1st Edition

An Architecture of Invitation Colin St John Wilson

By Sarah Menin, Stephen Kite Copyright 2005
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

363 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2005, An Architecture of invitation: Colin St John Wilson   is a distinctive study of the life and architectural career of one of the most significant makers, theorists and teachers of architecture to have emerged in England in the second half of the twentieth century. Exceptionally in an architectural study, this book interweaves biography, critical analysis of the... Read more

    1. Framing a Life.  2. London: Building the ‘New World’.  3. Wall and Court: The Cambridge Years.  4. The ‘Carving’ of Space: Cornford House.  5. Shaping the Polis.  6. Master Builder: The British Library.  7. Architecture and Art.  8. A Time to Profess: Return to Cambridge.  9. An Ethical Line: Ethics and Aesthetics.

    Biography

    Sarah Menin, Stephen Kite