Land of stone : a journey through modern architecture in Scotland
Emmerson, Roger2022
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What makes Scottish architecture Scottish? What ideas drive Scottish architecture? What has modern architecture in Scotland meant to the Scots? Ever since the 'granny-tops', rattling and clanking in the wind to draw smoke up the tenemental flues from open coal fires, caught my attention as a three-year-old, architecture and its many parts, purposes, processes and procedures has fascinated me. For me, architecture has always had profound significance. 'Land of Stone' seeks to disengage widely-held conceptions of what a Scottish architecture superficially looks like and to focus on the ideas and events - philosophical, political, practical, and personal - that inspired architects and their clients to create the cities, towns, villages, and buildings we cherish today.
Main title:
Land of stone : a journey through modern architecture in Scotland / Roger Emmerson.
Author:
Emmerson, Roger, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Luath Press, 2022.
Collation:
480 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781804250167 (pbk)
Dewey class:
720.9411
LC class:
NA972
Local class:
720.9411
Language:
English
BRN:
3268076
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