Dimensions
297 x 297 x 7mm
Deane and Woodward's Oxford Museum was one of the pioneering Gothic revival buildings in Victorian England. Its experimental application of iron as an expressive structural medium and the dedicated craftsmanship of its carved decoration won the building the patronage and approval of John Ruskin, whose theories it so skilfully embodies.
Trevor Garnham, in this copiously illustrated text, brings to light much new material concerning the commissioning and progress of the museum and the turbulent relationship that existed between its patrons and the principal players in its construction.
'Architecture In Detail' is a superbly photographed and technically informative series of monographs which embraces a broad spectrum of internationally renowned buildings, drawn predominantly from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Each sixty-page volume contains a lucid text by a respected author; a sequence of large-format, high-quality colour and black and white photographs; a comprehensive set of technical drawings and working details; and a complete bibliography and chronology, thus making these books the definitive work on the subject. They are essential purchases for enthusiasts, practitioners and students alike.
