The Architecture of Edwin Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew Twentieth Century Architecture Pioneer Modernism and the Tropics 1st edition by Iain Jackson, Jessica Holland ISBN 1409451984 978-1409451983
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ISBN 10: 1409451984
ISBN 13: 978-1409451983
Author: Iain Jackson, Jessica Holland
Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early 1970s. As a barometer of twentieth century architecture, their work traces the major cultural developments of that century from the development of modernism, its spread into the late-colonial arena and finally, to its re-evaluation that resulted in a more expressive, formalist approach in the post-war era. This book thoroughly examines Fry and Drew’s highly influential ‘Tropical Architecture’ in West Africa and India, whilst also discussing their British work, such as their post World War II projects for the Festival of Britain, Harlow New Town, Pilkington Brothers’ Headquarters and Coychurch Crematorium. It highlights the collaborative nature of Fry and Drew’s work, including schemes undertaken with Elizabeth Denby, Walter Gropius, Denys Lasdun, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier. Positioning their architecture, writing and educational endeavours within a wider context, this book illustrates the significant artistic and cultural contributions made by Fry and Drew throughout their lengthy careers.
The Architecture of Edwin Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew Twentieth Century Architecture Pioneer Modernism and the Tropics 1st Table of contents:
1 From Classical Beginnings
C.H. Reilly’s Liverpool School of Architecture
London and the First Forays into Practice
Southern Railways
Adams, Thompson and Fry
Rethinking Architecture: Group Work and the Rise of Fry’s Profile
The Exhibition for Planned Industrial Construction
Conclusion
Notes
2 Thirties’ Development
The Mars Group and Experiments in Standardisation
‘[H]e’s Cornucopius, Gropius’76
Preserving ‘England’s Green and Pleasant Land’90
The New Architecture and a New Office
Henry Morris’s Humanism and the Village College Movement
New Beginnings
Exhibition Experiments
Conclusion
Notes
3 Jane Drew and the Partnership’s Origins
The Architectural Association and Early Work
The Beginnings of Fry and Drew
Design and Industry
Housing, New Towns and the Rise of Modernism in Britain
Design and Industry at the Festival of Britain
Conclusion
Notes
4 West Africa: Planning, Village Housing and New Schools for Ghana
The Passage to British West Africa
Town Planning Advisor
Town Planning from Colonial Policy
Town Planning the Major Towns of British West Africa
The Modern Orientalists
A New Manual for a New Doxology
Further Work in the Gold Coast: Hospitals for Kumasi
Missionaries and Modern Schools in Ghana
Notes
5 The Development and Reassessment of Tropical Architecture in West Africa
Universities for the Colonies
Ibadan University: ‘This Building Palaver Wastes too Much Time and Energy’15
Community Centres
Tema Manhean
Rapid Modernisation and Embalming the Past
The Housing Plan for Tema Manhean
Background to the Fry & Drew Plan
Planning Tema Manhean: Reconsidering the Compound Housing Type
Notes
6 Chandigarh and the Tropics Revisited
Background to the East Punjab Commission
New Towns in India
From Masterplan to Building Design
Sector-22: Constructing the City
The Neighbourhood Unit and the Chandigarh Sector
Housing and Climatic Concerns
Government Press Building
Educational Buildings
Health: Hospitals and Health Centres
Working with Le Corbusier
The Chandigarh Office: Training Indian Architects
Reflecting on Chandigarh and Future Directions in the Tropics
Iranian Oil Worker Housing
Oil and Finance in the Tropics
Notes
7 Humanism and Monumentality (A Post-war Compromise)
The Partnership and the London Scene
Proportion Versus Humanism
America
Hospitals and Offices
Speculative Building and Departure
Conclusion
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