Architecture of Place

Culture, Community & Continuity

John Melvin

John Melvin considers aspects of place-making and many of those ideas that have formed our approach to housing and the city.

260mm x 210mm

96 pages

Hardback

ISBN-13: 978-1906506728

£30.00

Subjects: Architecture, Design

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In Architecture of Place, Melvin looks at the shift in the Arts and Sciences that occurred in the earlier years of the 20th century and formed what we regard as Modernism. This was essentially a move to abstraction. The architect and historian, Timothy Brittain-Catlin, claims that Melvin's own work draws inspiration from the buildings he admires, but also from the intellectual world around him. The essays on Ludwig Wittgenstein look at this great 20th century thinker, and find in his philosophy an important guide for our times. The penultimate chapter is on the emerging New Town of Tornagrain. Melvin praises the vision, faith, and enterprise that is making possible this investment in the future of Building Beautiful and the creation of social wellbeing.

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John Melvin

John Melvin is an award-winning architect and town planner. His work has been widely exhibited in the UK and abroad by the RIBA and the British Council.

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