Designs on Democracy: Architecture and the Public in Interwar London by Neal Sha

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Designs on Democracy provides an ambitious revision of how we understand the pivotal period of the formation of the profession of architecture in twentieth century Britain, spanning the excitable discussions about the reconstruction of the profession for a democratic age after WWI, and the reconstruction and planning following WWII.

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Designs on Democracy examines a pivotal period in the formation of the modern profession of architecture in Britain. It shows how architects sought to meet the newly articulated demands of a mass democracy in the wake of the First World War. It does so by providing a vivid picture of architectural culture in interwar London, the Imperial metropolis, drawing on histories of design, practice, professionalism, and representation. Most accounts of this periodtend to deal exclusively with the emergence of Modernism; this study takes a different approach, encompassing a much broader perspective on the liberal professional consensus that held sway, includingarchitecture's mainstream and its so-called avant-garde. Readers will encounter a number of unexpected narratives, episodes, and projects: from the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley to the rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge; from the impact of the Great Slump to the passing of the first Architects Registration Act (1931); from Trystan Edwards's radical housing campaigns to the Londoners' League's unorthodox preservationism. Pulling in a range of evidence and sources - periodicals, exhibitions,photographs, and films, alongside architecture - it evokes architectural culture by listening carefully to the tenor of its discourse. Architecture's public realm is thus analysed through sometimessurprising phrases: 'manners' to understand ideals of public propriety, 'vigilance' to explore public proprietorship, 'slump' to contextualise the emergence of public relations, 'machine-craft' to understand the forging of public institutions. The volume spans the excitable discussions about the reconstruction of the profession for a democratic age after WWI, to reconstruction and planning following WWII, providing an ambitious revision of how we can understand twentieth century architecture inBritain.

Author Biography

Neal Shasore is an architectural historian of twentieth century Britain. Trained as an art historian at the University of Oxford, he subsequently held positions at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the University of Westminster, and the University of Liverpool, where he held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. After lecturing at the University of Oxford, he became Head of School at the London School of Architecture (LSA) in June2021. A former Honorary Secretary of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), he is a Trustee of the Twentieth Century (C20) Society and the Architectural Heritage Fund.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reconstructing the Professor for a Democratic Age1: Propaganda: Publicity and the Arts of Display at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley2: Slump: Public Relations and the Building World3: Machine-Craft: Forging Public Institutions4: Vigilance: Preservationism and a Proprietary Public5: Manners: Public Propriety and Civic Design6: The Architectural Mind: Topographical Projections on the Public Realm

Review

Neal Shasore weaves an intriguing and beguiling narrative through a period that I suspect few current architecture students will ever have received more than a single lecture on. * Matthew Wickens, Building Design *Neal Shasore's Designs on Democracy: Architecture & The Public in Interwar London,...offers a fascinating insight into the people and institutions that started to take a keen interest in reshaping the city body at the start of the 20th century. * Rob Fiehn, London Society *Designs on Democracy invites readers to reflect on contemporary architecture and the discipline's relationship to its public.... Designs on Democracy shows, requires engagement with buildings and personalities that may be difficult to empathize with. Yet as architects continue to grapple with questions about who they represent, and who they serve, the stakes are high and there is much to learn. * Michael Mcculloch, Journal of Contemporary History *This is an excellent book that should quickly become standard reading for all those interested in understanding historically how architecture was construed and practiced in the metropolitan London of the 1920s and 1930s and the way that this shaped the built environment long after. * Elizabeth Darling, Journal of British Studies *

Long Description

Designs on Democracy examines a pivotal period in the formation of the modern profession of architecture in Britain. It shows how architects sought to meet the newly articulated demands of a mass democracy in the wake of the First World War. It does so by providing a vivid picture of architectural culture in interwar London, the Imperial metropolis, drawing on histories of design, practice, professionalism, and representation. Most accounts of this periodtend to deal exclusively with the emergence of Modernism; this study takes a different approach, encompassing a much broader perspective on the liberal professional consensus that held sway, including architecture's mainstream and its so-called avant-garde. Readers will encounter a number of unexpectednarratives, episodes, and projects: from the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley to the rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge; from the impact of the Great Slump to the passing of the first Architects Registration Act (1931); from Trystan Edwards's radical housing campaigns to the Londoners' League's unorthodox preservationism. Pulling in a range of evidence and sources - periodicals, exhibitions, photographs, and films, alongside architecture - it evokes architectural culture by listening carefullyto the tenor of its discourse. Architecture's public realm is thus analysed through sometimes surprising phrases: 'manners' to understand ideals of public propriety, 'vigilance' to explore public proprietorship, 'slump' to contextualise the emergence of public relations, 'machine-craft' to understandthe forging of public institutions. The volume spans the excitable discussions about the reconstruction of the profession for a democratic age after WWI, to reconstruction and planning following WWII, providing an ambitious revision of how we can understand twentieth century architecture in Britain.

Feature

Offers the first detailed account of architectural culture between the wars for a generationCovers a number of well-known but understudied projects and 'events' in twentieth-century LondonProvides a significant revision of twentieth century architectural cultureDraws on a range of evidence - not only designs and buildings, but also film, media, and exhibitionsOffers a reflection not just on design, but on practice and professionalism at a critical juncture for architects in our own time

Details ISBN0192849727 Author Neal Shasore Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford Historical Monographs Year 2022 ISBN-10 0192849727 ISBN-13 9780192849724 Format Hardcover Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2022-09-20 Publication Date 2022-09-20 UK Release Date 2022-09-20 Subtitle Architecture and the Public in Interwar London Illustrations multiple black and white illustrations Audience Professional & Vocational DEWEY 720.94109045 AU Release Date 2022-10-26 Pages 462 We've got this

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