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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"British architecture"”.
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Architecture as an Apparatus of Governance: (British) Architecture from the Welfare State to the State of Neoliberal Workfare
This thesis puts forward the hypothesis that architecture can act as an apparatus of governance and explores the theoretical, spatial, and material implications of this. It examines a specific milieu that of the British welfare state, which it positions as part of the liberal post-war reforms …
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‘The sister arts’: Modern Sculpture and its settings in Britain, c. 1725-1895
… the Royal Academy’s heroic father of the British School of neoclassical sculpture. I revealed how he had wider concerns than ideal statues and independent bas-reliefs. Having trained in the decorative crafts and guild system he was exceptional among neoclassical sculptors in being a …
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Of good use or serious pleasure : Vitruvius Britannicus and early eighteenth century architectural discourse
… stems from John Surnmerson's seminal work, Architecture in Britain 1530-1830. It posits Vitruvius Britannicus as a stylistic manifesto that served the particular interests of Colen Campbell and his associates as advocates of and builders in the Palladian style, and foregrounds the idea of …
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Urban Water Infrastructure in Britain and China (1600–1840)
… works on hydraulic technology to the First Sino-British War, which marked the first direct convergence of the two systems under colonial intervention. While this forms the core period, reference is made to events before and after this period where relevant. This research examines the …
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A study of aspiration and ambition: the Scottish Treasury Commission and its impact upon the development of Scottish country house architecture 1667-1682
… very recently the study of Scottish domestic architecture in the late seventeenth century has been treated only in a national context or as an adjunct to the development of domestic architecture in Britain. It has not been subjected to the scrutiny of European architectural historians. For …
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James Gibbs's Early Career: The Formation of a European Architect
James Gibbs was the most successful architect working in England of his generation. This thesis looks at a period of his career that was of fundamental importance to his success, but that has received insufficient coverage in the scholarship: his formation and, particularly, his training in Rome. …
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Maids, Wives and Widows: Female Architectural Patronage in Eighteenth-Century Britain
… have advocated that eighteenth-century architecture was purely the pursuit of men. Women, of course, were not absent during this period, but their involvement with architecture has been largely obscured and largely overlooked. This doctoral research has redressed this oversight through …