Awards

• Winner of Shortlisted for the 2019 Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion of.

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Author:   Alistair Fair (Reader in Architectural History, Lecturer in Architectural History and Director of Research of the Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 23.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780198864080

ISBN 10:   0198864086
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: 'The Pattern is Now Quite Different' 1: 'An Instrument of Policy and Something Socially Desirable': Public Funding and Theatre 2: 'Housing the Arts': Funding Capital Projects 3: Towards a New Theatre Architecture, 1945-1960 4: 'The Second Positive Stage': Modern Public Buildings, c.1958-1971 5: 'A New Image of the Town Centre': Theatres, Civic Pride, and Urbanity 6: 'The Modern Concept of a Community Theatre': The Social Centre 7: 'At the End of a Boom'? Frugality and Contextualism, c.1968-1985 8: 'Theatre of the Future': Rethinking the Auditorium 9: 'The Most Revolutionary Thing?' Modern Proscenium-arch & End-stage Auditoria 10: Escaping From Boarded Concrete and Modern Finishes'? Impermanency, Mobility, Rehabilitation - And Emulation Conclusions: 'Out Of Its Sick Bed'

Reviews

this thoughtful study will be an essential source of reference * Jessica Holland, Architectural History * an important reference text for students and scholars of theatre and performance working on post-war British theatre and theatre design [...] accessible and insightful * Andrew Filmer, New Theatre Quarterly * an essential record of how we got to where we are * Peter Longman, Sightline * Alistair Fair knows this by-way of 20th century British history better than anyone, and has ransacked the archives to produce an excellent, thorough, and scholarly survey of it * Paddy Dillon, C20 Magazine * Review from previous edition a highly nuanced account of the welfare state and its architecture a substantial addition to a growing scholarship concerned with the impact of affluence, and perceived affluence, on shaping post-war government policy * Ewan Harrison, Social History *

Review from previous edition a highly nuanced account of the welfare state and its architecture a substantial addition to a growing scholarship concerned with the impact of affluence, and perceived affluence, on shaping post-war government policy * Ewan Harrison, Social History * Alistair Fair knows this by-way of 20th century British history better than anyone, and has ransacked the archives to produce an excellent, thorough, and scholarly survey of it * Paddy Dillon, C20 Magazine * an essential record of how we got to where we are * Peter Longman, Sightline * an important reference text for students and scholars of theatre and performance working on post-war British theatre and theatre design [...] accessible and insightful * Andrew Filmer, New Theatre Quarterly * this thoughtful study will be an essential source of reference * Jessica Holland, Architectural History *

Author Information

Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. He is a specialist in the history of British architecture since 1945, with a particular interest in public and institutional buildings.

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