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OverviewPeter Aldington started his independent architectural practice in 1962, quickly earning an international reputation for designing small houses that respected their village locations and achieved magical transitions between interior and garden. The group of three houses at Haddenham, Buckinghamshire (1964-68), now listed Grade II*, where Aldington created a well-known garden, is still widely admired and visited, and has been vested in a trust. John Craig became a partner in the practice in 1970 and they went on to design ground-breaking doctors' group practice surgeries, shops, office interiors and public housing. With the Royal Mail at Hemel Hempstead in the mid 1980s, Aldington, Craig and their younger partner, Paul Collinge, produced their own version of High Tech. It is, however, for their houses, including the Anderton House near Barnstaple, now owned by the Landmark Trust, that the practice remains chiefly associated. Alan Powers, Chairman of the Twentieth Century Society, draws on the recollections of the partners and on contemporary documents to describe the distinctive ideology of Aldington, Craig and Collinge through their built and unbuilt projects. He positions them against the shifting background of modernism in Britain, in which Aldington and Craig played a role as educators and polemicists, calling for better public understanding of the value that architects could bring to every aspect of living and place-making. The narrative casts new light on the continuing work of the practice following the retirement of the two founding partners. This book has been commissioned as part of a series of books on 20th Century Architects by RIBA Publishing, English Heritage and The Twentieth Century Society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan PowersPublisher: RIBA Enterprises Imprint: RIBA Enterprises Dimensions: Width: 16.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9781859463024ISBN 10: 1859463029 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 30 November 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Origins 2. Growth 3. Maturity 4. Accomplishment 5. Later Work: Peter Aldington, John Craig, Paul Collinge List of Works List of Staff Bibliography Index Picture CreditsReviews'this delightful book gets under the skin of its protagonist, more like an illustrated biography than a monograph. Alan Powers tells their story with warmth and affection, interweaving the thought behind their work with the trials and tribulations of architectural practice that led the two founding partners to retire in 1986.' -- Graham Bizley 'this delightful book gets under the skin of its protagonist, more like an illustrated biography than a monograph. Alan Powers tells their story with warmth and affection, interweaving the thought behind their work with the trials and tribulations of architectural practice that led the two founding partners to retire in 1986.' -- Graham Bizley 20100409 Author InformationAlan Powers is an author and lecturer at London School of Architecture, NYU London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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