LEADER 02356nam 2200517 450 001 9910459717603321 005 20170815161043.0 010 $a1-283-27209-1 010 $a9786613272096 010 $a1-4411-6872-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000077494 035 $a(EBL)674935 035 $a(OCoLC)710974928 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000517229 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12232991 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517229 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10487330 035 $a(PQKB)11754223 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC674935 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309635 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000077494 100 $a20180316h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBattle of the styles $esociety, culture and the design of the new Foreign Office, 1855-1861 /$fBernard Porter 210 1$aLondon, [England] :$cContinuum,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-6739-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 Worse 330 $aThe 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 conflic 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a720.9421 700 $aPorter$b Bernard$0134198 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459717603321 996 $aBattle of the styles$92204874 997 $aUNINA