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Author: Kester Rattenbury
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9781848222502
ISBN 10: 1848222505
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 18 January 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Rattenbury has produced in this book a convincing argument to support her bold thesis that Thomas Hardy never gave up architecture. --Tony Fincham, The Thomas Hardy Society Journal Kester Rattenbury, an architectural journalist and teacher, takes Beatty's estimate much further, claiming that Hardy was 'amongst the greatest of all conceptual architects, ' and 'the greatest conservation thinker and campaigner of all time.' --Peter Howell, The Art Newspaper .. .the architecture critic Kester Rattenbury has set out to revise Hardy's reputation --Architectura Viva Kester Rattenbury argues in The Wessex Project (Lund Humphries) that his thinking remained that of an architect--and a radical one at that--even when he was writing his novels. --Rowan Moore, The Guardian The Wessex Project is filled with thoughtful and enriching descriptions of buildings--their meanings, histories and resonances. --Ralph Pite, Literary Review Thinking like an architect Thomas Hardy's ideas of structure and restoration. --Interview, The Times Literary Supplement
Kester Rattenbury [...] takes what is usually seen as a footnote of Hardy's life and puts it at the centre. Again, the privilege is that of looking into a great mind. - Rowan Moore, The Observer's Best Books of 2018 Handsomely designed and generously illustrated, it also has the merit of being a visual pleasure to read, a bonus not always to be found in these days of increasingly meagre book-production values. - Keith Wilson, English Literature in Transition: 1880-1920 A must read for anyone with an interest in Hardy. - Tony Fincham, The Thomas Hardy Journal This is a thought-provoking and elegantly written book of value to all students of architecture, conservation and nineteenth - and early twentieth-century visual culture. - Jeremy Musson, The Victorian This is a marvellous book, recommended to anyone interested in architecture or conservation, and it will make readers eager to take another, more informed, look at Hardy's novels. - Peter Parker, A Magazine for RIBA Friends of Architecture
Author Information
Kester Rattenbury is Professor of Architecture at the University of Westminster and as an architectural writer contributes to numerous national and international magazines and newspapers. In 2003, she set up EXP research group at Westminster, with acclaimed projects including the Archigram Archival Project and Supercrit series. Her publications include This Is Not Architecture (2002) Architects Today (2006, with Robert Bevan and Kieran Long), and the Supercrit Books series (2007–, with Samantha Hardingham).
