Title Building reputations : architecture and the artisan, 1750-1830 / Conor Lucey

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 244 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) Series Studies in design & material culture Studies in design and material culture. Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-232) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Residential. HOUSE & HOME -- Design & Construction. ART -- History -- General. Architects and builders Architecture and society Brick houses Building -- Social aspects Row houses Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781526119957 1526119951 9781526119964 152611996X 1526138697 9781526138699

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