Edwardian Civic Buildings (Library of Period Detailing)
Publisher: Architectural Press
Published: December 21, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780750628877
Subjects: History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; 19th Century Architecture; 20th Century Architecture; Architecture; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Decoration & Ornament; History - General; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture / History; Europe - Great Britain - General; Architecture, Edwardian; Great Britain; Public buildings
First sentence: The upsurge in the construction of civic buildings at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth gave an excellent opportunity to architects to demonstrate their skills.