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OverviewRobert Maguire was still a student at the Architectural Association in London in the early 1950s when he designed his first church. A committed Christian and enthusiast for contemporary design, he was a leading figure in the liturgical reform movement that sought to find an appropriate, modern setting for worship. His design for St Paul, Bow Common in London's East End was the first such church to be built in Britain, and was followed by a remarkable series of churches and other religious buildings in England in the 1960s and '70s designed together with the silversmith and designer Keith Murray, with whom he went into partnership in the late 1950s. The practice was famous for pursuing the intellectual and architectural toughness of the New Brutalism with the humanity and warmth of the Scandinavian tradition. They completely rethought the design of churches, and went on to reinvent the typology of both the school and of student accommodation. Bow Common school revolutionised open plan layouts, and Stag Hill Court student houses for the University of Surrey set new standards in communal living with its finely judged mix of privacy and community. Gerald Adler places this small but highly influential studio within the changing context of post-war architectural practice, where the Brutalism of the 1950s gave way to the more technologically oriented architecture of the 1970s, and the so-called Romantic Pragmatism of the 1980s. The book is richly illustrated with drawings from the office archive, in addition to new photographs. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerald AdlerPublisher: RIBA Enterprises Imprint: RIBA Enterprises Dimensions: Width: 16.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.690kg ISBN: 9781859461655ISBN 10: 1859461654 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 05 March 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsForeword (Jonathan Glancey) Acknowledgements The Twentieth Century Society Introduction 1. Humanist Brutalists 2. House 3. Church 4. School 5. Style List of Works Appendix: '5 Lessons' from Humanes Bauen catalogue List of Staff Bibliography Index Picture CreditsReviewsAuthor InformationGerald Adler runs the BA (Hons) Architecture programme at the University of Kent, where he is Deputy Head of School. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |