Author: Ian YearsleyPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445651890
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A full-colour guide to Southend's historical buildings, from past to present day.
Southend in 50 Buildings
Author: Ian YearsleyPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445651890
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A full-colour guide to Southend's historical buildings, from past to present day.
Darlington in 50 Buildings
Author: Chris LloydPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445666839
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Explores the rich and fascinating history of Darlington through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Tring in 50 Buildings
Author: Paul RabbittsPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398104914
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Illustrated throughout, a fascinating exploration of Tring’s notable buildings and landmarks from across the centuries.
Secret City of Southend
Author: Ian YearsleyPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398111554
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Secret City of Southend explores the lesser-known history of the town of Southend through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.
Hertford in 50 Buildings
Author: Paul RabbittsPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398103799
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
A fascinating illustrated exploration of the architectural heritage of Hertford across the centuries.
The Builder
Author: The Building News and Engineering Journal
Author: The Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer
Author: Municipal Journal
Author: The Architecture of Pleasure
Author: Josephine KanePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317044746
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The amusement parks which first appeared in England at the turn of the twentieth century represent a startlingly novel and complex phenomenon, combining fantasy architecture, new technology, ersatz danger, spectacle and consumption in a new mass experience. Though drawing on a diverse range of existing leisure practices, the particular entertainment formula they offered marked a radical departure in terms of visual, experiential and cultural meanings. The huge, socially mixed crowds that flocked to the new parks did so purely in the pursuit of pleasure, which the amusement parks commodified in exhilarating new guises. Between 1906 and 1939, nearly 40 major amusement parks operated across Britain. By the outbreak of the Second World War, millions of people visited these sites each year. The amusement park had become a defining element in the architectural psychological pleasurescape of Britain. This book considers the relationship between popular modernity, pleasure and the amusement park landscape in Britain from 1900-1939. It argues that the amusement parks were understood as a new and distinct expression of modern times which redefined the concept of public pleasure for mass audiences. Focusing on three sites - Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Dreamland in Margate and Southend's Kursaal - the book contextualises their development with references to the wider amusement park world. The meanings of these sites are explored through a detailed examination of the spatial and architectural form taken by rides and other buildings. The rollercoaster - a defining symbol of the amusement park - is given particular focus, as is the extent to which discourses of class, gender and national identity were expressed through the design of these parks.