Building reputations : architecture and the artisan, 1750-1830 / Conor Lucey.
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TextSeries: Studies in design and material culturePublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (xix, 244 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), plans (some color)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781526119957
- 1526119951
- 9781526119964
- 152611996X
- 1526138697
- 9781526138699
- Row houses -- History -- 18th century
- Row houses -- History -- 19th century
- Architects and builders -- History -- 18th century
- Architects and builders -- History -- 19th century
- Brick houses -- History -- 18th century
- Brick houses -- History -- 19th century
- Architecture and society -- History -- 18th century
- Architecture and society -- History -- 19th century
- Building -- Social aspects -- History -- 18th century
- Building -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
- Habitations en bandes -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Habitations en bandes -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Architectes et entrepreneurs -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Architectes et entrepreneurs -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Architecture et société -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Architecture et société -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Construction -- Aspect social -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Construction -- Aspect social -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Residential
- HOUSE & HOME -- Design & Construction
- ART -- History -- General
- Architects and builders
- Architecture and society
- Brick houses
- Building -- Social aspects
- Row houses
- 1700-1899
- 728/.31209033 23
- NA7521 .L83 2018eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-232) and index.
Print version record.
Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Plates; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: a new apology for the builder; Building reputations: a genteel life in trade; Designing houses: the façade and the architecture of street and square; Decorating houses: style, taste and the business of decoration; Building sales: advertising and the property market; Conclusion: the builder rehabilitated?; Select bibliography; Index; Plates
This book advances a novel approach to a familiar eighteenth-century building type: the brick terraced house. Focusing on issues of design and architectural taste, it rehabilitates the reputation of the artisan communities of bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers responsible for its design and construction.
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