Architecture of British Seaside Piers (eBook)

Fred Gray (Autor)

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2020 | 1. Auflage
160 Seiten
Crowood (Verlag)
978-1-78500-714-9 (ISBN)

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Of all the architectural delights of British seaside resorts, the most astonishing and idiosyncratic is the seaside pier. Remarkable visual spectacles, piers are architecturally extraordinary in concept and at times outrageous in execution. They brought together the Victorian genius for technological and material innovation, architectural ambition and engineering ingenuity in the search for new designs for leisure (as well as profit) over the sea. This superbly illustrated book explores the history of the design processes leading to the architectural and engineering innovations that have allowed people to walk on water in such diverse and delightful ways. Coverage includes the development of piers into the crowning architectural glory of British seaside resorts; the key people, materials, inventions and technologies in the field, particularly the work of Eugenius Birch, the greatest pier designer; the remarkable diversity of piers ranging from the earliest simple landing stages, through staid promenade piers and the glories of fully-fledged pleasure piers, to the boisterous joys of funfair and amusement piers; the rich variety of architectural styles, including exotic 'Orientalism' and streamlined Modernism and, finally, today's contemporary prospects for renewal and reinvention.

Fred Gray is Emeritus Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Sussex and has long been fascinated by seaside resorts and seaside architecture; in Britain and abroad, past and present. He has written extensively on the topic, including Walking on Water (1998) and Designing the Seaside (2006), as well as authoring the official guide to the i360, Brighton's innovative seafront observation tower. His book, Palm, exploring the cultural history of the signature plant of tropical islands, was published in 2018.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 197 colour photographs 123 black & white photographs
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Aberystwyth Pier • accelerate low water corrosion • ALWC • amusement arcade • amusement pier • Arches • Architecture • Arnold England • bandstand • beam • Beeching report • Birmingham Moor Street • Birmingham New Street • Blackpool Pier • Bournemouth Pier • bracing bars • Brighton • Brighton and South Coast Railway • Bright Palace Pier • Bristol and Exeter Railway • Bristol Temple Meads • British Rail • British Railways • British Railways Board • British seaside • British Transport Commission • brunel • buffet car • Caledonian Railway • Canopy • Central Pier • Chain Pier • Channel Tunnel • Charing Cross • Charles Driver • C. H. Driver • Chester and Holyhead Railway • chief architect • civic pier • Clacton Pier • coastal pier • coastal resort • Coatham Pier • Cobb • Colwyn Bay • Control Tower • cross-bracing girders • Crossrail • Deal Pier • Dover Promenade Pier • Dr F. Curtis • Elisabeth Scott • Eugenius Birch • Euston Arch • Footbridge • George Hudson • Glasgow and South Western Railway • Glasgow Central • goodsshed • goods yard • Grand Junction Railway • Gravesend • Great Central Railway • Great Malvern • Great Northern and Great Eastern Railway Joint • Great Western Railway • Great Yarmouth • Hastings Pier • Hereford and Worcester Railway • Herne Bay • Indian Pavilion • Ipswich and Bury Railway • iron architecture • iron pier • James Brunlees • jetty • John Ruskin • John Saxby • joist • Joseph Emerson Downson • Kings Cross • Kiosk • Lancaster and Carlisle Railway • Landing Place • landing stage • Lee-on-Solent Pier • Liverpool Street • Locomotive • London and Birmingham Railway • London and Greenwich Railway • London and North Eastern Railway • London and North Western Railway • London and South Western Railway • London Railway • Lowestoft South Pier • Lyme Regis • Lytham Pier • main-lattice girders • Malvern Link • Manchester Piccadilly • Manchester Railway • Margate Jetty • Margate Main Sands • Martyn Noel Ridley • Marylebone • Midland and Scottish Railway • Midland Railway • modernism • Morecambe • Nationalization • National Piers Society • Network Rail • New Brighton Pier • North Eastern Railway • North Pier • North Staffordshire Railway • Orientalism • Paddington • Pavilion • Pier • pier designer • pier head • Piles • platform • pleasure pier • porte cocheres • Privatization • Promenade • railtrack • Railway • Railway Bridge • railway buildings • Railway Executive Committee • railway heritage • Railway Heritage Trust • railway hotel • railway legacy • railway mania • railway offices • railway regeneration • Railways • Reading station • Regional Architect • Richard Knill Freeman • Robert Rawlinson • roundhouse • Royal Victoria Pier • Ryde • Samuel Brown • seaside pier • seaside resort • Settle and Carlisle • Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway • signal box • Skegness Pire • southern railway • Southport Pier • Southsea Clarence Pier • SRP • St Anne’s Pier • Station • station clocks • Station Regeneration Programme • St Pancras • terminal station • through station • Track • Transport Act • Tunnel • Valance • Viaduct • Waterloo • water tower • weston-super-mare • West Pier • Weymouth Bandstand • Weymouth Bandstand Pier • William Owen • William Tite • W. L. Owen
• ISBN-10: 1-78500-714-9 / 1785007149
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78500-714-9 / 9781785007149