Published by Phaidon Press, London, 1993, hardcover, illustrated, index, 240 pages, 26 cms x 29.8 cms x 3.2 cms, condition: as new.
The buildings of London are its glory and its character, and perhaps once in every generation a book is published that does them justice. This is such a book.
Matthew Weinreb, a native Londoner and architectural photographer, has devoted much of his career to chronicling the architecture of the city, capturing the drama of its facades and enjoying most of all the often unnoticed details and ornaments that grace so many of its buildings. Matthew's love of London has no doubt been engendered by the undying enthusiasm of his father Ben Weinreb whose extensive knowledge of London led him to devise and coedit the best-selling London Encyclopaedia with Christopher Hibbert.
London Architecture is composed of a sequence of patterns and contrasts between stunning images punctuated by a series of essays which explore London through its architectural features and materials. This novel approach not only delights the eye but provides revealing facts about London's architecture. Through the eye of an expert photographer, this book has emerged as a work of art in its own right, and an unrivalled portrait of one of the world's greatest cities.
There is always something new to discover about London. Just ask Matthew Weinreb, an architectural photographer par excellence who has lived there all his life. Better yet, tag along with him as he rediscovers his birthplace in this homage to one of the most exciting cities in the world. Weinreb's stunning color images--accompanied by his father Ben's commentary--include sculpted stone angels, intricately crafted wrought-iron gates, medieval stained glass, neoclassical doors, a bull's eye window at King's Cross Underground, the clock tower of the Royal College of Music, and the decorative Tudor brick chimneys of Hampton Court. Not to mention the magnificent terra cotta architecture of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.
