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An exploration of the life and work of Liverpool based architect Herbert Rowse.

This book gives, for the first time, a comprehensive account of the works of architect, town planner and landscape architect, Sir Frederick Gibberd. At the beginning of his diverse and far-reaching career, Gibberd was a pioneer of modern architecture in Britain - he designed Pullman Court in 1933, one of the first International Style buildings in the country. His association with the Modern Architectural Research (MARS) Group and his influential publications put him at the forefront of the establishment of modern architecture in Britain. 00During the 1940s, however, Gibberd's interest shifted to the aesthetics of English market towns and Georgian streets; his diaries reveal a belief that the Modern Movement had 'done its job', allowing architects to consider the visual, rather than functional qualities of materials, colour and texture. After the Second World War, his master plan for Harlow New Town and his influential book 'Town Design' conveyed his growing interest in 'visual planning'; he had become an international authority on the subject. His later projects, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (1967) and Regent's Park Mosque (1977) for example, also reflected his aesthetic approach, prompting many to question his role as a key figure in the history of modern British architecture. 0 0This reassessment of Gibberd's work demonstrates, that with his visual approach to the design of buildings, spaces, townscapes and landscapes, Gibberd was at the forefront of the development of a softer, distinctly English form of modern architecture and town planning, thus, reaffirming his role as a significant architect of the twentieth century.0.

Erno Goldfinger (1902-87) is one of the most celebrated modern architects to work in Britain in the twentieth century.

Peter Moro and his colleagues were responsible for exceptional buildings between the 1930s and the 1980s, including theatres, one-off houses, council housing, and schools. Based on detailed archival research and fully illustrated, this book sets their work in context and enriches our understanding of the experience of modernism in Britain.

The first major study of John Outram, whose colourful yet elemental buildings communicates myths and metaphysics. Outram launched into practice in 1974, securing a reputation for innovative, creative and monumental architecture including The New House at Wadhurst, the Isle of Dogs Pumping Station and the Judge Institute in Cambridge.

This is a fascinating work on the architectural practice of Edward (Ted) Cullinan, who worked on schools, health buildings and conference centres before embarking on a sequence of university buildings and masterplans in the UK and abroad, always insisting on thinking and behaving differently for architecture and the greater good.

Architect Patrick Gwynne is best known for his 1930s modern masterpiece, The Homewood, Surrey, the house where he lived for more than sixty years, now open to the public by the National Trust. His small and very personal architectural practice focussed mainly on sophisticated shops, restaurants and innovative private houses.