Bungalows

Kathryn Ferry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

64 Seiten

2014
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-1256-2 (ISBN)

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Focusing on the British bungalow up to the Second World War, this book explores its social, cultural and architectural development, revealing what the very earliest versions looked like and why at the peak of their popularity bungalows were so ubiquitous.

Now synonymous with the single storey home, when the bungalow was introduced to Britain in the late 1860s it had more elaborate connotations. Appropriated by colonial officials in Bengal, this humble dwelling was transformed upon its arrival on the Kent coastline into a new type of holiday home, complete with veranda and servant quarters. These first Western examples became very popular amongst the upper middle-class and the elderly,and crucially also attracted artistic inhabitants, setting the tone for the bungalow as a Bohemian escape well into the twentieth century. Focusing on the British bungalow up to the Second World War, Kathryn Ferry here explores its social, cultural and architectural development, revealing what the very earliest versions looked like and why at the peak of their popularity bungalows were so ubiquitous.

Kathrynhas a PhD in architectural history and is the author of several Shire books, including The Victorian Home and The 1950s Kitchen.

An Elite Retreat / Prefabs and Conversions / Selling the Bungalow Dream / What’s in a Name? / The Bungalow Backlash / Further Reading / Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.8.2014
Reihe/Serie	Shire Library
Zusatzinfo	19 col
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 210 mm
Gewicht	148 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7478-1256-X / 074781256X
ISBN-13	978-0-7478-1256-2 / 9780747812562
Zustand	Neuware