British Architecture and the Vernacular
The essays that form this book arise from papers that were presented at the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain’s annual symposium for 2008, which was convened in association with the Vernacular Architecture Group to explore ways of thinking about relationships between vernacular studies and architectural history in British contexts. In combination they present a fresh perspective on the history of British architecture. The book (following J. M. Richards) is about 'castles on the ground', about how architectural design, even that of great monuments, emerges from ordinary collective practices and attitudes, from society, as much as from individual design intentions. Bridging the separation between architectural history and vernacular studies, a disciplinary divide peculiar to Britain that has tended to stand in the way of synthesis, the book aims to provoke thoughts and debate about, and provide templates for, more ethnographic and democratic approaches to British architectural history. The volume has been edited by Peter Guillery and has contributions from Laurie Smith, P. S. Barnwell, Elizabeth McKellar, Anne-Marie Akehurst, Esmé Whittaker, Andrew Ballantyne and Andrew Law, Erdem Erten, Miles Glendinning and Frances Holliss.
Contents
1. Introduction (Peter Guillery)
2. Pre-Reformation Parish Churches (Paul Barnwell)
3. Following the Geometrical Design Path from Ely to Jamestown, Virginia (Laurie Smith)
4. The Villa: Ideal Type or Vernacular Variant? (Elizabeth McKellar)
5. The York Retreat, ‘a Vernacular of Equality’ (Ann-Marie Akehurst)
6. Self-Conscious Regionalism: Dan Gibson and the Arts and Crafts House in the Lake District (Esmé Whittaker)
7. Tudoresque Vernacular and the Self-Reliant Englishman (Andrew Ballantyne and Andrew Law)
8. ‘The Hollow Victory’ and the Quest for the Vernacular: J.M. Richards and ‘the Functional Tradition’ (Erdem Erten)
9. A Modernist Vernacular? The Hidden Diversity of Post-war Council Housing (Miles Glendinning)
10. From Longhouse to Live/Work Unit: Parallel Histories and Absent Narratives (Frances Holliss)
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