Modern Architecture in an Oxford College
St John's College 1945-2005
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 28 April 2005
- ISBN 9780199271627
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages160 pages
- Size 255x197x15 mm
- Weight 653 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous colour plates, halftones, line drawings and maps 0
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Short description:
In the sixty years since 1945 St John's College, Oxford has been one of the major patrons of modern architecture in Oxford and Cambridge, commissioning a series of innovative and successful buildings from a sequence of leading architectural practices. Geoffrey Tyack discusses these buildings in detail, with the help of copious illustrations, placing each building within the context of its architect's oeuvre and relating it to the changing character of Oxford
University. It is thus intended to be a contribution to the understanding both of modern collegiate architecture, and of recent English architecture in general. Publication will coincide with the 450th anniversary of the foundation of the College.
Long description:
This book is a detailed historical study of the post-war architecture of St John's College, Oxford. In the sixty years since 1945 St John's has been one of the major patrons of modern architecture in Oxford and Cambridge, commissioning a series of innovative and successful buildings from a sequence of leading architectural practices (Architects Co-Partnership, Arup Associates, MacCormac Jamieson Pritchard). The college's modern buildings epitomise changing
architectural ideas and practice over the last sixty years, from the neo-Georgianism of the immediate post-war years through the confident modernism of the late 1950s to the 1970s, to the post-modernism of more recent years. Geoffrey Tyack discusses these buildings in detail, with the help of copious
illustrations, placing each building within the context of its architect's oeuvre and relating it to the changing character of Oxford University. It is thus intended to be a contribution to the understanding both of modern collegiate architecture and of reent English architectural in general. Publication will coincide with the 450th anniversary of the foundation of St John's College.
Table of Contents:
The Last Enchantments of the Neo-Georgian: the Dolphin Quadrangle
A Hive of Learning: the Beehive Building
Vertebrate Architecture: the Sir Thomas White Building
Upper and Nether Worlds: the Garden Quadrangle
Into the Twenty-first Century: the Queen Elizabeth House site
Appendix I: The Senior Common Room
Appendix II: The Middle Common Room
Appendix III: Summary of the Main Architectural Projects carried out, 1945-2005
Select Bibliography
Photographic Credits
Index
