McMorran & Whitby
Subtitle: twentieth century architects
By: Edward Denison
Contributors: Twentieth Century Society (London, England); English Heritage
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781859463208
Other titles: McMorran and Whitby
Description: "McMorran & Whitby are a secret presence in post-war British architecture. Led from the late 1950s by Donald McMorran and George Whitby, the practice represented an unbroken development from the monumental inter-war classicism represented by figures such as Charles Holden and Sir Edwin Lutyens. In seeking an alternative path for modern architecture, McMorran & Whitby produced durable buildings with a respect for context, but avoided any accusation of unimaginatively reproducing the past. Theirs was a progressive classicism full of invention and beauty. Being out of fashion, they suffered neglect but their work has increasingly won admirers and many of the buildings are now listed."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "The Twentieth Century Society. English Heritage."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-149) and index.
Table of contents: title: Who were McMorran & Whitby?; title: The genesis of the practice; title: Formative years; title: Farquharson & McMorran and post-war Britain; title: Passing the flame; title: The swinging sixties; title: McMorran & Whitby's legacy.