Author: HARWOOD, ELAIN [EDITOR]. POWERS, ALAN (1955-) [EDITOR]. TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIETY (LONDON, ENGLAND)
Title: Festival of Britain / edited by Elain Harwood and Alan Powers
Description: London : Twentieth Century Society 2001. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Series; Twentieth-century architecture (1353-1964) ; 5. Physical description; 176 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Special issue of Twentieth century architecture. no. 5. 2001. Contents; 1. 'Le Corbusier Parle -- 1951' / Translated by Emmanuelle Morgan -- 2. The South Bank site / Gavin Stamp -- 3. Colour plates -- 4. In search of Sir Gerald Barry. the man behind the Festival of Britain / Suzanne Waters -- 5. The expression of levity / Alan Powers -- 6. 'A good time-and-a-half was had by all' / H. T. Cadbury-Brown -- 7. Festival of Britain South Bank tour / Elain Harwood. Annie Hollobone and Alan Powers -- 8. 'No visible means of support' : Skylon and the South Bank / Sir Philip Powell -- 9. Films in 1951 / David Robinson -- 10. Modern sculpture in the South Bank townscape / Robert Burstow -- 11. Fat faces all around / Paul Rennie -- 12. The appliance of science / Mary Schoeser -- 13. Fun and fantasy. escape and edification : the Battersea Pleasure Grounds / Becky Conekin -- 14. Lansbury / Elain Harwood -- 15. 'Restive rather than festive' : Coventry and the Festival of Britain / Robert Gill -- 16. Trowell. Festival village / Elain Harwood -- 17. The Festival of Britain special architectural awards / Elain Harwood. Subjects; Festival of Britain. Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain). Architecture — Great Britain — 20th century. Architecture — Great Britain — History — 20th century. Design — Great Britain — History — 20th century. Architectural design — Great Britain — History — 20th century. London (England) — Buildings. structures. etc. Festival of Britain. 1951. architecture. 20th century. London — Art — Architecture — (1950-1959). Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0952975564. Weight in Kg appr.:

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