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Author Menin, Sarah.

Title An architecture of invitation : Colin St. John Wilson / Sarah Menin and Stephen Kite ; foreword by Juhani Pallasmaa
Published London : Routledge, 2018, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge revivals
Routledge revivals.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: the examined life; 1 Framing a life; 2 London: building the 'new world'; 3 Wall and court: the Cambridge years; 4 The 'carving' of space: Cornford House; 5 Shaping the polis; 6 Master builder: the British Library; 7 Architecture and art; 8 A time to profess: return to Cambridge; 9 An ethical line: ethics and aesthetics; Conclusion: the aedicular offering -- ordering the in-between; Chronology of buildings, projects and competitions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Summary A biography of architect Colin St John Wilson, examining his early life, the development of his architectural philosophy, the physical manifestation of that philosophy in buildings, and its articulation in words. First published in 2005, An Architecture of invitation: Colin St John Wilson is a distinctive study of the life and architectural career of one of the most significant makers, theorists and teachers of architecture to have emerged in England in the second half of the twentieth century. Exceptionally in an architectural study, this book interweaves biography, critical analysis of the projects, and theory, in its aims of explicating the richness of Wilson's body of work, thought and teaching. Drawing on the specialisms of its authors, it also examines the creative and psychological impulses that have informed the making of the work - an oeuvre whose experiential depth is recognised by both users and critics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes "First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing."
Subject Wilson, Colin St. John, 1922-2007.
SUBJECT Wilson, Colin St. John, 1922-2007 fast
Subject Architects -- Great Britain -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
Architects
Great Britain
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Kite, Stephen, author.
ISBN 9780429457906
0429457901