The Comfort of the Past: Building in Oxford and Beyond 1815-2015

by Steven Parissien

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This groundbreaking architectural history examines what people actually wanted in their institutional and private patronage over the last two centuries as opposed to what architects and theorists thought they should want - as seen through the prism of Oxford's principal building contractor and craft practitioner, Symm & Company.
  • ISBN10 1907372776
  • ISBN13 9781907372773
  • Publish Date 1 March 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 200
  • Language English