Imagining Empire: Designing the Commonwealth Institute

by Tom Wilson

This book is the first detailed study of the Commonwealth Institute's architecture and its exhibition galleries. It shows how the strikingly modern building and its dynamic displays inside worked together to create an immersive 'experience' of the Commonwealth, as part of a wider process during which post-war Britain began to focus on a future without its Empire. Featuring unpublished plans, drawings, and historic photographs, the book sheds light...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848224109
• ISBN13: 9781848224100
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.7"