The Great Court And The British Museum

Author : Robert Anderson,Robert Geoffrey William Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015050756082

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The Great Court and the British Museum by Robert Anderson,Robert Geoffrey William Anderson Pdf

As one of the world's greatest museums approaches its 250th anniversary, the British Museum has undertaken a massive development programme, largely facilitated by the removal of the British Library from Bloomsbury. The Great Court, commissioned by the British Museum from Norman Foster and Partners following a prestigious architectural competition, is at the centre of plans to position the Museum for the new millennium and to present it as a great new civic space. A 6100 square metre glass canopy will cover the new cultural plaza that has been designed around the dome of the famous Round Reading Room. A link between the Museum's important architectural history and building design of the future, the Great Court project is destined to be one of the great architectural sights of Europe.

Author : Ken Powell
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015063348398

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The Great Court at the British Museum by Ken Powell Pdf

The latest addition to Art Spaces series profiles one of the most famous and prestigious buildings in the world. The two-acre square, enclosed by a spectacular glass roof, transforms the Museum's inner courtyard into the largest covered public square in Europe.

Author : Robert Geoffrey William Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : 0714150428

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The Great Court and the British Museum by Robert Geoffrey William Anderson Pdf

"At the 250th anniversary, the British Museum undertook a huge redevelopment programme, largely facilitated by the removal of the British Library from its midst. Lord Foster's Great Court is at the centre of the positioning of the Museum for the new millennium, creating at the same time a new civic space. A vast glass canopy curves over a specially-created piazza, with the dome of the famous round Reading Room at its centre. Lying at the heart of the Museum, the Great Court forges a link between the Museum's important architectural history and a 21st century concept of building design on the grand scale. The Great Court explores the creation of this unique 'urban room', the impetus and background of the project, the architectural competition, the complex design and construction process, and the very role of the Museum itself."--Publisher description.

Author : Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Courtyards
ISBN : 3791345907

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The Great Court at the British Museum by Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic Pdf

KEYNOTE:From initial sketches to final project, this book documents the "reinvention" of the British Museum's Great Court. One of the world's greatest institutions of learning and art, the British Museum sees nearly six million visitors annually. Yet until Norman Foster's remarkable transformation of its courtyard, the enormous rambling structure was like a city without a park. Numerous photographs reveal the court from a variety of perspectives and show the cutting-edge technology of the spectacular glazed canopy that shelters what is now the largest covered public space in Europe. Involving the magnificent restoration of the Reading Room, the creation of new galleries for African art and a range of educational resources, the Great Court project was a herald of the British Museum's wider transformation. The project and this book illuminate Foster + Partners' holistic and ingenious approach to contemporary design. AUTHOR: Deyan Sudjic is director of London's Design Museum. He writes frequently about architecture. ILLUSTRATIONS: 90 colour

Author : Roger Stonehouse
Publisher : Black Dog Architecture
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architects
ISBN : 1904772706

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Colin St John Wilson by Roger Stonehouse Pdf

Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects is the definitive monograph on Sir Colin St John Wilson, one of the most important British architects of the second half of twentieth century. The book coincides with and celebrates St John Wilson's 85th birthday, spanning projects from throughout his career, from early works, to perhaps his most celebrated building, the British Library in London and its extension to his current project, the masterplanning of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. St John Wilson's peers include the likes of Reyner Banham, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn, and he is one of the few living architects to have befriended both Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. St John Wilson is also recognised as a leading theorist and teacher. Colin St John Wilson: Buidings and Projects presents detailed, newly commissioned scale drawings of all of St John Wilson's major work. This 496 page hardback book is beautifully illustrated with over 450 colour and black and white illustrations. Fascinating texts by respected architects and writers including Professor Roger Stonehouse and Eric Parry fully elucidate St John Wilson's contribution to modern architecture. St John Wilson himself contributes an essay on the making, writing and teaching of architecture. This erudite, comprehensive publication is the perfect companion to Black Dog Publishing's re-issue of St John Wilson's seminal The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture: The Uncompleted Project.

