In 1982, more than 400 years after she mysteriously sank off the English coastline, Henry VIII's great warship "Mary Rose" was raised to the surface. The ship, extraordinarily intact, was towed to a dry dock at Portsmouth, where she lies today. In January 1991, the architect Christopher Alexander was commissioned by the Mary Rose Trust to design a museum to house this national treasure. This book explains Alexander's vision of a permanent home for the "Mary Rose", ranging from the first inception of its design to finished models and drawings. To Alexander, the great ship is a touchstone for the architecture of the future.
- ISBN10 0195210174
- ISBN13 9780195210170
- Publish Date 13 April 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 September 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English