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Oxford Jackson : architecture, education, status, and style 1835-1924 /
This is the first biography of T.G. Jackson, an architect who transformed the image of Oxford, rebuilt public schools, and became a leading architect of the arts and crafts movement. Although many of his buildings are famous, until now he has been little known. Yet his work illuminates a whole socie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is the first biography of T.G. Jackson, an architect who transformed the image of Oxford, rebuilt public schools, and became a leading architect of the arts and crafts movement. Although many of his buildings are famous, until now he has been little known. Yet his work illuminates a whole society as well as an individual. - ;In the late nineteenth century one man changed Oxford forever. T.G. Jackson built the Examination Schools, the Bridge of Sighs, worked at a dozen colleges, and restored a score of other Oxford icons. He also built for many of the major public schools, for the Univer. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 268 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429471152 1429471158 1280756799 9781280756795 9780191516337 0191516333 9786610756797 6610756791 |