Raymond Erith's fine buildings both echo Soane's restraint and follow the trends of a stripped mid-20th-century classicism. He looked to achieve what he called the true 'economy of means', where labour and materials are used to the best effect. He used traditional means to create original buildings with progressive ideas behind them. "I am not a modernist, but...I agree with the modernists in every way except that I think their brand of modernism is not very good." New colour photographs of this leading British classicist's ...
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Raymond Erith's fine buildings both echo Soane's restraint and follow the trends of a stripped mid-20th-century classicism. He looked to achieve what he called the true 'economy of means', where labour and materials are used to the best effect. He used traditional means to create original buildings with progressive ideas behind them. "I am not a modernist, but...I agree with the modernists in every way except that I think their brand of modernism is not very good." New colour photographs of this leading British classicist's work by Mark Fiennes accompany four essays on Erith, and a catalogue and bibliography of his work. Quinlan Terry is a practising classicist architect and Lucy Archer, Kenneth Powell and George Saumarez Smith are well known architectural historians.
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Add this copy of Raymond Erith Progressive Classicist 1904-1973 to cart. $60.93, like new condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2006 by Sir John Soane's Museum.
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Fine Condition. 9780954228484. Fine 1st ed paperback, highly regarded illustrated overview, bright and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Architecture; ISBN: 0954228480. ISBN/EAN: 9780954228484. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092123.
