No More Giants: J. M. Richards, Modernism and the Architectural Review
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
No More Giants: J. M. Richards, Modernism and the Architectural Review
By (Author) Jessica Kelly
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
3rd January 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of architecture
Social and cultural history
720.92
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 170mm, Height 240mm, Spine 22mm
794g
Description
Architecture is more than buildings and architects. It also involves photographers, writers, advertisers and broadcasters, as well as the people who finance and live in the buildings.
Using the career of the critic J. M. Richards as a lens, this book takes a new perspective on modern architecture. Richards served as editor of The Architectural Review from 1937 to 1971, during which time he consistently argued that modernism was integrally linked to vernacular architecture, not through style but through the principle of being an anonymous expression of a time and public spirit. Exploring the continuities in Richardss ideas throughout his career disrupts the existing canon of architectural history, which has focused on abrupt changes linked to individual pioneers, encouraging us to think again about who is studied in architectural history and how they are researched.
Author Bio
Jessica Kelly is Reader in Architectural and Design History at the University for the Creative Arts