Author : Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic,Spencer De Grey
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015053513340

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Norman Foster and the British Museum by Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic,Spencer De Grey Pdf

A landmark in the history of the British Museum and one of Norman Foster's most significant projects to date, the Great Court has reclaimed and reinvigorated one of London's most important public spaces, transforming the Museum. Published to coincide with a major retrospective of Foster's work held at the British Museum, this volume brings together essays, design drawings and photographs to provide an account of the development and completion of Foster's project. An introductory essay by Deyan Sudjic presents the Great Court as the culmination of centuries of change within the Museum - a reconciliation of past and future which has both restored and transfigured the heart of this public institution. Spencer de Grey, a partner at Foster and Partners, documents the design and construction of the individual elements within the Great Court and the vast glazed canopy which surmounts them. The volume is introduced by Norman Foster and illustrated with photographs of the Great Court during its construction and in its spectacular finished state.

Author : Jane Portal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0674026977

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The First Emperor by Jane Portal Pdf

The rise of Qin and the military conquest of the warring states -- The First Emperor and the Qin empire -- Imperial tours and mountain inscriptions -- The First Emperor's tomb: the afterlife universe -- A two-thousand-year-old underground empire.

Author : Edmund de Waal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0714123471

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Edmund de Waal Library of Exile by Edmund de Waal Pdf

Published to mark the display of library of exile at the British Museum, this beautifully produced new book reflects on the themes raised by de Waal's thought-provoking work of art. A preface by Booker Prize-nominated author Elif Shafak reflects on the importance of literature and its capacity to transcend language and borders. The introduction from Hartwig Fischer, Director of the British Museum, positions the artwork within the wider context of the Museum's collection, highlighting the dialogue between objects from across time and throughout history and the contemporary. Finally, de Waal concentrates on the work itself, its journey to the British Museum via Venice and Dresden, and its future role in the foundation of the New University Library in Mosul.

Author : Dan Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Bronzes
ISBN : 1786806843

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The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks Pdf

Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. Few artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes - a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures depicting the history of the Royal Court of the Obas of Benin City, Nigeria. Pillaged during a British naval attack in 1897, the loot was passed on to Queen Victoria, the British Museum and countless private collections. 0The story of the Benin Bronzes sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. In The Brutish Museum, Dan Hicks makes a powerful case for the urgent return of such objects, as part of awider project of addressing the outstanding debt of colonialism.

Author : Daljit Nagra
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780571333752

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British Museum by Daljit Nagra Pdf

Daljit Nagra possesses one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary English poetry. British Museum is his third collection, following his electrifying version of the epic Ramayana, and marks a significant departure of style to something quieter, more contemplative and inquisitive, at times valedictory. His political edge has been honed in a series of meditations and reflections upon our heritage, our legacy, and the institutions that define them: the BBC, Hadrian's Wall, the Sikh gurdwaras of our towns, the British Museum of the title poem. With compassion and charisma, Nagra explores the impact of the first wave of mass migration to our shores, the Arab Spring, the allure of extremism along with a series of personal poems about the pressures of growing up in a traditional community. British Museum is a book that asks profound questions of our ethics and responsibilities at a time of great challenge to our sense of national identity.

Author : Timothy Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0500094063

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Hokusai by Timothy Clark Pdf

A major publication on Hokusai's remarkable late work, incorporating fresh scholarship on the sublime paintings and prints the artist created in the last thirty years of his life

Author : R. B. Parkinson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780231166638

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A Little Gay History by R. B. Parkinson Pdf

Originally published: London: The British Museum Press, 2013.

Author : Norman Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 0752452797

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Behind the Colonnade by Norman Jacobs Pdf

An affectionate and light-hearted peek behind the scenes at some of the great characters of the past thirty-seven years.

Author : British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts,Charles Rieu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015005766046

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Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum by British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts,Charles Rieu Pdf

Author : Rupert Smith
Publisher : Ebury Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123380821

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The Museum by Rupert Smith Pdf

A behind-the-scenes look at the British Museum and its employees.