Arts & Crafts Architecture

By Peter Davey

This major survey gives an incisively critical account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the Arts and Crafts movement, which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and North America. It highlights the complex contradictions they tried to resolve in accommodating or rejecting the developments of the new machine age, and in meeting the cost of materials and craftsmanship, which forced them to work mainly for a wealthy elite class.

This volume shows with enthusiasm and sophistication how the ideas of this fascinating movement influenced the California and Prairie Schools and Art Nouveau, and how it led ultimately to the development of neo-Georgianism and the growth of the machine-worshipping Modern movement after World War I.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714837113
• ISBN13: 9780714837116
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

One of my fav architecture books

I am an architect who has purchased architecture books for 40 years and I would place this high among my favorites. It has made me realize that the Arts and Crafts style is the image I have in my mind of what I want to achieve in my own work- that sweet spot. The pics are great.