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Industrial Britain
A fascinating insight into Britain's industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings. Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to give an engaging insight into Britain's industrial heritage. It looks at the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, including the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods – docks, canals, railways and warehouses. The gasworks Temples of mass production The mill Warehouse and manufactory Dock and harbour buildings Water power and water storage Waterways: canals and rivers The railway age Breweries and oast ...
York
This illustrated guide to York is more than a history of the city - it is an exploration of its architecture through an artist's eye. Hubert Pragnell's exquisite watercolours illustrate a walk through York, with commentary describing architectural changes from the Roman and Medieval periods through to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discover the majesty of the Minster, the cobbled Shambles, historic Treasurer's House and ancient Castle, as all of York is brought to life in watercolour.
Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain details the history of industrial architecture in Britain by architectural historian and artist, Hubert Pragnell. A fascinating insight into Britain's industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated throughout with line drawings. Industrial Britain takes a catholic view of its subject, going back far beyond the mills and machine houses of the Industrial Revolution to cover the power stations and monumental bridges of Britain, and including too the buildings and engineering projects associated with the distribution of manufactured goods - docks, canals, railways and warehouses. Dividing its immense subject by purpose, from fire, forges and furnaces to the architecture of the Railway Age, temples of mass production to dock and harbour buildings, Industrial Britain tells the story of development and ultimate decline. As manufacturing has been increasingly supplanted by services in contemporary Britain, new uses have be found for at least some of Britain's great industrial buildings - not least as containers for art and heritage.
Architectural Britain
Presenting a broad outline of the development of architectural styles and movements in Britain, this text covers some of the most notable and significant periods, including the Norman style, Tudor architecture, Baroque style and Victorian gothic.
Oxford in Watercolours
This book evokes one of the most interesting and beautiful cities in the world. Its richness and diversity are captured here in a series of skilful, atmospheric paintings. These include panoramas and detailed views, and as well as the university buildings themselves, there are scenes of university life, the meadows and bustling streetscapes of the modern city. Each picture is accompanied by an authoritative text which identifies the buildings and gives details of their histories. Hubert Pragnell is a tutor for the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education and a member of Kellogg College. He studied fine art at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, Oxford, and has a degree in h...
The Stone Gallery Panorama
"This book celebrates the work of an artist whose work has been overlooked in recent years and reproduces his most impressive work: a panoramic view from the Stone Gallery of St Paul's Cathedral made between 1948 and 1956. Lawrence Wright's limpid watercolours, predominantly in shades of blue and grey, show the City of London after the devastation of the Second World War, but now in sunshine with bombed sites cleared and ready to be redeveloped in the optimistic new Elizabethan era. Hubert Pragnell describes how artists and photographers during the War had portrayed destruction as it happened in far grittier views. Patricia Hardy's essay on Lawrence Wright's career discusses also the important role of W.F. Grimes, then director of the London Museum, who was determined to preserve records of London at this significant moment for its history and topography. Elain Harwood gives a detailed account of the buildings that rose on the bombed sites, many of which have disappeared in their turn as London continues to develop and change."--Front jacket flap.
Britain
This pocket guidebook will enable interested in anyone British heritage to see it with more knowledgeable eyes. The concise but readable text provides the cultural and historical contexts necessary to understand a building's architectural development. Many are well know, such as the works of Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren; others are relatively obscure.
