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The battle of the styles : society, culture and the design of the new foreign office, 1855-1861 /
The present-day Foreign Office in Whitehall is an imposing building whose genesis is bizarre. In 1857 a competition was held to pick an architect, which provoked a huge row between the rival 'Classical' and 'Gothic' schools, which a 'Goth' (George Gilbert Scott) won but...
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London ; New York, NY :
Continuum,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |