420 Pages
by
Routledge
420 Pages
by
Routledge
420 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1948, A History of Cast Iron in Architecture is a comprehensive history of the part that has been played by cast iron in architecture and the allied arts in Britain. Any history of the rise and development of the iron-founding industry becomes virtually a history of the First Industrial Revolution. Examining the use of cast iron by builders and architects from late... Read more
Biography
An author of almost sixty books, with topics ranging from interiors to furniture history, from industrial design to the use of plastics, Gloag was a member of an elite design culture that was highly visible throughout the 1930s and 40s.
Review of the Original Edition of A History of Cast Iron in Architecture:
‘This is the only comprehensive treatment of the subject which has so far appeared in this country….To initiate and carry out a work like this in so exciting and thorough a manner is indeed an achievement.’ Richard Sheppard, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol 97, No. 4798
