country House Became English By Stephanie Barczewski. 392 pp. incl. 74 col. + b. & w. ills. (Reaktion, London, 2023), £25. ISBN 978–1–78914–760–5. | :
Book Review
Yorkshire: The North Riding (The Buildings of England)
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1256-1257
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Reviewer:
Mardell, Joshua (Mardell, Joshua)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
Yorkshire
subjects:
Buildings / British architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Yorkshire: The North Riding (The Buildings of England) By Jane Grenville and Nikolaus Pevsner. 904 pp. incl. 133 col. + 82 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2023), £45. ISBN 978–0–300–25903–2. | :
Obituary
John Newman (1936–2023)
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1167–1168
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Author:
Bradley, Simon (Bradley, Simon)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Newman, John (1936–2023) / Architectural historians / Architectural history / scholars / British architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. John Newman, photographed at St Luke’s church, Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1996. (Photo Geoffrey Gilbert).
Article
Prince Albert, architect: the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 842–851
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Gruner, Ludwig / Humbert, Albert Jenkins / Frankl, Albrecht / Muller, Anton
artists:
Theed the Younger, William (1804-1891)
dates:
1860-1869
patrons:
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
places:
Frogmore, Home Park, Windsor
subjects:
Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786–1861) / Mausoleums / British architecture / Sculpture / Temples / Sarcophagi / Architects / Buildings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, by George Washington Wilson. c.1876. Albumen print, 24 by 16.8 cm. (detail). (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of the interior of the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, showing a cherub’s head carved by William Theed the Younger. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
2. The ducal mausoleum at Coburg, by T.J.L. Rothbarth. 1860. Watercolour on paper, 31.2 by 46.8 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
3. The Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, seen from below, by William Leighton Leitch. Watercolour on paper, 12 by 17.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
4. Frogmore House from across the lake, by J.G.P. Fischer. 1847. Watercolour on paper, 40 by 52 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
5. The Pelham Mausoleum, Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, by James Wyatt. 1787–92. (English Heritage Archive; photograph Janet Tierney).
Attributed works:
6. Interior of the Pelham Mausoleum, Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1810. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 64 by 49 cm. (Tate Britain, London, Turner Bequest CXCV 130).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of the bronze doors of the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, showing palm branch decoration designed by Prince Albert. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
8. The entrance to the burial chamber of the Duchess of Kent, Frogmore, by William Corden. 1861. Watercolour on paper, 24.9 by 17.8 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
9. The interior of the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, by Gabriele Carelli. 1880. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 40.5 by 33 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Book Review
Building Greater Britain: Architecture, Imperialism, and the Edwardian Baroque Revival c.1885–1920
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 914-915
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Reviewer:
Lochhead, Ian (Lochhead, Ian)
Subjects
subjects:
Edwardian / British architecture
subjects:
British Empire
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Building Greater Britain: Architecture, Imperialism, and the Edwardian Baroque Revival c.1885–1920 By G.A. Bremner. 368 pp. incl. 292 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2022), £50. ISBN 978–1–913107–31–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Public Trust Offices, Wellington, by John Campbell. 1906–09. (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington).
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