Home » Battle for Better Design
Product Image

Battle for Better Design

€43.99
Quantity:
Ships in 10-20 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Shipping & Delivery
A23=Lord Foster
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
architectural history
architecture
Art
automatic-update
B01=Robert Bargery
building design
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=AC
Category=AK
Category=AKB
Category=AKX
Category=AM
COP=United Kingdom
criticism
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
design
design history
engineering
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
history
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
public space
softlaunch

Product details

  • ISBN 9781911397960
  • Weight: 1114g
  • Dimensions: 230 x 255mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Apr 2024
  • Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description
Prince Albert was the first Chairman of the first Royal Fine Art Commission, appointed by Queen Victoria to commission art for the new Houses of Parliament. At the age of just twenty-two, he deftly navigated the complex project, leaving a remarkable artistic legacy and honing the skills that made him one of the Renaissance Men of the nineteenth century. Albert then set the template for a second Royal Fine Art Commission, created in 1924 as a priority of Britain’s first ever Labour Government. From the aftermath of the Great War to the eve of the Third Millennium, this Commission gave elite architects and designers from Edwin Lutyens to Henry Moore a platform to apply their minds to a democratic cause, putting in countless hours analysing the design of buildings, street furniture, roads and bridges. The story of the two Commissions, told together for the first time, is a compelling one of civic duty performed freely in the public interest, against the background of high politics, difficult personalities and the physical disruption wrought by wars, the motorcar and advances in technology. This volume pays tribute to the remarkable people who made it possible.
About
Robert Bargery is Executive Director of the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust and a project consultant in the heritage sector. He was principal researcher at the Royal Fine Art Commission from 1995-1999 before serving as Head of Policy and Research at its successor body, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. From 2002 to 2016 he was Chief Executive of the Georgian Group, the national charity for the preservation of buildings and landscapes of the long eighteenth century.