02356nam 2200517 450 991045971760332120170815161043.01-283-27209-197866132720961-4411-6872-9(CKB)2670000000077494(EBL)674935(OCoLC)710974928(SSID)ssj0000517229(PQKBManifestationID)12232991(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517229(PQKBWorkID)10487330(PQKB)11754223(MiAaPQ)EBC674935(MiAaPQ)EBC5309635(EXLCZ)99267000000007749420180316h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBattle of the styles society, culture and the design of the new Foreign Office, 1855-1861 /Bernard PorterLondon, [England] :Continuum,2011.©20111 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-6739-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Battle Joined; 2 A Hybrid Society; 3 Early Skirmishes; 4 A Grand and National Work; 5 Worthy of our Imperial City; 6 The Lamp of Morality; 7 An Architecture for our Age; 8 Not the Most Interesting Public Question of the Day; 9 A Change for the WorseThe present-day Foreign Office in Whitehall is an imposing building whose genesis is bizarre. In 1857 a competition was held to pick an architect, which provoked a huge row between the rival 'Classical' and 'Gothic' schools, which a 'Goth' (George Gilbert Scott) won - but was then forced to re-design in Classical. The circumstances surrounding this fiasco furnish the starting-point for this book; which then goes on to analyse the debate that preceded this decision, for the light it sheds on the complex nature of British culture and society then. Among issues raise were contemporary and conflicElectronic books.720.9421Porter Bernard134198MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459717603321Battle of the styles2204874UNINA