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Industrial Britain: An Architectural History
A fascinating insight into Britain's industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings.
Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to give an engaging insight into Britain's industrial heritage. It looks at the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, including the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods – docks, canals, railways and warehouses.
The gasworksTemples of mass productionThe millWarehouse and manufactoryDock and harbour buildingsWater power and water canals and riversThe railway ageBreweries and oast housesMarkets and exchangesThe twentieth industry on greenfield sitesIt's a story of industrial development, but also a story of its ultimate decline. As manufacturing has been increasingly replaced by services, new uses have been found for at least some of the country's great industrial buildings. Not least as containers for art and heritage, such as the Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern) and Salts Mill. Other buildings featured are still used as originally intended today, such as Smithfield Market in London and the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham.
Illustrated throughout with over 200 original line drawings, Industrial Britain is a celebration of industrial architecture and its enduring legacy.
Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to give an engaging insight into Britain's industrial heritage. It looks at the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, including the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods – docks, canals, railways and warehouses.
The gasworksTemples of mass productionThe millWarehouse and manufactoryDock and harbour buildingsWater power and water canals and riversThe railway ageBreweries and oast housesMarkets and exchangesThe twentieth industry on greenfield sitesIt's a story of industrial development, but also a story of its ultimate decline. As manufacturing has been increasingly replaced by services, new uses have been found for at least some of the country's great industrial buildings. Not least as containers for art and heritage, such as the Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern) and Salts Mill. Other buildings featured are still used as originally intended today, such as Smithfield Market in London and the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham.
Illustrated throughout with over 200 original line drawings, Industrial Britain is a celebration of industrial architecture and its enduring legacy.
456 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2000
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April 25, 2023
The content of the book is decent and the sketches are nice, but I'm knocking off a star for the awful format. It is a bizarrely shaped 11cmx11cm hardback that is 3cm thick with tiny print, which is awkward to read (and store nicely on a shelf). With the pages enlarged, along with the text size and images, this could have made a normal-sized book that is easier to read and isn't so chunky and strangely dimensioned.
April 24, 2022
This is a good introduction to the industrial, commercial, and transport architecture of Britain. It’s very wide-ranging in its examples, and I was pleased to see some not very well known examples given. It doesn’t focus solely on London and the South. The writing is accompanied by artful and helpful drawings. If you are curious, have a passing interest or simply want a good introduction, I’m sure this is the book for you.
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