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No more giants : J. M. Richards, modernism and the Architectural Review
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This book is a history of J. M. Richards' career as editor of The Architectural Review and as an architectural critic and writer from 1933-73. The book explores Richards' ideas about anonymity, mod...
This book is a history of J. M. Richards' career as editor of The Architectural Review and as an architectural critic and writer from 1933-73. The book explores Richards' ideas about anonymity, modernism and public participation in architecture.
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- English
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- 1st ed
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023
- ©2022
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- 1 online resource (274 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781526175526, 1526175525, 9781526143761, 1526143763, 9781526143754
- OCLC
- on1370122427
- Front matter -- Contents -- Plates -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Critical connections: Jim Richards's network, 1924-38 -- What is wrong with architecture? The Architectural Press, the profession and the architectural public -- 'Cranks and laymen': propaganda for modern architecture, 1935-41 -- The Castles on the Ground: reconstruction, public participation and the future of modernism, 1941-51 -- Stocktaking: the contesting voices of architectural criticism, 1951-61
- 'Life is right, the architect is wrong': public participation and architectural criticism, 1962-73 -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index