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Chargement... The Making of Classical Edinburghpar A. J. Youngson
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  ColinMcLean | Dec 22, 2017 |   The University Press commissioned black and white photographs from the eminent photographer, Edwin Smith, one of the best, if not the best, architectural photographers of the time, and Smith's images are still recognised as the defining images of the city in the mid 20th century. Most were taken for the book, circa 1964, but some are dated to 1954 and will have been from earlier commissions (Smith published a number of books, some on Scotland). The book was a seminal influence on the conservation of the New Town which, in the 1960s was in poor condition and not regarded, as it is today, as a desirable place to live. Youngson's text and Smith's photographs brought interest in and recognition to the importance of the New Town. A few years later, the City hosted an important exhibition called 200 Summers in the City, which also celebrated the New Town. In 1970, the Scottish Civic Trust hosted a major conference, titled The Conservation of Georgian Edinburgh (see the findings of that conference, published in 1972 under that title ISBN 0 85224 215 8) which led directly to the formation of the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee, now subsumed into the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. Of these three events which led to the saving of the New Town (some areas had already been cleared), Youngson's book was arguably the single most significant. (  ) ColinMcLean | Dec 22, 2017 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The complete 1966 edition reissued with contemporary images by Colin McLeanFeatures 82 photographs by renowned architectural photographer Edwin SmithIncludes 80 detailed plans, illustrations and mapsNew for this edition: a preface and 24 contemporary reproductions of Edwin Smith’s original photographs by Colin McLeanThis famous study of the planning, financing and building of the New Town in Edinburgh brings to life one of the most remarkable urban expansion programmes ever undertaken. A. J. Youngson introduces the modern reader to the vigour of the planning debates, the fundraising schemes, the administrative and legislative infrastructure of planning, the construction of public buildings as poles of attraction for speculative building, and all the hopes, quarrels, victories and civic bankruptcy that went into this great experiment.Superbly illustrated with photographs by acclaimed photographer Edwin Smith, along with a selection of contemporary images and a preface by Colin McLean, this book is a classic work of economic and social history, and a fascinating account of the shaping of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The University Press commissioned black and white photographs from the eminent photographer, Edwin Smith, one of the best, if not the best, architectural photographers of the time, and Smith's images are still recognised as the defining images of the city in the mid 20th century. Most were taken for the book, circa 1964, but some are dated to 1954 and will have been from earlier commissions (Smith published a number of books, some on Scotland).
The book was a seminal influence on the conservation of the New Town which, in the 1960s was in poor condition and not regarded, as it is today, as a desirable place to live. Youngson's text and Smith's photographs brought interest in and recognition to the importance of the New Town. A few years later, the City hosted an important exhibition called 200 Summers in the City, which also celebrated the New Town. In 1970, the Scottish Civic Trust hosted a major conference, titled The Conservation of Georgian Edinburgh (see the findings of that conference, published in 1972 under that title ISBN 0 85224 215 8) which led directly to the formation of the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee, now subsumed into the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust.
Of these three events which led to the saving of the New Town (some areas had already been cleared), Youngson's book was arguably the single most significant. (